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Utkan Demirci

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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: [email protected]

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


of Medicine

Appointments/Affiliated Institutions and Organization

05/14- Affiliated Faculty

Member

Stanford Bio-X Stanford University


Member

Stanford Neurosciences Institute Stanford University School

of Medicine


Member

Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford University School

of Medicine

09/15- Faculty Fellow Stanford Center for Innovation in

Global Health


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


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


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


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)


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


2016 Basic Scientist of the Year Stanford University School of

Medicine/Department of

Radiology


2016 Fellow-Elect American Institute of Medical

and Biomedical Engineers

(AIMBE)


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2017 Best Poster Canary Center

Competition

The early detection of

pancreatic cancer using

exosomes as novel

biomarkers


2017 Best Poster Canary Center

Competition

Bioprinted Microfluidic 3-D

Lung Cancer

Microenvironments for

Detection of Histone

Modification and Cell

Migration


2017 3rd Pitch Competition Bay Area Global Healthcare

Challenge to my PhD students


2017 Distinguished Investigator

Award

Academy for Radiology and

Biomedical Imaging Research


2018 Certificate of Appreciation Institute for Experimental and

Clinical Traumatology,

Ludwig Boltzman Institute


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


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



2007, 2008,

2009

HST 521, Biomaterials and Tissue

Engineering in Medical Devices and

Artificial Organs

2 hrs contact, 1 lecture given


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


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


2014-16 Ph.D. Research Co-advisor

(Dr. Hakan Inan)

Department of Nanotechnology,

Gediz University


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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Curriculum Vitae

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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


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


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


Weekly mentorship for 12 months, 12

publications, Resident at HMS

2007-2008 Ong, Luvena, Graduate Student



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


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


Published 11 papers

2009 Hefner, Evan, Undergraduate Student



2009 Lien, Julia, Research Assistant, BWH Advisor for 3 months

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Curriculum Vitae

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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,



2009

Cimen, Furkan, Graduate Student, Bilkent

University


2009-2010 Emre, Ahmet Emrehan, Graduate Student,

Istanbul University


2009-2010 Moten, Asad, Undergraduate Student at



2009-2010 Turali, Emine Sumeyra, Graduate Student

at University of Michigan


2010- Rizvi, Imran, Post-doctoral research

fellow/Harvard Medical School

Advisor for 6 years, Published 2 papers

2010 Wu, Max, Undergraduate Student



Published one paper in Advance Materials

2010 Khimji, Imran, Undergraduate Student at


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


Advisor for 6 Months, Published 1 paper

2010 Safaee, Hooman, Undergraduate Student at



2010 Desai, Khanjan, Undergraduate Student at



2010 Sung, Yuree, Undergraduate Student at the

University of Waterloo

Co-op Program Advisor, Published 4 papers

2010 Esfahani, Matin, Undergraduate Student at



2010 Sahin, Caglayan, Co-founder Reengen Advisor for 4 months

2010-2011

Sridharan, Banupriya, Graduate Student at

the University of Kansas


2010-2011 Vathsangam, Niveditha, Undergraduate

Student at Sastra University, India


2010-2011 Chang, Eric, Undergraduate Student


Advisor for 12 Months

2010- Wang, Shuqi, Post-doctoral research fellow


Weekly mentorship, Published 29 papers

2010-2012 Gurkan, Umut Atakan, Faculty at Case

Western Reserve University


2011 Mullick, Omer, Undergraduate Student at



2011 Sarenac, Dusan, Undergraduate Student at



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Curriculum Vitae

21

2011 Won Kyu, Sun, Undergraduate Student at



2011 Ramanujam, Ajay, Undergraduate Student

at the University of Waterloo


2011

Anand Tarini, Undergraduate Student at the



2011 Hsu, Charles, Undergraduate Student at



2011 Mbrica, Vition, High School Student

Boston Latin Academy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Student

Success Jobs Program

2011 Vasudevan, Aishwarya, Undergraduate



2011 Subramanian, Sathya, Undergraduate


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



2011 Giannakeas, Vasily, Undergraduate Student

at the University of Waterloo


2011 Korkutata, Mustafa, Undergraduate Student

at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey

Summer Advisor

2011 Lee, Joon Loup, Undergraduate Student at



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


2011 Unluisler, Sebnem, Undergraduate Student

at Yeditepe University

Summer Advisor, Published 2 papers

2011 Acikgenc, Ali, Undergraduate Student at

Fatih University


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


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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


