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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Candan Tamerler is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of dentistry, with notable work spanning orthodontics, molecular biology, biomaterials, oral surgery, and microbiology. This body of work covers a range of specific topics related to dental materials and restorations, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, antimicrobial peptides and activities, antimicrobial agents and applications, dental implant techniques and outcomes, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, and molecular junctions and nanostructures.

Their publication record includes contributions to several journals and venues, with frequent appearances in Frontiers in Dental Medicine, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Polymers, Medical Devices & Sensors, and the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Tamerler include:

  • "Combining genetic algorithm with machine learning strategies for designing potent antimicrobial peptides" (2021), published in BMC Bioinformatics
  • "Antimicrobial Peptide-Polymer Conjugates for Dentistry" (2020), published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • "Harnessing biomolecules for bioinspired dental biomaterials" (2020), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • "Next-generation Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) incorporated nanofibre wound dressings" (2020), published in Medical Devices & Sensors
  • "Bioinspired multifunctional adhesive system for next generation bio-additively designed dental restorations" (2020), published in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Frequent collaborators with whom Tamerler has coauthored multiple works include Paulette Spencer, Kyle Boone, Anil Misra, Linyong Song, and Qiang Ye.

Their scholarly output also includes book contributions, notably a publication with Frontiers Media titled Insights In Biomaterials 2022 / 2023 - Novel Developments, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives, scheduled for 2024.

In recognition of their academic contributions, Tamerler was honored as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology through biology

    Mehmet Sarikaya;Candan Tamerler;Candan Tamerler;Alex K. Y. Jen;Klaus Schulten

  • MATERIALS ASSEMBLY AND FORMATION USING ENGINEERED POLYPEPTIDES

    Mehmet Sarikaya;Candan Tamerler;Daniel T. Schwartz;Francois Baneyx

  • Effect of molecular conformations on the adsorption behavior of gold-binding peptides.

    Marketa Hnilova;Ersin Emre Oren;Urartu O. S. Seker;Urartu O. S. Seker;Brandon R. Wilson

  • Adsorption kinetics of an engineered gold binding Peptide by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and a quartz crystal microbalance.

    Candan Tamerler;Ersin Emre Oren;Memed Duman;Eswaranand Venkatasubramanian

  • Molecular biomimetics: utilizing nature's molecular ways in practical engineering

    Candan Tamerler;Mehmet Sarikaya

  • A novel knowledge-based approach to design inorganic-binding peptides

    Ersin Emre Oren;Candan Tamerler;Deniz Sahin;Marketa Hnilova

  • Nanotopography-Induced Structural Anisotropy and Sarcomere Development in Human Cardiomyocytes Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Daniel Carson;Marketa Hnilova;Xiulan Yang;Cameron L. Nemeth

  • Controlling Self-Assembly of Engineered Peptides on Graphite by Rational Mutation

    Christopher R. So;Yuhei Hayamizu;Yuhei Hayamizu;Hilal Yazici;Carolyn Gresswell

  • Materials Specificity and Directed Assembly of a Gold‐Binding Peptide

    Candan Tamerler;Memed Duman;Ersin Emre Oren;Mustafa Gungormus;Mustafa Gungormus

  • Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology and bionanotechnology using genetically engineered peptides

    Candan Tamerler;Mehmet Sarikaya

  • Molecular biomimetics: GEPI‐based biological routes to technology

    Candan Tamerler;Dmitriy Khatayevich;Mustafa Gungormus;Turgay Kacar;Turgay Kacar

  • Genetically designed Peptide-based molecular materials.

    Candan Tamerler;Mehmet Sarikaya

  • Molecular recognition and supramolecular self-assembly of a genetically engineered gold binding peptide on Au{111}.

    Christopher R. So;John L. Kulp;Ersin Emre Oren;Hadi Zareie

  • Quantitative affinity of genetically engineered repeating polypeptides to inorganic surfaces.

    Urartu O. S. Seker;Brandon Wilson;Deniz Sahin;Candan Tamerler

  • Biofunctionalization of materials for implants using engineered peptides.

    Dmitriy Khatayevich;Mustafa Gungormus;Hilal Yazici;Hilal Yazici;Christopher So

  • Adsorption, diffusion, and self-assembly of an engineered gold-binding peptide on Au(111) investigated by atomic force microscopy.

    Christopher R. So;Candan Tamerler;Mehmet Sarikaya

  • Probing the molecular mechanisms of quartz-binding peptides.

    Ersin Emre Oren;Rebecca Notman;Il Won Kim;John Spencer Evans

  • Biological response on a titanium implant-grade surface functionalized with modular peptides.

    H. Yazici;H. Fong;B. Wilson;E.E. Oren

  • Chimeric peptides as implant functionalization agents for titanium alloy implants with antimicrobial properties

    Deniz Tanil Yucesoy;Marketa Hnilova;Kyle W. Boone;Paul M. Arnold

  • Quartz Binding Peptides as Molecular Linkers towards Fabricating Multifunctional Micropatterned Substrates

    Turgay Kacar;Turgay Kacar;John Ray;Mustafa Gungormus;Ersin Emre Oren

  • Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by Microlunatus phosphovorus under various growth conditions

    Aygul Akar;Esma Ucisik Akkaya;S. Koray Yesiladali;Gamze Çelikyilmaz

  • Conformational behavior of genetically-engineered dodecapeptides as a determinant of binding affinity for gold

    Stefano Corni;Marketa Hnilova;Candan Tamerler;Mehmet Sarikaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Mehmet Sarikaya
Mehmet Sarikaya University of Washington
Paulette Spencer
Paulette Spencer University of Kansas
Qiang Ye
Qiang Ye University of Kansas
Anil Misra
Anil Misra University of Kansas
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong
Malcolm L. Snead
Malcolm L. Snead University of Southern California
Ram Samudrala
Ram Samudrala University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Hong Ma
Hong Ma University of Washington
Mohan Edirisinghe
Mohan Edirisinghe University College London
Hilmi Volkan Demir
Hilmi Volkan Demir Bilkent University

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