Muslum Ilgu

Grant proposals submitted in 2023

NIH-R21 (Role: Co-I): PI Prof. Utkan Demirci (Stanford University), Title: Aptamer-based detection of glioblastoma exosomes via Raman metasurfaces (Apta-SERS). Submitted on February 16^th 2023 and resubmitted on November,16^th 2023. Not funded. Submitted as new on June 12^th, 2024.

USDA-SAS (Role: Co-PD): PD Prof. Qijing Zhang, Title: Sustain and enhance U.S. turkey production by reducing Salmonella contamination. Submitted on July 13^th 2023. Not funded. Resubmitted on June 6^th, 2024.

NIH-R03 (Role: PI): Co-I Dr. Ximin Zeng; Title: Aptamer-based sensitization of Campylobacter to antimicrobials. Submitted on Oct,16^th 2023, Score: 51: Not funded. In the process of resubmission due on July 16^th, 2024.

2023 Publications:

Nilufer Kara, Nooraldeen Ayoub, Huseyin Ilgu, Dimitrios Fotiadis and Muslum Ilgu (2023) Aptamers targeting membrane proteins for sensor and diagnostic applications. Molecules 28 (9), 3728

Hulya Torun, Buse Bilgin, Muslum Ilgu, Numan Batur, Meric Ozturk, Tayfun Barlas, Gulen Guney-Eksen, Cenk Yanik, Suleyman Celik, Ozlem Dogan, Onder Ergonul, Ihsan Solaroglu, Fusun Can and Mehmet Cengiz Onbasli (2023) Rapid Nanoplasmonic-Enhanced Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Variants on DNA Aptamer Metasurfaces. Advanced Devices and Instrumentation 4 (0008)