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PERSONAL DATA

Name and Surname: Mehmet E. Sengun OZSOZ

Place of Birth: Aydin, TURKEY
Sex: Male
Nationality: Republic of Turkiye
Mailing Address: Ege Universitesi, Eczacilik Fakultesi Bornova, 35100 Turkiye

Telephone:+ 90 - 232 - 388 01 10 Ext: 1353

+90 232 - 388 40 00 Ext: 1353 / 2209

Fax: +90 - 232 - 388 52 58

E-mail:
mehmet.ozsoz@ege.edu.tr

Biosensor presentation please click gyte.pdf

Biosensor in Turkish please click biosensor.pdf

ppt presentation please click ELECTROCHEMICAL GENOSENSOR

PUBLICATIONS: CLICK HERE TO SEE MY PUBLICATIONS

EDUCATION

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 1970 Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry,Faculty of Pharmacy,Ege University,Izmir,1984

CAREER

1970-1988: Teaching Assistant in Faculty of Pharmacy · 1989-1991: Research Fellow, New Mexico State University, Chemistry Department, Las Cruces, NM, USA (24 months)
1991-1997: Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy,Ege University.
1996-1997: Research Fellow, New Mexico State University, Chemistry Department, Las Cruces, NM, USA (12 moths)
1997-Present: Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University

PRESENT POSITION · Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry Department,Faculty of Pharmacy,Ege University,35100 Izmir,Turkey · Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry Department, Ege University, Institute for Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, TURKEY

RESEARCH COLLABORATION : Professor Omowunmi Sadik ,State University of New York at Binghamton http://chemistry.binghamton.edu/SADIK/sadik.htm

DNA Microarray System

ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTES · Recent Advances in Industrial Applications of Biotechnology, NATO ASI, September 16-27,1991, Kusadasi,Turkey.

PROJECTS DIRECTED AND INVOLVED

Kadriye Arzum Erdem, Design and applications of electrochemical sensors, Ege University Faculty of Pharmacy Project, 1996.
N. Emrah Kilinc, Design of electrochemical biosensors based on enzyme by using mediator, Ege University Faculty of Pharmacy Project, 1996.
Levent Gokgunnec, Development of enzyme-modified carbon paste based amperometric biosensors, Ege University Faculty of Pharmacy Project, 1996.
Kadriye Arzum Erdem, Design and applications of biosensors for the determination of drugs and DNA, Ege University Faculty of Pharmacy Project, 2000.
M. Emrah Kilinc, Pharmaceutical design and applications of (bio)sensors, Ege University Faculty of Pharmacy Project, 2000.
Kagan Kerman, The investigation of interaction of some molecules with DNA and the applications in electrochemical DNA biosensors, Ege University Faculty of Pharmacy Project, 2001.
Burcu Meric, Detection of DNA sequences by using electrochemical hybridization indicators, Ege University Faculty of Pharmacy Project, 2001.
"Electrochemical DNA biosensors" The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Fundamental Sciences Research Group Project, 2002.
"Electrochemical DNA biosensors" Ege University Science and Technology Research Center Project, 2002, ongoing project.
"Detection of inherited and infectious diseases by using electrochemical DNA biosensors" Department of State Planning Project, 2002, ongoing project.

COMMITEE ASSIGNMENTS

Appointment to the IASTED Technical Committee on Biomedical Engineering for the term 2003-2006
Member of organizing committee of "DNA Biosensor ,Genetic Disease and Cancer Research" Syposiu m May25-26 1998 Bornova,Izmir,Turkey.
Member of organizing committee of" Biomed-6 " Ocober6-8, 1999, Izmir, Turkey.

THESIS DIRECTED

Ph.D Thesis

Kadriye Arzum Erdem, Design and applications of biosensors for the determination of drugs and DNA,2000
M. Emrah Kilinc, , Pharmaceutical design and applications of (bio)sensors, 2000.