2013- Inci, Fatih, Rejoined as Post-doctoral

research fellow/Harvard Medical School,

Stanford University


2011- Erkmen, Burcu, Graduate Student,


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


2011-2016 Chen, Pu, Post-doctoral research fellow

Harvard Medical School, Stanford

University


2011-2014 Shafiee, Hadi, Post-doctoral research

fellow/ Harvard Medical School


Received NIH F32 Award

2011-2013 Lou, Zhengyuan, Graduate Student

Xi’an Jiatong University, Stanford

University


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


Summer Advisor

2012 Yildiz, Simin, Undergraduate Student at

Istanbul Technical University


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


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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Curriculum Vitae

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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


Research Trainee

2012 Shoukat, Muhammad, Undergraduate

Student at MIT

Research Trainee

2012-2013 Waseem, Hasan, Undergraduate Student at



Research Trainee

2012-2013 Wach, Sonya, Undergraduate Student at



Research Trainee

2012-2013 Lee, Jeonghun, Undergraduate Student at



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


2012-2013 Yuksekkaya, Mehmet, Graduate Student

and Instructor at Baskent University


2012-2013 Le, Quang, High School Student, Student

Success Program at BWH

Research Trainee

2012-2013 Gungordu, Hatice Imran, Graduate Student

Istanbul Technical University


2013 Subramanian, Aishwarya, Undergraduate

Student at Sastra University

Research Trainee

2013 Natarajan, Nalini, Undergraduate Student

at Sastra University, Visiting International

Research Trainee


2013 Vural, Tayfun, Graduate Student at

Hacettepe University, Visiting International

Research Trainee


2013 Rajagopalan, Adhithi, Undergraduate

Student at Sastra University, Visiting



2013 Rochman, Jake, Undergraduate Student at



Research Trainee

2013 Tandon, Mudit, High School Student at

Belmont Hill School

Research Trainee

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Curriculum Vitae

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2013 Shruthi, Rao, Undergraduate Student at

SRM University, Visiting International

Research Trainee


2013 Chamundeswari, Vidya, Undergraduate

Student at Sastra University, Visiting



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


2013 Bilirgen, Asu, High School Student at

Deerfield Academy High School

Research Trainee

2013 -2014 Fillippini, Chiara, Graduate Student

University of Bologna, Italy


2013 Kankasabapathy, Manoj Kumar, Graduate

Student, Amity University, India

Research Trainee

2013- Zhang, Michael, Research Trainee with

B.S. Degree


2013- Sah, Vasu, Graduate Student

University at Buffalo


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



2013-2014 Bagatur, Yesim, Graduate Student

Yeditepe University

Research Trainee

2013-2014 Keser, Mert, Undergraduate Student at

Baskent University


Worked on fabricating microfluidic devices

2013-2015 Cumhur Tekin, Huseyin, Post-doctoral

research fellow/Harvard Medical School,

Stanford University


2013-2015 Calibasi, Gizem, Graduate Student

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Health

Sciences, Stanford University


2014-2015 Liaudanskaya, Volha, Graduate Student

University of Trento, Italy


2014 Shankaran, Krithika, Graduate Student Research Trainee

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Curriculum Vitae

25

Sastra University

2014 Khetani, Sultan Noorddin, Graduate

Student at SRM University

Research Trainee

2014-2015 Bouyer, Charlene, Graduate Student And

Fullbright Fellow, LabTau UCBL1


2014 Nagashima, Jennifer, Visiting Ph.D.

Scholar Cornell University/Stanford



Smithsonian Institution Fellowship

2014-2015 Arslan Yildiz, Ahu, Post-doctoral research

fellow/Stanford University School of

Medicine


2014-2015 Yildiz, Umit Hakan, Post-doctoral research


Medicine


2014-2015 Calamak, Semih, Visiting Ph.D candidate

/Hacettepe University


2014-2015 Demirtas, Tolga Tugrul, Visiting Ph.D

candidate /Hacettepe University


2014-2016 Ozen, Mehmet Ozgun, Visiting Ph.D

candidate /Ege University


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


2014- Zhou, Sherry, High School


Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2014- Inan, Hakan, Visiting Ph.D. candidate/

