Speaker
Merve Yildirim
SickSciencelabs, Turkey
Biography :
Dr. Merve Yıldırım Canpolat is a genetic engineer and bioengineer specialising in plant-derived exosome technology. She completed her MSc and PhD in Biotechnology at Yeditepe University, with thesis work on the anticancer activity of garlic exosomes and on plant-derived exosomes for cartilage repair. She is co-founder of Cellestetix Biotechnology and of SickScience Labs, and chairs the scientific committee of the Cancer-Free Life Support Association (Türkiye). Her work covers exosome isolation and characterisation, CRISPR-Cas delivery systems, wound healing and oncology, supported by TUSEB and TUBITAK-funded projects, and she is named on three patents for plant-derived extracellular vesicle products.
