Miss Ilkem Sevgili

Interests

I am currently working on the cochlea-on-a-chip model. Using this model, my ultimate goal is to discover therapeutics to prevent or treat hearing loss and optimize cochlear implant stimulation parameters for a better patient experience. My work mainly includes microfluidics chip design, 3D printing, primary cell culture, iPSC differentiation, immunostaining and microscopy, and electrophysiology (patch-clamp and multi-electrode array (MEA) recording).

Research Focus

Keywords

spiral ganglion neurons

hearing disorders

cochlear implants

organ on a chip

stem cell differentiation

Clinical conditions

Hearing and balance deficits

Equipment

Cell culture

Electrophysiological recording techniques

Fluorescence microscopy

Immunohistochemistry

Microscopy

Whole cell patch clamp

Collaborators

Cambridge

Prof Manohar Bance

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