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Utkan Demirci
Curriculum Vitae
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Date Prepared: February 22, 2018
Name: Utkan Demirci
Address: 3155 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (650) 906-9227
Work Email: utkan@stanford.edu
Nationality: United States of America
Education
1999 B.S.
Summa Cum Laude
Electrical Engineering University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
2001 M.S. Electrical Engineering Stanford University,
Stanford, CA
2005 M.S. Management Science and
Engineering
Stanford University
2005 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Stanford University
Postdoctoral Training
01/05-12/06 Research Fellow Surgery Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston, MA
01/05-12/06 Research Fellow Surgery Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA
01/05-12/07 Research Fellow Surgery Shriner’s Hospital for
Children, Boston, MA
Faculty Academic Appointments
01/07-10/07 Instructor Medicine Harvard Medical School
11/07-12/13 Assistant Professor Medicine Harvard Medical School
11/07-12/13 Assistant Professor Medicine and Health Sciences and
Technology
Voting privileges
Harvard-Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
(MIT) Division of Health
Sciences and Technology,
Cambridge, MA
12/09-12/12
Adjunct Professor
Bioinspired Engineering and
Biomechanics Center
No voting privileges
Xi’an Jiaotong University,
Xi’an, China
12/13-04/14 Associate Professor Medicine Harvard Medical School
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04/14-04/17 Associate Professor
with tenure, University
Tenure Line (UTL)
Radiology, Canary Center for
Early Cancer Detection
Stanford University School
of Medicine
07/15- Associate Professor
(by courtesy)
Electrical Engineering Stanford University School
of Engineering
04/17- Professor with tenure Radiology, Canary Center for
Early Cancer Detection
Stanford University School
of Medicine
Appointments/Affiliated Institutions and Organization
05/14- Affiliated Faculty
Member
Stanford Bio-X Stanford University
11/14- Affiliated Faculty
Member
Stanford Neurosciences Institute Stanford University School
of Medicine
08/15- Affiliated Faculty
Member
Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford University School
of Medicine
09/15- Faculty Fellow Stanford Center for Innovation in
Global Health
Stanford University School
of Medicine
01/18 Adjunct Professor Department of Physics Bogazici University,
Istanbul, Turkey
01/18 Distinguished Research
Scholar
Department of Engineering KOC University, Istanbul,
Turkey
01/18- Adjunct Professor Institute for Experimental and
Clinical Traumatology
Ludwig Boltzman Institute,
Vienna, Austria
Other Professional Positions
12/11- Co-founder
Chair of the Scientific Advisory
Board
Koek Biotechnology Izmir, Turkey
04/13- Co-founder
Company Board Member
Chair of the Scientific Advisory
Board
DxNow, Inc. Boston, MA
01/12-15 Scientific Advisory Board Member Akron Biotech, Inc. Boca Raton, FL
06/16- Scientific Advisory Board Member SmartLens Palo Alto, CA
03/17- Co-founder
Company Board Member
Levitas Palo Alto, CA
01/17- Scientific Advisory Board Member Organ Preservation
Alliance (Non-profit)
NASA Research Park,
Moffett Field, CA
11/17- Co-founder
Company Board Member
Hillel Palo Alto, CA
02/18- Scientific Advisory Board Member OvertureLife New York, NY
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Major Administrative Leadership Positions
Local
04/08-11 Course Co-director HST939, Designing and Sustaining
Technology Innovation for Global Health Practice, offered in
2008, 2009, 2011
Harvard Medical School
10/15-21 Principal Investigator, Stanford-Philips research
collaboration: advancing precision health. We established a
review panel to evaluate applications from within Stanford
and distributed the funding to Stanford faculty to enhance
interdisciplinary industrial collaborations.
Stanford University
17/12- CREST NIH R25 Training program MPI Stanford Univertsity
Committee Service
Local
2001-2003 Turkish Student Association Stanford University
President, Vice-President
2008 Graduate Admissions Committee Harvard-MIT, Division of Health Sciences
and Technology
Member
2008 Faculty Committee Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences
and Technology
Member
2009-2014 Regen-X working group on stem cells,
regenerative medicine and tissue
engineering
BWH Biomedical Research Institute (BRI)
Member
2012-2014 BRI Center for Regenerative Therapeutics
Working Group
BWH Biomedical Research Institute,
Member
2015 1st International Organ Banking Summit,
Organ Preservation Alliance Stanford, CA
Chair and Host of the Summit at Stanford
University School of Medicine
2016 Radiology Internal Grant Review
Committee (RIGR-C)
Department of Radiology, Stanford
University School of Medicine
01/2018 Senator, School of Medicine Faculty
Senate
Stanford University
International
2013 Organizing Committee and Chair Joint
Meeting “Nanotechnology and Tissue
Engineering: Current Challenges and
Future Prospects.”
Department of Molecular Biology and
Genetics, Istanbul Kultur University,
Istanbul, Turkey
Mentorship Service
2015 Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee (Dr.
Dawson Wong)
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University
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2015 Ph.D. Qualification Examination Committee
(Mr. Nurlybek Mursaliyev)
Department of Bioscience, Stanford
University
2015 PhD Thesis Defense Committee Member (Dr.
Charlène Bouyer)
Inserm, U1032, LabTau, University of Lyon,
Lyon, France
2016 PhD Thesis Defense Committee Member and
Co-advisor (Dr. Menekse Ermis Sen)
Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey
2016 PhD Thesis Defense Committee Member and
Co-advisor (Dr. Hakan Inan)
Gediz University, Izmir, Turkey
2017 PhD Thesis Defense Committee– Oral Exam
Chair (Dr. Keya Pandia)
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University
Professional Societies
2001- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member
2007- Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS), Member
2005- World Association of International Studies, Stanford University Hoover Institution Think
Tank, Member
2006- Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association, Member
2008- Society for Cryobiology, Member
2009 American Chemical Society, Member
2011- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Member
Conferences and Conference Service
2001- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2007
2008
2009
2009
2009
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
IEEE Sensors Conference
Technical Program Committee Member
IEEE Sensors Conference
Technical Program Committee Member,
Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS)
Technical Activities Committee Member
EMBS Microfluidics
Track Chair
EMBS
Associate Editor
EMBS BioMEMS
Technical Chair
IEEE EMBS
Conference Theme Chair
IEEE EMBS
Mini-Symposia Committee, Chair
IEEE EMBS
Microfluidic Techniques, Methods Systems I, Chair
IEEE EMBS
Optical and Photonic Sensors and Systems I, Chair
IEEE EMBS
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Conference Track Chair
IEEE EMBS Conference Editorial Board (CEB)
Associate Editor
2013 IEEE EMBS
Conference Associate Editor
Conference Track Chair
2015 IEEE EMBS
Conference Theme Chair
2007 Bodynets Conference Technical Program Committee Member
2007 Society for Biomaterials Session Chair, “Micro and Nanotechnologies and Biomaterials”
2008 American Scientists and Scholars
Association Conference
Chair, “Young Scholars Meet the College Presidents”
2009 EMBS BioMEMS Technical Activities Committee
2011 Imaging and Signal Processing in
Healthcare and Technology
(ISPHT)
Technical Committee
2011 American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Meeting Moderator
Moderator, Panel Discussant
2011
International Workshop on
Bioengineering and Biomechanics
Chairman of the Advisory Committee (Bio-2011), Xi’an,
China
2012
United States National Committee
for The
International Union of Radio
Science (USNC-URSI) Meeting
Co-Chair, Biomedical Applications
2012 Defense, Security and Sensing
2012- The International Society
for Optical Engineering (DSS12-
SPIE) Conference
Conference Chair of Biological and Chemical Sensors
session
2012 18th International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (ICMMB-18)
2014 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)
2014 TERMIS-EU Congress, Genoa, Italy
International Advisory Board
2014 TERMIS-EU Congress, Genoa, Italy
International Scientific Advisory Board
2016 TERMIS-AM Annual Conference and Exhibition, San
Diego, CA
Session Co-Chair
2014 Advanced Technologies on Health
Sciences Symposium, Ankara,
Turkey
Conference Chair
2014 Materials Research Society (MRS)-
Emerging 1D and 2D
Nanomaterials in Health Care,
Boston, MA
Session Co-Chair
2015 Point of Care Diagnostics World
Congress, San Diego, CA
Congress Advisory Board
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2015 Annual International Conference of
the IEEE Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society, Milan, Italy
Theme Chair
2015 SPIE-DSS Sensing Technology
and Applications Conference,
Baltimore, MD
Session Co-Chair
2016 International Society for
Biofabrication (ISBF’s)
Young Investigator Awards Committee Member
2017 Next Generation Dx Summit,
Cambridge Healthtech Institute's
Second Annual-Circulating Tumor
Cells Conference
Invited Panelist
2017 Next Generation Summit- The Big
Picture of Diagnostics,
Washington, DC
Early Detection with Liquid
Biopsy: Pipe dream or possibility?
Invited Panelist
Grant Review Activities
2009- Study Section Reviewer, National Institutes for Health (NIH)
2009 ZRG1 Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies (BST)-M Panel
2010 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Review Panel on Nanotechnology and
Cancer
2011 Instrumentation and Systems Development Study Section (ISD) Panel
2011 ZCA1 Resources and Training Research Branch (RTRB)-E
2011 ZRG1 Instrumentation and Systems Development Study Section ISD-P
2011
ZRG1 Interdisciplinary Molecular Sciences and Training (IMST)-K 14 B
2011
Cell, Molecular, and Computational
Biology IMST 14 and 15 Small Business Review
2011 Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies (BST-T [90])
2012 ZEB1 Office of Scientific Research (OSR)-B (M2) S Career Awards
2012
AIDS Discovery and Development of Therapeutics Study Section (ADDT)
2012
Bioengineering IMST-13 small business
(2012/10 ZRG1 IMST-M (13) B)
2012
Cancer Diagnostic & Therapeutic Agents Enabled by Nanotechnology
(2012/10 ZCA1 Special Review and Logistics Branch (SRLB)-X (O1) R)
2013 Small Business: Biological Chemistry, Biophysics, and Drug Discovery
ZRG1 IMST-G (10) B
2013 2013/05 ZRG1 AIDS and Related Research (AARR)-E (81) S
HIV/AIDS Innovative Research Applications
2013 NCI Review Panel: Development of Circulating Tumor Cell Devices with Focus on
Downstream Single Cell Molecular Analysis
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2013 2013/10 ZCA1 RTRB-E (O1) R
Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Molecular Analysis Technologies
for Cancer Research (Teleconference)
2013 2014/01 ZRG1 CVRS-C (10) B
Small Business: Cardiovascular Sciences
2014 CNIHR Review Panel: Creative and Novel ides in HIV Research Awards Program
2015 NCATS SBIR Contract Review; Topic 012- ZTR1 DPI 5 (01)
2015 Bioengineering Sciences &Technologies Member Conflict Special Emphasis Panel
2016 NCATS Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Topic 014 Contract Review
Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)
2016 NIH ZRG1 IMST-15 Cell and Molecular Biology SBIR panel
2016 NIH ZRG1 IMST-V (15)
2016 Quantum Review Meeting ZEB1 OSR-D (O1) S
2016 Enabling Bioanalytical and Imaging Technologies Study Section
2016 NCATS’ applications for Tissue Chip Testing Centers (TCTC) ZTR1 DPI-7 (01) 1
2017 National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel 2017/08 ZCA1 GRB-I (A1) S
2017 NIBIB Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21) 2017/10 ZRG1
BST-H (50) R
2017 Tissue Chips and Disease Modeling 2017/05 ZTR1
2017 Tissue Chips in Space 2017/05 ZTR1
2017 RFA-RM16-007: Transformative Research Award Review 2017/05 ZRG1
2009- Study Section Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF)
2009 Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Panel
2009 Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Panel
2009 Biomedical Engineering (BME) Career Panel B
2011 BME Panel
2013 Workshop: Advanced Biomanufacturing
2013 SCH-EXP13 Panel #5 in the Information & Intelligent Systems Division (IIS)
2014 ZHL1 CSR-C (M1) 1
Sickle Cell Disease Diagnostics
2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)
2009 Harvard Catalyst Panel
2010 Department of Defense (DOD) Review Panel
2016 Pre-Emerging Infectious Diseases Panel
Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
2011 Veterans Affairs (VA) Infectious Diseases A (INFA), Department of Veterans Affairs
2011 European Research Council Panel (ERC)
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2014 Diagnostic Tools, Therapies, and Public Health Panel
2012 DOD-Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), American Institute of
Biological Sciences
2012 Joint Council Office, Singapore, Agency for Science, Research & Techology
(A*STAR)
2012 Clinical and Biomedical Research, Italian Ministry of Health
2012 EU Co-Funded Brain Circulation Proposals, Turkish National Academy of Sciences
Reviewer
Health-2 Panel, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
2012 Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Biochemistry
2012 Health Navigator, Russian Skolkovo Foundation - MIT
2013 Brigham Research Institute Center & Program Grant Applications
2013 Early Career Scholars Program- CRDF Global
2013 Collaborative Health Research Projects NSERC Partnered Committee
2014 Research Programme (CRP) Grant - National Research Foundation Singapore
2014 Mitacs Elevate (ELVT34) Research Proposal, Canadian Non-profit Organization
2014 Carver Trust Research Proposal, Private Philanthropic Foundations, Muscatine, Iowa
2015 Dutch Technology Foundation STW, JP Utrecht, Netherlands
2016 Department of Justice (DoJ) National institute of Justice- Research & Development in
Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes Program
2016 The Ministry of Science, Technology and Space of the State of Israel (MOST)
2016 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada – Advanced
Manufacturing Panel
2016 Florida Department of Health, James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program
Peer Review.
2017 The Royal Society Translation Award Reviewer, The Royal Society, United Kingdom
2017 Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) Prize Reviewer, FNP, Poland
Editorial Activities
Ad hoc Reviewer
Acta Biomaterialia
Advanced Biomaterials
Advanced Healthcare Materials
Advanced Materials
Advanced Science
American Journal of Physiology
American Institute of Physics (AIP) Applied Physics Letters
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Analytical Chemistry
Biofabrication
Biomaterials
Biomedical Engineering Society
Biomedical Microdevices, Springer
Biomicrofluidics
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Biotechnology Journal, Wiley
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Cell Transplantation, Cognizant Communication Corporation
Chemical Communications
Chem Journal
Cytometry: Part A
Elsevier International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Exosomes and Microvesicles
Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Micro & Nano Letters
Journal of Biomedical Research Part A
Journal of Biophotonics
Journal of Cancer Science and Therapy
Journal of Laboratory Automation
Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC)
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Journal 3D printing in Medicine
Lab-on-a-Chip
Langmuir
Macromolecular Bioscience
Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
Nanoletters
Nanomedicine
Nature Biotechnology
Nature Communications
Nature Materials
Nature Methods
Nature Reviews Urology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
Proceedings of the IEEE
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization
Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation
Reproduction, Fertility and Development
Review of Scientific Instruments
Small
Scientific Reports
Science Translational Medicine
Thermal Science, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences
Tissue Engineering
Transactions on NanoBioscience
Trends in Biotechnology
Other Editorial Roles
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2007 Board Member The Open Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine Journal Bentham
2008 Associate Editor Journal of Sensors-Open
2011 Guest Editor Biotechnology Journal
2012 Editorial Board Member Exosomics
2012 Associate Editor Nano Communications
2013 Editorial Board Member Journal of Visual Experiments – JOVE
2013 Editor-in-Chief Adv Advanced Health Care Technologies -
Dove Press
2013 Editorial Board Member Review of Scientific Instruments (RSI)
2014 Editorial Board Member Journal of Circulating Biomarkers InTech
Open Access Publisher
2014 Editorial Advisory Board Member ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering-
ACS Publications
2014-16 Editorial Board Member Biofabrication- IOPscience
2015 Editorial Board Member Scientific Reports-Nature
2015 Editorial Board Member Journal of 3D Printing in Medicine- Future
Science Group
2016 Editorial Board Member Bioprinting-Elsevier
Honors and Prizes
1996 Scholarship for
Undergraduate Education
Turkish Ministry of Education Scholarship
1999 James B. Angell Scholar University of Michigan Scholarship
1999 Phi Kappa Phi, National
Honor Society
University of Michigan
Scholarship
2001 Raymond William Barrow
(RWB) Stephens Student
Prize of Elsevier Science
Proceedings of Ultrasonic
International
Research
2003 Outstanding Paper Award,
Transactions on Ultrasonic,
Ferroelectrics, and
Frequency Control
IEEE
Research
2004 1st Place, Business
Association of Stanford
Entrepreneurial Students
(BASES) Entrepreneur’s
Challenge Business Plan
Competition
Stanford University Entrepreneurship, out of 54
teams, based on my
dissertation
2004 1st Place, Winner of
Accenture Grand Prize
Singapore Business Plan
Competition
Entrepreneurship, at Global
Startup representing
Stanford University
2005 Ministry of Education
Award
Turkish Ministry of Education
Research
2006 TR-35 Award-MIT MIT Technology Review Research
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2007 Nano-Biotechnology
Award
National Science Council of
Turkey and The Turkish
Industrialists’ and
Businessmen’s Association
Research
2009 The Outstanding Young
Persons of the World
Junior Chamber International
(JCI)
Medical Innovation
2010
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
Chinese Young
Investigator Award
1st place among 77
Applicants, Engineering
in Medicine and Biology
Research (EMBS) Award
for Translational Research
Coulter Translational
Research Award
Partners in Excellence
Award
Early Career Achievement
Award
Faculty Early Career
Development Award
National Science Foundation
of China
IEEE-Wyss Institute
Biomedical Engineering
Society (BMES)
Partners Health Care
IEEE-EMBS
NSF
Research
Research
Research
Outstanding Community
Contributions for Student
Success Jobs Program
Invention of micro-fluidic
droplets and its impact on
inexpensive, disposable,
point of care diagnostics
Research
2013 Sharktank Competition American Epilepsy
Foundation
Research
Developing a point of care
platform for monitoring
drug level in blood for
epileptic patients
2013 Bright Futures Award Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Brigham Research
Institute
Research
Selected with 5000 public
votes over the web for the
project entitled “Taking
control over Epilepsy”
2014 StarTURK Award Assembly of Turkish
American Association
Research and scholarship
2016 2nd Place Student and
Investigator Section Oral
Presentation
Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine
International Society
(TERMIS)-Asia Pacific
Meeting
Research and scholarship
2016 Basic Scientist of the Year Stanford University School of
Medicine/Department of
Radiology
Research and scholarship
2016 Fellow-Elect American Institute of Medical
and Biomedical Engineers
(AIMBE)
Research and scholarship
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2017 Best Poster Canary Center
Competition
The early detection of
pancreatic cancer using
exosomes as novel
biomarkers
Research and scholarship
2017 Best Poster Canary Center
Competition
Bioprinted Microfluidic 3-D
Lung Cancer
Microenvironments for
Detection of Histone
Modification and Cell
Migration
Research and scholarship
2017 3rd Pitch Competition Bay Area Global Healthcare
Challenge to my PhD students
Research and scholarship
2017 Distinguished Investigator
Award
Academy for Radiology and
Biomedical Imaging Research
Research and scholarship
2018 Certificate of Appreciation Institute for Experimental and
Clinical Traumatology,
Ludwig Boltzman Institute
Research and scholarship
Report of Funded and Unfunded Projects
Funding Information
Past
2007-2009 Electrical sensors for rare cell populations in whole blood
Coulter Foundation – Early Career Award
Role: PI
The project proposed an approach in which various subcellular populations, such as CD8,
CD12 and CD14, were captured in microfluidic channels. The electrical field in the channels
was used to quantify and characterize the captured cells.
2008-2009 3D cardiac tissue model systems
Department of Medicine - The Randolph Hearst Foundation Young Investigator in Medicine
Award
Role: PI
We proposed to build and analyze 3D myocardium tissue models mimicking native tissue in
terms of viability and functionality.
2008-2010 Droplet based microfluidic chip for cryopreservation of germ cells
NIH (R21EB007707)
Role: PI
We proposed to vitrify cells encapsulated in droplets single to few cells at a time and
decrease the cryoprotectant concentrations used by increasing the heat flow rates.
2008-2010 High-Throughput Analysis of Cell Response to Chemical Libraries
NIH (R21EB009196)
PI: Khademhosseini
Role: Co-I
We proposed to study high-throughput analysis of cellular response to chemical libraries
using hydrogel microwell arrays.
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2008-2013 Micro-fabricated Vascularized 3D Tissue Engineered Constructs
NIH (R01HL092836)
PI: Khademhosseini
Role: Co-I
To create vascularized tissue constructs using micro-fabrication of hydrogels.
2009-2011
2009-2011
Disposable Filter-based Microfluidic chip for HIV CD4 monitoring at resource-limited
settings
CIMIT–DOD - New Development Grant
Role: PI
This project aimed to create a filter-based microfluidic device that could rapidly collect and
count white blood cells from whole blood on a small filter area by using inexpensive
fluorescence techniques at the point-of-care.
Microfluidic System for Screening Stem Cell Microenvironments
NIH (R01EB008392)
PI: Khademhosseini
Role: Co-I
We proposed to develop and characterize a microfluidic platform to study stem cell
differentiation.
2010-2012
Rapid Portable Platform for Multiple Pathogen Detection
DOD (W81XWH-10-1-1050)
Role: PI
We proposed a novel, portable platform to capture, image and enumerate multiple pathogens
on a microchip.
2011-2013 Antibody-based cell purification at resources limited settings for HIV
NIH (R21AI087107-01)
Role: PI
This project aimed to utilize the various antibodies to investigate the affinity of various cell
types by varying antibody types to create and isolate more pure populations of cell types
from bodily fluids, such as blood.
2012-2013
Nano-Acoustic Masonry of Microgels for Bottom-Up Tissue Engineering
NIH (R21HL112114)
Role: MPI
The goal of this project is to address these challenges by developing a Microscale Acoustic
System of Nanocoatings.
2009-2014
Point-of-Care rapid blood testing using microfluidic devices
NIH (R01AI081534)
Role: PI
This project aims to develop micro-fluidic-based point-of-care blood testing in a rapid
manner for CD4 counting.
2011-2013 Microfluidic Chip for Cryopreservation of Blood Cells
NIH (R21HL095960)
Role: PI
Develop an automated microfluidic chip to serve as a highly efficient, rapid, and inexpensive
blood cryopreservation system that is simple to use at the point of care.
2010-2014
3D combinatorial microenvironments for effective cell based therapy
NIH (R01HL099073-01A1)
PI: Liao and Khademhosseini
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Role: Co-I
The goal of this project is to develop implantable synthetic microenvironments as carriers
for cell implantation, thereby promoting adult cardiac progenitor cell engraftment, survival,
and subsequent differentiation.
