The research on micro and nanopatterned surfaces was started around 2004 by Prof. Vasif Hasirci and surface-cell interactions were studied for guidance of cells on biomaterials. The latest findings in this field were on the design of a "microfluidic system to screen cancer cells" conducted as a part of Dr. Menekse Ermis Sen's PhD thesis and was recently in the news in Turkey. This study was conducted in cooperation with Prof. Utkan Demirci (Stanford, USA) and Dr. Derya Akkaynak.  This study was published in 2016 in Scientific Reports. Here are some news clips and video links.

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