MSc. Thesis

Kadriye Arzum Erdem, Design and applications of electrochemical sensors, 1996
M. Emrah Kilinc, Design of electrochemical biosensors based on enzyme by using mediator₁1996
Levent Gokgunnec, Development of enzyme-modified carbon paste based amperometric biosensors, 1996
Kagan Kerman, The investigation of interaction of some molecules with DNA and the applications in electrochemical DNA biosensors, 2000.
Burcu Meric, Detection of DNA sequences by using electrochemical hybridization indicators, 2000.
Dilsat Ozkan, Electrochemical DNA Indicators and New Design of Electrochemical Biosensors Based on DNA, 2003.

CELEBRATION TIME !

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT :

Dr. Arzum ERDEM, Dr. Mehmet OZSOZ, Kagan KERMAN, Pinar KARA, Dilsat OZKAN

DNA TEAM AT WORK !

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT :

Burcu MERIC, Pinar KARA, Dr. Arzum ERDEM,

Dilsat OZKAN, Kagan KERMAN,

RESEARCH INTEREST

Biotechnology & Bioengineering: Process monitoring and control by enzyme electrodes; Data acquisition; Stimulus-response analysis.; Enzyme immobilization and immobilized enzyme kinetics; Adsorption and other separation techniques · Biosensors: Design and applications of amperometric enzyme electrodes; Mass sensitive piezoelectric quartz crystal sensors, Sequence-selective DNA biosensors, Sequence-selective PNA biosensors, Carbon fiber electrodes. · Electrochemistry : Polarography, Voltammetry,Gold nanoparticles.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

IAESTE International Fellowship ,1968 ,8 Weeks
Darmstadt Technical University ,1971 ,2 Months
National Institute of Health , American Chemical Society ,1989 ,18 Months
Nova Nordisk (Danemark) ,1991 ,2 Weeks
KARL FRANZENS UNIV, INST ANALYT CHEM, GRAZ, AUSTRIA. ,1995,1 Months
MediSense (England) ,1995 ,1 Week
TUBİTAK-NATO B2 ,1997 ,6 Months
Johnson and Johnson (USA) ,1997 ,6 Moths
Newyork State University at Binghamton,USA ,1999 ,2 Months
The Unıversity of New South Wales, Australia ,2000 ,1 Month
ARZUM ERDEM, KAGAN KERMAN, BURCU MERIC, ULUS SALİH AKARCA, MEHMET OZSOZ, "A Novel Hybridization Indicator Methylene Blue for the electochemical Detection of Short DNA Sequences Related to the Hepatitis B Virus", Project Exhibition, 1999, Ege University, EBİLTEM, 25-27 October 1999, Izmir.
This project won the 3rd Best Project Award.
ARZUM ERDEM, BURCU MERİÇ, KAGAN KERMAN, DİLŞAT ÖZKAN, MEHMET ÖZSÖZ, “ Electrochemical DNA biosensor for the environmental pollutant Microcystis spp.”, Project Exhibition, 2000, Ege University, EBİLTEM, 23-27 October 2000, Izmir.
This project won the 2nd Best Project Award.
BURCU MERİÇ, KAĞAN KERMAN, DİLŞAT ÖZKAN, PINAR KARA, ARZUM ERDEM, ULUS S. AKARCA, SELDA ERNESOY AND MEHMET ÖZSÖZ, "Electrochemical DNA biosensor for the determination of genetically and inherited diseases from PCR products", Project Exhibition 2001, Ege University, EBILTEM, Izmir, 15-26 October 2001.
This project won the 1st Best Project Award.
OZSOZ MEHMET, EUROPEAN COMMISSION Concerted Action QLK3 - 2000 -01311 Meeting. - Electrochemical DNA biosensors, 24-27 May 2001, Athens, GREECE.
OZSOZ MEHMET, "Electrochemical DNA biosensors", XVI. International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 1-6 June 2001, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA.
DELEN NAFIZ, KERMAN KAGAN, OZKAN DILSAT, OZSOZ MEHMET, Report for TURKEY at the Expert Group Meeting on Food / Agroproducts and Environment. Contamination, Monitoring and Prevention. - International Centre for Science and high Technology of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (ICS - UNIDO), 16-19 Mart 2001, Trieste, ITALY. x