2010-2014
A Microfabrication Platform for Direct Printing Vascularized Functional Tissue Constructs
NIH (R01EB012597)
PI: S. Chen
Role: Co-I
This project aims to develop methods to create 3D scaffolds of native ECM components
with complex internal architecture and cell encapsulation.
2012-2014 On-chip Nanoparticle-based Detection and Quantification of Viral load by a Cell Phone
BWH Biomedical Research Institute Translatable Technologies and Care Innovation Grants
Role: PI
The goal of this project is to integrate a cell-phone detector with microfluidics for point of
care applications.
2012-2014 Microchip for multiple infectious agents testing for primary care
NIH (U54, 1U54EB015408, Project #3)
PI: Parrish
Role: Co-I
We aim to develop primary care technologies to distinguish between bacterial, fungal, and
viral infections.
2012-2014 Rapid Disposable Microchip for Complete Blood Count
NIH (U54, 1U54EB015408, Project #1)
PI: Parrish
Role: Co-I
We aim to provide a new on-chip solution to obtain full blood counts rapidly at primary care
settings.
2012-2016 Minimizing the role of cryoprotectant toxicity for cryopreservation
NIH R01 EB015776-01A1
Role: PI
We propose to create a novel technology to minimize CPA concentrations in vitrification.
2015-2016
2014-2015
2014-2015
Disposable Chips to Measure Antiepileptic Drug Serum Concentrations at POC
Epilepsy Foundation
Role: PI
We aim to develop a microfluidic device to measure the level of antiepileptic drugs in the
serum of epileptic patients.
Fabrication of Hybrid Nanostructured Photonic-Plasmonic Platform for Ultrasensitive
Biosensing Applications
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility Seed Grant
Role: PI
We aim to develop nanostructured photonic sensing devices for HIV detection.
Bioprinted Microfluidic 3-D Lung Cancer Microenvironments for Detection of Histone
Modification and Cell Migration
Canary Foundation-Stanford Seed Grant
Role: PI
We aim to bioprint 3-D tumor models of lung cancer to detect histone modification and cell
migration.
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2014-2015 Nanoplasmonic Electrical-field Enhanced Resonating Devices (NE2RD) for Cancer Early
Detection from Whole Blood and Saliva
Canary Foundation-Stanford Seed Grant
Role: PI
We propose to detect cancer biomarkers (anti-E7 antibodies) from clinically relevant
samples.
2014-2016
Malaria screening in resource-poor settings using a simple, power-free, cell phone-friendly
device NIH R21 TW009915 Role: MPI – Demirci/Ghiran We propose to develop a rapid malaria diagnostic using a cell phone.
2015-2016 Naturally Inspired Approach Using 3-D Microtissues To Upscale Towards Complex Tissue
Cryopreservation
DoD A151-059-1166
Role: PI – Zybelberg/Demirci
We aim to develop a bio-inspired approach to cryopreserve 3-D microtissues.
2015-2016 Point-of-Care Low Cost Disposable Device for Nucleic Acid Amplification and Detection
of HIV
Wallace Coulter Foundation UR-120403
Role: MPI – Demirci/Katzenstein
We aim to develop an NAT assay for HIV reservoirs.
2013-2016 Magnetic Cellular Assembly and Microfluidic Conditioning for Generation of Functional
Cardiac Tissue
NIH (R15HL115556)
Role: Co-I
The goal is to use microfluidic conditioning to build functional 3D cardiac tissue constructs.
2012-2016
Novel disposable microchips for HIV-1 viral load
NIH (R01AI093282)
Role: PI
We aim to provide a device for label-free virus detection and quantification for POC testing
in developing countries from fingerprick whole blood.
2013-2016 Optimization of Sperm Sorting in Microfluidic Channels Using Coarse-Grained Modeling
NSF CBET 1464673
Role: PI
This project will develop the 3D theoretical flow-dynamics basis for sorting sperm.
2014-2016 A Novel Microfluidic HIV-1 Co-Culture Assay to Quantify Latent Reservoirs
NIH R21 AI113117
Role: MPI - Demirci/Henrich
We propose to quantify latent reservoirs for HIV.
2015-2016 Rapid Detection of Ebola Virus in Resource-Limited Settings
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
Role: PI
We aim to fabricate biosensor devices to detect and quantify Ebola viruses.
2015-2016 Disposable Chips to Measure Antiepileptic Drug Serum Concentrations at Point-of-Care
Epilepsy Foundation 7339110
Role: PI
We aim to detect drugs from blood in epileptic patients.
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Current
2012-2017 Non-invasive fields for directed 3D microgel assembly for tissue engineering
NSF CAREER 1461602
Role: PI
To develop a platform technology that utilizes nanoparticles and microscale hydrogels as
building blocks to create 3D complex multi-layer constructs via external magnetic fields.
2014-2017 Microfluidic PCR Method to Identify and Characterize HIV-Infected Single Cells
NIH R21AI110277
Role: MPI - Demirci/Henrich
We aim to use microfluidics for single cell analysis of HIV-infected cells.
2014-2018 Rapid Disease Diagnostics using Photonic Crystal Enhanced Antigen Biomarker
NIH R01 GM108584
Role: MPI – Demirci/Cunningham
This project will develop and integrate photonic crystal enhanced fluorescent technology to
detect and quantify cancer biomarkers.
2015-2018 Biofidelic 3-Dimensional Brain Surrogate Models of mTBI-Induced Alzheimer's Disease
Pathology
Department of the Army W81XWH-15-1-0576
Role: PI
We propose to create 3-D neural networks in vitro to study Alzheimer’s disease.
2015-2020 Platform Technology for Detection of Cancer-associated Viruses in HIV Patients
NIH R01 DE024971
Role: MPI – Demirci/Kaye
We propose to create technologies for quantifying viral load levels of KSHV co-infected
with HIV in cancer patients.
2015-2017 Biomanufacturing: Bioengineering of 3-Dimensional Brain Surrogate Tissue Models
NSF EAGER 1547791
Role: PI
We propose to biofabricate 3-D neuron structures to study neuron networks and function.
2016-2017 Rapid Portable Detection Platform for Multiple Infectious Agents for Primary Care
Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology U54EB015408
PI- Parish
Role: PI on subcontract
We propose to detect urinary tract infections and bacterial agents at primary care settings.
2015-2018 Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Breast Lesions: Does Breast Interstitial Fluid Hold
the Answers?
USAMRAA W81XWH-15-1-0646
PI-Pitteri
Role: Co-I
We propose to differentiate between benign and malignant tumors.
2016-2017 Automation of Differential Extraction with Sperm Quantitation using Microfluidic-
Integrated Shadow Imaging System for Forensic Applications
National Institute of Justice 2015-DN-BX-K037
Role: PI
We aim to capture sperm from heterogeneous cellular populations from forensic samples.
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2016-2017 Platform for Identification of Novel Lung Cancer Biomarkers Based on Exosome
Department of Defense- LC150650 11976867
Role: PI
We aim to isolate exosomes using a microfluidic device.
2016-2017 Developing a Precision based Platform for the Early Detection of Heart Failure in the
Community
Philips
Role: PI
We aim to create biosensors to detect cardiac biomarkers.
2016-2021 Multiscale Nanotechnologies for Comprehensive Assessment of Lung Cancer in Blood
Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence for Translational Diagnostics
(CCNE-TD) Project2 U54CA199075
PI-Gambhir
Role: Co-I
We develop label-free methods to sort circulating tumor cells in lung cancer.
2016-2020 Portable Nanostructured Photonic Crystal Device for HIV-1 Viral Load
NIH R01 AI120683-01A1
Role: MPI – Demirci/Cunningham
We propose to develop a highly sensitive and portable PC-based HIV-1 viral load
measurement platform, integrated with microfluidic devices, to detect HIV-1 from clinical
samples (i.e., unprocessed whole blood), which addresses current critical clinical problems
in healthcare, particularly for resource-limited settings.
2016-2020 Single Cell Characterization of Latent HIV-1 Reservoirs
NIH R01 AI122862-01A1
Role: MPI – Henrich/Demirci
We aim to implement single cell encapsulation technology to quantify inducible latent
reservoirs and determine the response to various reactivating agents in peripheral blood and
lymphoid tissue resident cells from suppressed individuals, who initiated ART early or late
during HIV-1 infection.
2016-2018 Rapid Portable Detection Platform for Multiple Infectious Agents for Primary Care NIH U54EB015408, NIH PI-Parish Role: Subaward PI We propose to detect infections and bacterial agents at primary care settings.
2017-2022 Canary Cancer Research Education Summer Training (Canary Crest) Program
NIH R25CA217729
Role: MPI-Demirci/Soh
We designed a summer research program for undergraduate students to get exposure to
science and research through the summer session with also a focus on diversity and
education. 2017-2022 Endothelial-pericyte interactions in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension
NIH RO1
PI-Perez
Role: Co-I
We will investigate exosomes for WNT5A pathway in of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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Report of Teaching and Training
Local
Stanford University
2004 EE 410, Teaching Assistant for Advanced
Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory
16 graduate students
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University
4 hrs contact per week
2014- Pre-major Advisor
Undergraduate Advising and Research
Stanford University
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST)
2007, 2009 HST 505, Laboratory in Molecular and
Cellular Sciences, Preparation for class
experiments involving manipulation of
cells in microfluidic and MEMS devices
2 hrs contact per week
15 graduate students
2007, 2008,
2009
HST 521, Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering in Medical Devices and
Artificial Organs
2 hrs contact, 1 lecture given
15 graduate students
2008 HST S11, The Art and Science of
Medicine
2 hrs contact, 1 lecture given
15 undergraduate students
2008, 2009,
2011
HST 939, Designing and Sustaining
Technology Innovation for Global Health
Practice
3 hrs contact per week
60+ graduate and undergraduate students
International
2015-16 Ph.D. Research Co-advisor
(Dr. Menekse Ermis Sen)
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Middle East Technical University
4 hrs contact per week
2014-16 Ph.D. Research Co-advisor
(Dr. Hakan Inan)
Department of Nanotechnology,
Gediz University
4 hrs contact per week
2016 Graduate Summer Students
Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine
Summer School, Riva del Garda, Italy
1 hr lecture
2016 Graduate Summer Students
NSF 15th International Summer School
on Biocomplexity, Biodesign, and
Bioinnova: from Gene to System, Izmir,
Turkey
Twice 2 hr lectures
Laboratory and Other Research Supervisory and Training Responsibilities
2007- Supervision of post-doctoral research fellow,
graduate students and undergraduate students
Weekly mentorship, 20 hours per week
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Formally Supervised Trainees and Faculty
2006-2007 Wang, Joyce, Graduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 12 months
2006-2008 Brigham, Mark, Graduate Student
Harvard Medical School
Co-Advisor for 24 months, Published 1
paper
2006-2008 Lin, Richard, Student at Oxford University,
Oxford, United Kingdom
Advisor for 24 months, Published 2 papers
2007 Karatekin, Serdar, Working at Crispin
Porter
Advisor for 6 months
2007 Shinde, Mansi, Graduate Student at
Perelman School of Medicine, UPENN
Summer Advisor for 3 months
2007
Shahnawaz, Karim, Resident, SUNY
Upstate Medical University
Daily mentorship for 6 months
2007-2008 Shah, Anoli, Working at Boston Scientific Advisor for 12 months
2007-2008
Hasan, Syed, Post-doctoral research fellow
Harvard Medical School
Weekly mentorship for 12 months, 12
publications, Resident at HMS
2007-2008 Ong, Luvena, Graduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 12 months
2007-2009 Manzur, Fahim, Working at Booz Allen
Hamilton
Advisor 12 months, Published 2 papers
2007-2009
Song, Young Seok, Assistant Professor at
Dankook University, South Korea
Weekly mentorship for 21 months,
Published 6 papers
2007-2010 Keles, Hasan Onur, Graduate Student,
University of Houston
Advisor for 3 years, Published 7 papers
2007-2010
Moon, Songjun, Assistant Professor at
Daegu Gyeongbuk of Science and
Technology, S. Korea
Weekly mentorship for 42 months
14 Publications
2008 Yildirim, Tugba, Medical Student in
Turkey
Summer Advisor for 3 Months
2008 Yilmaz, Burak, CEO at Sentegen Biotech Summer Advisor for 3 Months
2008 Mohammadi, Elham, Student at Chalmers
University, Göteborg, Sweden
Co-Advisor for 6 months
2008-2009 Kim, Yun Gon, Post-doctoral research
fellow, Department of Chemistry, Harvard
University
Weekly mentorship for 12 months,
Published 2 papers
2008-2009 Hulli, Leon, Working at Biopharm Insight Advisor for 12 months, Published 1 paper
2008-2009 Adler, Douglas, Working at Johns Hopkins
University
Advisor for 12 months, Published 1 paper
2008-2010 Chung, Bong Geun, Assistant Professor,
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
Co-Advisor for 24 months, Published 2
papers
2008-2010
Alyassin, Mohammad, Dental Student
Boston University
Advisor for 24 months, Published 1 paper
2008-2011 Xu, Feng, Faculty at Xi’an Jiaotong
University
Weekly mentorship for 28 months,
Published 11 papers
2009 Hefner, Evan, Undergraduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 6 months, Published 2 papers
2009 Lien, Julia, Research Assistant, BWH Advisor for 3 months
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2009 Onbasli, Cengiz, Graduate Student at MIT Summer Advisor for 3 Months
2009 Beyazoglu, Turker, Graduate Student at UC
Berkeley
Summer Advisor for 3 Months, Published 1
paper
2009
Sonmezoglu, Soner, Graduate Student,
Middle East Technical University
Summer Advisor for 3 Months
2009
Cimen, Furkan, Graduate Student, Bilkent
University
Summer Advisor for 3 Months
2009-2010 Emre, Ahmet Emrehan, Graduate Student,
Istanbul University
Advisor for 12 months, Published 2 papers
2009-2010 Moten, Asad, Undergraduate Student at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 12 months
2009-2010 Turali, Emine Sumeyra, Graduate Student
at University of Michigan
Advisor for 12 months, Published 2 papers
2010- Rizvi, Imran, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Harvard Medical School
Advisor for 6 years, Published 2 papers
2010 Wu, Max, Undergraduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 6 months
Published one paper in Advance Materials
2010 Khimji, Imran, Undergraduate Student at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 1 paper
2010 Ip, Alexander, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor
Published one paper
2010 Matloff, Laura, Undergraduate Student at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 6 Months, Published 1 paper
2010 Safaee, Hooman, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 1 paper
2010 Desai, Khanjan, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 1 paper
2010 Sung, Yuree, Undergraduate Student at the
University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 4 papers
2010 Esfahani, Matin, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 1 paper
2010 Sahin, Caglayan, Co-founder Reengen Advisor for 4 months
2010-2011
Sridharan, Banupriya, Graduate Student at
the University of Kansas
Advisor for 12 months, Published 3 papers
2010-2011 Vathsangam, Niveditha, Undergraduate
Student at Sastra University, India
Advisor for 12 months
2010-2011 Chang, Eric, Undergraduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 12 Months
2010- Wang, Shuqi, Post-doctoral research fellow
Harvard Medical School
Weekly mentorship, Published 29 papers
2010-2012 Gurkan, Umut Atakan, Faculty at Case
Western Reserve University
Weekly mentorship, Published 34 papers
2011 Mullick, Omer, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 2 papers
2011 Sarenac, Dusan, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 1 paper
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2011 Won Kyu, Sun, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 1 paper
2011 Ramanujam, Ajay, Undergraduate Student
at the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 1 paper
2011
Anand Tarini, Undergraduate Student at the
University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor, Published 2 papers
2011 Hsu, Charles, Undergraduate Student at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for 6 months
2011 Mbrica, Vition, High School Student
Boston Latin Academy
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Student
Success Jobs Program
2011 Vasudevan, Aishwarya, Undergraduate
Student at Sastra University, India
Advisor for 6 months, Published 2 papers
2011 Subramanian, Sathya, Undergraduate
Student at Sastra University, India
Advisor, Published 1 paper
2011 Ali, Heba Adel, Undergraduate Student at
The American University of Cairo (AUC)
Co-Advisor
2011 Avci, Oguzhan, Undergraduate Student at
Bilkent University
Summer Advisor, Published 1 paper
2011 Canikyan, Serli, Undergraduate Student at
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Summer Advisor, Published 2 papers
2011 Cho, In Sik, Undergraduate Student at the
University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor
2011 Giannakeas, Vasily, Undergraduate Student
at the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor
2011 Korkutata, Mustafa, Undergraduate Student
at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
Summer Advisor
2011 Lee, Joon Loup, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Co-op Program Advisor
2011 Lee, Victoria, Undergraduate Student at
Brandeis University
Summer Advisor
2011 Liu, Serena, Undergraduate Student at
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Summer Advisor
2011 Cesar, Soria, Undergraduate Student at the
University of New Mexico
Summer Advisor, The Harvard Catalyst
Summer Clinical and Translational
Research Program (SCTRP)
2011 Tas, Huseyin, Undergraduate Student at
Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Summer Advisor, Published 1 paper
2011 Unluisler, Sebnem, Undergraduate Student
at Yeditepe University
Summer Advisor, Published 2 papers
2011 Acikgenc, Ali, Undergraduate Student at
Fatih University
Summer Advisor, Published 1 paper
2011 Ozturk, Deniz, Undergraduate Student at
Bilkent University
Summer Advisor
2011 Kucuk, Erdi, Student at Undergraduate
Bilkent University
Summer Advisor
2011 Ip, Alexander Chi Fai, Undergraduate
Student at Penn State
Summer Advisor, Published 1 paper
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2011 Kaya, Ismail, Undergraduate Student at
Bilkent University
Summer Advisor
2011 Ertuna, Yusuf, Undergraduate Student at
Bilkent University
Summer Advisor
2011 Arik, Yusuf, Undergraduate Student at
Bilkent University
Summer Advisor
2011 Konduru, Nagarjun, Post-doctoral research
fellow/ Harvard School of Public Health
Weekly mentorship
2011-2012 Inci, Fatih, Graduate Student at Istanbul
Technical University
Weekly mentorship, Published 6 papers
2013- Inci, Fatih, Rejoined as Post-doctoral
research fellow/Harvard Medical School,
Stanford University
Weekly mentorship, Published 23 papers
2011- Erkmen, Burcu, Graduate Student,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor for one year, Published 2 papers
2011- El Assal, Rami, Post-doctoral research
fellow, Harvard Medical School, Stanford
University
Advisor, Published 11 papers
2011-2014 Tasoglu, Savas, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Harvard Medical School, Stanford
University
Weekly mentorship, Published 21 papers
2011-2016 Chen, Pu, Post-doctoral research fellow
Harvard Medical School, Stanford
University
Weekly mentorship, Published 15 papers
2011-2014 Shafiee, Hadi, Post-doctoral research
fellow/ Harvard Medical School
Weekly mentorship, Published 13 papers
Received NIH F32 Award
2011-2013 Lou, Zhengyuan, Graduate Student
Xi’an Jiatong University, Stanford
University
Weekly mentorship, Published 3 papers
2012 Sirikci, Sevde, Undergraduate Student at
Istanbul University
Summer Advisor
2012 Kumar, Pavitra, Undergraduate Student at
Sastra University
Summer Advisor
2012 Wenyi, Zheng, Undergraduate Student at
the University of Waterloo
Summer Advisor
2012 Yildiz, Simin, Undergraduate Student at
Istanbul Technical University
Summer Advisor, Published 1 paper
2012-2013 Sokullu, Emel, Assistant Professor, Izmir
Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey
Weekly mentorship, Published 1 paper
2012-2015 Guven, Sinan, Post-doctoral research
fellow/ Harvard Medical School, Stanford
University
Weekly mentorship, Published 17 papers
2012-2013 Tokel, Onur, Faculty at Bilkent University Weekly mentorship, Published 3 papers
2012-2014 Sadasivam, Magesh, AMITY University,
Visiting International Research Trainee
with B.S. degree
Research Trainee
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2012 Ramesh, Shwathy, Undergraduate Student
at AMITY University, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee
2012 Sakhta, Hassan, Undergraduate Student at
University of Waterloo, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee
2012 Shoukat, Muhammad, Undergraduate
Student at MIT
Research Trainee
2012-2013 Waseem, Hasan, Undergraduate Student at
University of Waterloo, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee
2012-2013 Wach, Sonya, Undergraduate Student at
University of Waterloo, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee
2012-2013 Lee, Jeonghun, Undergraduate Student at
University of Waterloo, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee
2012- 2013 Jahangir, Muntasir, Graduate Student
Georgetown University
Research Trainee, Published 4 papers
2012-2013 Nickerson, Michael, Intern at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2012- Asghar, Waseem, Post-doctoral research
fellow/ Harvard Medical School
Weekly mentorship, Published 7 papers
2012-2013 Yuksekkaya, Mehmet, Graduate Student
and Instructor at Baskent University
Research Trainee, Published 4 papers
2012-2013 Le, Quang, High School Student, Student
Success Program at BWH
Research Trainee
2012-2013 Gungordu, Hatice Imran, Graduate Student
Istanbul Technical University
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013 Subramanian, Aishwarya, Undergraduate
Student at Sastra University
Research Trainee
2013 Natarajan, Nalini, Undergraduate Student
at Sastra University, Visiting International
Research Trainee
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013 Vural, Tayfun, Graduate Student at
Hacettepe University, Visiting International
Research Trainee
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013 Rajagopalan, Adhithi, Undergraduate
Student at Sastra University, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013 Rochman, Jake, Undergraduate Student at
University of Waterloo, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee
2013 Tandon, Mudit, High School Student at
Belmont Hill School
Research Trainee
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2013 Shruthi, Rao, Undergraduate Student at
SRM University, Visiting International
Research Trainee
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013 Chamundeswari, Vidya, Undergraduate
Student at Sastra University, Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013 Martinez, Daniel, High School Student at
John D O’Bryant School of Math and
Science-Roxbury
Accepted to Harvard University
Undergraduate degree program with full
scholarship and received the Melinda Bill
Gates Millennium Fellowship
2013-2014 Sobieranski, Antonio Carlos, Graduate
Student
Weekly Mentorship, Published 1 paper
2013-2014 Podel, Ishwari, Graduate Student
University of Nebraska
Research Trainee
Worked on tissue engineering
2013 Velasco, Vanessa, Graduate Student
University of Louisville, Kentucky
Research Trainee, Published 2 papers
2013 Bilirgen, Asu, High School Student at
Deerfield Academy High School
Research Trainee
2013 -2014 Fillippini, Chiara, Graduate Student
University of Bologna, Italy
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013 Kankasabapathy, Manoj Kumar, Graduate
Student, Amity University, India
Research Trainee
2013- Zhang, Michael, Research Trainee with
B.S. Degree
Research Trainee, Published 2 papers
2013- Sah, Vasu, Graduate Student
University at Buffalo
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2013-2014 Kishore Kumar, Deepan, Undergraduate
Student at Biria Institute of Technology
and Science Visiting International Research
Trainee
Research Trainee
2013-2014 Ganesan, Adarsh Venkataraman,
Undergraduate Student at Biria Institute of
Technology and Science Visiting
International Research Trainee
Research Trainee, Published 3 papers
2013-2014 Bagatur, Yesim, Graduate Student
Yeditepe University
Research Trainee
2013-2014 Keser, Mert, Undergraduate Student at
Baskent University
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
Worked on fabricating microfluidic devices
2013-2015 Cumhur Tekin, Huseyin, Post-doctoral
research fellow/Harvard Medical School,
Stanford University
Weekly mentorship, Published 6 papers
2013-2015 Calibasi, Gizem, Graduate Student
Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Health
Sciences, Stanford University
Research Trainee, Published 2 papers
2014-2015 Liaudanskaya, Volha, Graduate Student
University of Trento, Italy
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2014 Shankaran, Krithika, Graduate Student Research Trainee
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Sastra University
2014 Khetani, Sultan Noorddin, Graduate
Student at SRM University
Research Trainee
2014-2015 Bouyer, Charlene, Graduate Student And
Fullbright Fellow, LabTau UCBL1
Research Trainee, Published 1 paper
2014 Nagashima, Jennifer, Visiting Ph.D.
Scholar Cornell University/Stanford
University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 1 paper
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship
2014-2015 Arslan Yildiz, Ahu, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 2 papers
2014-2015 Yildiz, Umit Hakan, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 3 papers
2014-2015 Calamak, Semih, Visiting Ph.D candidate
/Hacettepe University
Weekly mentorship, Published 2 papers
2014-2015 Demirtas, Tolga Tugrul, Visiting Ph.D
candidate /Hacettepe University
Weekly mentorship, Published 1 paper
2014-2016 Ozen, Mehmet Ozgun, Visiting Ph.D
candidate /Ege University
Weekly mentorship, Published 3 papers
2014-2016 Mei, Mingyuan, Graduated
student/University of California San Diego
Weekly mentorship
2014-2015 Srivatsa, Srikar, High School
Student/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 1 paper
2014- Zhou, Sherry, High School
Student/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2014- Inan, Hakan, Visiting Ph.D. candidate/
Gediz University
Weekly mentorship, Published 3 papers
2015 Lewis, Jedd, Ph.D. candidate/Stanford
University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015- Baday, Murat, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 5 papers
2015- Chinnasamy, Thiruppathiraja, Post-doctoral
research fellow/Stanford University School
of Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 2 papers
2015- Lifson, Mark, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 4 papers
2015 Xinli, Zhou, Visiting faculty/University of
Shanghai for Science and Technology
Weekly mentorship
2015-2016 Nieland, Thomas, Senior Research
Associate/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 1 paper
2015- Tocchio, Alessandro, Post-doctoral Weekly mentorship
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research fellow/Stanford University School
of Medicine
2015- Choi, Jungkyu, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 1 paper
2015 Dong, Zhihong, Visiting post-doctoral
research fellow/Chengdu University
Weekly mentorship
2015- Liu, Fei, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015-2016 Saylan, Yeseren, Visiting Ph.D. candidate /
Hacettepe University
Weekly mentorship
2015- Yang, Jaeyoung, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015 Holman, Alyssa, Visiting undergrad.
