INVITED SPEAKERS ( TO BE UPDATED)
Biological Sciences

Prof. Agnes Kittel, Hungary
Deciphering the secrets of extracellular vesicles or the limits of classical TEM examinations

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Özbilgin, Türkiye
The Role of Microscopy in the Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases

Prof. Alp Can, Türkiye
Revisiting the Human Umbilical Cord. Unique Cells in a Surprisingly Fibrous Stroma

Prof. Dr. Bahattin Koç, Türkiye
Biomimetic Bioprinting for Tissue/Organ Engineering

Prof. Barbara Conradt, UK
Life super-resolution imaging of programmed cell death

Prof. Bülent Ahıshalı, Türkiye
Blood-brain barrier as an obstacle in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases; Current considerations and novel approaches

Prof. Çiler Çelik Özenci, Türkiye
Enhanced Human Placenta Organoids with Immune and Vascular Components for In Vivo-Like Function, Disease Modeling, and Therapeutic Testing

Prof. Gamze Tanrıöver, Türkiye
The Role of Inhibitors in Glioblastoma Treatment: Alternative or Support to Chemotherapy?

Prof. Leyla Satı, Türkiye
Pushing the Boundaries of Developmental Biology: A Technological Tour de Force in Creating True Interspecies Hybrids with Both a Hybrid Genome and Hybrid Cytoplasm

Prof. Marisa Bartolomei, USA
Morphological and epigenetic outcomes in a mouse model of Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Prof. Batu Erman, Türkiye
Condensates that control transcription factor dimerization

Prof. Michelangelo Campanella, Italy

Asst. Prof. Nalan Liv, The Netherlands
Resolving subcellular structure alterations in Cancer with (Correlative) Light and Electron Microscopy

Prof. Özgür Kurt, Türkiye

Prof. Pavel Hozák, Czechia
Imaging gene transcription

Prof. Ranan Gülhan Aktaş, USA
Recent Advances in 3D Cell Culture: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery and Disease Modeling Through Advanced Technologies.

Prof. Roberta di Pietro, Italy

Prof. Seda Vatansever, Türkiye
Exosomes: Tiny Packages, Transformative Potential Biogenesis and Their Role in Medicine

Assist. Prof. Serçin Karahüseyinoğlu, Türkiye
Microscopy in Transition: From Optical Lenses to Intelligent Algorithms

Prof. Tamas Horvath, USA
Hunger Promotes Life

Prof. Tanıl Kocagöz, Türkiye
Investigation of Mechanism of Action of Newly Developed Wide Spectrum Peptide Antibiotics by Electron Microscopy

Prof. Toyoshi Fujimoto, Japan
Lipid Droplets and Nuclear Structures

Prof. Tuğba Bağcı Önder, Türkiye
Can we increase the therapy response of brain tumors by epigenetic interventions?

Assoc. Prof. Bükem Tanören, Türkiye
Theranostics

Assoc. Prof. Gamze Güney Eskiler, Türkiye
Targeting the Cell Cycle with Lipid-Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles: Molecular Perspectives in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Assoc. Prof. Özgül Gök, Türkiye
Morphological Evaluation of Biomolecule-Conjugated Nanomedicine Platforms

Dr. Caner Akıl, UK
Investigating virus infection mechanisms in situ

Dr. Daniel Phifer
Easy, accurate and intuitive analysis with Apreo ChemiSEM™ and TruePix EBSD

Dr. David Westmoreland, Netherlands
Cryogenic TEM Sample Holder and MEMS-Chips Development for In Situ Cooling, Heating and Biasing Applications

Dr. Esra Balıkçı Akıl, UK
Decoding the Replication Machinery of Nipah Virus: Structural and Molecular Insights

Dr. Jitske Jansen, Germany
Human Kidney Organoids to Model Glomerular Disorders and Kidney Fibrosis

Dr. Kaya Bilgüvar, USA, Türkiye
Genetics and modeling of neurological disorders

Dr. Naoto Kawakami, Germany
Intravital Imaging of Lymphocytes Using Multi-photon Microscopy

Dr. Meltem Sezen Ozkoc
Hydra Bio Plasma-FIB Technologies for Multidisciplinary Research

Dr. Reza Zamani
Tackling the Challenges of Novel Materials’ Analysis: Recent Conceptual and Technological Advances in TEM

Dr. Roya Khosravi-Far, USA
Multiomics in Minutes: The Next Frontier of Non-Invasive Cancer Diagnostics

Dr. Stefan H. Fuss, Türkiye
Visualizing nervous system regeneration in zebrafish.

Dr. Şevin Turcan, Germany
The Role of IDH Mutations in Brain Tumors

Lakshmi Edakkandiyil, MSc., The Netherlands
Rewiring of Organelle Ultrastructure in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Revealed through Volume Electron Microscopy

Zahra Elly Soltani, MSc., The Netherlands
Visualization of EV biogenesis and secretion using advanced light and electron microscopy
Material Sciences

Prof. Ipsita Roy, UK
Natural and Sustainable Polymers of Bacterial Origin and Their Biomedical Applications