2023
56. Advencements In Bispesific Antibody Engineering For Enhanced Antitumor Effects: Expanding The Therapeutic Arsenal Against Cancer , Sen. S, Semerci. A, Karaca. M., Ahan., R.E., Saltepe, B., Duman, E., Seker, U.O.S, “Recombinant protein production 2023”, Spain, Girona, Oct 17-19 2023 (Poster Presentation)
55. New Approach for Combating Solid Tumors with Bispecific Anti-EGFR/CD51 Antibody, Karaca. M., Sen. S., Semerci. A., Ahan., R.E., Saltepe, B., Duman, E., Seker, U.O.S, International Proteomics Congress // 5th Turkish National Proteomics Congress, 13-14 October 2023, Ankara, Turkey (Poster Presentation)
54. Bispecific Antibody Development for Enhanced Therapeutic Functionality in Immunotherapy, Semerci A, Sen S, Karaca M, Duman E, Şahin Kehribar E, Ahan RE, Aras E, Seker UOS, International Proteomics Congress // 5th Turkish National Proteomics Congress, 13-14 October 2023, Ankara, Turkey (Oral Presentation)
53. Creation of Synthetic 5’ UTR Library by Analyzing Differential Expression in Cancer Versus Healthy Breast Cells, Hincer, A., Seker, U. O. S, 16th The International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatic (HIBIT 2023), 4-6 October 2023, Ankara TR (Oral presentation)
52. Engineering designed coiled-coil proteins-biofilm hybrids as advanced tissue engineering scaffolds, Bakar, M.E., Hıncer, A., Kehribar, E.S, 7th German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB), 18-20 September 2023, Freiburg, Germany (Poster presentation)
51. A living cellular biosensing platform to ease drug and chemical toxicity, Tucer Erden, M., Tunc, N., Tucer, S., Seker, U. O. S, 7th German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB), 18-20 September 2023, Freiburg, Germany (Oral presentation & Poster presentation)
50. A novel secretory protein production system for E. coli Nissle to deliver therapeutical proteins, Ahan RE, Ozcelik CE, Cagil IN, Seker UOS. Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution and Design 2023 (SEED2023), May 30-June2 2023. (Poster presentation)
49. Ergun B.G, Albayrak D., Seker U. O. S., Living Therapeutic Design for Pernicious Anemia by Engineering Probiotic Yeast with Synthetic Biology Approaches, FEMS 2023 / 10th Congress of European Microbiologists, Hamburg, Germany, 9-13 July 2023 (Oral presentation)
48. Living Biosensors with Synthetic Genetic Circuits to Monitor Nanomaterial and Heavy Metal Triggered Toxicity, Saltepe, B., Akboğa, D., Bozkurt, E. U., Cicek, E., Seker, U. O. S., 33. International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2-6 July 2023, Ankara, Turkey (Oral presentation)
47. A Multiplexed Combinatorial Library Screening Approach for Peptide Drug Discovery against Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ozcelik, C.E., Begli, O., Seker, U. O. S, International Multidisciplinary Symposium on Drug Research & Development (DRD) 2023, 4-6 May 2023, Izmir (Oral Presentation)
46. Bispesific Antibody Development For Enhancing The Efficacy of Antitumor Therapy, Sen. S, Semerci. A, Karaca. M., Ahan., R.E., Seker, U.O.S, “International Multidisciplinary Symposium on Drug Research and Development (DRD) 2023”, İzmir, May 4-6 2023 (Oral Presentation)
2022
45. The design of synthetic 5’ UTR of mRNA vaccines for controllable antigen production , Hincer, A., Seker, U. O. S, 4th International Vaccinology Congress, 3-5 November 2022, Ankara TR (Oral presentation, Second Best Presentation Award Winner)
44. Living Biosensors with Synthetic Genetic Circuits to Monitor Nanomaterial and Heavy Metal Triggered Toxicity, Saltepe, B., Akboğa, D., Bozkurt, E. U., Cicek, E., Seker, U. O. S., 5th International Congress on Biosensors, 21-23 September, 2022, Çanakkale, Turkey.
2019
43. Cellular Biosensors with Engineered Genetic Logic Gates for Biomedical Applications, Kose, S., Koksaldi, C., Seker, U. O. S, Designer Biology 2019, 31 July- 2August 2019, Newcastle UK (Oral presentation)
42. Peptide Based Ligand Discovery to Prevent Protein Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disease Conditions, Begli, O., Ozcelik, E., Seker, U. O. S, Designer Biology 2019, 31 July- 2August 2019, Newcastle UK (Oral presentation)
41. A Cellular Device for Programmable Protein Secretion, Seker U. O. S., Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) Synthetic Bİology 2019, 14-19 July 2019, Waterville Valley, NH, US (invited talk)
40. Cellular Biosensors with Engineered Genetic Logic Circuits for Biomedical Applications, Kose, S., Seker, U. O. S, 4th International Conference on Biosensors, 8-11 July 2019, Çanakkale, Turkey. (Oral Presentation)
39. A Theranostic Bio-Device For Type II Diabetes, Haciosmanoglu, N., Seker, U. O. S, 4th International Conference on Biosensors, 8-11 July 2019, Çanakkale, Turkey. (Oral presentation)
38. Heavy Metal Detection With Whole Cell Biosensors For Biomedical Applications, Koksaldi, İ. C., Kose, S., Seker, U. O. S, 4th International Conference on Biosensors, 8-11 July 2019, Çanakkale, Turkey. (oral presentation)
37. Genetic Circuits To Detect Nanomaterial Triggered Toxicity Through Engineered Heat Shock Response Mechanism, Saltepe, B., Bozkurt, E. U., Haciosmanoglu, N., Seker, U. O. S., 2019 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED),23-27 June 2019, New York, USA (Poster presentation)
36. Functional Amyloids As Scaffolds For Cell Adhesion and Proliferation, Kehribar, E. S., İsilak, M. E., Seker, U. O. S., 2019 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED),23-27 June 2019, New York, USA (Poster presentation)
2018.