Student/Cornell University
Weekly mentorship, Published 1 paper
2015-2016 Grosshaeuser, Bianka, Visiting Ph.D.
candidate /Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology
Weekly mentorship
2015-2016 Pawlosky, Annalisa, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015- Lee, Hojae, Research Assistant/Stanford
University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Ozen, Mehmet Ozgun, Rejoined as a Post-
doctoral research fellow/Stanford
University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Mani, Vigneshwaran, Post-doctoral
research fellow/Stanford University School
of Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 2 papers
2015- Ercal, Baris, Visiting professor /Stanford
University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015-2016 Mutlu, Onur, Visiting medical student
/Stanford University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015- Poyraz, Muhammet, Graduate PhD student
/Stanford University Electrical Engineering
Weekly mentorship
2015- Ercal, Ozlem, Visiting scholar /Stanford
University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015- Domingo, Ron, Ph.D. student /Stanford
University School of Medicine
Thesis Advisor
2015-2016 Kaminski, Tomaz, Visiting student
/Stanford University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2015-2016 Deshmukh, Shreya Sanjay, PhD student
/Stanford University Bioengineering
Department
Weekly mentorship
2015-2016 Ceron, Robert, High School Research trainee
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Student/Stanford University School of
Medicine
2015-2016 Seyedzadeh, Ojan, High School
Student/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Research trainee
2016- Ayas, Sencer, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Liu, Woei-Jong Robert, Senior Research
Scientists/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Sridhar, Kaushik, Research
Assistant/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship, Published 2 papers
2016- He, Long, Visiting International
Student/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Ren, Tanchen, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Guo, Feng, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Canadas, Raphael, Visiting student
researcher/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Liu, Qiang, Post-doctoral research
fellow/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016- Cimen, Duygu, Visiting student
researcher/Stanford University School of
Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016 Sahan, Ayse, Visiting student
researcher/University of California, San
Diego
Weekly mentorship
2016 Coskun, Bukre Cenan, Visiting student
researcher/University of California, San
Davis
Weekly mentorship
2016 Sahan, Asude Betul, Visiting student
researcher/University of California, San
Barbara
Weekly mentorship
2016 Acharya, Rupsa Bhatt, Lynbrook High
School, San Jose
Weekly mentorship
2016 Inci, Fatih, Rejoined as a Basic Life
Science Research Associate/ Stanford
University School of Medicine
Weekly mentorship
2016 El Assal, Rami, Rejoined as a Basic Life Weekly mentorship
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Local Invited Presentations
No presentations below were sponsored by outside entities
2003 Acoustic ejector arrays/ Research Presentation
Stanford University Research Seminar
2003 Environmentally benign deposition of photoresist, low-k and high-k dielectrics/ Research
Presentation
National Science Foundation (NSF) Semi-Annual Review, Stanford, CA
2004 Picoliter droplet generation by membrane based ejector arrays/ Research Presentation
Stanford University Research Seminar
2004 Environmentally benign IC fabrication techniques by picoliter droplets/Research
Presentation
NSF Semi-Annual Review, Stanford, CA
2006 Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Technologies for Biological Problems/ Center
for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) Panel Presenter
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
2006 MEMS in Biology/ Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technologies Faculty Candidate
Seminar
Harvard Medical School
2006 Single Cell Encapsulation in Acoustic Picoliter Droplets/ Research Presentation
Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School
2006 Bio-MEMS/ Research Presentation
NIH Bio-MEMS Workshop for Center for Engineering in Medicine, MGH
2006 Development of low cost HIV diagnostics using MEMS based techniques for developing
countries/ Research Presentation
Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), MGH Annual Research Symposium
2007 Bio-MEMS Technologies for HIV Diagnosis at Resource Limited Settings for Global
Health/ CIMIT Forum (Invited Talk)
Harvard Medical School
2007 Bio-Acoustic-MEMS for Medicine/ Research Presentation
Harvard Institute of Medicine (HIM), Stem Cell institute, Harvard Medical School
2008 HIV Monitoring at Resource Limited Settings for Global Health/
CIMIT Forum (Invited Talk)
Harvard Medical School
2008 MEMS in Medicine/ Research Presentation
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2009 Global Health, Intellectual Property, and Access to Medical Innovations
CIMIT Panel Moderator
Harvard Medical School
2009 Special (invited presentation) for Gates Foundation Visit
CIMIT Conference
Harvard Medical School
2010 Cell printing for high throughput applications/Research Presentation
Science Research Associate/ Stanford
University School of Medicine
2017 Andraka, Jack Thomas, Undergraduate
student/ Stanford University
Monthly mentorship
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Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
2011 A Point-of-Care Microchip Platform for HIV-1 Monitoring and Diagnostics/ Research
Presentation
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2011 Translation of Innovation from Academia to Industry/ Research Presentation
Harvard Catalyst Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies and the Harvard
Catalyst Central Laboratory, Harvard Medical School
2012 Microscale Technologies for Applications in Medicine/ Research Presentation
Clinical Pathology Conference, Pathology Department, BWH
2012 The BWH Bioengineering Group: Solving Medical Problems Through the Power of
Convergence with Engineering/ Research Presentation, Boston, MA
2012 Microscale Technologies for Applications in Medicine/ Research Presentation
BWH Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) Innovation Grand Rounds
2013 BWH Research Day mini symposium on ‘Technology and Innovation’ “Enhancing Global
Health through Low-Cost Point-of-care Technology” (Invited Talk)
2014 Stanford Biodesign Lecture “Micro and Nanoscale Technologies in Medicine” (Invited
Talk)
2015 Canary Center at Stanford Lecture “Microfluidic Technologies in Medicine” (Invited Talk)
2015 Stanford Workshop on 3D Bio-Printing “Bioprinting Technologies in Medicine” (Invited
Talk)
2016 Label-free Magnetic Additive Biomanufacturing Methods to Isolate, Sort Circulating Tumor
Cells, and Microemboli / Research Presentation, Stanford Bioengineering Retreat, Santa
Cruz, CA (Invited Talk)
2016 Developing Nanoplasmonic Technologies for Biosensing Applications in Cancer/Research
Presentation, Stanford University, Canary Summit, Palo Alto, CA (Invited Talk)
2017 Microfluidic Tools in Cancer/Research Presentation, Levin Lab’s Group Meeting,
Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
2018 Microfluidic Tools in Reporductive Medicine/Research Presentation, Maternal-Fetal
Medicine Division Research Meeting, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford
University School of Medicine
Report of Regional, National and International Invited Teaching and Presentations
No presentations below were sponsored by outside entities.
Regional
2008 HIV CD4 Monitoring using microfluidics for developing countries/ Research Presentation
MIT Desphande Center Ideastream Innovation Conference, Cambridge, MA
2009 HIV Monitoring for Global Health/ Research Presentation
MIT Desphande Center Ideastream Innovation Conference
2009 Monitoring HIV at Resource Limited Settings/ Research Presentation
MIT EmTech 2009 TR35 Conference, Bio TR35 panel
2009 The search for sensing rare cells/ Research Presentation
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2011 Clinical and Translational Research and Science in Biomedical Engineering III/ Research
Presentation
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Session Talk, Hartford, CT
2011 Monitoring HIV at resource-limited settings/ Research Presentation
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University of Massachusetts, Medtech Conference, Boston, MA
2011 Point of Care Technologies from bedside to global health/ Research Presentation
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
2011
Protein-G based antibody immobilization for HIV detection on-chip/ Research Presentation
Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day, Boston, MA
2011 Global Health and Biomedical Engineering/ Research Presentation
Boston University, Boston, MA
2013 Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Technologies for a Better Quality of Life, Guardian Angels
Symposium, Swissnex Boston, Cambridge, MA (Invited Talk)
2014 MRS Symposium I: Emerging 1D and 2D Nanomaterials in Health Care, Boston, MA
(Invited Talk)
2014 CMB Seminar: Developing tools for medicine and biology, San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, CA (Invited Talk)
2015 Nanoliter Cell Manipulation Technologies for Cryopreservation/ Research Presentation,
Organ Banking Summit, Stanford, CA (invited keynote speaker)
2016 Label-Free Magnetic Additive Biomanufacturing Technologies to Isolate and Sort
Circulating Tumor Cells and Microemboli/ Research Presentation, AIChE Annual Meeting
in San Francisco, CA (Plenary Session: Invited Talk)
2017 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine/ Research Presentation,
American Association for Clinical Chemistry, San Diego, CA (invited talk)
2017 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine/ Research Presentation,
Biosciences, Inc. NGS, RNA-Seq, Single Cell Analysis & Single Molecule Analysis:
Research to Diagnostics 2017 Conference, San Diego, CA (Keynote speaker)
2017 A Magnetic Levitation System to Study the Impact of Donor Gender, Age and Blood Storage
Conditions on Red Blood Cell Density Profile/ Research Presentation, American
Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (Oral Presentation)
National
2004 Environmentally benign deposition of photoresist, low-k and high-k dielectrics/ Research
Presentation
NSF Annual Review, Tucson, AZ
2004 Acoustic Micromachined Picoliter Droplet Generators for Microfluidic and Biological
Applications/ Research Presentation
MGH
2006 Micro-technologies for point-of-care diagnostics for Global Health Problems/ Research
Presentation
Stanford University, Hoover Institute, World Association of International Studies
2006 Acoustics in microfluidics for semiconductor and biological applications/ Research
Presentation
University of Pennsylvania, Electrical Engineering Department Seminar, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Acoustics in microfluidics for semiconductor and biological applications/ Research
Presentation
University of Illinois, Electrical Engineering Department Seminar, Champaign, IL
2006 Acoustics in microfluidics for semiconductor and biological applications/ Research
Presentation
Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, West Lafayette, IN
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2006 Acoustics in microfluidics for semiconductor and biological applications/ Research
Presentation
University of California, Electrical Engineering Department Seminar, Davis, CA
2006 MEMS in biology/ Research Presentation
Rutgers University Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar, New Brunswick, NJ
2006 Acoustics in microfluidics for semiconductor and biological applications/ Research
Presentation
University of California, Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar, Davis, CA
2006 Acoustics in microfluidics for semiconductor and biological applications/ Research
Presentation
University of Louisville, Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar, Louisville, KY
2007 Bio-Acoustic-MEMS in medicine: Cell printing, HIV diagnostics/ Research Presentation
Stanford University, Seminar Series
2007 Tissue printing using acoustic picoliter droplets/ Research Presentation
BMES Conference Talk, New York, NY
2007 Cell printing by acoustic picoliter droplets/ Research Presentation
IEEE UFFC Conference Talk, New York, NY
2008 Disposable microfluidic chip for HIV CD4 monitoring at resource-limited settings/ Research
Presentation
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, IEEE (invited talk), Boston, MA
2008 HIV CD4 Monitoring for global health/ Research Presentation
Advancing Science Serving Society (AAAS) Conference Talk, Boston, MA
2009 MEMS in Medicine/ Research Presentation
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2009 CD4 based microchips for rapid detection of HIV/ Research Presentation
35th Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Boston, MA
2009 BioMEMS and Global Health/ Research Presentation
The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Cell Cryopreservation Using Microfluidic Devices/ Research Presentation
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Quantum dot-based HIV capture and imaging in microfluidic channel/Research Presentation
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Lenseless Imaging for Point-of-care Testing/ Research Presentation
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 CD4 Microchip for monitoring HIV/ Research Presentation
AIMBE-American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineers Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC
2010 Cell Printing for Tissue Model Systems/Research Presentation
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Microchips for cell and virus detection from whole blood/ Research Presentation
Norfolk Navy Base, Norfolk, VA
2010 Microchips for cell and virus detection from whole blood/Research Presentation
US Army, TATRC Blood Review Meeting, Fort Detrick, MD
2010 Micro and nanoscale technologies for infectious diseases/Research Presentation
2010
USAMRIID, Frederick, MD
Nanoscale Sciences of Biological Interfaces Sensing Technologies for Point of Care
Diagnostics/ Research Presentation
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University of California, Irvine, CA
2011 Efficient Capture and Detection of HIV Subtypes by Oriented Antibody Immobilization in
a Microchip for Enhanced HIV Viral Load Detection Applications/ Research Presentation
Material Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, MA
2011 Fabrication of Porous Hydrogels with Embedded Microchannels Using Living Sacrificial
Porogens/ Research Presentation
MRS Fall Meeting
2011 Rapid, Label-Free Sample Preparation Microchip for Sorting Blood Components at the
Point-of-Care (POC)/ Research Presentation
MRS Fall Meeting
2011 Materials and Concepts for Biomedical Sensing/ Research Presentation
MRS Fall Meeting
2011 Micro- and nano-scale technologies for global health/ Research Presentation
Penn State, University Park, PA
2011 Stem cell printing for controlled-size embryoid body formation/ Research Presentation
MRS, San Francisco, CA
2011 Multiphase Anisotropic Tissue Structures by Microdroplet Based Hydrogel Printing/
Research Presentation
MRS, San Francisco, CA
2011 Rapid Portable Platform for Multiple Pathogen Detection/ Research Presentation
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, Fort Detrick, MD
2011 Directed Self-Assembly of Materials/ Research Presentation
The Materials Research Society Technology Development Workshop Series Nashville, TN
2012 USNC/URSI NRSM Commission K student paper/ Research Presentation
National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO
2012 Microfluidic Antennas, URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO
2012 Implantable/Wearable Microfluidic Antennas, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas
and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago (invited talk)
2012 Magnetic Nanoparticle and Magnetic Field Based Assembly for Microscale Hydrogels/
Research Presentation National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO
2012 Integration of Cell Phone Imaging with Microchip ELISA to Detect Ovarian Cancer HE4
Biomarker in Urine at the Point-of-Care/ Research Presentation
NRSM
2012 Integration of Cell Phone Imaging with Microchip ELISA to Detect Ovarian Cancer HE4
Biomarker in Urine at the Point-of-Care/ Research Presentation
Future Diagnostics: Point-of-Care Diagnostics, University of California, Irvine, CA
2012 Rapid Microfluidic Diagnostics and Monitoring at the Point of Care/ Research Presentation
University of California, Irvine, CA
2012 Microscale Technologies for Regeneration of Functional 3D Tissue Models in vitro/
Research Presentation
MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2012 Thermoresponsive Microfluidic Chip/ Research Presentation
MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2012 Rapid Multiple Pathogen Detection Using a Portable Microfluidic System/ Research
Presentation
SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, Baltimore, MD
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2012 Portable Microfluidic Chip for Detection of Escherichia Coli in Produce and Blood/
Research Presentation
44th Oak Ridge Conference: Emerging Technologies for 21st Century Clinical Diagnostics,
San Jose, CA
2012 Plasma Treatment on 3D Cell Culture Environment/ Research Presentation
22nd International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry
(CAARI-2012), Fort Worth, TX
2012 Microscale 3D Tissue Engineering and Self-Assembly of Nanogels/ Research Presentation
Columbia University, New York, NY
2012 Microscale Technologies for Point of Care Diagnostics: Lensless Imaging and Cell-phone
Base Systems/ Research Presentation
IEEE-EMBS Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine, Maui, HI
2013 An Implantable Microfluidic Antenna for Biomedical Sensing, URSI National Radio
Science Meeting, Boulder, CO (invited talk)
2013 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies at the Convergence of Engineering and Biology for
Applications in Medicine/ Research Presentation
Stanford University Bioengineering Colloquium- BIOE 393
2013 Micro/Nanoscale Technologies for Applications in Medicine/ Research Presentation
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Canary Center for
Cancer Early Detection
2013 Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics/ Research Presentation, 2013 University of Notre
Dame, IN
2013 Trends in Cell Cyropreservation Technologies/ Research Presentation, CRYO2013 Scientific
Program, Bethesda, MD (invited talk)
2013 Trends in Cell Cyropreservation Technologies/ Research Presentation, International Society for
Cellular Therapy (ISCT) Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (invited talk)
2013 Point of Care Technologies for Medicine/ Research Presentation, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburg, PA (invited talk)
2013 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications in Medicine at the Point of Care/ NIH
Cancer Detection, Diagnostic, and Treatment Technologies for Global Health Symposium/
Research presentation, Bethesda, MD (invited talk)
2014 SPIE Sensing Technologies and Applications Symposium, Baltimore, MD (invited talk)
2014 Flexible Microwave Antenna Applicator for Thermotherapy of the Breast, URSI National
Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO
2014 Conformal Antenna Applicator for Mild Hyperthermia of the Breast, IEEE International
Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting,
Memphis, TN (invited talk)
2014 Inaugural Point-of-Care and Mobile Health Diagnostics Technologies Conference, Boston, MA
(invited talk)
2014 AED Drug Levels On A Chip/ Research Presentation, Epilepsy Pipeline Conference, San
Francisco, MA (invited talk)
2014 Potential Applications of Microfluidic Methods to Sort Fresh and Frozen Sperm/ Research
Presentation, World Forum on Biology, Savannah, GA (invited talk)
2014 Micro- and Nano-Scale Technologies for Applications in Medicine at the POC/ Research
Presentation, Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting, Boston, MA (invited talk)
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2014 Micro- and Nano-Scale Technologies for Applications in Medicine at the POC/ Research
Presentation, EMBS Micro- and Nanotechnology in Medicine Conference, Oahu, HI (invited
talk)
2015 Biofabrication and Biomanufacturing in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
(TERM)/Research Presentation, Society for Biomaterials, Charlotte, NC (invited talk)
2015 Detecting Biotargets and Drugs from Blood, Urine, and Saliva / Research Presentation, SPIE
“Advances in Global Health through Sensing Technologies" conference, Baltimore, MD
(invited talk)
2015 Advanced Technologies in Bioprinting and Biofabrication On-chip Tissues Models/ Research
Presentation, Annual Meeting of the International Society for Cellular, Las Vegas, NV (Plenary
talk)
2015 Creating platform technologies: 3-D Tissue models for Drug Testing and Point-of-care
Applications / Research Presentation, University of Iowa, Departmental Invited Talk, Iowa
City, IA (invited talk)
2015 Micro- and Nano-Scale Technologies for Applications in Medicine/ Research Presentation,
Northeastern University, Nanomedicine Academy Lecture series, Boston, MA (invited web
talk)
2016 A nanoplasmonic electrical-field enhanced resonating device for detection of multiple
biotargets from whale saliva, blood, serum/ Research Presentation, SPIE Conference, San
Francisco, CA (invited talk)
2016 What is Innovation? / Research Presentation, Engineering Deans Institute (EDI) at the
American Society for Engineering Education Meeting, San Francisco, CA (invited panel talk)
2016 Label-free Magnetic Additive Biomanufacturing Methods to Isolate, Sort Circulating Tumor
Cells, and Microemboli/ Research Presentation, College of Engineering & Computer Science,
Florida Atlantic University (invited talk)
2016 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine/ Research Presentation, AES
Electrophoresis Society's Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (plenary talk)
2017 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine/ Research Presentation, Next
Generation Dx Summit, Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s Second Annual- Circulating Tumor
Cells Concference, Washington, DC (invited talk)
2017 Chemistry-free Microfluidic Technologies to Sort Cells for Health and Diseases/Research
Presentation, Comparative Medicine Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (invited
talk)
2017 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies in Medicine/ Research Presentation, 2nd Microfluidics
Congress USA-Utilizing Microfluidic Technologies as a Tool for Progressing Medical
Research, Philadelphia, PA (invited talk)
2017 Chemistry-free Microfluidic Technologies to Sort Cells for Health and Diseases/Research
Presentation, Next Generation Summit- The Big Picture of Diagnosis, Washington, DC (invited
talk)
2017 Label-free Magnetic Levitation Technologies for Monitoring Health and Disease/Research
Presentation, Next Generation Summit- The Big Picture of Diagnosis, Washington, DC (invited
talk)
2017 Microfluidics for tropical disease applications and infectious swimmers/Research Presentation,
Dr Michael Hsieh's Lab at Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), Rockville, MD (invited talk)
International
2006 Bio-MEMS Seminar/ Research Presentation
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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2006 Low-cost diagnostics/ Research Presentation
IEEE MEMS Seminar, Middle East Technical University
2007 Bio-Acoustic-MEMS in medicine: HIV diagnostics/ Research Presentation
KOC University, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 3D Tissue printing/ Research Presentation
Society for Biomaterials Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009 MEMS in Medicine/ Research Presentation
International Biomedical Science and Technology Symposium (BIOMED 2009), Cyprus
2009 Characterization of Cell Proliferation in Single “Building Block” for Bioprinting
Tissue/Organ/ Research Presentation
International Bioprinting and Biofabrication, Bordeaux, France
2009 Levitating vitrified droplets/ Research Presentation
46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology, Sapporo, Japan
2009 Escherichia Coli counting using lens-free imaging for sepsis diagnosis/ Research
Presentation
SPIE Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensor Networks VI, Berlin, Germany
2009 TOYP- The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, Awardee in Medical Innovation,
Tunisia
2009 High-Throughput Cell Patterning/ Research Presentation
5th European Symposium on Biopolymers (ESBP 2009), Madeira, Portugal
2009 Applying Technologies for Medicine/ Research Presentation
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
2010 First point of care testing of the CD4 microchip/ Research Presentation
Muhimbili University Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2010 Rare cell capture from blood using microfluidics/ Research Presentation
International Society Laboratory Hematology, Brighton, England
2010 Microscale Technologies for Global Health/ Plenary Talk
US-Turkey Advance Institute Meeting on Global Health Challenges, Akdeniz University,
Antalya, Turkey
2010 Microscale technologies to detect viruses/ Research Presentation
Hacettepe Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
2010 Microscale technologies to detect biological agents/ Research Presentation
Middle East Technical University
2010 Manipulation of cells in microscale volumes for applications in biotechnology/ Research
Presentation
2010
Xi’an Jiatong University
Manipulation of cells in microscale volumes for applications in biotechnology/ Research
Presentation
NSF-Summer School on Biocomplexity from Gene to System, Bogazici University,
Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Basics of small volume vitrification/ Research Presentation
Controversies in Cryopreservation of Stem Cells, Rep. Cells, Tissue and Organs (CRYO),
Valencia, Spain
2011 Cell encapsulation and Organ Printing in Tissue Repair/ Research Presentation
XXXVIII Congress of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO 2011) and IV
Biennial Congress of the International Federation on Artificial Organs (IFAO 2011), Porto,
Portugal
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2011 Bioengineering 3D Tissue Constructs by Magnetic Nanoparticle Assembly of Microgels/
Plenary Talk
US-Turkey Advance Institute Meeting on Global Health Challenges, Akdeniz University,
Antalya, Turkey
2011 Manipulation of cells in microscale volumes for applications in biotechnology/ Research
Presentation
Xi’an Jiatong University
2011 Three-Dimensional Magnetic Assembly of Microscale Hydrogels/ Research Presentation
BIOTECH-2011 “2nd Turkish National Biotechnology Student Conference”, Fatih
University, Istanbul, Turkey
2012
2012
Microscale technologies for point-of-care diagnostics/ Research Presentation
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Microtechnologies to Assemble Functional 3D Tissue Models In Vitro/ Research
Presentation
Workshop on Nanotechnologies for HealthCare, Trento, Italy
2012 2nd International Workshop on Micro/nano-fabrication & Lab-on-a-Chip/ Research
Presentation
UNAM – Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Ankara, Turkey
2012 Fabrication and Assembly of Microscale Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering/ Research
Presentation
MRS Singapore, ICYRAM 2012, Singapore
2012 Platform for 3D Cell culture and High Throughput Screening – Biofabrication/ Research
Presentation TERMIS World Congress, Vienna, Austria
2012 Mesenchymal Stem & General Cell Therapy: Current Status and Future Developments/
Research Presentation
TERMIS World Congress
2012 Non-invasive Magnetic and Acoustic Fields for 3D Cell-laden Microgel Assembly/
Research Presentation INSERM, Bordeaux, France
2013 Microscale Technologies in Medicine/ Research Presentation (Invited Talk)
A-Star Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore
2013 Emerging Nano- and Micro-Scale Technologies for Point-of-Care Applications/Research
Presentation (Invited Talk)
IBN International Symposium, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
2013 Micro and Nanoscale Technologies in Medicine/Point of Care
Fiocruz and the Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
2013 Micro and Nanoscale Technologies in Medicine/Point of Care Thinking out of the box with
MIT/ Research Presentation
2013 MIT Brazil Challenge of Innovation Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013 Micro and Nanoscale Technologies in Medicine, Istanbul Kultur University, Istanbul,
Turkey
2014 Micro and Nanoscale Technologies in Medicine/ Research Presentation (Invited Talk)
Advanced Technologies on Health Sciences Symposium, Hacettepe University, Ankara,
Turkey.
