Biomaterials Production and Characterization Laboratory
Principle Investigator
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duygu Ege
Duygu Ege has a PhD in Medical Materials from University of Cambridge and a MEng 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 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
- tissue regeneration
- injectable scaffolds
- drug delivery devices
- 3D printing of tissue scaffolds
Project Grants
- Principle Investigator (2015- ) Effect of Graphene Oxide/Biodegradable Polymer Nanofibers on Schwann Cell Proliferation (BU Grant)
- Principle Investigator (2017-2020 ) (TUBİTAK Grant)
Related Courses
BM 541 Biological Materials
BM 597 Characterisation of Biomedical Samples
BM 682 Phase transformation and Heat Treatment of Biomaterials
Group Members
Şule Arıcı
Dr. Mehmet Ali Karaca
Berk Acarkan
Öznur Demir
Hatice Oruçoğlu
Sepideh Tavakoli
İlayda Duru
Esra Güben
Lab Facilities
- 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
