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Congratulations to our team member, Dr. Fulya Büge Ergen, who has earned support from the TÜBİTAK 2218-National Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme for her proposed project about exosomes for hepatotoxicity by using organ on a chip under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Emre TÜFEKÇİOĞLU at Eskisehir Technical University and Assoc. Prof. Hüseyin Avci at ESOGU-ESTEM for the next two years (Feb., 2024).
Dr. Hamed Ghorbanpoor and Dr. Huseyin Avci are honored with certificates of appreciation by Eskisehir Osmangazi University Rector Prof. Dr. Kamil Çolak for their high-quality articles and TÜBİTAK projects in the year 2023 (Feb., 2024).
We congratulate our esteemed student Nigar Gasimzade for successfully completing and presenting her master's thesis on January 11th, 2014. Very valuable data was obtained in the context of examining drug-induced liver endothelial damage by using liver cancer on a chip.
Eskişehir Osmangazi University-ESTEM and AvciBio Research Group took part in the high technology platforms meeting within the scope of TÜBİTAK-1004 Center of Excellence Support Program at TÜBİTAK Gebze Campus, with the participation of Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Chairman of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar and TÜBİTAK President Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal on August 23rd, 2023.
The projects of 20 consortium platforms have discussed the latest outcomes and related activities with future directions. In this regard, 252 different projects were organized which were established by the cooperation of universities and industrial research centers/infrastructures. Over 70 universities, 109 private sector institutions, 6 research infrastructures, 6 public R&D units and 1550 researchers were involved in this event.
It is aimed that the platforms framework will increase the competitiveness of our country and interconnect the works that create an added value in Turkiye's development journey. It has also been pinpointed that these platforms contribute to the goal of raising the quality of the human resources required for the development of our national technology.
Congrats to the team!
Our project, under the coordinatorship of Ankara University Stem Cell Institute and ESOGÜ-ESTEM Stem Cell Center as a director, about the development of a 3D multi-chip organ culture device is supported by the TÜBİTAK-1004 Center of Excellence Support Program in the scope of "Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research and Applications". September 1, 2023.
We were very welcome Dr. Muhammed Erkan Karabekmez, a distinguished scientist on October 10th 2023, at 2 pm in the Prof. Dr. Necla Özdemir Hall at Eskişehir Osmangazi University. The symposium was organized by Eskişehir Osmangazi University in partnership with the Cellular Therapy and Stem Cell Production, Application and Research Center (ESTEM), Translational Medicine Research and Clinical Center (TATUM), and AvciBio Research Group.
Dr. Muhammed Erkan delivered a fascinating presentation titled "The Data-Intensive Paradigm of Life Sciences". We extend our thanks to all participants, ranging from those in the fields of engineering to medicine, as well as administrative sciences. Dr. Muhammed Erkan’s presentation offered a significant glimpse into the recent advancements in the field of data-intensive application.
Congratulations! We are proud to announce that Dr. Ceren Özel, a scientist at Eskişehir Osmangazi University-ESTEM and AvciBio Research Group, has been awarded the third prize in the "2023 Best Paper Award" international competition, organized by Sabancı University - Functional Surfaces and Interfaces Center of Excellence for Nano Diagnosis (EFSUN) on August 21st, 2023. We wish our esteemed researcher, Dr. Özel, continued success in her career.
TÜBİTAK 1004 Center of Excellence Support Program Experience Sharing and Promotion Ceremony was held on 30 April 2023 as part of Teknofest-Istanbul 2023 with the participation of Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology Mustafa VARANK and TÜBİTAK President Prof. Dr. Hasan MANDAL. The high-tech platforms, including ESOGU-ESTEM, carried out within this scope, presented their experiences by combining industry, university and public partners, and at the same time, the signing ceremony of the new high-tech platforms was held with the participation of the rectors of the universities.
We had extreme pleasure of hosting a national news agency for a video report in Eskişehir Osmangazi University Cellular Therapy and Stem Cell Production Application and Research Center (ESTEM) and AvciBio Research Group on March 17, 2023.
They emphasized our varieties of works bringing together different disciplines, R&D programs and some of the world's most innovative research environments. The news agency showed how original solutions can be developed for our country to go one step further with its research capacity and research infrastructure. It was emphasized that with organ on a chip technology in which a personalized medicine can be developed in a short time with a relatively low cost, high efficiency and safety as well as acceleration the development of new drugs and their rapid entry into the market.
