Principal Investigator
Ece Öztürk, PhD
MSc in Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 2011
BSc in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koç University, 2009
PhD Students
Alican Kuşoğlu, MSc
Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Doctoral Program
BSc Yeditepe University, Genetics and Bioengineering
MSc Ege University, Medical Biology
Research interests: Bioengineered models for tumorigenesis and metastasis, patient-derived organoids
Email: akusoglu20@ku.edu.tr
Kardelen Yangın
Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (BMSE) Doctoral Program
BSc Yıldız Teknik University, Dept. of Bioengineering
Research interests: Lung tissue engineering
Email: kyangin20@ku.edu.tr
Sena Nur Özkan
Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Doctoral Program
BSc Bilkent University, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Research interests: Engineered models for vascularization, tumor angiogenesis, tumor cell-endothelium crosstalk, patient-derived organoids
Email: sozkan20@ku.edu.tr
Sevgi Sarıca
Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Doctoral Program
BSc İzmir Institute of Technology, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Research interests: Role of tumor microenvironment on drug resistance, patient-derived organoids
Email: ssarica20@ku.edu.tr
Şevval Özdinç
Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Doctoral Program
BSc Sabancı University, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering
Research interests: Tumor immune microenvironment, patient-derived organoids
Email: sozdinc21@ku.edu.tr
Duygu Turan Sorhun, MSc
Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Doctoral Program
BSc Yeditepe University, Genetics and Bioengineering
MSc Koç University, Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CAMM)
Research interests: Brain tissue engineering
Email: dturan21@ku.edu.tr
MSc Students
Deniz Örnek
Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Master Program, GSSH
BSc Koç University, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Research interests: Tumor mechanobiology
Email: dornek15@ku.edu.tr
Nuriye Solcan
Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBGE) Master Program, GSSE
BSc Middle East Technical University, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Research interests: Tumor metabolism and microenvironment
Email: nsolcan20@ku.edu.tr
Aslı Dansık
Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBI) Master Program, GSSE
BSc Yıldız Teknik University, Dept. of Bioengineering
Research interests: Tumor extracellular matrix, tumor tissue engineering, integrative multi-omics
Email: adansik22@ku.edu.tr
Undergraduates
Eylül Sevinç Sevinç
(Summer intern, Molecular Biology and Genetics)
Alumni
Efe Can Doğanalp
(Undergraduate intern, School of Medicine)