Ph.D. Students

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08/10/2025 - 13:31

Dilara_Goksu_Tamay

  

  

Title

   Research Specialist, BIOMATEN, METU
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biotechnology, METU 

Address

   BIOMATEN, ODTU, Biyoteknoloji Arastirma Laboratuvari
Universiteler Mh., Dumlupinar Blv. No:1 06800 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey

     

Education

Ph.D.      2020-Present     

Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

           
 

M.Sc.      2016-2019      Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
 
B.Sc.    2011-2016    Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
              

Languages

  

English, French

Publications

                                                 

Tamay, D.G. (2025). Conductive Hydrogels. In: Hydrogels and Bioinks in Tissue Engineering (pp. 171-212). Hasirci, N., Hasirci, V. (eds). Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-90966-5_10

      
  

Tamay, D. G., Arslantunalı-Şahin, D., Işık, S., Köle, G. E., Yücel, D., Hasırcı, N., Hasırcı, V. (2024). Nerve Tissue Model Development On A Micropatterned Surface, 7th TERMIS World Congress Abstract Book, Tissue Engineering Part A, 30(15-16), S461-S462. DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2024.06979.abs

  

Falcone, N., Ermis, M., Tamay, D. G., Mecwan, M., Monirizad, M., Grett Mathes, T., Jucaud, V., Choroomi, A., de Barros, N. B., Zhu, Y., Vrana, N. E., Kraatz, H.-B., Kim, H.-J., Khademhosseini, A. (2023). Peptide Hydrogels as Immunomaterials and Their Use in Cancer Immunotherapy Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2301096. DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202301096

  

Tamay, D. G. (2023), Iletken Hidrojeller, In: Doku Muhendisligi, Hidrojeller ve Biyomürekkepler, 3-Boyutlu Organ Yapımı (pp. 167-200). ODTÜ, Ankara

  

Buyuksungur, S., Yilgor Huri, P., Schmidt, J., Pana, I., Dinu, M., Vitelaru, C., Kiss, A. E., Tamay, D. G., Hasirci, V., Vladescu, A., and Hasirci, N. (2023). In vitro cytotoxicity, corrosion and antibacterial efficiencies of Zn doped hydroxyapatite coated Ti based implant materials. Ceramics International, 49(8), 12570-12584. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.12.119

  

Schmidt, J., Pana, I., Bystrova, A., Dinu, M., Dekhtyar, Y., Vitelaru, C., Gorohovs, M., Marinescu, I. M., Yilgor Huri, P., Tamay, D. G., Juravlea, G. A., Buyuksungur, S., Parau, A. C., Hasirci, V., Hasirci, N., and Vladescu, A. (2023). Zn doped CaP coatings used for controlling the degradation rate of MgCa1 alloy: In vitro anticorrosive properties, sterilization and bacteria/cell-material interactions. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 222, 113087. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.113087

  

Tamay, D. G., Gokyer, S., Schmidt, J., Vladescu, A., Yilgor Huri, P., Hasirci, V., and Hasirci, N. (2022). Corrosion Resistance and Cytocompatibility of Magnesium−Calcium Alloys Modified with Zinc- or Gallium-Doped Calcium Phosphate Coatings. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 10.1021/acsami.1c16307

  

Tamay, D. G. and Hasirci, N. (2021) Bioinks—materials used in printing cells in designed 3D forms, Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 32(8), 1072-1106, DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2021.1892470

  

Tamay, D. G., Dursun Usal, T., Alagoz, A. S., Yucel, D., Hasirci, N., and Hasirci, V. (2019). 3D and 4D Printing of Polymers for Tissue Engineering Applications, Enabling Biomaterials For New Biomedical Technologies And Clinical Therapies, Eds. H.Uludag, A.Pandit, L. Kuhn, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7, 164. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00164

           

 

Projects

2024-Present Investigating The Contribution of Topographical Cues on Nerve Regeneration TUBITAK 2211/C Ph.D. Scholarship
                 
2021-2024 Mikrodesenli Yuzey Uzerinde Sinir Doku Modeli Olusturulmasi, Akson Yonlendirme ve Sinir Hasari Iyilesme Sureclerinin Incelenmesi    TUBITAK 1001   Ph.D. Scholarship
           
2019-2022   Biyobozunur Kraniyofasyal Defekt Implanti Gelistirilmesi TEYDEB 1501   R&D Engineer
           
