TÜBİTAK Support for IBG Therapeutic Bioengineering Laboratory Researchers

Özge Süer and Mustafa Titiz, researchers at the Therapeutic Bioengineering Laboratory led by Assoc. Prof. Sinan Güven, one of IBG’s principal investigators, have been awarded support under the TÜBİTAK 2214-A International Research Fellowship Programme with their respective projects.>Within the scope of this prestigious support, our researchers will conduct their projects at leading centers in Europe.

Mustafa Titiz will carry out his study titled “Modeling parasympathetic neuronal innervation of organoids using an organ-on-a-chip platform” at Radboud University in the Netherlands, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Huiqing (Jo) Zhou. The project aims to provide an innovative infrastructure for ocular diseases by investigating the neuronal regulation of lacrimal gland function using modern in-vitro models.

Özge Süer will continue her work with her project titled “Generation and Functional Validation of Patient-Derived Ocular Surface Squamous Cell Tumoroids” at University Hospital Basel – Department of Biomedicine in Switzerland, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Clémentine Le Magnen. In the study, tumoroids developed in Türkiye will be analyzed using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) methods to create a translational basis for personalized treatment strategies.

Both studies aim to contribute to the understanding of basic mechanisms and the development of experimental models for clinical applications in the fields of bioengineering and molecular biology.