2014 Toxicology of Carbon Based Nano-materials on Human Sperm: A Concentration and Time
Dependent Study” lensless microscopy platform for healthcare applications/ Research
Presentation (Invited Talk).
Graphene Related Technologies from Laboratory to Industry Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey
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2015 Micro and Nanoscale Technologies in Medicine/ Research Presentation (Guest Speaker)
6th Sino-American Symposium on Clinical and Translational Research, Institute of
Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
2015 Printing Therapeutic Nanobots: Nanoscale 3D-printing in Pharmaceutical R&D/Research
Presentation, Pistoia Alliance, Inc., London, UK (Invited Talk).
2015 Bioengineering 3-D Complexity Through Microfluidic, Acoustic and Magnetic
Tools/Research Presentation (Invited Talk).
International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Polymers, Riva del Garda, Italy
2015 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine and Biology/Research
Presentation (Invited Talk).
Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
2015 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine and Biology/Research
Presentation (Invited Talk).
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Vienna, Austria
2015 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine//Research Presentation,
TUM Institute for Advanced Study, Lichtenbergstr, Germany (Invited Talk).
2016 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine//Research Presentation,
University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada (Invited Talk).
2016 Magnetic Levitation and Faraday patterns in 3D Bioprinting/Research Presentation,
New Directions in Bioprinting-International Conference, Skolkova Institute of Science and
Technology, Moscow, Russia (Invited Talk).
2016 Microscale Technologies for Bioengineering Applications in Medicine/Research
Presentation, Dr. John W. McGregor Memorial Lecture, University of Alberta, Canada
(Invited Keynote Speaker).
2016 Innovative Microfluidic Technologies in Selection of Sperm/ Research Presentation, 4th
Acibadem Obstetrics & Gynecology Days Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (Invited Speaker)
2016 Microfluidic Technologies for Selection of Cryopreserved or Unprocessed Sperm/Research
Presentation, Society for Cryobiology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Invited Plenary
Presentation).
2016 Assembly and Joining Needs in Bio-N/MEMS/ Research Presentation, International
Conference on Nanojoining and Microjoining, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
(Invited Keynote Speaker).
2017
2017
Microfluidic Technologies for Selection of Cryopreserved or Unprocessed Sperm/Research
Presentation, Male Infertilty and Sperm Selection, Venice, Italy, 2016 (Invited Speaker).
International Congress on Contemporary and Future Perspectives in Personalize
Reproductive Medicine and Care, Cyprus, Turkey (Invited Speaker).
2017 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Cancer Detection/ Research Presentation, Cancer
Research UK and OHSU Knight Cancer Institute-The 2017 Early Detection of Cancer
Conference, Cambridge, England, UK
2017 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies in Medicine/Research Presentation, 33rd International
Physics Congress, Turkish Physical Society, Bodrum, Turkey (Invited Speaker).
2017 Three-Dimensional Gradients in Isotropic and Anisotropic Mimetic Scaffolds for
Regenertaive Medicine Applications/Research Presentation, Forefront Research in 3D
Diesease Cancer Models in vitro Screening Technologies (FoReCaST), The tumor
microenvironment - 1st Workshop, Porto, Portugal (Keynote Speaker).
Microfluidic Technologies for Cancer Research KOC University Talk
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http://trauma.lbg.ac.at/en
Report of Technological and Other Scientific Innovations
1. Devices and methods for
detecting cells and other analytes
U.S. Patent #: 8911957; File: March 15, 2007; Date of Patent:
December 16, 2014.
We created a microfluidic approach to detect cells and other
moieties from bodily fluids. This patent is licensed to DAKTARI
Diagnostics internationally.
2. Methods for counting cells U.S. Patent #: 8852875; File: April 21, 2008; Date of Patent:
October 7, 2014.
We developed electrical sensing approaches for lysed cells for
detecting cells and other analytes from solutions. This patent is
licensed to DAKTARI Diagnostics internationally.
3. System and method for sperm
sorting
U.S. Publication #: 20160290913; File: November 19, 2014; Date
of Publication: October 6, 2016.
We developed a system and method for sorting sperm.
4. System and method for
integration of mobile device
imaging with microchip ELISA
U.S. Publication #: 20140242612; File: July 16, 2012; Date of
Publication: August 28, 2014.
We developed system and method for analyzing a biomarker in a
biological sample.
5. Portal and method for
management of dialysis therapy
U.S. Patent #: 9518914; File: March 24, 2013; Date of Patent:
December 13, 2016.
Patent 129310.00143.BWH21306, Filed September 24, 2012
We reported a home-based infection detection platform technology
to serve the peritoneal dialysis patients at home settings.
6. Vitrification systems and
methods
U.S. Publication #: 20120251999; File: February 1, 2012; Date of
Publication: October 4, 2012.
We reported a new cell biopreservation method based on nanoliter
droplets encapsulating cells through vitrification and levitation of
cells.
Meetings are in progress to license this technology to Akron Biotech.
7. Analysis and sorting of motile
cells
U.S. Publication #: 20140248656; File: May 18, 2012; Date of
Publication: September 4, 2014.
We reported a microfluidic system that can sort motile sperm in
channels that mimic the natural microenvironment of sperm.
8. System and method for detecting
pathogens
U.S. Publication #: 20150309024; File: December 12, 2013; Date
of Publication: October 29, 2015.
We reported an impedance based pathogen detection system.
9. Reconfigurable assembly with
faraday wave-based templates
U.S. Publication #: 20160145566; File: June 20, 2014; Date of
Publication: May 26, 2016.
We reported an acoustic assembly system for manipulating
biological moieties.
10. Detection, capture and
quantification of biological
moieties from unprocessed
bodily fluids using
nanoplasmonic platform
U.S. Publication #: 20150160218; File: July 3, 2013; Date of
Publication: June 11, 2015.
We reported a rapid platform for detecting pathogens quantitatively
using rapid optical systems.
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11. System and method for cell
levitation and monitoring
U.S. Publication #: 20160370386; File: February 26, 2015; Date of
Publication: December 22, 2016.
PCT/US2015/017705 Filed February 26, 2015
We reported a platform to levitate, sort, separate, and monitor cells
using magnetic field
12. System and method for
magnetic self-assembly
U.S. Publication #: 20160362655; File: February 25, 2015; Date of
Publication: December 15, 2016.
We reported a system to assemble cell encapsulated in 3-D micro-
scale hydrogel in a paramagnetic environment using magnetic field.
13. Imaging systems and methods
of using the same
U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/121,603, Filed February
27, 2015
We reported an imaging platform for detecting cells and pathogens
using algorithm enhanced lens-less imaging.
Client Ref.: BWH22764
Q&B File: 129319.00292
14. Scaffold-free 3D cell assembly
based on patterned
hydrodynamic drag force
U.S. Publication #: 20170226473; File: October 26, 2015; Date of
Publication: August 10, 2017.
We reported a platform for cell assembly using hydrodynamic force
traction force.
15. Integrating cell phone imaging
with magnetic levitation (i-
LEV)
U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Stanford Docket No. S15-255
We reported a platform that enables disease diagnosis and
monitoring using smartphones at various settings including home-
settings and clinical settings.
16. Quantitative nanoplasmonic
platform for multiple targets
U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Stanford Docket No. 15-315
We reported a nanoplasmonic platform that captures, detects, and
quantifies multiple biotargets such as proteins, allergens, drugs,
bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotic cells from unprocessed clinical
specimens including whole blood, serum, and whole saliva.
17. Sorting biological and non-
biological moieties using
magnetic levitation.
U.S. Provisional Patent Application; USSN 62/236,692
Filing Date: Oct 2, 2015
Stanford Reference: S15-255
Q&B Reference: 153695.00009
We reported a platform to sort biological and non-biological
moieties by magnetic levitation. . This is licensed to LEVITAS Inc.,
internationally.
18. A micro-fluidic device for
selective sorting of highly
motile and morphologically
normal sperm from unprocessed
semen
U.S. Provisional Patent Application; USSN 62/236,692
Stanford Docket No. 56001; Filing Date: Sep 28, 2015
WPI Disclosure Number: W16-010; Filed on Jan 22, 2016
We reported a platform to sort motile sperm. International (PCT);
U.S. provisional patent application No. 014479; filed January 22,
2017.
19. Systems and methods for
determining probative samples
and isolation and quantitation of
Cells
U.S. Patent #: 15/522232; File: September 30/2015; Publication
Date: December 14, 2017; Publication number: 20170354972
We reported a platform to selectively capture and quantify sperm
for forensic applications. This is licensed to LEVITAS Inc.,
internationally.
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20. Exosome-Total-Isolation-Chip
(ExoTIC) Device for
Identification of Exosome-
based Biomarkers
Stanford Office of Technology Licensing, Docket S16-048
We reported a platform to selectively isolate exosomes for
exosome-based assays.
21. Methods relating to
cryopreservation
U.S. Publication #: 20170266660; File: September 30, 2015; Date
of Publication: September 21, 2017.
The developed technology is directed to methods of
cryopreservation, e.g., cryopreservation in a microfluidics format
and methods of utilizing cells preserved by such methods.
Report of Scholarship
Peer-reviewed publications in print or other media
Peer-reviewed Original Research (* both first authors, # corresponding authors, total 113 peer-reviewed
published research articles, 146 total peer-reviewed)
1. Oralkan, O., Ergun, A. S., Johnson, J., Karaman, M., Demirci, U., Kaviani, K., Lee, T. H., Khuri-
Yakub, B.T., “Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers: next-generation arrays for
acoustic imaging?” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 2002;
49(11): 1596-1610.
2. Johnson, J., Oralkan, O., Demirci, U., Ergun, S., Karaman, M., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “Medical
imaging using capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer arrays.” Ultrasonics 2002;40(1-
8): 471-476.
3. Demirci, U., Ergun, A. S., Oralkan, O., Karaman, M., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “Forward-viewing
CMUT arrays for medical imaging.” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectric Frequency
Control 2004; 51(7): 887-895.
4. Demirci, U., Yaralioglu, G., Hæggström, E., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “Acoustically actuated
flextensional SixNy and single crystal silicon 2D micromachined ejector arrays.” IEEE Trans. on
Semiconductor Manufacturing 2004; 17(4):517-524.
5. Johnson, J., Oralkan, O., Ergun, S., Demirci, U., Karaman, M., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “Coherent
array imaging using phased subarrays - Part II: Simulations and experimental results.” IEEE
Trans. on Ultrasonics Ferroelectric Frequency Control 2005; 52(1):51-64.
6. Demirci, U., “Picoliter droplets for spinless photoresist deposition.” Review of Scientific
Instruments 2005; 76(6):065103.
7. Demirci, U., Ozcan, A., “Picoliter acoustic droplet ejection by femtosecond laser micromachined
multiple-orifice membrane-based 2D ejector arrays.” IEEE Electronics Letters 2005; 41(22):
1219-1220.
8. Demirci, U., Yaralioglu, G., Hæggström, E., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “Femtoliter to picoliter droplet
generation for organic polymer deposition using single reservoir ejector arrays.” IEEE
Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing 2005; 18(4): 709-715.
9. Demirci, U., Toner, M., “Direct etch method for microfludic channel and nano-height post
fabrication by picoliter droplets.” Applied Physics Letters 2006; 88(5):053117.
10. Demirci, U., “Droplet-based photoresist deposition.” Applied Physics Letters 2006; 88(14):
144104.
11. Demirci, U., “Acoustic picoliter droplets for emerging applications in semiconductor industry
and biotechnology.” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 2006; 15(4):957-966.
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12. Cheng, X., Irimia, D., Dixon, M., Sekine, K., Demirci, U., Zamir, L., Tompkins, R. G.,
Rodriguez, W. R., Toner, M., “A microfluidic device for practical label-free CD4+ T cell counting
of HIV-infected subjects.” Lab Chip 2007; 2:170-178. PMCID: PMC4028372
13. Ling, Y., Rubin, J., Deng, Y., Huang, C., Demirci, U., Karp J., Khademhosseini A., “A cell-laden
microfluidic hydrogel.” Lab Chip 2007; 6, 756.
14. Cheng, X., Liu, Y., Irimia, D., Demirci, U., Yang L., Zamir, L., Rodriguez, W., Toner, M., Bashir,
R., “Cell detection and counting through cell lysate impedance spectroscopy in microfluidic
devices.” Lab Chip 2007; 6, 746.
15. Cheng, X., Irimia, D., Dixon, M., Ziperstein, J. C., Demirci, U., Zamir U., Tompkins R. G., Toner
M., Rodriguez W., “A Microchip approach for practical label-free CD4+ T cell counting of HIV-
infected subjects in resource-poor settings journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes.”
Journal of AIDS 2007; 45(3):257-261.
16. Demirci, U., Montesano, G., “Cell encapsulating droplet vitrification.” Lab Chip 2007; 7, 1428 -
1433.
17. Demirci, U., Montesano, G., “Single cell by acoustic picoliter droplets.” Lab Chip 2007; 7, 1139
- 1145.
18. Ozcan, A., Demirci, U., “Rewritable self-assembled long-period gratings in photonic bandgap
fibers using microparticles.” Optics Communications 2007; 270(2): 225-228.
19. Ozcan, A., Demirci, U., “Ultra wide-field lens-free monitoring of cells on-chip.” Lab Chip 2008;
8(1), 98-106.
20. Demirci, U., “Using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) to develop diagnostic tools.” J
Vis Exp 2007; (8), 314. PMCID: PMC2562494
21. Moon, S., Lin, R., Demirci, U., “CD4+ T-lymphocyte capture using a disposable microfluidic
chip for HIV.” J Vis Exp 2007; (8), 315. PMCID: PMC2561241
22. Moon, S., Lin, P., Keles, Yoo, S., Demirci, U., “Title cell encapsulation by droplet.” J Vis Exp
2007; (8), 316. PMCID: PMC2562495
23. Manbachi, A., Shrivastava, S., Cioffi, M., Chung, B. G., Moretti, M., Demirci, U., Yliperttula,
M., Khademhosseini, A., “Microcirculation within grooved substrates regulates cell positioning
and cell docking inside microfluidic channels.” Lab Chip 2008; 8, 747-754. PMCID:
PMC2668874
24. Tasoglu, S., Demirci, U., Muradoglu, M., “The effect of soluble surfactant on the transient
motion of a buoyancy-drive bubble.” Physics of Fluids 2008; 20, 040805.
25. Moon, S., Keles, H. O., Ozcan A., Haeggstrom E., Kuritzkes D., Khademhosseini A., Demirci,
U., “Integrating microfluidics and lensless imaging for point-of-care testing.” Biosensors and
Bioelectronics 2009; 24, 3208-14. PMCID: PMC2733855
26. Kim, Y.*, Moon, S.*, Kuritzkes, D.R., Demirci, U., “Quantum dot-based nanoscale detection and
imaging of HIV using microfluidic device.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2009; 25, 1, 253-258.
27. Lee, W. G., Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., “Microscale electroporation: challenges and
perspectives for clinical applications.” Integrative Biology 2009; 1:242-251. PMCID:
PMC3771519
28. Song Y. S., Moon, S., Hulli, L., Hasan, S. K., Demirci, U., “Microfluidics for cryopreservation.”
Lab Chip 2009; 9, 13, 1874-1881. PMCID: PMC2719835
29. Song, Y.S.*, Lin, R. L. *, Montesano, G., Durmus, G., Lee, G., Yoo, S., Kayaalp, E., Hæggström,
E., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U., “Engineered 3D tissue models for cell-laden microfluidic
channels.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2009; 395, 1, 185-193.
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30. Alyassin, M.*, Moon, S.*, Keles, H.O., Manzur, F., Lin R. L., Hasan, S. K., Hæggstrom E.,
Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U., “Rapid automated cell quantification on HIV microfluidic
devices.” Lab Chip 2009; 9: 3364-3369. PMCID: PMC3839566
31. Song, Y. S., Adler, D., Xu, F., Kayaalp, E., Nureddin, A., Anchan, R. M., Maas, R. L., Demirci,
U., "Vitrification and levitation of a liquid droplet on liquid nitrogen." Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science 2010; 107(10): 4956-600. PMCID: PMC2826340
32. Moon, S.*, Hasan, S. K.*, Song, Y. S., Xu, F., Keles, H. O., Manzur, F., Mikkilineni, S., Hong,
J. W., Nagatomi, J., Haeggstrom, E., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U., “Layer by layer 3D tissue
epitaxy by cell laden hydrogel droplets.” Tissue Engineering C 2010; 16, 1:157-166. PMCID:
PMC2818246
33. Xu, F.*, Moon, S.*, Emre, A. E., Turali, E. S., Song, Y. S., Hacking, A., Nagatomi, J., Demirci,
U., “A Droplet based building block approach for bladder smooth muscle cell (SMC)
proliferation.” Biofabrication 2010; 014105.
34. Park, J. H., Chung, B. G., Lee, W. G., Kim, J., Brigham, M., Shim, J., Lee, S., Hwang, C., Durmus,
G., Demirci, U. Khademhosseini, A., “Microporous cell-laden hydrogels for engineered tissue
constructs.” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2010; 106(1), 138-148. PMCID: PMC2847036
35. Tasoglu, S., Kaynak, G., Szeri, A. J., Demirci, U., Muradoglu, M., “Impact of a compound
droplet on a flat surface: A model for single cell epitaxy.” Physics of Fluidics 2010; 18;
22(082103). PMCID: PMC2937050
36. Moon*, S., Kim*, Y., Dong, L., Lombardi, M., Haeggstrom E., Jensen, R. V., Hsiao, L., Demirci,
U., “Drop-on-demand single cell isolation and total RNA analysis.” PLoS ONE 2011; 6(3): e17455.
