Invited Talks
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- Invited Speaker, "Levitational 3-D Bioassembly and Density-Based Spatial Organization of Levitoids", Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2022.
- Invited Speaker, “Levitational Ranking Cytometry for Biomarker-Free Sorting of Rare Cells, Cell Clusters and Extracellular Vesicles”, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2022.
- Invited Speaker, “Magnetic Levitation of Cells for Applications in Biology and Medicine”, 25th Annual TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, June 2022, Maryland, USA
- Invited Guest Lecturer at SEV Uskudar High Schools, “Nano/Microtechnologies in Biology and Medicine”, Girls and Women's Day in Science, February 2022, Istanbul, Turkey.
- “Biomarker-free Cell Sorting Approaches for Liquid Biopsy”, Radiology-Wide Research Meeting, Stanford, USA, October 2021.
- “Magnetic Levitation of Adipocytes”, Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford, USA, May 2021.
- “Applications of Nano/Microtechnologies in Biology and Medicine”, Science Colloquium, Hacettepe University, School of Arts and Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, October 2020.
- “Disease Early Detection”, Online Colloquium, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2020.
- “CTC isolation, imaging, enrichment and overcoming bottlenecks to clinical translation”. Translating CTCs and ctDNA for Clinical Use (Short Course), Molecular Med Tri-Con Conference, San Francisco, USA, February 21-23, 2020.
- Sanko University, “A Career in Academia in the USA”, Career Day Chats, 2020 (Invited Speaker).
- Precision Biosystems: Levitating Rare Biological Materials to ‘Decode’ the Fundamentals”, 2nd Global Forum on Advanced Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development ﴾GFMAT‐2﴿ and 4th International Conference on Innovations in Biomaterials, Biomanufacturing, and Biotechnologies ﴾Bio‐4), Toronto, Canada, 2019.
- Levitational Ranking Cytometry for Biomarker-Free Sorting of Rare Cells and Extracellular Vesicles, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, 2019.
- “Magnetic Levitation for Biomarker-Free Sorting of Rare Circulating Cells”, Stanford Medicine Urology Grand Rounds and Uroradiology Care Conference, Stanford, November 2019.
- “Magnetic Levitation and AI in Radiology and Medical Diagnostics”, Stanford AI4ALL Guest Speaker, Stanford, June 2019. (AI4ALL is a HAI partnership program aimed at increasing inclusion and diversity in AI via a summer camp of high school freshmen).
- “CTC isolation, imaging, enrichment and overcoming bottlenecks to clinical translation”. Translating CTCs and ctDNA for Clinical Use (Short Course), Molecular Med Tri-Con Conference, San Francisco, USA, 2019.
- “Levitating Rare Biological Materials to Decode the Fundamentals”, Next Generation Symposium at Broad Institute, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- “Precision Biosystems: Investigating Rare Biological Materials to Decode the Fundamentals”, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA. June 2018.
- Investigating Rare Biological Materials to Decode the Fundamentals”, Institute of Molecular Engineering (IME) and Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. May 2018.
- “Precision Biosystems: Investigating Rare Biological Materials to Decode the Fundamentals”, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. March 2018.
- “Women in Science and Technology”, Invited Speaker at the Women’s Day Conference organized by Hurriyet Newspaper, Istanbul, Turkey. March 2018.
- “Precision Biosystems: Investigating Rare Biological Materials to Decode the Fundamentals”, Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR), Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU, Portland, USA. February 2018.
- “Precision Biosystems: Investigating Rare Biological Materials to Decode the Fundamentals”, Institute of Molecular Engineering (IME), University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. February 2018.
- “Chemistry-Free Microfluidic Technologies to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells and Clusters from Patient Whole Blood”, Molecular Med Tri-Con Conference, San Francisco, USA. February 2018.
- “Biomarker-Free Microfluidic Technologies to Sort Circulating Rare Cells for Health and Disease”, MF-9 Ninth Microfluidics Consortium, Centre for Business Innovation, San Jose, USA. February 2018.
- Honorary Visiting Scholar, Sanko University, Gaziantep, Turkey. December 15-20, 2017.
