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KARAKOCAK Bedia

Alumni

Swiss Government Excellence Scholar, BioNanomaterials

Adolphe Merkle Institute Chemin des Verdiers 4 CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland

Office:	C254
Phone:	+41 26 300 9527
Email:	bedia.karakocak@unifr.ch
	0000-0001-9676-7465

Projects team

Bioinspired Hyaluronic Acid-coated Gold Nanoparticles to Target Lung Cancer Cells

Hyaluronic acid coated gold nanoparticles with Doxorubicin

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Publications

The need for awareness and action in managing nanowaste
Fabienne Schwab, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Aline Scherz, Thierry Meyer, Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Alke Petri-Fink
Nature Nanotechnology (2023)

A 3D multi-cellular tissue model of the human omentum to study the formation of ovarian cancer metastasis

Biomaterials 294 , 121996 (2023)

Hyaluronic Acid-Based Gold Nanoparticles for the Topical Delivery of Therapeutics to the Retina and the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Amine Laradji, Bedia B. Karakocak, Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Vladimir J. Kefalov, Nathan Ravi
Polymers 13 , 3324 (2021)

Inter-laboratory variability of A549 epithelial cells grown under submerged and air-liquid interface conditions
Hana Barosova, Kirsty Meldrum, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Sandor Balog, Shareen H. Doak, Alke Petri-Fink, Martin J.D. Clift, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Toxicology in Vitro (2021)

Redox-Responsive Hyaluronic Acid-Based Nanogels for the Topical Delivery of the Visual Chromophore to Retinal Photoreceptors
Amine M. Laradji, Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Bedia B. Karakoçak, Vladimir J. Kefalov, Nathan Ravi
ACS Omega (2021)

Hyaluronan-Conjugated Carbon Quantum Dots for Bioimaging Use
Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Amine Laradji, Tina Primeau, Mikhail Y. Berezin, Shunqiang Li, Nathan Ravi
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021)

Impact of airborne particulate matter on skin: a systematic review from epidemiology to in vitro studies
Irini M. Dijkhoff, Barbara Drasler, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Alke Petri-Fink, Giuseppe Valacchi, Marc Eeman, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Particle and Fibre Toxicology (2020)

An Inflamed Human Alveolar Model for Testing the Efficiency of Anti-inflammatory Drugs in vitro
Barbara Drasler, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Esma Bahar Tankus, Hana Barosova, Jun Abe, Mauro Sousa de Almeida, Alke Petri-Fink, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2020)

An In Vitro Lung System to Assess the Proinflammatory Hazard of Carbon Nanotube Aerosols
Hana Barosova, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Dedy Septiadi, Alke Petri-Fink, Vicki Stone, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2020)

Bioinspired Thermosensitive Hydrogel as a Vitreous Substitute: Synthesis, Properties, and Progress of Animal Studies
Amine Laradji, Ying-Bo Shui, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Lynn Evans, Paul Hamilton, Nathan Ravi
Materials (2020)

Investigating the Effects of Stove Emissions on Ocular and Cancer Cells
Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Sameer Patel, Nathan Ravi, Pratim Biswas
Scientific Reports (2019)

Engineering Stable Pt Nanoparticles and Oxygen Vacancies on Defective TiO2 via Introducing Strong Electronic Metal-support Interaction for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction
Liang-Yi Lin, Shalinee Kavadiya, Xiang He, Wei-Ning Wang, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Yu-Chih Lin, Mikhail Y. Berezin, Pratim Biswas
Chemical Engineering Journal (2019)

Bioinspired Fibrillary Hydrogel with Controlled Swelling Behavior: Applicability as an Artificial Vitreous
Sruthi Santhanam, Ying-Bo Shui, Jessica Struckhoff, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Paul D. Hamilton, George J. Harocopos, Nathan Ravi
ACS Applied Bio Materials (2019)

Optimizing the Synthesis of Red-Emissive Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots for Use in Bioimaging
Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Jue Liang, Shalinee Kavadiya, Mikhail Y. Berezin, Pratim Biswas, Nathan Ravi
ACS Applied Nano Materials (2018)

A highly sensitive non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on Cu/Cu2O/CuO ternary composite hollow spheres prepared in a furnace aerosol reactor
Liang-Yi Lin, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Shalinee Kavadiya, Thiagarajan Soundappan, Pratim Biswas
Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical (2018)

Hyaluronate coating enhances the delivery and biocompatibility of gold nanoparticles
Bedia Begum Karakocak, Jue Liang, Pratim Biswas, Nathan Ravi
Carbohydrate Polymers (2018)

ZnO1−x/carbon dots composite hollow spheres: Facile aerosol synthesis and superior CO2 photoreduction under UV, visible and near-infrared irradiation
Liang-Yi Lin, Shalinee Kavadiya, Bedia Begum Karakocak, Yao Nie, Ramesh Raliya, Steven T. Wang, Mikhail Y. Berezin, Pratim Biswas
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2018)

Biocompatibility of gold nanoparticles in retinal pigment epithelial cell line
Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Ramesh Raliya, Josh T. Davis, Sanmathi Chavalmane, Wei-Ning Wang, Nathan Ravi, Pratim Biswas
Toxicology in Vitro (2016)

Synthesis and Characterization of Injectable Sulfonate-Containing Hydrogels
Jue Liang, Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Jessica J. Struckhoff, Nathan Ravi
Biomacromolecules (2016)

An integrated approach to water management in Kayseri: Rainwater collection and use in an amusement park
B. B. Karakoçak, O. Yenigün, R. T. Toraman
Water Science and Technology (2013)

KARAKOCAK Bedia

Bioinspired Hyaluronic Acid-coated Gold Nanoparticles to Target Lung Cancer Cells