For detailed information click here for press news and click here for videos (in Turkish).
For detailed information click here for press news and click here for videos about ESTEM (in Turkish).
Congratulations! Our project about microfluidic chip based microfiltration platform for selectively removal of biological target molecules has been awarded funding from TUBITAK 3501 Career Development Program.
Congratulations! We are so proud that Dr. Ceren Özel, MSc and PhD, received her PhD from department of Stem Cell, ESTEM, a member of AvciBio Research Group for being awarded the 2022 Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Health Sciences Institute Best Dissertation Award. ESOGÜ Awards are given every year in order to evaluate the success and performance of our university faculty members and students in their academic studies, to encourage and support them.
On April 8th 2023, it was our pleasure and honor to host the President of TÜBİTAK, Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal at Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi ESTEM and AvciBio Research Group. During this notable visit, we demonstrated our state-of-the-art studies on stem cells & isolation, characterization, cellular therapy, microfabrication, microfluidics, tissue engineering, organ-on-a-chip, biosensors, biomaterials and 3D bioprinting with our mission conducting by our multi and interdisciplinary group from engineering to medicine, fundamental science to pharmaceutical.
We really appreciate TÜBİTAK supporting for our scientific research with all level of students, postdocs and visiting scholars.
We are expressing our many thanks to Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal for his kind visit, valuable advice and support which are very important and encouraging.
We got the acceptance of our project entitled "Development of an Optical Based pH Sensor for Continuous and High Sensitivity pH Measurement in Different Cell Media Environments" by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) under the category of TÜBİTAK 1005-National New Ideas and New Products Research Funding Program.
Congrats Roshan Javanifar for passing his doctoral qualification exam on January 12th, 2023! He will work on microfluidic chips integrated micro-filtration systems.
Congratulations! Our undergraduate students Hasret Sena Eşkin, Yiğithan Bulut and Onur Gündoğdu have successfully completed their undergraduate projects. In their undergraduate thesis, they worked on investigation of cell culture in microfluidic systems. We wish our dear students success in their life journey.
Congratulations to the team!
Three projects by our group members have been found worthy to be supported by TÜBİTAK 2218-National Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme for the next two years:
• Evaluation of primary hepatocytes in liver on a chip system which is proposed by Dr. Murat KAYA under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Hüseyin Avci and Assist. Prof. Onur Uysal at ESOGU-ESTEM.
• Investigation of combinations of nanoparticles with exosome and anti-cancer agents in stem cells using microfluidic system that is proposed by Dr. Bahar DEMİR CEVİZLİDERE under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Gülay Büyükköroğlu at Anadolu University.
• A regeneration approach of mesenchymal stem cells for hepatotoxicity by using organ on a chip platform which is proposed by Dr. Özlem TOMSUK under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Ender Yıldırım at Middle East Technical University.
The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine; Prof. Dr. Özcan ÖZDEMİR and the Vice Dean Prof. Dr. Engin ÖZAKIN visited ESTEM and AvciBio Research Group on December 28th, 2022. During the visit, we shared information about our research activities and current projects with the pleasant conversation, especially on possible issues within the scope of bilateral cooperation.
On December 19th, 2022, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Rector Prof. Dr. Kamil Çolak, Vice Rectors of Prof. Dr. Kürşat Bora Çarman, Prof. Dr. Ramazan Erdağ, and Prof. Dr. Hakan Demiral visited Cellular Therapy and Stem Cell Production, Application and Research Center (ESTEM), and AvciBio Research Group's Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) and Tissue Engineering Research Laboratories. ESTEM manager Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayla Eker Sariboyaci and director of ESOGÜ-MEMS and Tissue Engineering Research Labs Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huseyin Avci with colleagues Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eray Atalay and Assist. Prof. Dr. Onur Uysal provided information about the current studies carried out in the center.
Congratulations Ceren Ozel on achieving her PhD degree, November 2th, 2022. It is undoubtedly a big stepping stone towards for her brighter future. Dr. Ozel’s dissertation has a great contribution with insights to the both microphysiologic liver on a chip system and biomimetic approaches for engineering biotextile for treatment of skin injuries. Great papers are on the way; stay tuned!
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