BIOMED2 

 The Second National Biomedical Science and Technology Symposium (BiOMED 2) that took place on 21-23 September 1995 at the Middle East
Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) was organized with the intention of gathering scientists , bureaucrats , medical device producers and suppliers
working in this rapidly developing interdisciplinary  field and to encourage young researchers to find  a place for themselves  in the wide spectrum of
very interesting subjects. As a result of this interdisciplinary approach in the calls for papers,  contributors from various fields came to the Symposium
and brought their experiences and findings from their respective fields and enriched it immensely.
  When the Program is examined it will be noticed that most of the researchers who attended the meeting were from a few centers in the
country. Our wish is that the number of these centers or nuclei increases, and they become stronger in terms of their manpower and
facilities, and eventually make the University-Industry Collaboration dream of scientific and  technological development in the Biomedical field can be
achieved.  I would like to express my gratitude to all who contributed to this Symposium by attending, by supporting and by enabling us to use their
facilities these, special thanks are due to the METU Administration, Symposium Scientific Committee , Local Organizing Committee and to our
Sponsors.
	 Vasif Hasirci
	 Professor 
	 Symposium Chairman


Committees Involved in the Organization of
BiOMED 2



Scientific Committee

U.Akbulut (METU)                                N.Akkas (METU)
G.Alaeddinoglu (METU)                           Y.Arica (Krkkale University)
S.Kas (Hacettepe University)                    N.Hasirci (METU)
V.Hasirci (METU)                                E.Piskin (Hacettepe University)
Y.P.Tan (Bosphorus University)                  A.Tumer (Hacettepe University)
                                                                                                                                        Local Organizing Committee

Y.Arica (Kirikkale University)                  A.Borucu (METU)
I.Gursel (METU)                                 V.Hasirci (METU)
C.Halicigil (METU)                              F.Kok (METU)
M.R.Mozafari (METU)                             G.Torun (METU)

The Sponsors


Middle East Technical University

Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey      
Sagerstip

Incekara A.S

Doga Ltd.

FAKO

PANEL DISCUSSION         
on

THE  STATE  OF  THE ART IN BIOMEDICAL  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY  IN  TURKEY


PANELISTS

Mr. Ertugrul Alpkaya (Regulations and Rules; Ministry of Health)
Mr. Alptekin Aydin (Viewpoint of the Manufacturer)
Prof. Ziya Ider (Educational Aspects)                  
Prof. Filiz Oner (Research Aspects; Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology)
Prof. Vasif Hasirci (Research Aspects; Biomaterials and Biotechnology)

			CONTENTS


RESPONSIVE  POLYMERIC  DRUG  DELIVERY  SYSTEMS							1
H.S.Kas

BINARY DIFFUSION FROM GELATIN/GUM ARABIC MICROCAPSULES						3
B.Övez, S.Peker

TESTOSTERONE CONTAINING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE MICROCAPSULES AND SOLVENT CAST 
FILMS:EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND 60Co-g IRRADIATION ON RELEASE RATE 				5
I Gursel ,V. Hasirci

PRODUCTON OF CHLORAMPHENICOL LOADED POLY(D,L -LACTIDE) SPONGES					7
A.Kozluca, E. B.Denkbas, E.Piskin

BIOMATERIALS WITH LIMITED SERVICE LIVES: DEGRADABLE SYSTEMS  AND LIPOSOMES			9
V. Hasirci

RECENT ADVANCES IN THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF BIOCERAMIC POWDERS IN METU			11
A.C.Tas, M.Timucin

LIPOSOMAL VACCINES:EFFECT OF LOCALIZATION OF ANTIGEN AND CYTOKINE ON IMMUNIZATION 		13 
M.Gursel,G.Gregoriadis

MUCOSAL ADHESIVE PREPARATIONS									15
Y. Çapan

THE INTERACTION BETWEEN NICARDIPINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND POLYMERIC MICROSPHERES FOR 
A CONTROLLED RELEASE SYSTEM										17
N.Yuksel,T.Tinçer,T.Baykara

CHITOSAN  -  POLYMERIC   PROPERTIES   AND  APPLICATIONS						19
H.S.Kas

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FROM HYDROGEL MATRICES							21
F.N.Kok , M.Y.Arica  , V.Hasirci 

EFFECTS OF BIOCORAL AND CALCIUM CARBONATE IMPLANTATION ON BONE HEALING			23 
A.Gurmeric, P.Korkusuz, M.Kokden, N.Çakar, K.Araz