PMCID: PMC3055874
37. Samot, J., Sangjun, M., Shao, L., Xiaohui, X., Xu, F., Song, Y. S., Keles, H. O., Matloff, L., Markel,
J., and Demirci, U. "Blood banking in living droplets." PLoS ONE 2011; 6(3): e17530. PMCID:
PMC3055869
38. Xu, F., Sridharan, B., Wang, S., Durmus, N. G., Yavuz, A. S., Gurkan, U. A., Demirci, U., “Living
bacterial sacrificial porogens for porous hydrogel scaffolds.” PLoS ONE 2011; 6(4): e19344.
PMCID: PMC3084297
39. Xu, F., Beyazoglu, T., Hefner, E., Gurkan, U. A., Demirci, U., “Automated and adaptable
quantification of cellular alignment from microscopic images for tissue engineering application.”
Tissue Engineering Part C, 2011; 17(6):641-649. PMCID: PMC3103056
40. Xu*, F., Celli*, J., Rizvi, I., Moon, S., Tayyaba, H., Demirci, U., “A three-dimensional in vitro
ovarian cancer coculture model using a high-throughput cell patterning platform.” Biotechnology
Journal 2011; 6(2): 204-212. PMCID: PMC3780785
41. Xu, F., Sridharan, B., Wang, S., Gurkan, U. A., Syverud, B., Demirci, U., “Embryonic Stem Cell
Bioprinting for uniform and controlled size embryoid body formation.” Biomicrofluidics
2011; 5(2): 22207. PMCID: PMC3145232
42. Zhang, X., Khimji, P. I., Keles, H. O., Gurkan, U. A., Kayaalp, E., Nureddin, A., Demirci, U.,
“Lensless imaging for simultaneous microfluidic sperm monitoring and sorting.” Lab on a Chip
2011; 11: 2535. PMCID: PMC3812937
43. Moon, S., Gurkan, U. A., Blander, J., Fawzi, W. F., Aboud, S., Mugusi, F., Kuritzkes, D. R., and
Demirci, U., “Enumeration of CD4+ T-cells using a portable microchip count platform in Tanzanian
HIV-infected patients.” PLoS ONE 2011; 6(7): e21409. PMCID: PMC3130745
44. Moon, S., Gurkan, U. A., Ceyhan, E., Demirci, U., “Statistical modeling of single target cell
encapsulation.” PLoS ONE 2011; 6(7): e21580. PMCID: PMC3140975
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45. Xu, F., Wu, C. M., Rengarajan, V., Finley, T. D., Keles, H. O., Sung, Y., Li, B., Gurkan, U. A., and
Demirci, U., “Three-dimensional magnetic assembly of microscale hydrogels.” Advanced
Materials 2011; 23(37): 4254-4260. PMCID: PMC3534971
46. Xu, F., Finley, T. D., Turkaydin, M., Sung, Y., Gurkan, U. A., Guldiken, R., and Demirci, U., “The
assembly of cell-encapsulating microscale hydrogels using acoustic waves.” Biomaterials 2011;
32(31): 7847-55. PMCID: PMC3244142
47. Sekeroglu, K., Gurkan, U. A., Demirci, U., Demirel, M. C., “Transport of a soft cargo on a
nanoscale ratchet.” Applied Physics Letters 2011; 99(6): 063703. PMCID: PMC3166334
48. Gurkan U. A., Anand, T., Tas, T., Elkan D., Akay, A., Keles, H. O., Demirci, U., “Controlled viable
release of selectively captured label-free cells in microchannels.” Lab Chip 2011; 11(23): 3979-89.
PMCID: PMC3814023
49. Wang, S. Q., Zhao, X., Khimji, I., Edwards, D., Qiu, W., Akbas, R., Cramer, D. W., Ye, B., Demirci,
U., “Integration of cell phone imaging with microchip ELISA to detect ovarian cancer HE4
Biomarker in urine at the point-of-care.” Lab Chip 2011; 11: 3411-3418. PMCID: PMC3767574
50. Zhang, X., Khimji, P. I., Shao, L., Safaee, H., Desai, K., Keles, H. O., Gurkan, U. A., Kayaalp, E.,
Nureddin, A., Anchan, R., Maas, R., Demirci, U., “Nanoliter droplet vitrification for oocyte
cryopreservation.” Nanomedicine 2012; 7(4): 553-564. PMCID: PMC3319864
51. Guldiken, R., Jo, M.C., Gallant, N. D., Demirci, U., Zhe, J. “Sheathless size-based acoustic particle
separation.” Sensors 2012; 12(1): 905-922. PMCID: PMC3279246
52. Wang, S., Esfahani, M., Gurkan, U. A., Inci F., Kuritzkes, D. R, Demirci, U., “Efficient on-chip
isolation of HIV subtypes.” Lab Chip 2012; 12(8): 1508-15. PMCID: PMC3777392
53. Wang, S., Inci, F., Chaunzwa, T. L., Ramanujam, A., Vasudevan, A., Subramanian, S., Ip, A. C. F.,
Sridharan, B., Gurkan, U.A., and Demirci, U., “Portable microfluidic chip for detection of
Escherichia coli in produce and blood.” International Journal of Nanomedicine 2012; 7: 1-10.
PMCID: PMC3368510
54. Ceyhan, E., Xu, F., Gurkan, U. A., Emre, A. E., Turali, E. S., El Assal, R., Acikgenc, A., Wu, C.
M., and Demirci U., “Prediction and control of number of cells in microdroplets by stochastic
modeling.” Lab Chip 2012; 12: 4884-4893. PMCID: PMC3524309
55. Xu, F., Inci, F., Mullick, O., Gurkan, U. A., Sung, Y., Kavaz, D., Li, B., Denkbas, E. B., Demirci,
U., “Release of magnetic nanoparticles from cell-encapsulating biodegradable Nanobiomaterials.”
ACS Nano 2012; 6(8): 6640-6649. PMCID: PMC3813440
56. Gurkan, U. A., Tasoglu, S., Akkaynak, D., Avci, O., Unluisler, S., Canikyan, S., MacCallum, N.,
and Demirci U., “Smart interface materials integrated with microfluidics for on-demand local
capture and release of cells.” Advanced Healthcare Materials 2012; 1: 661-668. PMCID:
PMC3774603
57. Wang, S., Sarenac, D., Chen, M. H., Huang, S., Giguel, F. F., Kuritzkes, D. R. and Demirci U.,
“Rapid and simple filter microchip to separate plasma and viruses from whole blood.” International
Journal of Nanomedicine 2012; 7: 1-10. PMCID: PMC3457680
58. Shafiee, H., Jahangir. M., Inci. F., Wang. S., Willenbrecht, R., Giguel, F., Tsibris, A., Kuritzkes, D.,
Demirci, U., “Acute On-Chip HIV Detection through label-free electrical sensing of viral nano-
lysate on-chip.” Small 2013, 9 (115): 2553-2563. PMCID: PMC3761882
59. Tasoglu, S., Safaee, H., Zhang, X., Kingsley, J. L., Catalano, P. N., Gurkan, U.A., Nureddin, A.,
Kayaalp, E., Anchan, R. M., Maas, R. L., Wang, S., Tuzel, E.#, Demirci, U.#, “Exhaustion of racing
sperm in nature-mimicking microfluidic channels during sorting.” Small 2013; 9(20): 3374-84.
PMCID: PMC3821799
60. Gurkan, U.A., Fan, Y., Xu, F., Erkmen, B., Urkac, E. S., Parlakgul, G., Bernstein, J., Xing, W.,
Boyden, E. S., and Demirci U., “Simple precision creation of digitally specified, spatially
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heterogeneous, engineered tissue architectures.” Advanced Materials 2013; 25(8): 1192-1198.
PMCID: PMC3842103
61. Tasoglu, S., Kavaz, D., Gurkan, U. A., Guven, S., Chen, P., Zheng, R., and Demirci U.,
“Paramagnetic levitational assembly of hydrogels.” Advanced Materials 2013; 25(8): 1137-1143.
PMCID: PMC3823061
62. Inci, F., Tokel, O., Wang, S., Gurkan, U. A., Tasoglu, S., Kuritzkes, D., and Demirci, U.,
“Nanoplasmonic quantitative detection of intact viruses from unprocessed whole blood.” ACS Nano
2013; 7 (6): 4733-4745. PMCID: PMC3700402
63. Rizvi, I., Gurkan, U. A., Tasoglu, S., Alagic, N., Celli, J. P., Mensah, L. B., Mai, Z., Demirci, U. #,
and Hasan, T. #, “Flow Induces an epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cellular heterogeneity and
biomarker modulation in 3D ovarian cancer nodules.” Proceedings of the National Academy of
Science 2013; 110 (22): E1974-E1983. PMCID: PMC 3670329
64. Akkaynak, D., Treibitz, T., Xiao, B., Gurkan, U. A., Allen, J., Demirci, U., and Hanlon, R., Use of
commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) digital cameras for scientific data acquisition and scene-specific
colour calibration.” Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 2014; 31(1): 1-11. PMCID:
PMC4028365
65. Wang, S., Tasoglu, S., Chen, P. Z., Chen, M., Akbas. R., Wach, S., Ozdemir, C. I., Gurkan, U. A.,
Giguel, F. F., Kuritzkes, D., Demirci, U., “Micro-a-fluidics ELISA for rapid CD4 cell count at the
point-of-care.” Scientific Reports 2014; 4: 3796. PMICD: PMC3898414
66. Tasoglu, S.*, Diller, E.*, Guven, S., Sitti, M.#, Demirci, U.#, “Untethered micro-robotic coding of
three-dimensional material composition.” Nature Communications 2014; 5: 3124. PMCID:
PMC3947548
67. Kilinc, S.#, Gurkan, U. A., Koyuncu, G., Dogan, M., Tugmen, C., Kebapci, E., Karaca, C., Tan, S.,
Pala, E. E., Bayol, U., Baran, M., Kurtulmus, Y., Pirim, I., Guven, S., Demirci, U.#, “Evaluation of
Epithelial Chimerism After Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Infusion in Intestinal
Transplant Patients.” Transplantation Proceedings 2014; 45 (6) 2125.
68. Shafiee, H., Lidstone, E.A., Jahangir, M., Inci, F., Hanhauser, E., Henrich, T.J., Kuritzkes, D.R.,
Cunningham, B.T.#, Demirci, U.#, “Nanostructured optical photonic crystal biosensor for HIV viral
load measurement.” Scientific Reports 2014; 4: 4116. PMCID: PMC3937800
69. Gurkan, U.A., El Assal, R, Yildiz, S.E., Sung, Y., Trachtenberg, A.J., Kuo, W.P., Demirci, U.,
“Engineering anisotropic biomimetic fibrocartilage microenvironment by bioprinting mesenchymal
stem cells in nanoliter gel droplets.” ACS Molecular Pharmaceutics 2014; 11(7):2151-9. PMCID:
PMC4096228
70. Asghar, W., Velasco, V., Kingsley J.L., Shoukat, M.S., Shafiee, H., Anchan, R.M., Mutter, G.L.,
Tüzel, E., Demirci, U., “Selection of functional human sperm with higher DNA integrity and fewer
reactive oxygen species.” Advanced Healthcare Materials 2014; 9 (20) 3374-84. PMCID:
PMC4194169
71. Chen, P., Luo, Z., Guven, S., Tasoglu, S., Ganesan, A. V., Weng, A., Demirci, U., “Microscale
assembly directed by liquid-based template.” Advanced Materials 2014; 10; 26(34):5936-41.
PMCID: PMC4159433
72. El Assal, R., Guven, S., Gurkan, U. A., Gozen, I., Shafiee, H., Dalbeyber, S., Abdalla, N., Gawain,
T., Fuld, W., Illigens, B. M. W., Estanislau, J., Khoory, J., Kaufman, R., Zylberberg, C., Lindeman,
N., Wen, Q., Ghiran, I., Demirci, U., “Bio-inspired cryo-ink preserves red blood cell phenotype and
function during nanoliter vitrification.” Advanced Materials 2014; 26(33):5815-22. PMCID:
PMC4161503
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73. Tasoglu, S., Yu, C.H., Gungordu, H.I., Guven, S., Vural, T., Demirci, U., “Guided and magnetic
self-assembly of tunable magnetoceptive gels.” Nature Communications 2014; 5: 4702. PMCID:
PMC4153407
74. Luo, Z.Y., He, L., Wang, S., Tasoglu, S., Xu, F., Demirci, U., Bai, B., “Two-dimensional numerical
study of flow dynamics of a nucleated cell tethered under shear flow.” Chemical Engineering
Science 2014; 119: 236-224.
75. Lissandrello, C.*, Inci, F.*, Francom, M., Paul, M.R., Demirci, U., Ekinci, K.L., “Nanomechanical
motion of Escherichia coli adhered to a surface.” Applied Physics Letters 2014; 105, 113701.
76. Guven, S., Lindsey, J., Poudel, I., Chinthala, S., Nickerson, M., Gerami-Naini B., Gurkan, U.A.,
Anchan, R.M., Demirci, U., “Functional maintenance of differentiated embryoid bodies in
microfluidic systems: a platform for personalized medicine.” Stem Cells Translational Medicine
2015; 4(3):261-8. PMCID: PMC4339847
77. Shafiee, H.*, Asghar, W.*, Inci, F.*, Yuksekkaya, M., Jahangir, M., Zhang, M., Durmus, NG.,
Gurkan, UA., Kuritzkes, D., Demirci. U., “Paper and flexible substrates as materials for biosensing
platforms to detect multiple biotargets.” Scientific Reports 2015; 6;5:8719. PMCID: PMC4351531
78. Tasoglu, S., Yu, C., Liaudaskaya, V., Guven, S., Migliaresi, C., Demirci, U., “Magnetic levitational
assembly for living material fabrication.” Advanced Healthcare Materials 2015; 4(10):1469-76.
PMCID: PMC4504784
79. Shafiee, H., Kanakasabapathy, M.K., Juillard, F., Keser, M., Sadasivam, M., Yuksekkaya, M.,
Hanhauser, E., Henrich, T., Kuritzkes, D., Kaye, K., Demirci, U., “Printed flexible plastic microchip
for viral load measurement through quantitative detection of viruses in plasma and saliva.” Scientific
Reports 2015; 4: 9919. PMCID: PMC4456945
80. Asili, M., Chen, P., Hood, A., Purser, A., Hulsey, R., Johnson, L., Ganesan, A., Demirci, U.,
Topsakal, E., “Flexible microwave antenna applicator for chemo-thermotherapy of the breast.”
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 2015; 14: 1778-81.
81. Tokel, O., Yildiz, U.H., Inci, F., Durmus, N.G., Ekiz, O.O., Turker, B., Cetin, C., Rao, S., Sridhar,
K., Natarajan, N., Shafiee, H. Dana, Aykutlu, Demirci, U., “Portable microfluidic integrated
plasmonic platform for pathogen detection.” Scientific Reports 2015; 24; 5: 9152. PMCID:
PMC4371189
82. Tasoglu, S., Khoory, J., Tekin, H.C., Thomas, C., Karnoub, A.E., Ghiran, I., Demirci, U.,
“Levitational image cytometry with temporal resolution.” Advanced Materials 2015;27(26):3901-
8. PMCID: PMC4631436
83. Li, B., Wang, L., Xu, F., Gang, X., Demirci, U., Wei, D., Li, Y., Feng, Y., Jia, D., Zhou, Y.
“Hydrosoluble, UV-crosslinkable and injectable chitosan for patterned cell-laden microgel and
rapid transdermal curing hydrogel in vivo.” Acta Biomaterialia 2015; 22:59-69.
84. Sobieranski, A.C., Inci, F., Tekin, H.C., Yuksekkaya, M., Comunello, E., Cobra, D., Wangenheim,
A., Demirci, U., “Portable Lensless Wide-field Microscopy Imaging Platform based on Digital
Inline Holography and Multi-Frame Pixel Super-Resolution.” Light: Science & Applications 2015;
4: e346.
85. Chen, P. *, Guven, S. *, Usta, O. B., Yarmush, M. L., Demirci, U., “Bio-tunable acoustic node
assembly of organoids.” Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2015;4(13):1937-43.
86. Durmus, N.G.*, Tekin, H.C.*, Guven, S., Sridhar, K., Yildiz, A.A., Calibasi, G., Ghiran, I., Davis,
R.#, Steinmetz, L.#, Demirci, U.#, “Magnetic levitation of single cells.” Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science (USA), 2015;112(28):E3661-8. PMCID: PMC4507238
87. Inci, F., Fillippini, C., Baday, M., Ozen, M.O., Calamak, S., Durmus, N.G., Wang, S., Hanhauser,
E., Hobbs, K., Juillard, F., Kuang, P., Vetter, M.L., Carocci, M., Tamamoto, H., Takagi, Y., Yildiz,
U.H., Akin, D., Wesemann, D., Singhal, A., Yang, P., Nibert, M., Fichorova, R., Lau, D., Henrich,
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T., Kaye, K., Schachter, S., Kuritzkes, D., Steinmetz, L., Gambhir, S.S., Davis, R.#, Demirci, U.#,
“A Multi-target, quantitative nanoplasmonic electrical-field enhanced resonating device for
diagnostics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA), 2015; 112(32) : E4354-63.
PMCID: PMC4538635
88. Luo, Z., Guven, S., Gozen, I., Chen, P., Tasoglu, S., Anchan, R., BoFeng, B., Demirci, U.,
“Deformation of a single mouse oocyte in a constricted microfluidic channel.” Microfluidics and
Nanofluidics, 2015; 19:883–890. PMCID: PMC4684828
89. Baday, M., Calamak, S., Durmus, N.G., Davis, R., Steinmetz, L., Demirci, U., “Integrating cell
phone imaging with magnetic levitation (i-LEV) for label-free blood analysis at the point-of-living.”
Small, 2016; 12(9):1222-9. PMCID: PMC4775401
90. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Guven, S., Demirtas, T.T., Nieland, T., R., Padilla, F., Demirci, U., “A novel
bio-acoustic levitational (BAL) assembly method for engineering of multilayered, three-
dimensional brain-like constructs, using human embryonic stem cells derived neuro-progenitors.”
Advanced Materials, 2016; 28(1):161-7.
91. Namkoong, B., Guven, S., Ramesan, S., Liaudanskaya, V., Abzhanov, A., Demirci, U.,
“Recapitulating cranial osteogenesis with neural crest cells in 3-D microenvironments.” Acta
Biomaterialia, 2015; 31:301-311.
92. Asghar, W.*, Yuksekkaya, M.*, Shafiee, H., Zhang, M., Ozen, M.O., Inci, F., Kocakulak, M.,
Demirci, U., “Engineering long shelf life multilayer biologically active surfaces on microfluidic
devices for point of care applications.” Scientific Reports, 2016; 17;6:21163. PMCID:
PMC4756328
93. Li, Y., Chen, P., Wang, Y., Yan, S., Feng, X., Du, W., Koehler, S., Demirci, U., Liu, B., “Rapid
Assembly of heterogeneous 3D cell microenvironments in microgel array.” Advanced Materials,
2016; (18):3543-8.
94. Asghar, W., Shafiee, H., Velasco, V., Sah, V., Guo, S., El Assal, R., Rajagopalan, A., Jahangir, M.,
Anchan, R., Mutter, G., Ozan, M., Ozkan, C., Demirci, U., “Toxicology study of single-walled
carbon nanotubes and reduced grapheme oxide in human sperm.” Scientific Reports, 2016; 19;
6:30270. PMCID: PMC4990966
95. Hasturk, O., Sivas, A., Karasozen, B., Demirci, U., Hasirci, N., Hasirci, V.,“Quantification of type,
timing and extent of cell body and nucleus deformations caused by the dimensions and
hydrophilicity of square prism micropillars.” Advanced Healthcare Materials 2016; (23):2972-2982.
96. Mani, V., Paleja, B., Larbi, K., Kumar, P., Tay, J., Siew, J., Inci, F., Wang, S., Chee, C., Wang, Y.,
Demirci, U., Libero G., Singhal, A.,“Microchip-based ultrafast serodiagnostic assay for
tuberculosis.” Scientific Reports 2016; 24; 6: 35845. PMCID: PMC5075771
97. Ermis, M., Akkaynak, D., Chen, P., Demirci, U. #, Hasirci, V.#, “A high throughput approach for
analysis of cell nuclear deformability at single cell level.” Scientific Reports 2016; 14; 6: 36917.
PMCID: PMC5107983
98. Calibasi, G., Guven, S., Foygel, K., Goldman, A., Chen, P., Sengupta, S., Paulmurugan, R., Baskin,
Y., Demirci, U.#, “Dynamic microenvironment induces phenotypic plasticity of esophageal cancer
cells.” Scientific Reports 2016; 2; 6: 38221. PMCID: PMC5133540
99. El Assal, R., Gurkan, U.A., Chen, P., Juillard, F., Tocchio, A., Chinnasamy, T., Beauchemin, C.,
Unluisler, S., Canikyan, S., Holman, A., Srivatsa, S., Kaye, K.M., Demirci, U.#, “3-D microwell
array system for culturing virus infected tumor cells.” Scientific Reports 2016; 6:39144. PMCID:
PMC5177905
100. Liang, L., Kong, M., Zhou, Sherry., Sheng, Y., Wang, P., Yu, T., Gong, R., Inci, F., Li, L., Demirci,
U.#, Wang, S.#, “An integrated double-filtration microfluidic device for isolation, enrichment and
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quantification of exosomes from urine for detection of bladder cancer.” Scientific Reports,
2017;7:46224. PMCID: PMC5402302
101. Serpooshan, V., Chen, P., Wu, H., Lee, S., Sharma, A., Hu, D., Venkatraman, S., Ganesan, A.,
Usta, O.B., Yang, F., Yarmush, M., Usta, B., Wu, J., Demirci, U.#, Sean, M.#, “Bioacoustic-
enabled patterning of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes into 3D cardiac tissue.” Biomaterials,
2017;131:47-57.
102. Inan, H., Wang, S., Inci, F., Baday, M., Zangar, R., Kesiraju, S., Anderson, K.#, Cunningham, B.#,
Demirci, U.#, “Isolation, detection, and quantification of cancer biomarkers in HPV-associated
malignancies.” Scientific Reports, 2017 (In Press).
103. Choi, J., El Assal, R., Ng, N., Ginsburg, E.S., Maas, R., Anchan, R., Demirci, U.#, “Bio-inspired
solute enables preservation of human oocyte using minimum volume vitrification.” Journal of
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 2017 (In Press).
