Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duygu Ege

Visiting professor (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)

Nanofibrous bioactive glass containinig composites for nerve regeneration

Collaborator: Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini

Dr. Duygu Ege is currently associate professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Turkey. She earned an MEng degree from Imperial College London, where she was a student of Prof. Boccaccini. She completed then her PhD at Cambridge University. At the FAU Institute of Biomaterials, Dr. Ege’s research activities involve production and characterization of ion doped bioactive glass (BG) incorporated polymer nanofibers for nerve regeneration applications. BGs will be doped with different ions such as zinc, silver and cerium to enhance their biological performance. In addition to the comprehensive characterisation of the new fibres in term of mechanical properties, microstructure, bioactivity and biodegradation behaviour, neural differentiation induced by the new fibres will be tested in vitro.