My primarily research focus is extracellular vesicles - nano-sized messengers secreted by all cell types. These natural cargo-parcels take part in cellular communications with biological messages they carry, in the form of proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. The "messages" of extracellular vesicles are highly plastic, and change with the changing physiological conditions of the cell. As messengers, extracellular vesicles have innate properties that makes them ideal for the delivery of therapeutics, a field that I wish to investigate further.

• Batuhan T. Bozkurt; Oğuz K. Kırbaş; Pakize N. Taşlı; Bahar Soğutmaz Özdemir; Fikrettin Şahin, Plant suspension culture derived extracellular vesicles (2022). Abstract in ISEV2022 Annual Meeting.
• Hayal, T. B., Kırbaş, O. K., Bozkurt, B. T., Taşlı, P. N., Bülbül, B., Beyaz, S., & Şahin, F. (2022). Lead Borate Nanoparticles Induce Apoptotic Gene Activity in P53 Mutant Cancer Cells. Biological Trace Element Research, 200(2), 574-581.
• Islek, Z., Bozkurt, B. T., Ucisik, M. H., & Sahin, F. (2022). The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Immunomodulation and Pathogenesis of Leishmania and Other Protozoan Infections. Book Chapter in Intech Open
• Islek, Z., Bozkurt, B. T., Ucisik, M. H., & Sahin, F. (2022). The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Immunomodulation and Pathogenesis of Leishmania and Other Protozoan Infections.
• Taşlı, N. P., Gönen, Z. B., Kırbaş, O. K., Gökdemir, N. S., Bozkurt, B. T., Bayrakcı, B., ... & Cetin, M. (2022). Preclinical Studies on Convalescent Human Immune Plasma-Derived Exosome: Omics and Antiviral Properties to SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers in immunology, 13.
• Kırbaş, O. K., Bozkurt, B. T., Taşlı, P. N., Hayal, T. B., Özkan, İ., Bülbül, B., ... & Şahin, F. (2021). Effective scarless wound healing mediated by erbium borate nanoparticles. Biological Trace Element Research, 199(9), 3262-3271.
• Savcı, Y., Kırbaş, O. K., Bozkurt, B. T., Abdik, E. A., Taşlı, P. N., Şahin, F., & Abdik, H. (2021). Grapefruit-derived extracellular vesicles as a promising cell-free therapeutic tool for wound healing. Food & Function, 12(11), 5144-5156.
• Taskan, E., Kırbaş, O. K., Bozkurt, B. T., Şahin, F., & Kasapoğlu, B. (2020). Role of exosomes in malignant transformation of astrocytes. Abstract in Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy, 14.
• Taşli, P. N., Ülker, G. M. Y., Cumbul, A., Uslu, Ü., Yilmaz, Ş., Bozkurt, B. T., & Şahİn, F. (2020). In vitro tooth-shaped scaffold construction by mimicking late bell stage. Turkish Journal of Biology, 44(5), 315-326.
• Kırbaş, O. K., Bozkurt, B. T., Asutay, A. B., Mat, B., Ozdemir, B., Öztürkoğlu, D., ... & Taşlı, P. N. (2019). Optimized isolation of extracellular vesicles from various organic sources using aqueous two-phase system. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-11.
• Taşlı, P. N., Bozkurt, B. T., Kırbaş, O. K., Deniz-Hızlı, A. A., & Şahin, F. (2018). Immunomodulatory behavior of mesenchymal stem cells. In Cell Biology and Translational Medicine, Volume 4 (pp. 73-84). Springer, Cham.
• Sahin, F., Tasli, P. N., Kirbas, O. K., Hayal, T. B., Bozkurt, B. T., Bulbul, B., & Beyaz, S. (2022). U.S. Patent Application No. 17/290,292.
• Sahin, F., Tasli, P. N., Kirbas, O. K., Hayal, T. B., Bozkurt, B. T., Bulbul, B., & Beyaz, S. (2022). U.S. Patent Application No. 17/288,596.
• Sahin, F., Tasli, P. N., Bozkurt, B. T., & Kirbas, O. K. (2021). U.S. Patent Application No. 17/273,994.
• Sahin, F., Tasli, P. N., Kirbas, O. K., & Bozkurt, B. T. (2021). U.S. Patent Application No. 16/969,997.