G. Kocer (Gülistan) | University of Twente

I am a postdoctoral researcher working within the Departments of Molecules and Materials and Developmental Bioengineering. Previously, I was an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral research fellow at INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials. I am interested in combining supramolecular chemistry, biology and materials science to fabricate 3D biomaterials, that can closely mimic biophysical (architecture, mechanics) and biochemical properties (matrix composition) of native extracellular matrices. Going from mono to multi-component complex materials is an important step to achieve these target biomaterial systems.

I was trained as a Chemical Engineer in Turkey and Denmark, and I completed a MSc. degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Twente. I received my PhD degree also at the University of Twente, where I worked on cell-instructive 2D dynamic biointerfaces using light-responsive liquid crystal polymer networks and supported lipid bilayers.

Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Molecular Nanofabrication (MNF)

Koçer, G., Albino, I. M. C. , Verheijden, M. L. , & Jonkheijm, P. (2022). Endothelial cell spreading on lipid bilayers with combined integrin and cadherin binding ligands. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 68, Article 116850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116850

Jin, M. , Koçer, G., & Paez, J. I. (2022). Luciferin-Bioinspired Click Ligation Enables Hydrogel Platforms with Fine-Tunable Properties for 3D Cell Culture. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(4), 5017-5032. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22186

Verstappen, J. F. M., Jin, J. , Koçer, G., Haroon, M. , Jonkheijm, P., Bakker, A. D., Klein-Nulend, J., & Jaspers, R. T. (2020). RGD-functionalized supported lipid bilayers modulate pre-osteoblast adherence and promote osteogenic differentiation. Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 108(4), 923-937. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.36870

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Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Molecular Nanofabrication (MNF)

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