Asst. Prof. PELİN KILIÇ

Born in Ankara in 1978, Dr. Pelin Kılıç received her pharmacy and pharmacology master's degrees from Gazi University and her doctorate in forensic toxicology from Ankara University. She conducted gene technology research at INSERM in France. Then, between 2004-2016, she contributed to establishing Türkiye's regulatory framework for advanced therapy medical products at the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TİTCK) during her duties as a government officer. She then served as the Stem Cell Institute Quality Coordinator from 2017, when she first started her academic studies, until 2022. She still works as an academician, researcher, and faculty member in stem cell and regenerative medicine at the same Institute. Meanwhile, as the founder of HücreCELL®️ Biotechnology, she mentors future scientists at Ankara University Stem Cell Institute. She continues various R&D studies, such as investigating the molecular mechanisms for elucidating diabetes and associated cardiovascular complications through iPSC-based disease models, developing a breast cancer pre-screening kit with extracellular vesicle-defined biosensor systems, and upstream and downstream process engineering of cellular therapeutics.