Dr. Furkan Ayaz has double majors in the fields of Molecular and Cellular Biology as well as Chemistry from Boğaziçi University in Turkey. He did his PhD in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Programme of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. During his PhD he conducted research on autoimmune diseases, immunology and T cell acute leukemia. He has been collaborating with the chemists, material and polymer scientists for drug development in versatile diseases including cancer to autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. He has experience in animal models of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), EAE. He also has experience on macrophages, T helper cells, thymus derived cells, bone marrow derived cells and splenocytes. His thesis studies and following studies focused on T helper cell polarization and macrophage function. He has an international patent as a drug candidate against MS. This is an exopolysaccharide isolated from Bacilus subtilis that prevented the development of EAE in mice. Currently, Dr. Ayaz is working as an Professor at Biruni University. His publications focus on the drug candidates immunomodulatory activities. How these drug candidates affect the immune system cells and function is one of his main study topics. So far he has completed projects on photodynamic cancer therapy agents, novel transfection reagents, novel immunomodulatory agents, novel adjuvant candidates, and biomaterials for tissue repair. His current studies focus on designing nanoparticle based adjuvant candidates for vaccines and biotechnological products in different medical fields. His CV link as well as his thesis will be more informative about his scientific capacity. In Biruni University he has one cell culture laboratory, one molecular biology laboratory and an animal laboratory to conduct the experiments. He has flow cytometry, q-RT-PCR, and ELISA and MTT plate readers, fluorescent microscope and confocal microscope that are functional. He utilizes from different companies and research institutes for protoemics analysis. He has 1 graduate student and 10 undergraduate students as well as a Dr. who is working together in the lab to deliver the required work-packages for each project.

Dr. Furkan Ayaz has double majors in the fields of Molecular and Cellular Biology as well as Chemistry from Boğaziçi University in Turkey. He did his PhD in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Programme of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. During his PhD he conducted research on autoimmune diseases, immunology and T cell acute leukemia. He has been collaborating with the chemists, material and polymer scientists for drug development in versatile diseases including cancer to autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. He has experience in animal models of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), EAE. He also has experience on macrophages, T helper cells, thymus derived cells, bone marrow derived cells and splenocytes. His thesis studies and following studies focused on T helper cell polarization and macrophage function. He has an international patent as a drug candidate against MS. This is an exopolysaccharide isolated from Bacilus subtilis that prevented the development of EAE in mice. Currently, Dr. Ayaz is working as an Professor at Biruni University. His publications focus on the drug candidates immunomodulatory activities. How these drug candidates affect the immune system cells and function is one of his main study topics. So far he has completed projects on photodynamic cancer therapy agents, novel transfection reagents, novel immunomodulatory agents, novel adjuvant candidates, and biomaterials for tissue repair. His current studies focus on designing nanoparticle based adjuvant candidates for vaccines and biotechnological products in different medical fields. His CV link as well as his thesis will be more informative about his scientific capacity. In Biruni University he has one cell culture laboratory, one molecular biology laboratory and an animal laboratory to conduct the experiments. He has flow cytometry, q-RT-PCR, and ELISA and MTT plate readers, fluorescent microscope and confocal microscope that are functional. He utilizes from different companies and research institutes for protoemics analysis. He has 1 graduate student and 10 undergraduate students as well as a Dr. who is working together in the lab to deliver the required work-packages for each project.