Bio-Integrated
KoçResearch milestones and laboratory updates.
News
2026
5 entries
Conferences
Ezgi Kıvrak and Batuhan Balkı present BMDL work at the second CorSENSE workshop.
Kıvrak and Balkı presented BMDL contributions to rapid or continuous cortisol sensing during the CorSENSE project symposium at the University of Bath.
Grants
FIRST-SIGN receives ERC Proof of Concept support.
FIRST-SIGN will develop a painless wearable patch for cardiac biomarker testing at the point of need, without requiring a blood sample.
Publications
Electronics-free wearable ultrasonic tags enable on-demand epidermal and ocular monitoring.
The Device study reports miniaturized ultrasonic tags in epidermal-patch and contact-lens formats for on-demand measurements without on-body batteries or processing electronics.
Grants
Point-of-care preeclampsia platform receives Grand Challenges support.
BMDL is collaborating with a Texas A&M University–led team on a Grand Challenges-supported project to develop an affordable point-of-care platform for early preeclampsia detection. At Koç University, the collaboration includes Prof. Ebru Çelik of the School of Medicine and Professors İskender Yılgör and Emel Yılgör of the Department of Chemistry.
Awards
Levent Beker receives the 2025 TÜBİTAK Incentive Award.
TÜBİTAK recognized Beker’s research on wearable and implantable medical sensors and devices, including MEMS, flexible sensors, and biodegradable implants.
2025
13 entries
Conferences
Ezgi Kıvrak presents a wearable cortisol aptasensor platform at µTAS 2025.
Kıvrak presented BMDL work on a laser-induced graphene electrode system for wearable cortisol aptasensing.
Conferences
Emine Bardakçı presents electronics-free deep-tissue sensing at IEEE IUS 2025.
Bardakçı presented a passive ultrasonic backscatter approach for electronics-free sensing beneath tissue.
People
Welcome our Fall 2025 researchers.
A doctoral researcher and two master’s researchers join BMDL across printed biosensors, wearable electronics, and ultrasonic devices.
Grants
A TÜBİTAK 1001 project on wireless intraocular sensing is selected for support.
The project brings together wireless sensing, ophthalmology, and materials expertise to study precise monitoring for diabetic retinopathy.
Publications
A wearable non-enzymatic glucose sensor is published in Advanced Materials Technologies.
The study reports a black phosphorus–graphitic carbon nitride heterostructure sensor for real-time sweat glucose monitoring.
Publications
Polymer surface properties reveal design rules for passive interstitial-fluid extraction.
The study connects surface chemistry, roughness, and wettability to capillary uptake through polymeric hollow microneedles.
Publications
A hydrophilic hollow microneedle platform advances on-site biomarker detection.
The reported platform combines interstitial-fluid sampling with a compact route toward immediate biomarker readout.
Publications
A wireless reader tracks frequency shifts from passive sensors.
The reader architecture supports interrogation of passive sensing systems without placing a conventional power source at the sensor.
Publications
A hydrogel patch enables long-term electrochemical wound-pH sensing.
The methacrylated chitosan and poly(vinyl alcohol) platform was developed for sustained electrochemical monitoring at the wound interface.
Publications
An ultrasonic antenna enables communication with deep-tissue sensor implants.
The device study examines a compact ultrasonic communication route for sensors operating beneath tissue.
Conferences
Deniz Aktaş presents bioresorbable ZnO TFTs at IEEE MEMS 2025.
Aktaş presented microfabrication of bioresorbable ZnO thin-film transistors for UV-responsive and sustainable electronics.
Publications
Microneedles integrate electrodes for in situ impedimetric VEGF sensing.
The platform couples tissue access to an interdigitated-electrode interface for molecular sensing within a microneedle architecture.
Awards
Levent Beker receives the Elginkan Foundation Technology Award.
The award recognizes work on wearable microneedle technology for non-invasive, continuous disease monitoring and management.
2024
7 entries
Awards
Levent Beker receives the METU Parlar Foundation Technology Incentive Award.
The 2024 award recognizes technology development in wearable and implantable medical devices.
People
Fariborz Mirlou and Taher Abbasiasl complete their PhDs.
The laboratory marks two doctoral milestones spanning wireless biosensors, microneedles, and wearable diagnostics.
Grants
A BMDL proposal is selected through TÜBİTAK’s 2247 program.
The project focuses on developing a wearable microneedle-array platform for kidney disorders.
Grants
Deniz Aktaş receives TÜBİTAK 1002 support.
The project focuses on developing bioresorbable electronics within BMDL’s implantable and transient-device research.
Publications
Flexible ultrasound enables continuous bladder-volume monitoring.
Published in Nature Communications, the integrated device demonstrates continuous monitoring with a conformal ultrasonic platform.
Grants
BladderWatch receives an ERC Proof of Concept grant.
The project advances a wireless, compact, conformal ultrasound device for continuous bladder-volume monitoring in daily life.
People
Welcome our Summer 2024 researchers.
Hikmet Batuhan Balkı and Gürdeniz Neşer joined BMDL as MSc researchers, adding work across chemical sensors and microneedle platforms.
2023
1 entry
Awards
Levent Beker receives the 2023 TÜSEB Incentive Award.
The Health Institutes of Türkiye recognized Beker with its 2023 Incentive Award for his scientific work in health technologies.
No archive entries match this category.