Muzaffer Yıldırım, studied department of molecular biology and genetics, faculty of science at Bilkent University in Ankara. He has full scholarship from Bilkent university for PhD and he completed his PhD at Bilkent University, department of molecular biology and genetics in Ankara. Some of awards and scholarships that he has are; ERASMUS Scholarship for Summer Training (2014 Summer), The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) -BIDEB 2205 Undergraduate Scholarship (2009-2015), 1004- Preparation of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine for Clinical PHASE-I, Ph.D. scholarship (2021-2022), 2247 - C STAR-Intern Researcher Scholarship Programme (2020-2021), Turkish Society of Immunology, Full Scholarship to attend MIMIC-IV, Bursa, Turkey (2019).

Relevant Literature:
1. Yildirim M, Yildirim TC, Turay N, Bildik T, Ibibik B, Evcili I, Ersan PG, Tokat UM, Sahin O, Gursel I. TLR ligand loaded exosome-mediated immunotherapy of established mammary Tumor in mice. Immunol Lett. 2021 Nov; 239:32-41. DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2021.08.004. Epub 2021 Aug 18. PMID: 34418488.

2. Yilmaz IC, Ipekoglu EM, Bulbul A, Turay N, Yildirim M, Evcili I, Yilmaz NS, Guvencli N, Aydin Y, Gungor B, Saraydar B, Bartan AG, Ibibik B, Bildik T, Baydemir İ, Sanli HA, Kayaoglu B, Ceylan Y, Yildirim T, Abras I, Ayanoglu IC, Cam SB, Ciftci Dede E, Gizer M, Erganis O, Sarac F, Uzar S, Enul H, Adiay C, Aykut G, Polat H, Yildirim IS, Tekin S, Korukluoglu G, Zeytin HE, Korkusuz P, Gursel I, Gursel M. Development and preclinical evaluation of virus-like particle vaccine against COVID-19 infection. Allergy. 2021 Sep 14. doi: 10.1111/all.15091. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34519053.

3. Kahraman T, Gucluler G, Simsek İ, Yagci FC, Yildirim M, Ozen C, Dinc A, Gursel M, Ikromzoda L, Sutlu T, Stephen Gay & Ihsan Gursel (2017) “Circulating LL37 targets plasma extracellular vesicles to immune cells and intensifies Behçet’s disease severity”, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 6:1, 1284449.

4. Eroglu FK, Yazar V, Guler U, Yıldırım M, Yildirim T, Gungor T, Celikkaya E, Karakaya D, Turay N, Ciftci Dede E, Korkusuz P, Salih B, Bulbul M, Gursel I. Circulating extracellular vesicles of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome patients have higher RAC1 and induce recapitulation of nephrotic syndrome phenotype in podocytes. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2021 Sep 27. DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00097.2021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34569252.

5. Salih Haldun Bal, Engin Sağdilek, Mehmet Karaçay, Muhammed Ali Kızmaz, Levent Tufan Kumaş, Fatma Ezgi Can, Muzaffer Yildirim, Tugce Canavar-Yildirim, Deniz Koşay-Gülkaya, Diğdem Yöyen-Ermiş, Ferah Budak, Yasemin Heper, İhsan Gürsel, Haluk Barbaros Oral. The Effect of Exosomes Released from Apheresis Platelet Concentrates Under the Impact of Gamma Irradiation and Storage Time upon the Platelet Aggregation and Hemostasis. Blood Transfusion. (Accepted on 21/06/2022)

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