104. Yucha, R., Hanhauser, E., Hobbs, K., Hogan, L., Inci, F., Shafiee, H., El Assal, R., Kiselinova, M.,
Bae, H., Leadabrand, K., Wang, S., Kuritzkes, D., Demirci, U.#, Henrich, T.#, “High-throughput
Characterization of HIV-1 Reservoir Reactivation using a Novel Single-Cell-in-Droplet PCR
Assay.” EBioMedicine 2017 (In Press).
105. Giwa, S., Lewis, JK.#, Alvarez, L., Langer, R., Roth, AE., Church, GM., Markmann, JF., Sachs,
DH., Chandraker, A., Wertheim, JA., Rothblatt, M., Boyden, ES., Eidbo, E., Lee, WPA., Pomahac,
B., Brandacher, G., Weinstock, DM., Elliott, G., Nelson, D., Acker, JP., Uygun, K., Schmalz, B.,
Weegman, BP., Tocchio, A., Fahy, GM., Storey, KB., Rubinsky, B., Bischof, J., Elliott, JAW.,
Woodruff, TK., Morris, GJ., Demirci, U., Brockbank, KGM., Woods, EJ., Ben, RN., Baust, JG.,
Gao, D., Fuller, B., Rabin, Y., Kravitz, DC., Taylor, MJ., Toner, M. “The promise of organ and
tissue preservation to transform medicine”. Nature Biotechnology. 2017; 35(6):530-542.
106. Inan, H., Kingsley, J. L., Ozen, M. O., Tekin, H.C., Hoerner, C.R., Imae, Y.I., Metzner, T.J., S.
Preiss, J.S., Durmus, N.G., Ozsoz, M., Wakelee, H., Fan, A., Tüzel, E., Demirci, U.# “Monitoring
Neutropenia for Cancer Patients at the Point-of-care (POC)”. Small Methods, 2017 (In Press)
107. Zhu, Y., Serpooshan, V., Wu, S., Demirci. U., Chen, Pu., Guven, S., “Tissue Engineering of 3D
Organotypic Microtissues by Acoustic Assembly”. Springer Protocols, 2017.
108. Lipskind, S., Lindsey, J. S., Gerami-Naini, B., Eaton, J. L., O’Connell, D., Kiezun, A., Ho, J. W.
K., Ng, N., Parasar, P., Ng, M., Nickerson, M., Demirci, U., Maas, R. and Anchan, R.M., “An
embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell model for ovarian granulosa cell development and
steroidogenesis”. Reproductive Sciences, 2017:1933719117725814.
109. Chinnasamy, T.*, Kingsley, J.L*, Turek P.J., Rosen, M.P., Behr, B., Tüzel, E.#, Demirci, U.#,
“Guidance and self-sorting of active swimmers via 3-D periodic arrays”. Advanced Science, 2017
(Accepted).
110. Liu, F.*, Vermesh, O.*, Mani, V., Jessie T.G., Madsen, J.S., Hsu, E., Gowrishankar, G., Chang,
E., Sridhar, K., Bermudez, A., Pitteri, S., Stoyanova, T., Sinclair, R., Nair, V.S., Gambhir, S.S. #,
Demirci, U. #, “The Exosome total isolation chip.” ACS Nano, 2017:11(11):10712-10723.
111. Toccio, A., Durmus, N.G., Sridhar, K., Mani, V., Bukre, C., El Assal, R., Demirci, U.#,
“Magnetically guided self-assembly and coding of three-dimensional living architectures.”
Advanced Materials, 2017 (Accepted)
112. Race, C.M., Kwon, L.E., Foreman, M.T., Huang, Q., Inan, H., Kesiraju, S., Le, P., Lim, S. J.,
Smith, A.M., Zangar, R.C., Demirci, U., Anderson, K.S., Cunningham, B.T., “An automated
microfluidic assay for photonic crystal enhanced detection and analysis of an antiviral antibody
cancer biomarker in serum" IEEE Sensors Journal, 2017 (Accepted)
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113. Nagashima, J.*, El Assal, R.*, Songsasen, N.#, Demirci, U.#, “Evaluation of an ovary-on-a-chip
in large mammalian models: Species specificity and influence of follicle isolation status.” Journal
Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, 2017 (Accepted).
114. Song, H., Konan, L., Cui, J., Johnson, C., Langenderfer, M., Grant, D., Ndam, T., Simonyi, A.,
White, T., Demirci, U., Mott, D., Schwer, D., Hubler, G., Cernak, I., Depalma, R., Zezong, G.,
“Ultrastructural brain abnormalities and associated behavioral changes in mice after low-intensity
blast exposure.” Behavioural Brain Research 2018 (Accepted).
Working Manuscripts
115. Antmen, E., Ermis, M., Demirci, U., Hasirci, V., “Engineered natural and synthetic polymer
surfaces induce nuclear deformation in osteosarcoma cells.” Biofabrication (Under review).
116. Kingsley, J.L, Demirci, U.#, Tüzel, E.#, “Enhanced flagellar transport in asymmetric periodic
arrays”. Physics.bio-ph, arXiv:1711.04830; 2017 (Under Review at PRL).
117. Inci, F., Ozen, MO., Saylan, Y., Miansari, M., Cimen, D., Dhara, R., Chinnasamy, T.,
Yuksekkaya, M., Filippini, C., Kumar, DK., Calamak, S., Yesil, Y., Durmus, NG., Duncan, G.,
Klevan, L.#, Demirci, U.#, “A novel on-chip method for differential extraction of sperm in forensic
cases.” Advanced Science (Under review).
118. El Assal, R., Demirci, U.#, “Bioinspired preservation of natural killer cells for cancer
immunotherapy”. Advanced Science (In submission).
119. Yuan, EA., Shamskhou, ME., Orcholski, SR., Honda, H., Mani, V., Demirci, U., Vinicio, DP.,
“Loss of Endothelial Derived Wnt5a is Associated with Reduced Pericyte Recruitment and Small
Vessel Loss in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”. (In preparation).
Other Peer Reviewed Publications (Scientific Review Papers) – Total 27
120. Lee, W. G., Kim, Y., Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., “Nano and microfluidics for diagnosis of
infectious diseases in developing countries.” Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2010; 62(4-
5):449-57. PMCID: PMC2829381.
121. Xu, F., Moon, S., Zhang, X., Shao, L., Song, Y. S., Demirci, U., “Multiscale heat and mass
transfer modeling of cell and tissue cryopreservation.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2010; 368, 561-583. PMCID:
PMC3263795
122. Wang, S. Q.*, Xu, F.*, Demirci, U., “Advances in developing HIV-1 viral load assays for resource-
limited setting.” Biotechnology Advances 2010; 28(6):770-81. PMCID: PMC2946488
123. Geckil, H. *, Xu, F. *, Zhang, X., Moon, S., Demirci, U., “Engineering hydrogels as extracellular
matrix mimics.” Nanomedicine 2010; 5(3), 469-484. PMCID: PMC 2892416
124. Zhang, X., Catalono, P. N., Gurkan, U. A., Khimji, P. I., Demirci, U., “Emerging technologies in
medical applications of minimum volume vitrification.” Nanomedicine 2011; 6(6): 1115-1129.
PMCID: PMC3193162
125. Gurkan, U. A., Moon, S. J., Geckil, H., Xu, F., Lu, T. J., Demirci, U., “Miniaturized Lensless
imaging systems for cell and microorganism visualization in point-of-care testing.” Biotechnology
Journal 2011; 6(2): 138-149. PMCID: PMC3066565
126. Xu, F., Wu, J., Wang, S., Durmus, N. G., Gurkan, U. A., Demirci, U., “Microengineering Methods
for cell-based microarrays and their high-throughput drug-screening applications.” Biofabrication
2011; 3(3): 034101. PMCID: PMC3176964
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127. Gurkan, U. A., S., Tasoglu, D., Kavaz, M. C., Demirel, Demirci U., “Emerging technologies for
assembly of microscale hydrogels.” Advanced Healthcare Materials 2012; 1(2): 149-158. PMCID:
PMC3774531
128. Wang, S., Inci, F., Libero, G., Singhal, A., Demirci, U., “Point-of-care assays for tuberculosis:
role of nanotechnology/microfluidics.” Biotechnology Advances 2013, 31(4): 438-449. PMCID:
PMC3602163
129. Tasoglu, S., Demirci, U., “Bioprinting for stem cell research.” Trends in Biotechnology 2013;
31(1): 10-19. PMCID: PMC3534918
130. Tasoglu, S., Gurkan, U. A., Wang, S., Demirci, U., “Manipulating biological agents and cells in
microscale volumes for applications in medicine.” Chemical Society Reviews 2013; 42: 5788-
5808. PMCID: PMC3865707
131. Wang, L., Asghar, W., Demirci, U.#, Wan, Y#., “Nanostructured substrate for isolation of
circulating tumor cells.” Nano Today 2013; 8 (4): 374-387. PMCID: PMC4059613
132. Tokel, O., Inci, F., Demirci, U., “Advances in plasmonic technologies for point of care
applications.” Chemical Reviews 2014; 114(11):5728-52. PMCID: PMC4086846
133. Manu, V., Wang, S., Inci, F., Singhal, A.#, Demirci, U.#, “Emerging technologies for monitoring
drug-resistant tuberculosis at the point-of-care.” Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2014; 30;
78:105-17. PMCID: PMC4254374
134. Asghar, W.*, El Assal, R.*, Shafiee, H., Anchan, R., Demirci, U., “Preserving human cells for
regenerative, reproductive, and transfusion medicine.” Biotechnology Journal; 2014; 9 (7) 895-
903. PMCID: PMC4145864.
135. Shafiee, H., Wang, S., Inci, F., Toy, M., Henrich, T.J., Goroff, M., Reich, M.R., Kuritzkes, D.R.,
Demirci, U., “Emerging technologies for point-of-care management of HIV infection.” Annual
Review of Medicine; 2014; 66:387-405.
136. Yildiz, U.H., Inci, F., Toy, M., Wang, S., Tekin, H.C., Javaid, A., Lau, D., Demirci, U., “Recent
advances in micro/nanotechnologies for global control of hepatitis B infection.” Biotechnology
Advances 2015; 33(1):178-90. PMCID: PMC4433022
137. Tasoglu, S., Tekin, H.C., Inci, F., Wang, S., Johanning, F.W., Johanning, G., Colevas, D.,
Demirci, U., “Advances in nanotechnology and microfluidics for human papillomavirus
diagnostics.” Proceedings of the IEEE, 2015;103(2):161-178.
138. Guven, S., Chen, P., Inci, F., Tasoglu, S., Erkmen, B., Demirci, U., “Multiscale assembly for
tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.” Trends in Biotechnology, 2015; 33(5):269-79.
PMCID: PMC4416945
139. Viswanathan, S., Narayanan, T., Aran, K., Fink, K., Paredes, J., Ajayan, P., Filipek, S., Miszta,
P., Tekin, H.C., Inci, F., Demirci, U., Li, P., Bolotin, K., Liepmann, D., Renugopalakrishanan,
V., “Graphene–protein field effect biosensors: glucose sensing.” Materials Today, 2015;18:9:513-
22.
140. Asghar, W.*, El Assal, R.*, Shafiee, H., Pitteri, S., Paulmurugan, R., Demirci, U., “Engineering
cancer microenvironments for in vitro 3-D tumor models.” Materials Today, 2015;18(10):539-53.
141. Wang, S., Lifson, M., Inci, F., Liang, L., Sheng, Y., Demirci, U., “Advances in addressing
technical challenges of point-of-care diagnostics in resource-limited settings.” Expert Review of
Molecular Diagnostics, 2016; 16(4):449-59.
142. Yildiz, A., El Assal, R., Chen, P., Guven, S., Inci, F., Demirci, U., “Towards Artificial Tissue
Models: Past, Present, and Future of 3-D Bioprinting.” Biofabrication, 2016; 8(1):014103.
143. Wang, S., Chinnasamy, T., Lifson, M., Inci, F., Demirci, U., “Flexible substrate-based devices
for point-of-care diagnostics.” Trends in Biotechnology, 2016; 34(11):909-921.
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144. Lifson, M.A., Ozen, M., Inci F., Wang S., Inan H., Baday M., Henrich T.J., Demirci, U.,
“Advances in biosensing strategies for HIV detection, diagnosis, and therapeutic monitoring.”
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2016; 1;103:90-104.
145. Inan, H., Poyraz, M., Inci, F., Lifson, M.A., Baday M., Cunningham, B., Demirci, U., “Photonic
crystals: emerging biosensors and their promise for point-of-care applications.” Chemical Society
Reviews 2016; 46(2):366-388.
146. Sher, M., Zhuang, R., Demirci, U.#, Asghar, W.#, “Paper-Based Analytical Devices for Clinical
Diagnosis: Recent Advances in the Fabrication Techniques and Sensing Mechanisms.” Expert
Review of Molecular Diagnostics 2017 (4):351-366.
147. Zhang, J., Zhao, X., Liango, J., Li, J.#, Demirci, U.#, Wang, S.#, “A Decade of Progress in Liver
Regenerative Medicine.” Biomaterials, 2017 (Accepted).
Chapters, Monographs and Editorials
148. Morrison, D., Dokmeci, M., Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., Clinical applications of micro- and
nanoscale biosensors. In: Gonsalves, K.E., Laurencin, C.T., Halberstadt, C., Lakshmi, S., Nadir,
L.S., eds. Biomedical nanostructures. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007; 433-454.
149. Durmus, G., Lin, R., Demirci, D., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U. Acoustic based bio-sensors.
In: Li, D., ed. Encyclopedia of Micro- and Nano-fluidics. Hoboken, NJ: Springer Publishing Co.
2007. p.15-25.
150. Dang, K., Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., “Plasma in microchannel.” In: Li, D., ed.
Encyclopedia of Micro- and Nano-fluidics. Hoboken, NJ: Springer Publishing Co. 2007.p. 1684-
1691.
151. Durmus, G., Lin, R., Lee, G., Moon, S., Gokhan, P., Kayaalp, E., Haegystrom, E., Demirci, U.,
“Three dimensional cell printing technologies for tissue engineering.” In: Khademhosseini, A.,
Borenstein, J., Takayama, S., ed. Micro and Nano engineering of the cell micro environment
technologies and applications. Norwood, MA: Artech House Publishing Inc. 2007.p. 121-138.
152. Yadav, V.G., Brigham, M. D., Ling, Y., Rivest, C., Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A. Micro- and
Nanoscale Technologies in High-Throughput Biomedical Experimentation. In: Shi, D., ed.
Nanoscience and its applications in biomedicine. Hoboken, NJ: Springer-Verlag and Tsinghua
University Press. 2009; p. 314-346.
153. Wang, S. Q.*, Xu, F.*, Ip, A. C. F., Keles, H. O., Demirci, U., “Emerging Microscale
Technologies for Global Health: CD4 counts” in Bionanotechnology II: Global Prospects (Edited
by David E. Reisner), CRC Press, 2010, p. 115-127.
154. Wang, S. Q., Xu F., Ip, A., Mrudula S., Zhao, X. H., Akay A, Demirci, U., “Surface chemistry
for cell capture in microfluidic systems”, in Integrated Microsystems and Nanotechnology:
MEMs, Photonic and Biological Interfaces (Edited by Kris Iniewski), Taylor & Francis, 2010.p.
551-562.
155. Demirci, U. and Geckil, H., “Editorial: Micro and nanofluidics – applications in biotechnology.”
Biotechnology Journal, 2011; 6(2): 131.
156. Bonebreak, C., Demirci, U., Kuo, W., “The potential of salivary point of care diagnostics.”
Journal of Applied Oral Science, 2011; 19: 4 p-ISSN 1678-7757.
157. Tasoglu, S., Gurkan U. A., Guven, S., Demirci, U., “Organ Printing and Cell Encapsulation”, in
Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Biological Design, Materials and Fabrication (Edited by
Antonella Motta & Claudio Migliaresi), Pan Stanford Publishing, 2012.
158. Wang, S. Q., Demirci, U., Lu, T. J., Xu, F., Bai, B. F., “Antibody-based blood bioparticle capture
and separation using microfluidics for global health”, in Microfluidic technologies for human
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health (Edited by Utkan Demirci, Ali Khademhosseini, Robert Langer, Jeffrey Blander), World
Scientific, 2012.p. 451-70.
159. Wang, S. Q., Esfahani, M., Sarenac, D., Cheung, B., Vasudevan, Inci, F., Demirci, U.,
“Applications of quantum dots for fluorescence imaging in biomedical research”, in Microfluidic
technologies for human health (Edited by Utkan Demirci, Ali Khademhosseini, Robert Langer,
Jeffrey Blander), World Scientific, 2012.p. 417-50.
160. Guven, S., Demirci, U., “Integrating cryogenics with nanoscale technologies: a step towards
improved cryopreservation?” Nanomedicine 2013; 7(12): 1787-1789. PMCID: PMC3682921
161. Durmus, G. N., Tasoglu, S., and Demirci, U., “Bioprinting: Functional droplet networks.” Nature
Materials, 2013; 12 (6): 478-479. PMCID: PMC3534918
162. Asghar, W., Shafiee, H., Chen, P., Tasoglu, S., Guven, S., Gurkan, U. A., Demirci, U., "In vitro
three-dimensional cancer culture model", in Cancer targeted drug delivery: Elusive dream (Edited
by You Han Bae, Randall Mrsny, Kinam Park), Springer, 2013.
163. Viswanathan S., Narayanan T. N., Fink K. D., Paredes J., Ajayan P. M., Liepmann D., Filipek S.,
Tekin, H. C., Demirci, U., Li, P., and Renugopalakrishanan, V., “Graphene protein field effect
sensors: glucose sensing.”, in Mobile Health (mHealth) Technologies (Edited by Avi Rasooly and
Keith E. Herold), Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, 2014.
164. Wang, S., Akbas, R., and Demirci, U., "Microchip ELISA coupled with cell phone to detect
ovarian cancer HE4 biomarker in urine”, in Mobile Health (mHealth) Technologies (Edited by
Avi Rasooly and Keith E. Herold), Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, 2014.
165. Toy, M., Demirci, U., So, S., “Preventing hepatocellular carcinoma: the crucial role of chronic
hepatitis B monitoring and antiviral treatment.” Hepatic Oncology 2014; 1(3), 255–257.
166. Demirci U., Wang, S. Inci, F., “Editorial of advanced health care technologies”, Advanced Health
Care Technologies, 2014:1 1-2.
167. El Assal, R. *, Chen, P. *, Demirci, U., “Highlights from the latest articles in advanced
biomanufacturing at micro- and nano-scale.” Nanomedicine, 2015; 10(3):347-50. PMCID:
PMC4447141.
168. Wang, S., Inci, F., Demirci, U., “Assisted reproductive microchip technologies to improve
infertility.”, IEEE Pulse January 14, 2015.
169. Chen, P., Wang, S., Inci, F., Güven, S., Tasoglu, S., Demirci, U.,#. “Cell-Encapsulating Hydrogels
for Biosensing.”. In Gel Handbook: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications Volume 3:
Application of Hydrogels in Drug Delivery and Biosensing (Edited Utkan Demirci and Ali
Khademhosseini). World Scientific Press, Volume 3, 327-356, 2016.
170. Ananta, J., Tekin, H.C., Inci, F., Massoud, T., Renugopalakrishanan, V., Viswanathan, S., Ajayan,
P., Liepmann, D., Demirci, U., Paulmurugan, R., "High sensitive biosensors for MicroRNA
quantitation- A clinical perspective.”, in Nanomaterials in Health Care (Edited by Venkatesan
Renugopalakrishnan), Materials Research, Society and Cambridge University Press, 2015
(submitted).
171. Liang, L., Sheng, Y., Zhao, S., Inci, F., Li, L., Demirci, U.#, Wang, S.#, “An integrated double-
filtration device for detection of exosomes from urine for bladder cancer diagnosis” in
Extracellular Vesicles: Methods and Protocols (Edited by Winston Patrick Kuo), Springer Press,
vol. 1660, pp. 335-364, 2016
Books /Textbooks for the medical or scientific community
172. Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., Langer, R. S., Blander, J., editors. Microfluidic Technologies
for Human Health, 1st ed. Singapore: World Scientific; 2012.
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173. Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., J., editors. Gels Handbook - Fundamentals, Properties and
Applications- Volume 1, 1st ed. Singapore: World Scientific; 2015. Volume 1 covers state-of-art
knowledge and techniques of fundamental aspects of hydrogel physics and chemistry with an eye
on bioengineering applications.
174. Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., J., editors. Gels Handbook - Fundamentals, Properties and
Applications- Volume 2, 1st ed. Singapore: World Scientific; 2015. Volume 2 explores the use of
hydrogels in the interdisciplinary field of tissue engineering.
175. Demirci, U., Khademhosseini, A., J., editors. Gels Handbook - Fundamentals, Properties and
Applications- Volume 3, 1st ed. Singapore: World Scientific; 2015. Volume 3 focuses on two
important aspects of hydrogels, that is, drug delivery and biosensing.
Non-peer reviewed scientific or medical publications/materials in print or other media
Proceedings of Meetings
1. Khuri-Yakub, B. T., Karaman, M., Cheng, C., Ergun, S., Yaralioglu, G., Bayram, B., Demirci,
U., Hansen, S., Badi, M., Oralkan, O., “Micromachined capacitor ultrasonic transducers.” The
Tenth US-Japan Seminar on Dielectric and Piezoelectric Ceramics Conference Proceedings
2001; 391-399.
2. Johnson, J., Oralkan, O., Kaviani, K., Demirci, U., Karaman, M., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “An
ultrasonic volumetric scanner for image-guided surgery.” Computer Assisted Radiology and
Surgery Conference Proceedings 2001; 1230:190-196
3. Demirci, U., Oralkan, O., Johnson, J., Ergun, A. S., Karaman, M., Khuri-Yakub, B. T.,
“Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer arrays for medical imaging: experimental
results.” IEEE Ultrason. Sympos. Conference Proceedings 2001; 2:961-964.
4. Ergun, A. S., Huang, Y., Cheng, C. H., Oralkan, O., Johnson, J., Jagannathan, H., Demirci, U.,
Yaralioglu, G., Karaman, M., Khuri-Yakub, B.T., “Broadband capacitive micromachined
ultrasonic transducers ranging from 10 kHz to 60 MHz for imaging arrays and more.” IEEE Int.
Ultrason. Sympos. Conference Proceedings 2002; 2:1039-1043.
5. Ergun, A. S., Cheng, C. H., Demirci, U., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “Fabrication and characterization
of 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT)
arrays for 2 dimensional and volumetric ultrasonic imaging.” Oceans MTS/IEEE Conference
Proceedings 2002; 4:2361-2367.
6. Johnson, J., Oralkan, O., Ergun, S., Demirci, U., Karaman, M., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., “Phased
subarray imaging for low-cost, wideband coherent array imaging.” Proc. of IEEE Ultrason.
