Two High-Impact Papers Accepted in Nature Biomedical Engineering and Lab on a Chip
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We are very happy to share that two major research papers have been accepted for publication in top-tier journals. These works represent significant milestones from Dr Şahin's efforts during his Fulbright Fellowship at Northwestern with Prof. John A Rogers. These papers demonstrate a long-lasting collaboration to advance next-generation biosensors, wearable diagnostics, and automated microfluidics.
Advancing Maternal Health Diagnostics in Nature Biomedical Engineering
Title: Skin-Interfaced Microfluidic Capsule and Portable Lab-on-a-Disc Platform for Sweat-Based Monitoring of Prenatal Nutrient Balance
Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering (2026)
This work introduces an entirely non-invasive, wearable skin-interfaced microfluidic system coupled with a portable centrifugal lab-on-a-disc platform. By tracking vital nutrient and metabolic biomarkers directly from sweat, this technology brings clinical-grade, real-time diagnostic capabilities directly to point-of-care maternal and prenatal health.
Available online soon.
2. Automating Biohazard Detection in Lab on a Chip
Title: Centrifugal microfluidics for rapid target analyte quantification in airborne bioaerosol
Journal: Lab on a Chip (2026)
To address the critical need for rapid, on-site pathogen detection, we developed an automated centrifugal microfluidic device utilising advanced passive valving networks. The platform achieves full electrochemical quantification of target analytes from a tiny 12.5 μL sample in under 15 minutes matching the accuracy of a standard multi-hour laboratory ELISA at the point of exposure.
A huge thank you to Rogers Group at Northwestern and Prof. Cho for leading these papers to publication.