DETECTION OF NEURAL ACTIVITY IN BRAIN SLICES USING OPTIC METHODS					25
Y.P.Tan

A NEW WOUND DRESSING MATERIAL: POROUS  POLYURETHANE MEMBRANES				26
Ç.Yavuz, A.. Serbetci, O. Abbasoglu, A. Sungur, M. Tuncel, H.Cicek, A. Tuncel, . Sayek, E. Piskin

ADVANCES IN PC-BASED INSTRUMENTATION OF BIOELECTRIC SIGNALS					27
Y.Z.der,  H.A.Gucer 

ASSESSMENT OF FRACTURE HEALING BY USE OF VIBRATION METHODS					29
O.Akkus,F.Korkusuz,N.Akkas

OBSERVATION OF BIOMOLECULES BY SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY					31
M.H.Zareie,E.Piskin

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMMOBILIZED ENZYME ACTIVITY AND CARRIER COMPOSITION			33
E.Emregul,S.Sungur,U.Akbulut

PHOTORESPONSE OF BACTERIORHODOPSIN IMMOBILIZED ON CELLULOSE  ACETATE  MEMBRANE		35
V.Sediroglu, L.Turker, M.Yucel, U.Gunduz, I. Eroglu

IMMOBILIZATION OF AMYLOGLUCOSIDASE ONTO ACTIVATED  pHEMA/EGDMA MICROSPHERES		37
M.Y.Arica,  N. G. Alaeddinoglu,V. Hasirci

CONGO RED AND Zn(II) DERIVATIZED POLY(EGDMA-HEMA) SORBENTS FOR SPECIFIC ALBUMIN ADSORPTION	39
A.Denizli, B.Salih,A.Kozluca, K.Kesenci, E.Piskin

IDENTIFICATION OF ACTIVE LEUKOCYTES BY POLYMERIC MICROSPHERES DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BY-PASS41
H.Ayhan,A.Y.Rad,N.Bingol,E.Piskin

ELECTROCHEMICAL POLY(p-AMINOPHENOL) SYNTHESIS AS A BIOSENSOR MEMBRANE				43
E.Ekinci,A.E.Karagozler

A NEEDLE TYPE GLUCOSE BIOSENSOR CONSTRUCTED BY ENTRAPMENT OF GLUCOSE OXIDASE  WITH THE 
HELP  OF  O-PHENYLENEDIAMINE										45
M. Ozsoz, T.Dalbast, E.Klnç,L.Gokgunneç

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRODE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF 
BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL											47  
C. Kocum, S. Mutlu, E. Piskin
	
CONSTRUCTION OF A GLUCOSE SENSOR BASED ON  pHEMA MEMBRANES					49
M. Y. Arica, E. Karpuzoglu. V. Hasirci 

POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES IN IMMUNOLOGY								51
M.I.Mustafaev

SURFACE MODIFICATION OF POLYURETHANE AND PVC BY BLENDING WITH SILOXANE CONTAINING 
COPOLYMERS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF THE  RESULTANT SYSTEMS			53
.Ylgör, E.Ylgor

HORMONE-DEPENDENT BIOLUMINESCENT CELL MODELS							55
E. Demirpence, D. Gagne, J.-C. Nicolas, M. Pons

CALCIUM HYDROXYAPATITE CERAMICS IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY						57
F. Korkusuz

USE OF BIORESORBABLE INTERFERENCE SCREWS IN FRONT ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT SURGERY		59
M.N.Doral,G.Leblebicioglu

BIOLOGICAL REPAIR OF THE CARTILAGE USING CARBON FIBER IMPLANTS					60
O._.Atik

EVALUATION OF  HYDROXYAPATITE IMPLANTATION ON BONE HEALING					61
A.Gurmeric, P.Korkusuz, M.Kokden, N.Çakar, K.Araz

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANTS FOR THE FIXATION OF FRACTURES						63
H. Yetkin , A.M.Vural , S.Sarban

USE OF HYDROGELS AS BIOMATERIALS									65
N.Hasirci

COVALENT COUPLING OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES AND POLYSACCHARIDES AND THEIR POTENTIAL 
APPLICATION AS A BIOMATERIAL										67
I. Gursel ,V. Hasirci

SYNTHESIS OF POROUS, MONODISPERSE POLYSTYRENE MICROSPHERES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS	69
A. Tuncel,  H.Cicek, C. Alagoz, M. Tuncel

