Biomaterials Production and Characterization Laboratory
Principle Investigator
Prof. Dr. Duygu Ege
Duygu Ege was Humboldt Fellow in Biomaterials Institute at Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.
Duygu Ege has a PhD in Medical Materials from University of Cambridge and a MEng degree (undergraduate +master degree) in Materials Science and Engineering (First Class Honours) from Imperial College, London. Her research on production and characterisation of bone screws at ETH Zurich, lead her to receive the Centenary Prize from Imperial College, London (2009).
Her other awards include BAGEP Award of Science Academy of Türkiye (2025), Dorothy Hodgkins Scholarship leading to PhD at University of Cambridge, Best Podium Presentation Award by International Society for Ceramics in Medicine and IDEA League Grant for her research work at ETH Zurich.
Education
- PhD, Medical Materials, University of Cambridge
- BSc and MEng, Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London.
Research Areas
The focus of our lab is multidisciplinary including research on
- 3D printing of tissue scaffolds
- Bioceramics research (bioactive glasses, hydroxyapatite and related materials)
- Next generation materials
- Tissue regeneration
- Injectable scaffolds
- Drug delivery devices
- Machine learning models for analyzing biomaterials data
Related Courses
BM 541 Biological Materials
BM 59B Cell Culture Techniques
BM 597 Characterisation of Biomedical Samples
BM 682 Phase transformation and Heat Treatment of Biomaterials
Group Members
Dr. Mehmet Ali Karaca
Alper Güven (PhD candidate)
Dr. Şule Arıcı
Dr. Öznur Demir
Dr. Hatice Kaya
Dr. İlayda Duru
Esra Güben
Beril Özcan
Gökçen Boran
Sepideh Tavakoli
Berk Acarkan
Lab Facilities
- 3D printer Axolotl Bio
- Homogenizer
- Laminar cabinet
- Inverted fluorescence microscopy
- Air Incubator
- CO2 Incubator Centrifuge
- Hot plate with magnetic stirrer
- Vacuum pump
- Refrigerator
- Analytical Balance
- Ultrasonic Homogenizer
- Water distillatory
- Water bath