35. A self-actuated biological device for Nanomaterial synthesis, Olmez, T. T., Seker, U. O. S., 4th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, 24-26 October 2018, Toulouse France. (Oral presentation)
34. Multi-Input Whole Cell-Based Biosensors With Engineered Genetic Logic Circuits For Biomedical Applications, Kose, S., Ahan, R. E., Koksaldi, C. I., Seker, U. O. S., 4th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, 24-26 October 2018, Toulouse France. (Poster presentation)
33. Functional Amyloids as Scaffolds for Cell Adhesion and Proliferation, Kehribar, E. S., , İsilak, E. M., , Seker, U. O. S., 4th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, 24-26 October 2018, Toulouse France. (Poster presentation)
32. Glycosylation of Biofilm Proteins using an Engineered Protein Glycosylation System for Mammalian Cell Adhesion Applications, İsilak, E. M., Kehribar, E. S., Seker, U. O. S., 4th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, 24-26 October 2018, Toulouse France. (Poster presentation)
31. Engineered Protein Circuits For Nanomaterial Processing, Kirpat, B., Ahan, R. E., Seker, U. O. S., 4th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, 24-26 October 2018, Toulouse France. (Poster presentation)
30. Synthetic biology is an emerging tool for bio/nano-materials, Seker, U. O. S., 256th ACS National Meeting, Division of Chemical Biology, Early Career Scientists Section, Boston, USA19-23 August, 2018. (Oral presentation)
2017.
29. Synthetic Genetic Circuits at the Bio-Nano Interface, Urartu Seker, IEEE-Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS) 2017 Conference at UCLA (April 2017) (Invited talk)
28. Bacterial functional amyloids based supramolecular assemblies, Ebuzer Kalyoncu, Ebru Şahin Kehribar, Tolga Tarkan Olmez , Tugce Onur , Esra Yuca1 , Urartu Seker, Systems Chemistry in Paris, 2-3 February 2017 (Invited talk)
27. Tugce Onur, Tolga Tarkan Olmez, Ebuzer Kalyoncu, Urartu Seker, Self-Assembled Bacterial Biofilm Proteins As Functional Biomaterials”, SysChem 2016, 119, Valtice, Czech Republic, May 5-12 2016 (Invited talk)
26. Tugce Onur, Tolga Tarkan Olmez, Urartu Şeker, Engineered Bacterial Functional Amyloids as Bionanomaterials, Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 28 March-1 April 2016. (Oral Presentation)
25. Ebuzer Kalyoncu, Tolga Tarkan Olmez, Urartu Seker. Genetically Programmed Functional Bacterial Biofilms. American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Meeting at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 24 August 2016 (Oral Presentation)
24. Probing the Nano-Bio Interface Using Synthetic Biology, 3rd Applied Synthetic Biology Conference. Urartu Seker. 22-24 February, 2016, Lisbon Portugal. (Oral Presentation)
2015
23.Engineered Bacterial Functional Amyloids. Tugce Onur, Ebru Şahin Kehribar, Tolga Tarkan Olmez, Urartu Özgür Şafak Şeker. IV. International Congress of Molecular Biology Association of Turkey, Ankara, 27-29 November 2015
22. Synthetic Biology Enabled Biomedical Sensors. Side Selin Su Yirmibesoglu, Urartu O. S. Seker. IV. International Congress of Molecular Biology Association of Turkey, Ankara, 27-29 November 2015
21. Nano-Toxicity Sensing Through Synthetic Biology. Behide Saltepe, Urartu O. S. Seker. IV. International Congress of Molecular Biology Association of Turkey, Ankara, 27 – 29 November 2015
20. Synthesis of Functional Curli Fibers as Biotemplates for Nanomaterial Growth. Tolga Tarkan Ölmez, Ebuzer Kalyoncu, Hazal Beril Çatalak, Urartu Ö. Ş. Şeker. IV. International Congress of the Molecular Biology Association of Turkey, Ankara, 27-29 November 2015
19. Living Cellular Sensors to Monitor Nanotoxicity Using Synthetic Biology. Behide Saltepe, Urartu Seker. Computational Nanotoxicology Conference, 4-6 November 2015, Malaga, Spain. (Oral Presentation)
18. Synthetic Biology Enabled Nanotoxicity Monitoring in Real-Time. Behide Saltepe, Urartu O. S. Seker. 21st International Biomedical Science and Technology Symposium, Antalya, 22 – 24 October 2015. (Oral Presentation)
17. Nanotoxicity sensing through synthetic biology. Behide Saltepe, Urartu O. S. Seker. ACS Fall 2015, Boston, 14-20 August 2015.
