::     People     ::                Meet the members of the Sarikaya Group


GEMSEC Workshop, Friday Harbor Labs, Sept 6-8, 2006

  

Mehmet Sarikaya, Ph.D.

Email: sarikaya@u.washington.edu

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Affiliate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Univeristy of Washington
Affiliate Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Istanbul Technical University

Director, GEMSEC, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

327 Roberts Hall, Box 352120
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
PHONE: +1 206-543-0724
FAX: +1 206-543-6381

Link to CV

Anita Simmons

Email: anitas@u.washington.edu

Administrator, GEMSEC/Sarikaya Group

325 Roberts Hall, Box 352120
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: +1 206 221-7045
Fax: (206) 543-6381

Visiting Professor:

Candan Tamerler, Ph.D.

Email: candan@u.washington.edu

Long Term Visiting Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington 302C Chair & Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Istanbul Technical University


Director, MOBGAM, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Roberts Hall, Box 352120
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
PHONE: +1 206-685-7869
FAX: +1 206-543-3100

Post Doctoral Fellows:

Hanson Fong, Ph.D.

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Martha Somerman
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 231 Wilcox
Lab: 121 Roberts
Phone: +1 206-616-6515
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: hfong@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Cementum Regeneration
  • Enamal Restoration

Marketa Hnilova, Ph.D.

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 431 Roberts
Lab: 133 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: markeh@u.washington.edu

Research Projects:

  • Combinatorial Phage and Cell Surface Display Technology - Selection and Characterization of Inorganic-Binding Peptides
  • Inorganic-Binding Peptides' interactions with solid materials
  • Peptide-directed assembly of various nanostructures/fluorophores towards nanosensing and nanoprobing platforms
  • Peptide-mediated noble metal nanoparticle formation using combinatorial inorganic-binding peptides

Ersin Emre Oren, Ph.D.

Advisors:  Mehmet Sarikaya & Ram Samudrala
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 437 Roberts
Lab: 237 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6643
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: eeoren@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Modeling protein-inorganic interactions
  • Modeling and design of inorganic binding peptides
  • Protein structure prediction
  • Bioinformatics & knowledge-based design
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Graduate Students:

Mustafa Gongormus

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 235 Wilcox
Lab: 135 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100

Email: musgun@u.washington.edu

Research Projects:

  • Selection and characterization of inorganic-binding peptides through
    combinatorial approaches
  • Biomimetic control of calcium/phosphate formation for hard tissue engineering
  • Hetero-functional peptide systems for smart tissue scaffolds and controlled
    cell behaviour
  • Solid phase peptide synthesis

Urartu Seker

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 235 Wilcox
Lab: 135 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-3169
Fax: +1 206-543-3100Email: urartu@u.washington.edu

Research Projects:

  • SPR/QCM

Christopher So

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 413 Roberts
Lab: 121 Roberts
Phone: +1 206-616-6515
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: crso@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Quantitative time-lapsed ex-situ analysis of peptide-solid interactions
  • Single molecule force spectroscopy
  • in-situ AFM of protein-solid interactions
  • Solid phase peptide synthesis
  • nanofabrication
  • Depletion assays to interrogate energetics of peptide-solid interactions

Brandon Wilson

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 427 Roberts
Lab: 236A Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: brandonw@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Quantitative characterization of peptide and protein kinetics using
    SPR
  • Kinetic Modeling of peptide adsorption

Turgay Kacar

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 235 Wilcox
Lab: 135 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: kacart@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • GEPI aided nanophotonics
  • Enzyme immobilization

  Dmitriy Khatayevich

 Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya
 Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
 Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
 Office: 235 Wilcox
 Lab: 135 Wilcox
 Phone: +1 206-616-6812
 Fax: +1 206-543-3100
  Email: dk25@u.washington.edu 
  Research Projects: 

Sibel Cetinel

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 235 Wilcox
Lab: 235 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: cetinels@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:
  • Huntington Protein/GEPI fusion
Karen Hinkley

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 121 Roberts
Lab: 121 Roberts
Phone: +1 206-616-6515
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: karenhi@forestridge.org
Research Projects:
  • Mechanical properties of snail-shells

Hilal Yazici

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 235 Wilcox
Lab: 135 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: hilaly@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Peptide –based designed biomaterials for medical applications through biomimetic approaches

Banu Taktak

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 235 Wilcox
Lab: 135 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: banu@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Genetic Design and Synthesis of bifunctional GEPIs
 

Volkan Demir

Advisor(s):  Mehmet Sarikaya & Candan Tamerler
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering
Address: Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Office: 235 Wilcox
Lab: 135 Wilcox
Phone: +1 206-616-6812
Fax: +1 206-543-3100
Email: volkan@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Fusing Lac3: A novel low Redox Potential Laccase, with Gold Binding GEPI
  • Construction of Peptide-Protein Expression Systems towards the expression of GEPIs with Designer Proteins

Alan Maskal
Degrees:
Email:hilaly@u.washington.edu

Research Projects:

 

Undergraduates

Carolyn Gresswell

Degrees:
Email: carolyn.gresswell@gmail.com
Research Projects:
  • Aragonite and Calcite Phage/Cell surface display
  • Bioseparations and Purification

Monika Marciniak

Degrees:
Email: monik956@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

  • Hydroxyapatite depletion assay

Erica Mole

Degrees:
Email: molee@u.washington.edu
Research Projects:

Send mail to: crso@u.washington.edu
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