Asuman Bozkır | Vaccine technology | Best Researcher Award

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Mrs. Asuman Bozkır | Vaccine technology | Best Researcher Award

Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy | Turkey

Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, a distinguished scholar in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Drug Formulation Sciences, has dedicated her career to advancing the science and technology of pharmaceutical dosage forms and their stability under diverse climatic and geographic conditions in Türkiye, beginning her academic journey with undergraduate studies in Pharmacy at Ankara University, followed by postgraduate and doctoral research in Pharmaceutical Technology at the same institution, focusing on the stability and performance of solid drug forms and formulation parameters of lozenge tablets, her scientific contributions encompass the development and evaluation of particulate and liquid dosage forms, peptide and protein-based drug formulations, and their physicochemical stability, as well as innovative approaches to biotechnological pharmaceutical products and targeted delivery techniques, serving Ankara University throughout her academic life as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and now Professor, she has also held key leadership roles such as Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Head and Deputy Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, and has been instrumental in curriculum development and the supervision of doctoral, postgraduate, and undergraduate research projects, recognized for her extensive teaching in areas such as particulate and liquid dosage form technology, stability studies in pharmaceutical formulations, biotechnological products in pharmacy, peptide and protein dosage form design, and targeted delivery techniques in pharmaceutical biotechnology, her research has significantly contributed to the understanding and improvement of formulation stability and the application of modern biotechnological strategies in drug development, a dedicated educator fluent in advanced English, she has guided countless students and researchers through specialized courses and laboratory practices, fostering innovation and quality in pharmaceutical education and research, her legacy lies in her commitment to bridging traditional pharmaceutical technology with emerging biotechnological methods to enhance the stability, efficacy, and accessibility of medicinal products, strengthening the academic and research standing of Ankara University’s Faculty of Pharmacy on both national and international platforms.

Featured Publications:

Oz, U. C., Kucukturkmen, B., Ozkose, U. U., Gulyuz, S., Bolat, Z. B., Telci, D., Sahin, F., Yilmaz, O., & Bozkir, A. (2019). Design of colloidally stable and non‐toxic Petox‐based polymersomes for cargo molecule encapsulation. ChemNanoMat, 5(6), 745–755.

Bozkır, A. (2018). Development and characterization of cationic solid lipid nanoparticles for co‐delivery of pemetrexed and miR‐21 antisense oligonucleotide to glioblastoma cells. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 44(2), 214–223.

Bozkır, A. (2018). Development of novel self‐assembled polymeric micelles from partially hydrolysed poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-co-PEI-b-PCL block copolymer as non-viral vectors for plasmid DNA in vitro transfection. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 46(sup1), 1004–1013.

Bozkır, A. (2017). Co‐delivery of pemetrexed and miR-21 antisense oligonucleotide by lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles and effects on glioblastoma cells. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 43(9), 1495–1503.

Bozkır, A. (2017). In situ hydrogel formulation for intra-articular application of diclofenac sodium-loaded polymeric nanoparticles [Diklofenak sodyum yüklü polimerik nanopartiküllerin intra-artiküler uygulaması için in situ hidrojel formülasyonu]. Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14(3), 268–276.

Bozkır, A. (2017). Nanocarriers and their potential application as antimicrobial drug delivery. In A. M. Grumezescu (Ed.), Nanostructures for antimicrobial therapy: Nanostructures in therapeutic medicine series (pp. 197–222). Elsevier.

Bozkır, A. (2016). Lysozyme-loaded lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles: Preparation, characterization and colloidal stability evaluation. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 42(11), 1795–1803.

Bozkır, A. (n.d.). Development of reconstitutable suspensions containing diclofenac sodium-loaded microspheres for pediatric delivery.