Aylin Sendemir

I graduated as a mechanical engineer from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Türkiye (1994); received my M. Sc degree from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering from Bogazici University (1997), and my Ph.D degree in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. I am an Associate Professor at Ege University Bioengineering Department, and currently the principal investigator of Ege Research Group of Biomaterials and 3D Biointerphases (EBioPhase). My research interests include interactions of mammalian cells with biomaterials, tissue engineering, mechanobiology, stem cells and biocompatibility testing. I am particularly interested in design and production of in vitro tissue engineered 3D personalized disease models for pharmaceutical screening and minimizing animal testing. I have experience on in vitro modeling of neurodegenerative diseases, blood-brain barrier pathologies, spinal cord injury and osteoporosis. I am also among the founding members of Turkish Biodesign Team (TBT), and investigate form and function relationship within different tissues.