Ayse Archives - Biomechanics Research Unit

Ayse participated in the Researchpreneurship Mindset Bootcamp

Ayse Kose was selected to participate in the Researchpreneurship Mindset Bootcamp, held on 4-6 October 2024 in Ostend, Belgium. This exclusive program, facilitated by five Flemish universities and organized by PhD Startups EU, accepted only 24 participants. The bootcamp focused on helping researchers to explore their entrepreneurial potential, learn to make a meaningful global impact,[...]

Ayse participated in a workshop organized by Nikon

Ayse Kose was selected to participate in the workshop “Mastering the Future of Biomedical Research: Organ-on-Chip, Automated Microscopy, and AI-Powered Analysis”. The workshop was organized by Nikon NBIL Heidelberg and took place on the 11th of September, 2024. The aim of the workshop was to give a hands on session on the new Nikon microscope[...]

Ayse completed the “Mentoring For Post-docs” program

Ayse Kose has successfully finished the “Mentoring For Post-docs” program, organized by The YouReCa Career Center, KU Leuven. The program took place between December 2023 to May 2024. The goal of the program was to support postdoctoral researchers in their further professional and personal development, both towards an academic and non-academic career. Ayse was mentored[...]

Ayse published in Qualitative Inquiry

Ayse Kose published a research article in Qualitative Inquiry entitled “Co-Designing Multispecies Speculations Through Biofuturing”, which is the outcome of the workshop Biofutures Living Lab (April 2023, KU Leuven). Ayse and her team contributed to the design of Algae Suits, which are speculated to protect human body in a dramatic narrative in which the earth’s[...]

Ayse attended the AFM Mechanobiology Workshop

Ayse Kose was invited to attend the AFM Mechanobiology Workshop, which took place on 7 March 2024 in Leuven. The workshop was organized by the Soft Matter and Biophysics Department of the KU Leuven and the company Bruker to deliver the recent developments on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and BIO AFM technology.

Ayse has written an article for the VIB-KUL journal ‘The Optimist’

The October issue of The Optimist, a KU Leuven journal for PhD students and postdocs, have been published. Ayse Kose has written an article for the section PhD Survival tips: “The art of celebrating yourself in a wacky PhD universe”. You can read the issue here.

Ayse will participate in the KU Leuven Mentoring programme for postdocs

Ayse Kose has been selected to take part in the KU Leuven Mentoring programme for postdocs 2023-2024. The YouReCa Career Center offers a mentoring programme for all postdoctoral researchers of KU Leuven from December 2023 to May 2024. Ayse will be mentored by Dr. Leen Gorissen, who is the Founder of Centre4NI and is specialized[...]

Ayse will participate in the KBC PhD Winter school 2023

Ayse Kose has been selected to participate in the KBC PhD Winter School 2023 – Bright minds for social responsibility, which will be held on 13 & 14 December 2023 at KBC Brussels. It is an exclusive 2-day Winter School for a selected group of PhD candidates and postdocs of the five Flemish universities. The focus[...]

Ayse presented at the Hybrid Workshop: Exploring Algae World For Mankind

Ayse Kose gave an online presentation about her PhD project at the Hybrid Workshop: Exploring Algae World For Mankind on 2nd of April 2023. The workshop was organized by the Ege University Bioengineering Department of Turkey on 2-3 April 2023. The title of her presentation was “Utilization of microalgae as a feedstock for screening melanogenesis regulatory peptides”.

Ayse will participate in the Biofutures Living Lab workshop

Ayse is selected to be a participant at Biofutures Living Lab which will be held by BAC ART LAB, KU Leuven on 12-14 April 2023. The BioFutures Living Lab is a three-day experimental workshop series for scholars to engage with the ‘wicked’ problems of the 21st century.