NanoTR19 in Ankara

We wrapped up an amazingly engaging 3-day event at OTDU. NanoTR19 was full of inspiring talks thanks to the great organizers. I enjoyed meeting Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh and seeing Prof. Michael Naguib again and chating about MXene. We celebrated his birthday at the gala dinner.

My team presented 2 research studies: ‘3D network architecture of MXene and graphene with antimicrobial properties’ as an oral presentation and ‘Antibacterial efficacy of Ti₃C₂Tx and Nb₂CTx MXenes against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains’ as a poster. I would like to thank Dr. Amina Ben Ayed and Dr. Mina Masoudi for their effort.

It was also lovely seeing Dr. Ebru Soyuyüce Aydın at TUBITAK headquarters.

My appreciation goes to SUNUM-Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, FLAG-ERA, and TÜBİTAK for their financial support.

 

New Publication

We just published in Biofabrication, Springer Nature (IF= 8) openaccess
The article entitled as ‘3D melt electrowritten MXene-reinforced scaffolds for tissue engineering applications’ shows that APTES-functionalized MXene/PCL scaffold enhanced osteogenic differentiation.
I would like to thank all the co-authors for their effort, especially Mahdiyeh Zahrabi.
You can access the article here https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1758-5090/adf803
We are grateful to FLAG-ERA and TÜBİTAK for the funding and SUNUM-Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center for the continuous support.

GRAPH-OCD project second-year in-person meeting

We hosted the GRAPH-OCD project partners, Dr. Abolfazl Heydari and Dr. Catherine Le Visage at SUNUM-Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center for our second-year in-person meeting. They were warmly welcomed by our director Prof. Alpagut Kara.
During this 2-day event, the partners presented their institutes and research to the scientists at SUNUM-Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center. Dr. Mahmut Taş, Ph.D. kindly gave them a brief tour of our infrastructure and explained its key features.
Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Regenerative Medicine and Skeleton, Inserm u1229 RMeS

We would like to express our gratitude to the funding agencies.
FLAG-ERA, Graphene Flagship, TÜBİTAK ANR, the French National Research Agency, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic

HERCULES project meeting in Graz

On July 3, 4, Dr. Namvari and Dr. Inan from SUNUM attended the HERCULES project meeting hosted by TU Graz, where we discussed the progress of the project.

Coordianted by Dr. Andres Para Puerto from the University of Alicante and in collaboration with Dr. Stefan Spirk from TU Graz, the main objective of the HERCULES  is the development of a 1 kW RFC using a Hydrogen/Quinone (H2/Q) system for energy storage applications to boost the incorporation of this technology in the EU decarbonisation plan.

Thanks Stefan! Hope to see you all soon!

 

MSCA-TUBITAK Co-fund Platform

Do you want to become an MSCA Fellow?

NanoBio4Can is providing an opportunity for you to apply for an MSCA fellowship. In this round, 4 institutions in Turkiye are hiring 12 fellows. The pre-application deadline is Feb. 28! Find more information here https://nanobio4can.net/

I am already hosting one fellow and have the capacity for one more through this platform.

GRAPH-OCD is now Partnering Projects Associated with the Graphene Flagship

We are pleased to announce that our GRAPH-OCD project has been approved as the Graphene Flagship Initiative’s Partnering Project (PP). PPs and their partners who become Associated Members (AMs) are an integral part of the Graphene Flagship and are invited to actively engage in discussions and collaborations with the relevant partners of the CSA, RIAs/IAs consortia, and other AMs and PPs, as well as contribute to future planning of research activities of the Flagship.
Congratulations to the consortium members Dr. Abolfazl Heydari, Dr. Mina Namvari, Dr. Catherine Le Visage.