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Elitaş Lab conducts interdisciplinary research at the interface of engineering, biology, and medicine. Our work spans from developing microfluidic devices and biosensors to investigating cancer immunology, dielectrophoresis, and antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Below are our core research activities organized under Projects, Publications, and Collaborations.
📁 Projects
📁 Projects
🧫 Antibiotics & Microfluidics
🧫 Antibiotics & Microfluidics
Infection-on-a-chip systems to model and study bacterial infections.
Investigating antibiotic mechanisms and bacterial resistance.
Strategies to improve the efficacy of antibiotic treatments.
🧪 Biosensors
🧪 Biosensors
Rapid, sensitive, and low-cost DNA/RNA detection platforms.
Development of portable biosensors for clinics, agriculture, and education.
Examples:
GMO Detection
Bacteria Detection
🧬 Cancer–Immune System Interaction
🧬 Cancer–Immune System Interaction
Engineering artificial tumor microenvironments.
Studying cancer-immune interactions at the single-cell level.
Exploring the role of tumor-associated macrophages: friend or foe?
🛠️ Surgical Tools & Simulators
🛠️ Surgical Tools & Simulators
Designing laparoscopic surgical tools and training simulators.
Integration with robotic surgery and 3D printing technologies.
⚡ Dielectrophoresis (DEP)
⚡ Dielectrophoresis (DEP)
Quantifying cell population heterogeneity via DEP response.
Investigating single-cell deformability and mechanical plasticity.
Using electromechanical biomarkers for disease and pathogen diagnostics.
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