Sympos. 2003; 2:1875-1878.
7. Demirci, U., Yaralioglu, G., Khuri-Yakub, B.T., “2D acoustically actuated micromachined
droplet ejector array.” Proc. of IEEE Ultrason. Sympos. 2003; 2:1983-1986.
8. Demirci, U., Toner, M., “Direct etch method for microchannel and nano-height post fabrication
by picoliter droplets.” IEEE MEMS Conference Proceedings 2006; 326-329.
9. Demirci, U., “Polymer printing by acoustic picoliter droplets.” MRS Conference Proceedings
2006; 192240.
10. Celli P. J., Rizvi I., Evans C., Abu-Yousif A., Xu F., Moon, S., deBoer F. J., Demirci, U., Hasan
T., “3D ovarian cancer models: imaging and therapeutic combinations.” Proceedings of SPIE,
2010; 7551–17.
11. Kim, Y., Wang, S., Moon, S. J., Giguel, F. F., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U., “Development of a
microfluidic system for measuring HIV-1 viral load.” SPIE Proceedings, 2010; 7693-48.
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12. Xu, F., Moon, S. J., Hefner, E., Beyazoglu, T., Emre, A. E., Manzur, T., Demirci, U., “A high-
throughput label-free cell based biosensor (CBB) system.’’ SPIE Proceedings, 2010; 7666-53.
13. Wang, S., Ip, A., Xu, F., Giguel, F. F., Moon, S., Akay, A., Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U.,
“Development of a microfluidic system for measuring HIV-1 viral load.” SPIE Proceedings,
2010; 7666-53. PMCID: PMC 3903267
14. Rizvi, I., Celli, J. P., Xu, F., Evans, C. L., Abu-Yousif, A. O., Muzikansky, A., Elrington, S. A.,
Pogue, B. W., Finkelstein, D. M., Demirci, U., Hasan, T., “Biologically relevant 3D tumor
arrays: treatment response and the importance of stromal partners.” SPIE Proceedings 2011;
7886, 788609.
15. Anchan, R.M., Guven, S., Lindsey, J., Nickerson, M., Chinthala, S., Gerami-Naini, B., Demirci,
U., “Maintenance of functional embryoid bodies in cryopreservable, microfluidic chips: a
platform for personalized medicine.” Fertility and Sterility 2014; 102 (3) e245.
16. Asili, M., Colebeck, E., Chen, P., Demirci, U., Younan, N., Topsakal, E., "Flexible microwave
antenna applicator for chemo-thermoterapy of the breast cancer." 4th International Conference
on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, November 3-5 Athens, Greece, 2014.
17. Sobieranski, AC., Inci, I., Tekin, HC., Comunelloz, E., Wangenheim, A., Demirci, U.,
“Portable digital in-line holography platform for sperm cell visualization and quantification.”
IEEE- SIBGRAPI Conference on Graphics, Patterns, and Images 2014; 274-81, doi:
10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2014.39.
18. Topsakal, E., Asili, M., Chen, P., Demirci, U., Younan, N., “Flexible microwave antenna
applicator for chemothermotherapy of the breast.” IEEE-Wireless Mobile Communication and
Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference, doi:
10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015977.
19. Anchan, R.M., Lindsey, J., Ng, N.W., Parasar, P., Gerami-Naini, B., Guven, S., El Assal, R.,
Demirci, U., “Human IPSC-derived steroidogenic cells maintain endocrine function with
extended culture in a microfluidic chip system.” Fertility and Sterility 2015; 104 (3) e73.
20. Chinnasamy, T., Behr, B., Demirci, U., “Microfluidic sperm sorting device for selection of
functional human sperm for IUI application.” Fertility and Sterility 2016; 105 (2) e17-18.
21. Calibasi, G., Guven, S., Chen, P., Durmus, G., Cakiroglu, E., Demirci, U., Baskin, Y.,
“Regulation of angiogenesis and apoptosis support the fluid flow induced emt in microfluidics
based colorectal cancer culture model”. Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine 2017; 55
(Supplement 1): S194.
22. Quinn, M., Chinnasamy, T., Miansarigavzan, M., Jalalian, L., Cedars, M., Demirci, U., Rosen,
M., “Microfluidic sorting selects sperm for clinical use with reduced DNA damage compared
to density gradient centrifugation in split semen samples.” Fertility and Sterility 2017; 108 (3)
e79.
23. Durmus, G., Tocchio, A., Howell, A., Sridhar, K., Acker, J., M., Demirci, U., “A magnetic
levitation system to study the impact of donor gender, age, and blood storage conditions on red
blood cell density profile.” Transfusion 2017; 57, 32A-32A.
Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings (26 of 147 total)
1. Demirci, U., Dixon, M., Irimia, D., Cheng, X., Zamir, L., Rodriguez, W., Toner, M. “CD4 T
lymphocyte counting microfluidic chip for HIV diagnosis in global health”, 1st Annual Methods in
Bioengineering Conference Proceedings (2006).
2. Cheng, X., Demirci, U., Dixon, M., Irimia, D., Zamir, L., Rodriguez, W., Toner, M. “A microfluidic
device for practical label-free CD4+ T cell counting of HIV-infected subjects”, BMES Conference
Proceedings (2006).
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3. Demirci, U., Dixon, M., Irimia, D., Cheng, X., Zamir, L., Rodriguez, W., Toner, M. “CD4 t-
lymphocyte counting microfluidic chip for HIV diagnosis in global health”, BMES Conference
Proceedings (2006).
4. Johnson, J., Oralkan, O., Demirci, U., Ergun, S.A., Khuri-Yakub, B.T. “Ultrasonic imaging using
cMUT arrays”, Proceedings of Ultrasonic International 2001. (RWB Stephens Student Prize of
Elsevier Science).
5. Khuri-Yakub, B.T., Ergun, A.S., Cheng, C.H., Oralkan, O., Percin, G., Hansen, S., Badi, M.,
Demirci, U. “Microfabricated ultrasonic transducers: past, present, and future”, 1st International
Workshop on Microfabricated Ultrasonic Transducers Conference Proceedings (2001).
6. Demirci, U., Yaralioglu, G., Ergun, A.S., Percin, G., Khuri-Yakub, B.T. “Acoustically Actuated
Flextensional 2D micromachined ejector array”, Semicon West Conference Proceedings (2003).
7. Demirci, U., Yaralioglu, G., Ergun, A.S., Khuri-Yakub, B.T. “Acoustically actuated flextensional
single crystal silicon 2D micromachined ejector arrays”, Techcon Conference Proceedings (2003).
8. Demirci, U., Yaralioglu, G., Khuri-Yakub, B.T. “2D acoustic micro-drop ejector arrays for
emerging applications in semiconductor industry and biotechnology”, Sematech AEC/APC
Sympos. Conference Proceedings (2004).
9. Demirci, U., Irimia, D., Dixon, M., Cheng, X., Zamir, L., Rodriguez, R., Toner, M. “Development
of low cost HIV diagnostics using MEMS based techniques for developing countries”, Microtas
Conference Proceedings (2005).
10. Demirci, U., Ozcan, A. “Femtosecond laser micromachined multiple orifice ejector arrays”, CLEO
Conference Proceedings (2006).
11. Cohen, J. Lee, G., Percin, G., Khademhosseini, A., Yoo, S-S., and Demirci, U. “3D Vascularized
Tissue Printing by Piezoelectric Droplet Generation”, Society for Biomaterials Meeting, Chicago,
IL (2006).
12. Hosseinkhani, H., Hosseinkhani, M., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U., Kobayashi, H., Azzam, T.,
Domb, A. “A Trail to Enhance Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by
Combinational Technology of Gene Therapy and Microfluidic System”, Society for Biomaterials
Meeting, Chicago, IL (2006).
13. Hosseinkhani, H., Hosseinkhani, M., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U., Kobayashi, H., Azzam, T.,
Domb, A. “Ectopic Bone Formation by Combinational Technology of Gene Therapy and Tissue
Engineering”, Society for Biomaterials Meeting, Chicago, IL (2006).
14. Marzelli, M., Lee, G., Montesano, G., Ferenc, A., Jolesz, A., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U.,
Yoo, S-S. ‘Positive-Contrast Cellular MRI using Transfection of Gd-Chelates”, Joint Molecular
Imaging Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (2007).
15. Montesano, G., Lee, G., Percin, G., Khademhosseini, A., Yoo, S., Demirci, U. “3D vascularized
tissue printing by piezoelectric droplet generation”, Society for Biomaterials 2007 Annual Meeting
Conference Proceedings (2007).
16. Hasan, S.*, Moon, S.*, Mikkilineni, S., Manzur F., Demirci, U. “Printing a 3D bladder”. Northeast
Bioengineering Conference (2008).
17. Moon, S.J., Keles, H.O., Demirci, U. “CD4 t-lymphocyte counting with a lens-free monitoring
system”. MIT-Desphande Center Open-House (2008).
18. Rizvi, I., Evans, C.L., Celli, J., Moon, S., Burnes, D., De Boer, J., Demirci, U., Hasan, T.
“Imaging drug penetration and metabolic activity in 3D ovarian cancer models”. MGH Office for
Research Career Development Conference (2008).
19. Song, S.Y., Hasan, S., Moon, S.J., Demirci, U. “Cryopreservation of blood using microfluidic
chips”. 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology (2008).
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20. Demirci, U., Manzur, T. “Biophotonics for undersea distributed networked sensor systems”. The
International Society for Optical Engineering Conference (2008).
21. Moon, S.J., Keles, H.O., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Microfluidic devices for point-of-care”. Fifth
Annual HST Faculty Poster Session (2008).
22. Hasan, S., Moon, S.J., Mikkilineni, S., Manzur F., Song, S.Y., Hong, J.W., Nagatomi, J.,
Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U. “Printing a 3D bladder tissue”. Fifth Annual HST Faculty Poster
Session (2008).
23. Hasan, S., Moon, S.J., Hong, J.W., Nagotomi, J., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci, U. “Printing a 3D
bladder model tissue”. BMES 2008 Annual Fall Meeting (2008).
24. Chung, B., Mambachi, A., Shrivastava, S., Cioffi, M., Moretti M., Yliperttula, M., Demirci, U.,
Khademhosseini, A. “Microcirculation within grooved substrates regulates cell positioning Inside
Microfluidic Channels”. BMES 2008 Annual Fall Meeting (2008).
25. Moon, S.J., Keles, H.O., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Microfluidic devices for point-of-care”. MIT-
CBI (Center for Biomedical Innovation) (2008).
26. Moon, S.J., Keles, H.O., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Microfluidic devices for point-of-care”. CIMIT
Innovation Congress (2008).
27. Moon, S.J., Keles, H.O., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Integrating microfluidic and lens-less imaging
for point-of-care test”. AIDS in Africa: Long-Term Effects of ARV Therapy Symposium (2008).
28. Moon, S.J., Keles, H.O., Khademhosseini, A., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Integrating microfluidic
and lens-less imaging for point-of-care test”. 35th Northeast Bioengineering Conference (2009).
29. Xu F., Emre A.E., Turali E.S., Hasan, S., Moon, S.J., Nagotomi, J., Khademhosseini, A., Demirci,
U. “Cell Proliferation in Bioprinted Cell-Laden Collagen Droplets’’. 35th Northeast Bioengineering
Conference (2009).
30. Moon, S.J., Keles, H.O., Khademhosseini, A., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Integrating microfluidic
and lens-less imaging for point-of-care test”. 41st Annual Oak Ridge Conference Frontiers in
Clinical Diagnostics, (2009).
31. Song, Y.S., Adler, D., Keles, H.O. S., Kayaalp, E., Nureddin, A., Anchan, R.M., Maas, R., Demirci,
U. “Levitating Vitrified Droplets”. 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology, Japan
(2009).
32. Xu, F., Emre, A.E., Turali, E.S., Moon, S., Demirci, U. “Cell Bioprinting of Smooth Muscle Cells
as a Potential Method for Engineering in Vitro Smooth Muscle Model at High Throughput”. The
13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
(MicroTAS), Korea (2009).
33. Song, Y.S., Moon, S., Hulli, L., Hasan, S.K., Kayaalp, E., Demirci, U. “Cell Cryopreservation
Using Microfluidic Devices”. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Pittsburgh (2009).
34. Song, Y.S., Moon, S., Hulli, L., Hasan, S.K., Kayaalp, E., Demirci, U. “Application of microfluidics
to cell cryopreservation”. The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry
and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Korea (2009).
35. Xu, F., Emre, A.E., Turali, E.S., Moon, S., Demirci, U. “Bioprinting as 3D Patterning Method for
Tissue Engineering”. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Pittsburg (2009).
36. Moon, S., Keles, H.O., Yun-Gon K., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Lensless Imaging for Point-of-care
Testing”. 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE in Medicine and Biology Society
(EMBC), Minneapolis (2009). PMCID: PMC3774534
37. Park, J.H., Chung, B.G., Lee, W.G., Kim, J., Brigham, M., Shim, J., Lee, S., Hwang, C., Durmus,
G.N., Demirci, U. Khademhosseini, A.,” Cell Encapsulated 3D Bio-Material Systems with Micro-
pores and Micro-vasculatures”. The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for
Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Korea (2009).
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38. Moon, S., Yun-Gon K., Haeggstrom E., Jensen R., Hsiao, L., Demirci, U. “Droplet Based Single
Cell Isolation for total RNA Analysis”. The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems
for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Korea (2009).
39. Yun-Gon, K., Moon, S., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Quantum dot-based HIV detection and imaging
in a microfluidic chip”. The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry
and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Korea (2009).
40. Yun-Gon K., Moon, S., Kuritzkes D., Demirci, U. “Quantum dot-based HIV detection and imaging
in a microfluidic chip”. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Pittsburgh (2009). PMCID:
PMC2746625
41. Xu, F., Emre, A.E., Turali E.S., Moon, S., Demirci, U. “Characterization of Cell Proliferation in
Single “Building Block” for Bioprinting Tissue/Organ”. Bioprinting and Biofabrication in
Bordeaux, France (2009).
42. Xu, F., Emre, A.E., Turali E.S., Moon, S., Demirci, U. “Cell Bioprinting as a Potential Novel High-
Throughput Method for Fabricating Cell-Based Biosensors (CBBs)”. IEEE Sensors Conference,
Christchurch, New Zealand (2009).
43. Moon, S., Manzur F., Demirci, U. “Escherichia Coli enumeration Using Lens-Free Imaging for
Sepsis Diagnosis”. SPIE Europe Remote Sensing, Germany (2009).
44. Xu, F., Yavuz, A. S., Sridharan, B., Wang, S. Q., Demirci, U., “Bacterial printing for fabricating
microfluidic hydrogels.” 2010 International Conference of Biofabrication, Philadelphia, USA,
(2010).
45. Xu, F., Wu, C. M., Keles, H. O., Demirci, U., “Directed assembly of magnetic microscale
hydrogels.” 2010 International Conference of Biofabrication, Philadelphia, USA, (2010).
46. Wang, S. Q., Moon, S. J., Demirci, U., “Microchips enable HIV antiretroviral treatment monitoring
at the point-of-care (POC).” NIAID US-JAPAN, 24th Joint Meeting of the AIDS Panels, Singapore,
(2010).
47. Wang, S. Q., Moon, S. J., Demirci, U., “A Point-of-Care (POC)-1 Diagnostics.” NIAID US-JAPAN
14th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in the Pacific Rim, Penang,
Malaysia, (2010).
48. Xu, F., Sridharan, B., Wang, S. Q., Syverud, B., Demirci, U., “Stem Cell Printing for Controlled-
Size Embryoid Body Formation”. International Conference on Biofabrication, Philadelphia, PA,
USA, (2010).
49. Wang, S. Q., Moon, S. J., Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U., “Microfluidic Devices for HIV Point-of-
Care Monitoring.” Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day, Boston, MA, USA, (2010).
50. Xu, F., Rengarajan, V., Finley, T. D., Sung, Y., Sridharan, B., Wu, C. M., Keles, H. O., Demirci,
U., “Directed assembly of magnetic microscale hydrogels.” BWH 2010 Poster Session Research
Excellence Awards, (2010).
51. Finley, T. D., Sung, Y., Wu, C. M., Rengarajana, V., Sridharana, B., Keles, H. O., Xu, F., Demirci,
U., “Assembly of microscale hydrogels for tissue engineering.” 6th Annual Merck/BE-BMES
Undergraduate Research Poster Session, Cambridge, MA, USA, (2010).
52. Demirci, U., Xu, F., “Ultrasonics and Microfluidics.” 2010 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, San
Diego, CA, USA, (2010).
53. Xu, F., Demirci, U., “Directed assembly of microgels for tissue engineering.” International
Workshop on Bioengineering and Biomechanics 2010, Bio-2010, Xi’an, China, (2010).
54. Xu, F.*, Celli, J.*, Rizvi, I., Moon, S., Tayyaba, H., Demirci, U., “A three-dimensional in vitro
ovarian cancer coculture model using a high-throughput cell patterning platform.” BWH 2010
Poster Session Research Excellence Awards, (2010). (Cover Page Highlight).
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55. Gurkan, U. A., Demirci, U., Akkus, O., “Magnetoelastic Radio-Frequency Identification for
Biomedical Applications.” National Radio Science Meetings, USA, (2011).
56. Wang, S. Q., Esfahani M., Cheung, B., Gurkan, U. A., Kuritzkes, D. R., and Demirci, U., “CD4+
Surface chemistry for detection of HIV in a microfluidic device.” American Association for Clinical
Chemistry 43rd Oak Ridge Conference: Emerging Technologies for 21st Century Clinical
Diagnostics, (2011).
57. Moon, S., Gurkan, U. A., Kuritzkes, D. R., and Demirci, U., “CD4+ T-lymphocyte cell counting
using a mobile microchip platform: First results on HIV+ subjects.” American Association for
Clinical Chemistry 43rd Oak Ridge Conference: Emerging Technologies for 21st Century Clinical
Diagnostics, (2011).
58. Xu, F., Gurkan, U. A., Finley, T. D., Turkaydin, M., Yavuz A. S., Keles, H.O., and Demirci, U.,
“Directed Assembly of Microscale Particles by Acoustic Waves for Biomedical Applications.”
Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, (2011).
59. Gurkan, U. A., Xu, F., Sung, Y., Sridharan, B., Yavuz, A. S., and Demirci, U., “Multiphase
Anisotropic Tissue Structures by Microdroplet Based Hydrogel Printing.” Materials Research
Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (2011).
60. Wang, S. Q., Esfahani, M., Gurkan, U. A., Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U., “Protein-G based surface
chemistry for HIV detection on-chip.” Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference,
Hartford, CT, USA, (2011).
61. Wang, S. Q., Esfahani, M., Gurkan, U. A., Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U., “Protein-G based surface
chemistry for HIV detection on-chip.” Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day, Boston, MA,
USA, (2011).
62. Wang, S. Q., Moon, S. J., Gurkan, U. A., Blander, J., Eligius, L., Fawzi, W., Aboud, S., Mugusi, F.,
Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U., “Microchip based antiretroviral treatment (ART) monitoring of HIV
at the point-of-care (POC).” ATACCC 2011 conference. Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, (2011).
63. Moon, S. J., Gurkan, U. A., Blander, J., Wang, S. Q., Eligius, L., Fawzi, W., Aboud, S., Mugusi, F.,
Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U., “A Point-of-Care Microchip Platform for HIV-1 Monitoring and
Diagnostics.” United States African Command (AFRICOM), Germany, (2011).
64. Wang, S. Q., Moon, S. J., Demirci, U., “A microchip platform technology for global health.” Unite
for sight, New Haven, CT, USA, (2011).
65. Wang, S.Q., Ip A., Cheung, W.H., Xu, F., Somu, M., Manzur, T., Zhao, X., Karakasoglu, I., Akay,
A., Demirci, U., “Validation of Escherichia coli capture on portable microchips for point-of-care
applications.” Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)
Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. SPIE Defense, Security, and
Sensing Orlando, FL, USA, (2011).
66. Wang, S. Q., Zhao, X., Khimji, I., Edwards, D., Qiu, W., Cramer, D., Ye, B., Demirci, U., “Cell
Phone Detects Cancer from Urine.” URSI National Meeting Special Session on "Telemetry for
Monitoring and Biosensing", Boulder, CO, USA, (2011).
67. Zhang, X., Khimji, I., Shao, L., Safaee, H., Desai, K., Keles, H. O., Gurkan, U. A., Kayaalp, E.,
Nureddin, A., Anchan, R. M., Maas, R., and Demirci, U., “Nanoliter droplet vitrification for cell
cryopreservation.” SysCODE Consortium 2011, Waltham, MA, USA, (2011)
68. Rengarajan, V., Finley, T. D., Sung, Y., Wu, C. M., Sridharan, B., Keles, H. O., Xu, F., Demirci,
U., “Directed assembly of microscale hydrogels via magnetic.” Society For Biomaterials 2011
Annual Meeting and Exposition: Animating Materials, Orlando, Florida, USA, (2011).
69. Xu, F., Sridharan, B., Wang, S. Q., Gurkan, U. A., Syverud, B., Demirci, U., “Stem cell printing
for controlled-size embryoid body formation.” 2011 MRS Spring Meeting, Moscone West and San
Francisco Marriott, San Francisco, CA, USA, (2011).
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70. Xu, F., Rengarajan, V., Finley, T. D., Sung, Y., Sridharan, B., Demirci, U., “Biofabrication of three-
dimensional complex constructs via magnetic directed microgel assembly.” Annual Meeting of the
European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
(TERMIS) 2011, Granada, Spain, (2011).
71. Xu, F., Gurkan, U. A., Finley, T. D., Turkaydin, M., Yavuz, A. S., Demirci, U., “Acoustic Directed
Microparticle Assembly for Biomedical Applications.” Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of
the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Granada,
Spain, (2011).
72. Gurkan, U. A., Xu, F., Sung, Y., Rengarajan, V., Yavuz, A. S., Demirci, U., “Printing anisotropic
cell microenvironment for tissue engineering.” Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of the
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Granada, Spain,
(2011).
73. Xu, F., Rengarajan, V., Finley, T. D., Sung, Y. Sridharan, B., Gurkan, U. A., Demirci, U.,
“Magnetic nanoparticle based assembly for microscale hydrogels.” Technologies for future micro-
nano manufacturing, California, (2011).
74. Xu, F., Sung, Y., Finley, T. D., Wu, C. M., Demirci, U., “Magnetic printing for tissue engineering.”
2011 Annual meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES 2011), Hartford, Connecticut,
(2011).
75. Gurkan, U. A., Sung, Y., Xu, F., Demirci, U., “Engineering of multiphase anisotropic tissue
structures by microdroplet hydrogel patterning.” 2011 Annual meeting of Biomedical Engineering
Society (BMES 2011), Hartford, Connecticut, (2011).