Before 2015
16. Synthetic Biogenesis of Bacterial Amyloid Nanomaterials with Tunable Inorganic-Organic Interfaces , Urartu O. S. Seker, Allen Y. Chen, Timothy K. Lu, MRS Fall 2015 Meeting, Boston November 30 – December 5, 2014.
15. Nanophotonics of Quantum Dot-Protein Composites, Urartu O. S. Seker, IEEE Photonics Conference 2013, Seattle USA, 8 – 12 September 2013, Invited Talk.
14. Functional quantum dot-protein nano bio-assembly for superior light harvesting applications, Evren Mutlugun, Urartu O. S. Seker, Pedro Ludwig Hernandez-Martinez, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik, Alexander Eychmuller, Hilmi Volkan Demir, American Physical Society Meeting, ; Baltimore, Maryland, USA March 2013
13. Peptide-Mediated Constructs of Quantum Dot Nanocomposites for Enzymatic Control of Nonradiative Energy Transfer, Urartu O. S. Seker, Hilmi Volkan Demir, 7th International Conference on Quantum Dots, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, May 2012
12. Hydroxyapatite Binding Peptide Genetically Fused to Green Fluorescent Protein for Monitoring Mineralization, Esra Yuca, Urartu O. S. Seker, Mustafa Gungormus, Ayten Yazgan Karatas, Mehmet Sarikaya and Candan Tamerler, Society for Biomaterials, 2010 Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA.
11. SPR Investigation of Fibrillation Kinetics of Huntington Protein Immobilized using Solid Binding Peptides, S. Cetinel, Urartu O S. Seker, C. So, Elvan Arslan, C Tamerler, P. Muchowski and M. Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2009 Spring Meeting, Boston, USA.-(Poster Presentation)
10. Material Selectivity of Genetically Engineered Peptides for Inorganics, Brandon R. Wilson, Urartu O. S. Seker, Candan Tamerler and Mehmet Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2009 Fall Meeting, Boston, USA.-(Oral Presentation)
9. Supramolecular Self-Assembly of a Metal-binding Polypeptide and Implications for Molecular Recognition, C. So, E. E. Oren, Urartu.Ö. Ş. Şeker, B. R. Wilson, J. Kulp, C. Tamerler , J. S. Evans and M. Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2007 Fall Meeting, Boston, USA.-(Oral Presentation)
8. Adsorption Behavior of Linear and Cyclic Genetically Engineered Platinum Binding Peptides, Urartu O. S. Şeker, B. R. Wilson, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2007 Fall Meeting, Boston, USA.-(Oral Presentation)
7. Molecular Structures of Engineered Inorganic-Binding Peptides. J. S. Evans, W. Kim, J. L. Kulp, S. Collino, K. Delak, Urartu O. S. Seker, C. So, E. E. Oren, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2007 Fall Meeting, Boston, USA.-(Oral Presentation)
6. Thermodynamic Analysis of the Gold Surface Recognition by a Gold Binding Peptide, Urartu O. S. Şeker, B. R. Wilson, C. Tamerler and M. Sarikaya, American Chemical Society, ACS 2007 Spring Meeting, Chicago, USA.-(Oral Presentattion)
5. Molecular Erectors: Directed Enzyme Immobilization via Genetically Engineered Peptides, Urartu O. S. Şeker, B. R. Wilson, C. Tamerler and M.Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2007 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA.-(Poster Presentation)
4. Selectivity and Binding Kinetics of Genetically Engineered Peptides on Metals and Oxides. B. R. Wilson, Urartu O. S. Şeker, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2007 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA. –(Poster presentation)
3. Selection of Specific Gold-Binding Peptides via Cell Surface Display, M. Hnilova, E. E. Oren, Urartu.Ö. Ş. Şeker, B. Wilson, X. Xiorong, C. Tamerler, M. Sarikaya, Materials Research Society, MRS 2007 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA.-(Poster presentation)
2. Directed Evolution of Ophiostoma piliferum for lipase production, B. Toktay, Urartu Ö. Ş. Şeker, B. Turanli, H. Asimgil, T. Keshavarz, C. Tamerler and Z. P. Çakar, , 3rd International Conference on Analysis of Microbial Cells at the Single-Cell Level, 26-29 May 2005, Semmering, Austria.-(Poster presentation)
1. Improvement of lipase production in Ophiostoma piliferum via evolutionary engineering and media optimization B. Toktay, Urartu .O. S Şeker, B. Turanli, T. Keshavarz, C. Tamerler, Z. P. Cakar, 11th European Congress on Biotechnology, Basel, Switzerland, August 24 – 29, 2003, 267.-(Poster presentation