- “Biomarker-Free Sorting of Rare Cells and Clusters from Whole Blood by Magnetic Levitation Profiling”, BMES, Arizona, USA. October 2017.
- “Chemistry-Free Microfluidic Technologies to Sort Cells for Health and Disease”, Keynote Presentation at the Liquid Biopsies and Minimally Invasive Diagnostics 2017, San Diego, USA. October 2017.
- “A Magnetic Levitation System to Study the Impact of Donor Gender, Age and Blood Storage Conditions on Red Blood Cell Density Profile”, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Annual Conference, San Diego, USA. October 2017.
- “Microgravity-on-Chip for Early Detection of Cancer”, World Innovation Summit, NYC, USA. October 2017.
- “Levitational Ranking for Biomarker-Free Sorting of Rare Circulating Cells and Clusters”, Stanford University Genetics Retreat, Monterey, USA. September 2017.
- “Precision Biosystems: Investigating Rare Biological Materials to ‘Decode’ The Fundamentals”, Center for Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. June 2017.
- Invited Speaker, TAF Network, “Yurtdisi Farkindalik Zirvesi” (Overseas Education Summit in making a difference), Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. May 2017.
- Invited Speaker at the “Women Shaping Our Future”, Women’s Day Panel organized by Sabanci Holding, Istanbul, Turkey. March 2017.
- “Label-Free, Antibody-Free Technologies for Isolating Circulating Tumor Cells, Circulating Tumor Emboli and Exosomes from Blood and Bodily Fluids”, NGS, Single Cell Analysis, Single Molecule Analysis and Mass Spectroscopy, Research to Diagnostics 2016, San Diego, USA. September 2016.
- Invited Speaker, TAF Network, “Yurtdisi Farkindalik Zirvesi”, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. May 2016.
- Invited Speaker at International Science Festival organized by Bilimtey Club at Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey. May 2016.
- Invited Speaker, Innovation Week, Izmir Turkey. March 2016.
- Invited Speaker, Panel on Biotechnology in Medicine, 5th Innovation Day at Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey. March 2016.
- Invited Speaker at the “Leading Women in Science and Technology” Summit organized by IEEE Branch at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. February 2016.
- Invited Speaker at the “ODTU Career Days” organized by IEEE Branch at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. February 2016.
- “Levitating Single Cells”, Fluidigm Corporation, 2016.
- “Microgravity-on-chip” paves the way for fighting diseases for personalized medicine”, TR35 Award Ceremony Session, EMTech 2015 Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA. November 2015.
- “Using Nano-Material Science to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Infections”, Advanced Technologies on Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. September 2014.
- “Using Nano-Material Science to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Infections”, Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. January 2014.
- “Using Nano-Material Science to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Infections”, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. September 2013.
- “Using Nano-Material Science to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Infections”, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA. June 2013.
- Durmus NG, “Using Nano-Material Science to Eradicate Antibiotic-Resistant Infections”, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA. May 2013.
- Durmus NG, Webster TJ, “Commercialization of Nanotechnology-based Medical Devices”, Keynote Lecture at 9th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC), China, 2012.
- Durmus NG, Webster TJ, “Designing Small Materials for Big Challenges: The Past, Present, and Future of Nanomedicine”, Invited Talk at APMAS 2012, Turkey, 2012.
- Durmus NG, Taylor EN, Kummer KM, Webster TJ, “Metabolite enabled reduction of bacterial growth on nanorough surfaces”, 9th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC), 2012.
- Durmus NG, Taylor EN, Kummer KM, Webster TJ, “Metabolite enabled reduction of biofilm formation on nanorough surfaces”, IMRC 2012, Cancun, Mexico, 2012.
- Durmus NG, Taylor EN, Kummer KM, Webster TJ, “Metabolite-Enhanced Efficacy of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Antibiotic-Resistant Biofilms”, SFB Fall Symposium, 2012.
- Durmus NG, Taylor EN, Webster TJ, “Enhanced efficacy of magnetic nanoparticles against antibiotic resistant biofilms in the presence of metabolite”, MRS Fall, Boston, MA, 2012.