76. Xu, F., Emre, A. E., Turali, E. S., Moon, S. J., Demirci, U., “Bioprinting As 3D Patterning Method
For Tissue Engineering.” Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems Poster Contest, Boston, (2011).
77. Rizvi, I., Celli, J. P., Alagic, N., Gurkan, U. A., Tasoglu, S., Elrington, S. A. Demirci, U., Hasan,
T., “Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in
Photodynamic Therapy.” Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics, SPIE 2012, San Francisco,
California, (2012).
78. Inci, F., Gurkan, U. A., and Demirci, U., “Localized Surface Plasmon-Based Viral Detection”.
MRS, Paper Number 1274110.0, (2012).
79. Inci, F., Gurkan, U. A., and Demirci, U., “Surface plasmon based viral load microchip for multiple
HIV subtypes using whole blood.” 44th Oak Ridge Conference: Emerging Technologies for 21st
Century Clinical Diagnostics, (2012).
80. Inci, F., Wang, S., Gurkan, U. A., Kuritzkes, D. R., Demirci, U., “Surface Plasmon Based Viral
Load Microchip for HIV Subtypes using Whole Blood.” Oak Ridge Conference, Oak Ridge, TN,
USA, (2012).
81. Demirel, M., and Demirci, U., “Fabrication and Assembly of Microscale Hydrogels for Tissue
Engineering.” MRS Singapore, ICYRAM 2012, (2012)
82. Wang, S., Sarenac, D., Chen, M. H., Huaang, S., Giguel, F. F., Kuritzkes, D. R. and Demirci, U.,
“Disposable microchip to separate plasma and viruses from whole blood at the point-of-care.”
AIDS 2012, Washington DC, (2012).
83. Demirci, U., “Non-invasive magnetic and acoustic fields for 3D cell-laden microgel assembly.”
INSERM, Bordeaux, France, (2012).
84. Demirci, U., “Structural and functional properties of cells and tissues in a controlled microfluidic
environment.” INSERM, Bordeaux, France, (2012).
85. Shafiee, H., Jahangir, M., Inci, F., Wang, S., Kuritzkes, D. R. and Demirci, U., “Towards Point-of-
Care HIV-1 Detection Through Electrical Sensing-On-a-Chip.” American Institute of Chemical
Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, (2012).
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86. Gurkan U. A., Sung Y., El Assal R., Xu F., Trachtenberg A., Kuo W., Demirci U., “Bioprinting
anisotropic stem cell microenvironment.” 3rd Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine,
Vienna, Austria, (2012).
87. Tasoglu S., Kavaz D., Gurkan U. A., Demirci U., “Magnetic 3D assembly of microgels for tissue
engineering and regenerative medicine.” 3rd Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine,
Vienna, Austria, (2012).
88. Inci, F., Kavaz, D., Gurkan, U.A., Xu, F., Mullick, O., Sung, Y., Baoqiang, L., Demirci, U.,
“Mechanical characteristics and release properties of magnetic nanoparticle encapsulating
biodegradable hydrogels.” 3rd Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Vienna, Austria,
(2012).
89. Gurkan, U. A., Sung, Y., El Assal, R., Xu, F., Demirci, U., “Microdroplet-based hydrogel printing
for engineering anisotropic stem cell microenvironment.” 9th World Biomaterials Congress,
Chengdu, China, (2012).
90. Gurkan, U. A, Tas, H., Anand, T., Demirci, U., “Label-free and viable stem cell isolation from
peripheral blood with a thermoresponsive microfluidic chip.” Materials Research Society Spring
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (2012).
91. Gurkan, U. A., Sekeroglu, K., Demirci, U., Demirel, M. C., “Transport of microscale hydrogels on
a nanoscale ratchet.” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, (2012).
92. Rizvi, I., Gurkan, U. A., Alagic, N., Anbil, J. P., Celli, J. P., Tasoglu, S., Mensah, L., Mai, Z.,
Massodi, I., Demirci, U., Hasan, T., “Modeling physical and stromal determinants of 3D tumor
growth to inform PDT-mediated combination treatments.” SPIE-Biomedical Optics and
Biophotonics (BiOS) Conference, San Francisco, CA, (2013).
93. Gurkan, U. A., Sekeroglu, K., Demirci, U., Demirel, M., “Transport of microscale hydrogels on a
nanoscale ratchet.” ASME 2nd Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology,
Boston, MA, (2013).
94. Gurkan, U. A., Giannakeas, V., Akkaynak, D., Moore, T., Brenan, C., Eryilmaz, A., Topsakal, E.,
Kuritzkes, D. R., Hsiao, L-L., Bonventre, J. V., Tucker, J. K., Demirci, U., “Homecare portal for
peritoneal dialysis therapy monitoring and management.” ASME 2nd Global Congress on
NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Boston, MA, (2013).
95. Tasoglu, S., Pan, Y., Gungordu, H. I., Yu, C. H., Demirci, U., “Radicalized Paramagnetic Microgels
for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering.” 25th European Conference on Biomaterials, Madrid,
Spain, (2013).
96. Tasoglu, S., Diller, E., Sitti, M., Demirci, U., “Micro-robotic assembly of microgels for regenerative
medicine.” Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Istanbul, Turkey (2013).
97. Tasoglu, S., Pan, Y., Gungordu, H.I., Yu, C.H., Dermirci, U., “Paramagnetic manipulation of
hydrogels.” Annual Meeting of the Eurpoean Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Istanbul, Turkey (2013)
98. Kilinc, S., Gurkan, U.A., Koyuncu, G., Dogan, M., Tugmen, C., Kebapci, E., Karaca, C., Tan, S.,
Pala, E.E., Bayol, U., Baran, M., Kurtulmus, Y., Pirim, I., Guven, S., Demirci, U., “Bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cell infusion in intestinal transplant patients with short bowel syndrome.”
Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
International Society (TERMIS), Istanbul, Turkey (2013).
99. Chen, P., Chamundeswari, V., Luo, Z., Lee, J., Demirci U., “ Dynamic self assembly for bottom-
up tissue engineering.” Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Istanbul, Turkey (2013).
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100. Guven, S., Erkmen, B., Ravi, S., Jeon, O., Gurkan, U.A., Alsberg, E., Demirci, U., “Precisely
patterned model 3-D bone tissue constructs.” Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of the Tissue
Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Istanbul, Turkey (2013).
101. Ermis, M., Gurkan, U.A., Demirci, U., Hasirci, V., “Physical functionalization of polymeric
surfaces by micro-patterning of PLGA films to study cell-material interactions.” Annual Meeting of
the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
(TERMIS), Istanbul, Turkey (Poster Session) (2013).
102. Ermis, M., Gurkan, Antmen, E., Chen, P., Gurkan, U.A., Demirci, U., Hasirci, V., “Effect of
micropatterned PLGA and collagen surfaces on cell adhesion and nuclear deformation.” A meeting
of the materials research society (MRS), Boston, MA (Poster) (2013).
103. Karaman, O., Guven, S., Porter, R., Evans, C.H., Demirci, U., Jabbari, E., “Effect of matrix
compressive modulus on zonal marker expression of stromal cells in chondrogenesis.” TERMIS
Atlanta (2013).
104. Inci, F., Sharp, W.T., Klevan, L., Demirci, U., “Selective isolation of sperm from biological samples
using a unique oligosaccharide capture reagent in a microfluidic platform.” International
Symposium on Human Identification, Atlanta, GA, (Poster) (2013).
105. Guven, S., Boyden, E., Demirci, U., “3D in vitro neural circuits from pluripotent stem cells.”
Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
International Society (TERMIS), Genova, Italy (2014).
106. Chen, P., Guven. S., Demirci, U., “Scaffold-free cell assembly for tissue engineering.” Annual
Meeting of the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
International Society (TERMIS), Genova, Italy (2014).
107. Tasoglu, S., Diller, E., Guven, S., Sitti, M., Demirci, U., “Robotic assembly of hydrogels for tissue
engineering and regenerative medicine.” Annual Meeting of the European Chapter of the Tissue
Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Genova, Italy (2014).
108. El Assal, R., Guven, S., Gurkan, U.A., Gozen, I., Shafiee, H., Dalbeyler, S., Abdalla, N., Thomas,
G., Fuld, W., Illigens, B., Estanislau, J., Khoory, J., Kaufman, R., Zylberberg, C., Lindeman, N.,
Wen Q., Ghiran, I., Demirci U., “Cryo-printing ectoine-assisted preservation of red blood cells.”
Military Health System Research Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2014). (Poster)
109. Inci, F., Inan, H., Klevan, L., Demirci, U., “Isolation and quantitation of sperm on a microfluidic
integrated shadow imaging system.” International Symposium on Human Identification, Phoenix,
AZ, (Poster) (2014).
110. El Assal, R., Guven, S., Gurkan, U.A., Gozen, I., Shafiee, H., Dalbeyler, S., Abdalla, N., Thomas,
G., Fuld, W., Illigens, B., Estanislau, J., Khoory, J., Kaufman, R., Zylberberg, C., Lindeman, N.,
Wen, Q., Ghiran, I., Demirci, U., “Ectoine-assisted preservation of red blood cell phenotype and
function during nanoliter vitrifcation.” BioX Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium-Clark Center
at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2014). (Poster)
111. Wang, S., Inci, F., Tasoglu, S., Akbas, R., Gurkan, U.A., Giguel, F.F, Kuritzkes, D.R., Demirci, U.,
“Micro-a-fluidics ELISA for rapid CD4 cell count at the point-of-care.” BioX Interdisciplinary
Initiatives Symposium-Clark Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2014). (Poster)
112. Calibasi G., Guven S., Goldman A., Demirci U., "Dynamic cell culture alters the phenotype of
cancer cells." BioX Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium-Clark Center at Stanford University,
Stanford, CA (2014). (Poster)
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113. Guven, S., Liaudanskaya, V., Boyden E., Demirci, U., “3D in vitro neural circuits from pluripotent
stem cells.” BioX Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium-Clark Center at Stanford University,
Stanford, CA (2014). (Poster)
114. Chen, P., Guven, S., Demirci, U., “Liquid-templated cell assembly for tissue engineering.” BioX
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium-Clark Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2014).
(Poster)
115. Tekin, H.C., Inci, F., Sobieranski, A.C., Yuksekkaya, M., Comunello, E., Wangenheim, A.V., and
Demirci, U., “Portable lensless microscopy platform for healthcare applications” BioX
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium-Clark Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2014).
(Poster)
116. Asghar, W., Sah, V., Shafiee, H., Velasco, V., Rajagopalan, A., Jahangir, M., Anchan R.M.,
Mutter, G., Ozkan, M., Ozkan, C., Demirci, U., “Toxicology of carbon based nano-materials on
human sperm: A concentration and time dependent study” Graphene Related Technologies from
Laboratory to Industry Meeting, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey (2014)
117. El Assal, R., Guven, S., Gurkan, U.A., Gozen, I., Shafiee, H., Dalbeyler, S., Abdalla, N., Thomas,
G., Fuld, W., Illigens, B., Estanislau, J., Khoory, J., Kaufman, R., Zylberberg, C., Lindeman, N.,
Wen, Q., Ghiran, I., Demirci, U., “Bio-printing for ectoine-assisted preservation of red blood cells.”
Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting, 2014, Boston, MA (Oral Presentation)
118. Chen, P., Guven, S., Ganesan, A.V., Demirci, U., “Liquid-based template assembly of microscale
materials into diverse architectures.” Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting, 2014, Boston,
MA (Oral Presentation)
119. Chen, P., Guven, S., Demirci, U., “Scaffold-free three-dimensional cell assembly for bottom-up
tissue engineering.” Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting, 2014, Boston, MA (Poster)
120. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Demirci, U., “Acoustic levitation for neural tissue engineering.” Materials
Research Society (MRS) Meeting, 2014, Boston, MA (Poster)
121. Tekin, H.C., Inci, F., Ananta, J., Massoud, T.F., Paulmurugan, R., Renugopalakrishnan, V.,
Viswanathan, S., Ajayan, P.M., Liepmann, D., Demirci, U., “Potential graphene bisensors for
MicroRNA quantitation.” Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting, 2014, Boston, MA (Oral
Presentation)
122. Ermis, M., Akkaynak, D., Chen, P., Demirci, U., Hasırcı V., “Effect of micropattern dimensions
on adhesion, and nuclear shape of osteosarcoma cells.” Society for Biomaterials Meeting, 2015,
Charlotte, NC (Poster)
123. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Güven, S., Padilla, F., Demirci, U., “Acoustic standing waves for multilayer
neural tissue engineering.” International IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference 2015,
Montpellier, France
124. Chen, P., Guven, S., Usta, O.B., Yarmush, M., Demirci, U., “Scaffold-free spheroid assembly to
generate organoids.” Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
(TERMIS) World Congress 2015, Boston, MA (Oral Presentation)
125. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Guven, S., Demirtas, T.T., Padilla, F., Demirci, U., “Acoustic printing of
multilayer neuronal network.” Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
(TERMIS) World Congress 2015, Boston, MA (Oral Presentation)
126. Inci, F., Fillippini, C., Baday, M., Ozen, M.O., Calamak, S., Durmus, N.G., Wang, S., Hanhauser,
E., Hobbs, K., Juillard, F., Kuang, P., Vetter, M.L., Carocci, M., Tamamoto, H., Takagi, Y., Yildiz,
U.H., Akin, D., Wesemann, D., Singhal, A., Yang, P., Nibert, M., Fichorova, R., Lau, D., Henrich,
T., Kaye, K., Schachter, S., Kuritzkes, D., Steinmetz, L., Gambhir, S.S., Davis, R.#, Demirci, U.#,
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“A multiplexed, quantitative nanoplasmonic electrical-field enhanced resonating device (NE2RD)
for diagnostics.” Stanford SystemX Alliance Fall Conference, Stanford, CA (Poster)
127. Nagashima, J., El Assal, R., Demirci, U. #, Songsasen, N.#, “Species-specific effect of a dynamic
flow culture system on domestic dog and cat ovarian cortical tissue”. International Symposium on
Canine and Feline Reproduction 2016, Paris, France (Oral Presentation)
128. Chinnasamy, T., Behr#, B., Demirci, U. #, “Microfluidic sperm sorting device for selection of
functional human sperm for IUI application”. The 64th Annual Meeting of Pacific Coast
Reproductive Society 2016, Rancho Mirage, CA (Poster)
129. Padilla, F., Bouyer, C., Demirci, U. #, Chen, P., Nieland, T., “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering”. Termis EU 2016, Uppsala, Sweden
(Oral Presentation)
130. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular 3D constructs: 3D model establishment for cells radiation effect studies in 3D
Microenviroment”. 1st European Congress of Medical Physics 2016, Athens, Greece (Abstract)
131. Serpooshan, V., Chen, P., Hu, D., Venkatraman, S., Demirci, U. #, Wu, S. #, “Bioengineering
functional cardiac tissue via faraday wave assemby of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes.” World
Biomaterials Congress 2016, Montreal, Canada (Poster)
132. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” IEEE International Ultrasonics
Symposium 2016, Tours, France (Oral Presentation)
133. Chen, P., Guven, S., Usta, O.B., Yarmush, M., Demirci, U., “Acoustic assembly of cells into 3D
microtissues for bottom-up tissue engineering.” Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
International Society (TERMIS) Asia Pacific 2016, Taipei, Taiwan (Oral Presentation)
134. Rizvi, I., Huang H., Tsujita, Y., Anbil, S., Hanna, W., Celli, J., Demirci, U. #, and Hasan, T. #,
“Targeting flow-induced heterogeneity in ovarian cancer with engineered 3D models.” Biomedical
Engineering Society (BMES) 2016, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Oral Presentation)
135. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” TERMIS-EU 2016, Davos,
Switzerland (Oral Presentation)
136. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” IEEE International Ultrasonics
Symposium 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii (Oral Presentation)
137. Nagashima, J., El Assal, R., Demirci, U. #, Songsasen, N.#, “Species-specific effect of a dynamic
flow culture system on domestic dog and cat ovarian cortical tissue”. International Symposium on
Canine and Feline Reproduction 2016, Paris, France (Oral Presentation)
138. Chinnasamy, T., Behr#, B., Demirci, U. #, “Microfluidic sperm sorting device for selection of
functional human sperm for IUI application”. The 64th Annual Meeting of Pacific Coast
Reproductive Society 2016, Rancho Mirage, CA (Poster)
139. Padilla, F., Bouyer, C., Demirci, U. #, Chen, P., Nieland, T., “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering”. Termis EU 2016, Uppsala, Sweden
(Oral Presentation)
140. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular 3D constructs: 3D model establishment for cells radiation effect studies in 3D
Microenviroment”. 1st European Congress of Medical Physics 2016, Athens, Greece (Abstract)
141. Serpooshan, V., Chen, P., Hu, D., Venkatraman, S., Demirci, U. #, Wu, S. #, “Bioengineering
functional cardiac tissue via faraday wave assemby of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes.” World
Biomaterials Congress 2016, Montreal, Canada (Poster)
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142. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” IEEE International Ultrasonics
Symposium 2016, Tours, France (Oral Presentation)
143. Chen, P., Guven, S., Usta, O.B., Yarmush, M., Demirci, U., “Acoustic assembly of cells into 3D
microtissues for bottom-up tissue engineering.” Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
International Society (TERMIS) Asia Pacific 2016, Taipei, Taiwan (Oral Presentation)
144. Rizvi, I., Huang H., Tsujita, Y., Anbil, S., Hanna, W., Celli, J., Demirci, U. #, and Hasan, T. #,
“Targeting flow-induced heterogeneity in ovarian cancer with engineered 3D models.” Biomedical
Engineering Society (BMES) 2016, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Oral Presentation)
145. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” TERMIS-EU 2016, Davos,
Switzerland (Oral Presentation)
146. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” IEEE International Ultrasonics
Symposium 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii (Oral Presentation)
147. Tocchio, A., Durmus, N., Lee, H., Mani, V., Demirci, U.#, “Versatile method for spheroid
assembly based on magnetic levitation.” TERMIS-AM 2016, San Diego (Oral Presentation).
148. Bouyer, C., Chen, P., Nieland, T., Demirci, U. #, Padilla, F. #, “Bio-acoustic levitational assembly
of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” 5th Acoutical Society of America and
Acoustical Society of Japan 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii (Oral Presentation)
149. Liu, F., Vermesh, O., Ge, T., Madsen, S., Sabour, A., Gowrishankar, G., Kanada, M., Jokerst, J.,
Sierra, R., Gambhir, S.S., Nair, V., Demirci, U.#, “The Exosome Total Isolation Chip (ExoTIC)
Device.” American Society for Exosomes and Microvesicles Annual meeting 2016, San Francisco,
CA (Oral Presentation)
150. Liu, F., Vermesh, O., Nieland, T., Ge, J., Gowrishankar, G., Sabour, A., Sierra, R., Nair, V.,
Gambhir, S.S., Demirci, U.#, “Exosome-total-isolation-chip (ExoTIC) device for identification of
exosome-based biomarkers.” Stanford Bio-X, 2016, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
151. Liu, F., Vermesh, O., Nieland, T., Ge, J., Gowrishankar, G., Sabour, A., Sierra, R., Nair, V.,
Gambhir, S.S., Demirci, U.#, “A universal exosome isolation device for identification of lung cancer
biomarkers.” Stanford Canary Summit 2016, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
152. Canadas, R., Tocchio, A., Marques, A., Oliveira, J., Reis, R., Demirci, U.#, “Gradient control and
microporosity guidance in 3D structures for regenerative medicine.” Stanford Bio-X, 2017,
Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
153. Inci, F., Ozen, M., Y, S., Miansari, M., Cimen, D., Duncan, G., Klevan, L., Demirci, U.#, “A next
generation-differential extraction device for sperm isolation and DNA processing on-chip.”
Stanford Bio-X, 2017, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
154. Ren, T, Karaca, E., Canadas, R. Demirci, U.#, “Mechanosensing of neurons in 3D brain surrogate.”
Stanford Bio-X, 2017, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
155. Chinnasamy, T, Kingsley, J., Durmus, N.G., Turek, P., Rosen, M., Behr, B., Steinmetz, L., Tuzel,
E., Demirci, U.#, “Evolutionary-like selection on-a-chip: Using microfluidics to isolate the fittest
sperm.” Stanford Bio-X, 2017, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
156. Inan, H, Ozen, M., Demirci, U.#, “Monitoring neutropenia in cancer patients at point-of-care.”
Stanford Bio-X, 2017, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
157. Liu, F., Vermesh, O., Ge, J., Madsen, S., Sabour, A., Gowrishankar, G., Kanada, M., Jokerst, J.,
Sierra, R., Chang, E., Sinclair, R., Gambhir, S.S., Nair, V., Demirci, U.#, “A universal exosome
isolation device for identification of lung cancer biomarkers.” Stanford Canary Summit 2016,
Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
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158. Mani, V., Lyu, Z., Dercal, B., Paulmurugan, R., Demirci, U.#, “Flow induces epithelial-
mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in dynamic bioengineered lung cancer microenvironment.”
Stanford Canary Summit 2016, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
159. Durmus, N.G., Sridhar, K., Lee, H., Deshmoukh, S., Hoerner, C., Inci, F., Ercal, O., Ravi, N.,
Lmae, Y., Preiss, J., Wakelee, H., Fan, A., Davis, R., Steinmetz, L. #, Demirci, U.#, “LEVITAS:
Levitating cells for chemistry-free sorting of rare circulating cancer cells and cell clusters from
whole blood.” Stanford Canary Summit 2016, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
160. Ozen, M., Mani, V., Demirci, U.#, “Multiplexed µ-fluidic-ELISA for cardiovascular disorders.”
Stanford Bio-X, 2017, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
161. Tocchio, A., Durmus, N.G., Coskun, B., Mani, V., Sridhar, K., Canadas, R., El Assal, R., Demirci,
U.#, “Guided self-assembly of functional cellular architectures based on magnetic levitation.”
Stanford Bio-X, 2017, Stanford, CA (Poster Presentation)
162. Chinnasamy, T., Kingsley, J., Turek, P., Rosen, M., Behr, B., Tüzel, E.#, Demirci, U.#,
“Evolutionary-like selection on-a-chip: Using microfluidics to isolate the fittest sperm.” European
Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, 2017, Geneva, Switzerland (Poster Presentation)
163. Song, H., Konan, L., Cui, J., Chen, S., Ndam, T., Simonyi, A., Johnson, C., Cernak, I., Demirci,
U., Hubler, G., DePalma, R., Gu, Z., “An open-field blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury in a
murine model: Observations of behavioral and neuropathological changes.” The Military Health
System Research Symposium, 2017, Kissimmee, FL (Poster Presentation)
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