Biography
Yiğitcan Sümbelli (İstanbul, 1990) received his MSc in Biochemistry from Anadolu University, Turkey, in 2019. He developed a conductive natural biomaterial ink combination that can be used for 3D bioprinting neural conduits to help and/or induce neural regeneration. The research was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sibel Emir Diltemiz and Prof. Dr. Arzu Ersöz. During a research stay at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2018, he studied the effect of decellularized extracellular matrix addition on tissue regeneration with a 3D bioprinter under the supervision of Dr. Dafydd O. Visscher, MD in Prof. Dr. Paul van Zuijlen, MD’s group. In 2021, he conducted another research stay at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, and he studied the bottom-up assembly of synthetic cells for various 3D printing applications in Dr. Kerstin Göpfrich’s group. As of February 2022, he joined the Bio-organic chemistry research group as a PhD candidate.