Assoc. Prof. Yüksel
Çetin

Assoc. Prof. Yuksel Cetin, got her PhD on toxicolgy from Toxicology Center for Environmental Toxicology, The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. She is a chief researcher at the TUBITAK MAM Life Sciences, Medical Biotechnology Unit and her research is mainly focused on tisue engineering and regenative medicine and toxicology including in vitro - in vivo characterization of novel drugs, biomaterials, nanoparticles, and xenobiotics to evaluate their molecular mechanism and pathogenicity at molecular, cellular and organ levels. Her research is involved in development of 3D in vitro tumor modelling with dynamic tumor microenvironment as alternatives to animal testing to be used for screening and predicting response to anti-cancer drugs and other toxicological features.