Derman'S LAB
Functional Nano-Biomaterials and
Peptide Chemistry Research Group

She has graduated from the Department of Bioengineering at Yıldız Technical University in 2019. She completed her undergraduate thesis titled ‘Production and Antifungal Activity of Ketokonazole-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles’ with the support of TUBITAK 2209-B. She is working on antimicrobial peptide-based, bacteria-targeted polymeric nanoparticles for her master's thesis funded by TUBITAK 2210-C. She mainly works on polymeric nanoparticles as well as on various nanoparticle carrier systems such as protein nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles, and supramolecular complexes.

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Theses

• Bachelor: 'Production of Ketoconazole-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles and Investigation of Their Antifungal Activities', Yildiz Technical University, Department of Bioengineering, 2018-2019, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap DERMAN

• Master: ‘Production and Evaluation of Biological Activity of Targeted and Antibacterial Nanosystems', Yildiz Technical University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Bioengineering Program, 2020-Continuing, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap DERMAN

 

Articles

1. Acar, T., Pelit Arayici, P., Atabey, T., Coksu, I., Ucar, B.,  Arasoglu, T., Derman, S. ‘Host-Guest Interactions of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester with β-Cyclodextrins: Improving the Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of the Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester’. (Submitted to Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis/2021).

 

Projects

1. Derman S., Arasoglu T., Pelit Arayici P., Coksu I., Acar T., Ucar B., CAPE/Beta-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes for Improving the Antimicrobial Activity of CAPE, Yildiz Technical University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit. (Project Code: FBA-2020-3830), 21.02.2020/21.02.2022,  Project Researcher (Continues)

2. Production of Ketoconazole-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles and Investigation of Their Antifungal Activities. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Program Code: 2209-B, 07.05.2018/10.05.2019, Manager (Completed).

 

Awards and Grants

• Bioengineering Undergraduate Program Graduation Degree - Ranked 3rd in Department of Bioengineering, July-2019.

• Project Scholar - March 2020 – March 2021, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Directorate of Science Fellowships and Grant Program (BİDEB), National MSc/MA Scholarship Program in the Priority Fields in Science and Technology Program Code: 2210-C.