HEMA-COLLAGEN COPOLYMER SYNTHESIS INITIATED WITH CERIC AMMONIUM 
NITRATE-GLUTARALDEHYDE REDOX SYSTEM								70
H. Cicek, A. Denizli, A. Tuncel 

INVESTIGATION OF THE DRUG RELEASE FROM OPHTHALMIC GEL PREPARATIONS				71 
A.Bozkir , A.Aydnl

EFFECT OF FORMULATION FACTORS ON PROPERTIES  OF CONTROLLED - RELEASE PLGA 
MICROSPHERES CONTAINING PROTEIN									73
J.Akbuga, M.Uysal, F.Arcoglu

CHITOSAN FILMS AS VEHICLES FOR TRANSDERMAL DRUG  DELIVERY 					75
Y. Bolgul, S. Hekimoglu, S. Kas, A. A. Hincal

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DESORPTION AND REUSEABILITY  OF PROTEIN A AND DNA  IMMOBILIZED PHEMA SORBENTS	77
A.Denizli, F.K.Denizli, E.Piskin

SYNTHESIS OF PMMA MICROBEADS AND GLUCOSE OXIDASE IMMOBILIZATION				79
V.Bulmu_, H.Ayhan , E.Piskin

IMMOBILIZATION OF GLUCOSE OXIDASE AND UREASE WITH TWO DIFFERENT METHODS			81 
.Gursel,M.Y.Arca,V. Hasirci

ADSORPTION OF BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN ONTO N-VINYL-2-PYRROLIDONE-ALLYLTHIOUREA 
COPOLYMER HYDROGELS											83
N.Pekel, M.Sen, O.Guven

IMMOBILIZATION OF ß-GALACTOSIDASE ON pHEMA MICROSPHERES AND  MEMBRANES			85
E. T. Baran, O. Adali, M. Y. Arica, V. Hasirci

IMMOBILIZATION OF AMYLASE ON POLYMERIC MICROSPHERES						87
H.Tumturk, S.Aksoy,N. Hasirci

IMMOBILIZATION AND ACTIVITY STUDIES OF UREASE ENZYME						89
H.Demircioglu, A.Tanyolac, N.Hasirci

SYNTHESIS OF STIMULI -RESPONSIVE COPOLYMERS SENSITIVE TO TEMPERATURE  AND pH			91
H. Cicek, A. Tuncel
 
SYNTHESIS OF STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS WITH A NOVEL REDOX INITIATOR SYSTEM			92
H. Cicek, A. Tuncel 

PREPARATION OF POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS				93
K.Ulubayram, N.Hasirci

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE LOADED ERYTHROCYTES: IN VITRO-IN VIVO EVALUATION		95
.Yilmaz, F.Uner, E.Yesilada, A. A.Hincal

INFLUENCE OF SOME ALIPHATIC AMINO ACIDS ON THE SWELLING BEHAVIOR OF ACRYLAMIDE HYDROGELS	97
E. Karadag, D. Saraydn, H. N. Uztop, O. Guven

VOLTAMMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SOME CATECHOLAMINES WITH CONDUCTING POLYMER ELECTRODES		99
G.Erdogdu,A.E.Karagozler

CHANGING THE LIPOSOMAL SURFACE PROPERTIES USING LOW MOLECULAR  WEIGHT  HEPARIN		101
G.Torun , M.Y.Arica , V.Hasirci

LIPOSOME-DERIVED GENE DELIVERY									103
M.R.Mozafari , M.Y.Ozden , R.I.Zhdanov , V.Hasirci

INFLUENCE OF COMPOSITION ON STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF LIPOSOMES					105
A. Tezcaner, M.Y. Ozden, V. Hasirci

SYNTHESIS OF  PLA AND PGLA'S WITH DIFFERENT MOLECULAR WEIGHTS AND THEIR USE IN			107
 ANTIBIOTIC RELEASE										
Y.Ozalp , N.Ozdemir , V.Hasirci

APPLICATION OF FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION TECHNIQUE ON THE  ALBUMIN MICROSPHERES		109
H.Cicek, A.Tuncel 

					PANEL DISCUSSIONS:

				
THE STATE OF THE ART OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TURKEY				110


A LOOK AT THE WORLD OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND MATERIALS						111
E. Alpkaya

PRODUCTION  IN  THE  BIOMEDICAL  FIELD								113
A. Aydn

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TURKEY: PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW		115
F.Oner

THE BIOMEDICAL FIELD : FROM THE VIEWPOINT  OF  BASIC SCIENCES					117
V. Hasirci


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