2019-2021 Biodegradable and Non-Biodegradable Orthopedic Implants with Bactericidal Coatings and Controllable Degradability (CoatDegraBac) ERA.NET RUS PLUS
TEYDEB 1501
  R&D Engineer
           

Proceedings & Symposia

Tamay, D. G., Arslantunalı-Şahin, D., Işık, S., Köle, G. E., Yücel, D., Hasırcı, N., Hasırcı, V. (2024). Nerve Tissue Model Development On A Micropatterned Surface, 7th TERMIS World Congress, Seattle, WA, USA. Poster Presentation
  
Arslantunalı-Şahin, D.Tamay, D. G., Işık, S., Köle, G. E., Yücel, D., Hasırcı, N., Hasırcı, V. (2023). Mikrodesenli Yüzey Üzerinde Sinir Doku Modeli Oluşturulması, Akson Yönlendirme ve Sinir Hasarı İyileşme Süreçlerinin İncelenmesi, 27. Ulusal Biyomedikal Bilim ve Teknoloji Sempozyumu (BIOMED 2023-TR), Izmir, Turkey. (Oral Presentation 3rd Place Award) Oral Presentation
       
Arslantunali-Sahin, D., Isik, S., Tamay, D. G., Kole, G. E., Yucel, D., Hasirci, N., Hasirci, V. (2022). Development of a Nerve Tissue Model on a Micropatterned Surface for Axon Guidance and Neural Regeneration Investigations, 26th International Biomedical Science and Technology Symposium (BIOMED 2022), Ankara, Turkey (Online). Poster Presentation
        
Tamay, D. G., Arslantunali-Sahin, D., Atik, A. C., Isik, S., Yucel, D., Kulah, H., Hasirci, N., Hasirci, V. (2022). Nerve Tissue Model on a Micropatterned Surface: Axon Guidance and Neural Regeneration, 32nd Annual Conference of the European Society of Biomaterials (ESB 2022), Bordeaux, France. Poster Presentation
   
Tamay, D. G., Gokyer, S., Schmidt, J., Vladescu, A., Yilgor Huri, P., Hasirci, V., Hasirci, N. (2021), Cinko/Galyum Katkili, Kalsiyum Fosfat Kaplamali, Magnezyum-Kalsiyum Ikili Alasimlarin In Vitro Asinma Dayanimi ve Hucre Uyumlulugunun Incelenmesi, 25. Ulusal Biyomedikal Bilim ve Teknoloji Sempozyumu (BIOMED 2021-TR), Ankara, Turkey (Online).        Oral Presentation
   
Tamay, D. G., Ozen, C., Hasirci, V. (2019), Design and In Vitro Testing of a Peripheral Nerve Guide, 24th International Biomedical Science and Technology Symposium (BIOMED 2019), Izmir, Turkey Poster Presentation
   
Tamay, D. G., Ozen, C., Hasirci, V. (2018), Periferal Sinir Yonlendiricisi Tasarimi ve In Vitro Kosullarda Denenmesi, 23. Ulusal Biyomedikal Bilim ve Teknoloji Sempozyumu (BIOMED 2018-TR), Istanbul, Turkey Poster Presentation
    

Training & Certificates

Aug 2025 JPK Nanowizard 4 Atomic Force Microscope
User Training
Nanomat Nano-Engineering
        
June 2025 Diplôme D'études en Langue Française - DELF B1   

République Française
Ministère de l'Education Nationale,
Commission Nationale du DELF et du DALF
Institut Français Turquie, Ankara

     
Feb 2022 Bruker SKYSCAN 1172 MicroCT
User Training
TEKNOGEM
              
Oct 2020 Quanta FEG 650 Scanning Electron Microscope
User Training
Anatek & Arastirma Cihazlari Ltd.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
        
Dec 2020 Chinese for HSK 1 Peking University - Coursera
        
July 2020 Nanotechnology: A Maker's Course Duke University - Coursera
     
July 2018 Picomaster 100 Advanced Laser Lithography System
User Training
4Pico Litho, Eindhoven, Netherlands
     
June 2018 JPK Nanowizard 4 Atomic Force Microscope
User Training
JPK Instruments
Nanomat Nano-Engineering
       
Sept 2017 Zeiss LSM 800 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
User Training 
Zeiss Turkiye
        
Sept 2016 Theoretical and Applied Tissue Engineering
Summer School
Hacettepe University
Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Group (HDMAG)