Gediz University


2015 Lewis, Jedd, Ph.D. candidate/Stanford


Weekly mentorship

2015- Baday, Murat, Post-doctoral research


Medicine


2015- Chinnasamy, Thiruppathiraja, Post-doctoral

research fellow/Stanford University School

of Medicine


2015- Lifson, Mark, Post-doctoral research


Medicine


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


2015- Tocchio, Alessandro, Post-doctoral Weekly mentorship

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Curriculum Vitae

26


of Medicine

2015- Choi, Jungkyu, Post-doctoral research


Medicine


2015 Dong, Zhihong, Visiting post-doctoral

research fellow/Chengdu University

Weekly mentorship

2015- Liu, Fei, Post-doctoral research


Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2015-2016 Saylan, Yeseren, Visiting Ph.D. candidate /

Hacettepe University

Weekly mentorship

2015- Yang, Jaeyoung, Post-doctoral research


Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2015 Holman, Alyssa, Visiting undergrad.

Student/Cornell University


2015-2016 Grosshaeuser, Bianka, Visiting Ph.D.

candidate /Karlsruhe Institute of

Technology

Weekly mentorship

2015-2016 Pawlosky, Annalisa, Post-doctoral research


Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2015- Lee, Hojae, Research Assistant/Stanford


Weekly mentorship

2016- Ozen, Mehmet Ozgun, Rejoined as a Post-

doctoral research fellow/Stanford


Weekly mentorship

2016- Mani, Vigneshwaran, Post-doctoral


of Medicine


2015- Ercal, Baris, Visiting professor /Stanford


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


Weekly mentorship

2015- Domingo, Ron, Ph.D. student /Stanford


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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Medicine

2015-2016 Seyedzadeh, Ojan, High School


Medicine

Research trainee

2016- Ayas, Sencer, Post-doctoral research


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


2016- He, Long, Visiting International


Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2016- Ren, Tanchen, Post-doctoral research


Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2016- Guo, Feng, Post-doctoral research


Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2016- Canadas, Raphael, Visiting student

researcher/Stanford University School of

Medicine

Weekly mentorship

2016- Liu, Qiang, Post-doctoral research


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


Davis

Weekly mentorship

2016 Sahan, Asude Betul, Visiting student


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


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


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)


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)


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


2009 Special (invited presentation) for Gates Foundation Visit

CIMIT Conference


2010 Cell printing for high throughput applications/Research Presentation

Science Research Associate/ Stanford


2017 Andraka, Jack Thomas, Undergraduate

student/ Stanford University

Monthly mentorship

Utkan Demirci

Curriculum Vitae

29

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


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


Presentation

University of Illinois, Electrical Engineering Department Seminar, Champaign, IL


Presentation

Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, West Lafayette, IN

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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


Presentation

University of California, Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar, Davis, CA


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


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


2009 Lenseless Imaging for Point-of-care Testing/ Research Presentation


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/


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/


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


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


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/


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


Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany

2015 Micro- and Nano-scale Technologies for Applications Medicine and Biology/Research


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.

http://trauma.lbg.ac.at/en

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11. System and method for cell

levitation and monitoring


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


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:

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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

https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.04830

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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

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/biot.201100009/abstract

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/biot.201100009/abstract

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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.


Applications- Volume 2, 1st ed. Singapore: World Scientific; 2015. Volume 2 explores the use of

hydrogels in the interdisciplinary field of tissue engineering.


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


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


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).



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)



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)


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)


of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” TERMIS-EU 2016, Davos,

Switzerland (Oral Presentation)



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)


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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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)


of heterocellular multilayer constructs for tissue engineering.” TERMIS-EU 2016, Davos,

Switzerland (Oral Presentation)



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).


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.”


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.”


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.”


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.”


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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Date Prepared - bme.boun.edu.tr · Utkan Demirci Curriculum Vitae 2 04/14-04/17 Associate Professor with tenure, University Tenure Line (UTL) Radiology, Canary Center for Early Cancer