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We are delighted to share that Şeyma Nur Kırmıç Coşgun, a PhD student in biotechnology and a valued member of the Polydengels research group, has achieved significant recognition at the ORPHEUS 2025 Conference held in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

She was awarded the prestigious Orpheus PhD Travel Reward and was invited to deliver an oral presentation, representing our group and sharing her high-impact research with the international scientific community.

As the Polydengels team, we take great pride in this achievement and extend our warmest congratulations to Şeyma. Her dedication and excellence continue to inspire us all.

17.04.2025

Our team members Hüsna Kılıç, Şeyma Nur Kirmiç Coşgun, and Alime Sarıkaya, accompanied by our advisor Prof. Dr. Deniz Ceylan, attended the breakfast event organized by Bezmialem Vakif University in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The event highlighted the importance of women’s contributions to science and fostered meaningful discussions on promoting gender equality in research and innovation.

11.02.2025

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hüsna KILIÇ, a valued member of the POLYDENGELS team, has received publication approval in the prestigious Journal of Materials Chemistry B (Impact Factor: 6.1), a Q1-ranked journal. Her article, titled “Multi-Responsive Shape Memory and Self-Healing Hydrogels with Gold and Silver Nanoparticles,” highlights innovative advancements in hydrogel technology.

This groundbreaking research showcases a new generation of hydrogels with unique properties, including multi-responsiveness, shape memory, and self-healing capabilities, enhanced by gold and silver nanoparticles. Such advancements have promising applications across biomedical and materials science fields.

Congratulations to Dr. Kılıç for her outstanding contribution to science and for furthering our team’s commitment to pioneering research!

07.11.2024

We are excited to share that our team participated in the BE PATHFINDER event organized by Bezmialem Vakif University, where we presented seven posters showcasing our recent work. This event provided an excellent opportunity to share our findings, engage with fellow researchers, and receive valuable feedback.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the poster presentations and supported our participation in this impactful event.

18.10.2024

We are thrilled to announce that POLYDENGELS group has been supported the TUBITAK BIGG! This milestone has enabled us to take our first steps toward establishing our company, paving the way for the commercialization of our innovative projects. We look forward to sharing more updates as we continue to develop and bring impactful products to the market.

10.11.2024

The IUPAC MACRO 50th World Polymer Congress, held in Warwick, England on July 1-4, 2024, brought together leading scientists and researchers worldwide. Tuana Seray Yildirim and Seyma Nur Kirmic Cosgun participated in the congress with poster presentations.

Tuana Seray Yildirim, in her poster titled “Viscoelastic System Containing Nano-Structured Carriers”, explained in detail the potential applications of viscoelastic systems containing nanostructured carriers and her related studies. Seyma Nur Kirmic Cosgun, in her poster titled “Starch-PVP/Starch-Gelatin-PVP Hydrogels via Graft Copolymerization”, presented her research on the development and characterization of starch-based hydrogels.

We congratulate Tuana Seray Yildirim and Seyma Nur Kirmic Cosgun for their participation and presentation at this prestigious event and wish them success in their future works.

As Polydengels group, we participated in IX. Polymer Science and Technology Congress which was held with international participation. Important presentations were made by our group at the congress.

Prof. Dr. Deniz CEYLAN made an oral presentation titled “Enhancing Properties and Diverse Applications of Starch Hydrogels”. In addition, PhD students Seyma Nur KIRMIC COSGUN presented their studies titled “Supramolecular Hydrogels Crosslinked with Cyclodextrin”, Alime SARIKAYA ”Characteristic Properties of Hydrogels Synthesis with Photoinitiators” and Hakan AVCI presented their studies titled “Intratumoral Injection of Novel Drug-Loaded Starch Spheres into Pancreatic Cancer (PDAC) Tissue” as posters.

This event provided the opportunity to share our research on an international platform and exchange information with other experts in our field. We are proud to showcase the scientific contributions of Polydengels group once again with our participation and presentations.

Prof. Dr. Deniz Ceylan and Hakan Avcı were in Adana to compete in the TEKNOFEST 2024 Champions League and receive their silver medals, which they had previously won in the TUBITAK 2242 competition.

Hakan Avcı received his second award from TÜBİTAK with his project aiming at the treatment of pancreatic cancer, which he prepared under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Deniz Ceylan. The project was awarded the second prize.

Our valuable PolyDenGels team members Burak Aydın and Hakan Avcı have successfully completed their graduation theses in the direction of supervisor Prof Dr. Deniz Ceylan. Preparation of Poly(N- Acryloyl 2-Glycine) (PNAG) Microcapsules by Microfluidics Method, a thesis by Burak Aydın, and Synthesis and Characterization of Ionic Cross-Linked Starch Mıcrospheres, a thesis by Hakan Avcı, were presented.
Our best wishes are for them to keep succeeding.

23.07.2024