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  1. Targeting Undruggable Protein Interactions with DNA Aptamers: Inhibition of the Interaction Between Yersinia Outer Protein M and Human DEAD-Box Helicase 3

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Serap Evran

  2. Selection of ssDNA aptamers targeting the serine protease SPSFQ of Acinetobacter baumannii and development of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy-based ultrasensitive SPSFQ biosensor

    Article • Microchimica Acta, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serap Evran

  3. Aptamer-integrated nanoplatforms for water safety: a focus on heavy metals, antibiotics, pesticides, and bacterial pathogens

    Article • Discover Molecules, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serap Evran

  4. Sensitive and specific detection of ctDNA using Copper-Free click chemistry and magnetic bead Technology

    Article • Methods, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  5. Non-Invasive Point-of-Care Detection of Methamphetamine and Cocaine via Aptamer-Based Lateral Flow Test

    Article • Biosensors, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Serap Evran

  6. Partial Characterization of Three Bacteriophages Isolated from Aquaculture Hatchery Water and Their Potential in the Biocontrol of Vibrio spp.

    Article • Microorganisms, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Serap Evran

  7. A review of aptamer-conjugated nanomaterials for analytical sample preparation: Classification according to the utilized nanomaterials

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  8. Deacetylation of Histones and Non-histone Proteins in Inflammatory Diseases and Cancer Therapeutic Potential of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

    Article • Current Genomics, May 2023, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Serap Evran

  9. Recombinant Production and Biochemical Characterization of Thermostable Arabinofuranosidase from Acidothermophilic Alicyclobacillus Acidocaldarius

    Article • The Protein Journal, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serap Evran

  10. Recent Approaches in Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Biosensors of miRNA Detection

    Article • Magnetochemistry, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Serap Evran

  11. Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Electrochemical Sensing Platform Using Ferrocene-Labelled Peptide Nucleic Acid for the Early Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

    Article • Biosensors, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Serap Evran, Özgül Düzgün

  12. Synthetic antibodies for methamphetamine analysis: Design of high affinity aptamers and their use in electrochemical biosensors

    Article • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  13. Indiscriminate SARS-CoV-2 multivariant detection using magnetic nanoparticle-based electrochemical immunosensing

    Article • Talanta, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  14. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay to explore protein-protein interactions of the Yersinia virulence factor YopM

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  15. Quantitative paper-based dot blot assay for spike protein detection using fuchsine dye-loaded polymersomes

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  16. Simple workflow to repurpose SARS-CoV-2 swab/serum samples for the isolation of cost-effective antibody/antigens for proteotyping applications and diagnosis

    Article • Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serap Evran

  17. Dye-Loaded Polymersome-Based Lateral Flow Assay: Rational Design of a COVID-19 Testing Platform by Repurposing SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Cocktail and Antigens Obtained from Positive Human Samples

    Article • ACS Sensors, July 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Serap Evran

  18. NMR Spectroscopy for Probing the Structural Determinants of Aptamer Optimization and Riboswitch Engineering

    Article • September 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Serap Evran, Fotouh Mansour, özge uğurlu

  19. Screen printed electrode-based biosensor functionalized with magnetic cobalt/single-chain antibody fragments for cocaine biosensing in different matrices

    Article • Talanta, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  20. The cell-penetrating YopM protein-functionalized quantum dot-plasmid DNA conjugate as a novel gene delivery vector

    Article • Plasmid, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  21. in vitro Selection of Aptamer for Imidacloprid Recognition as Model Analyte and Construction of a Water Analysis Platform

    Article • Electroanalysis, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Serap Evran

  22. Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) Aptamer targeting SipA protein inhibits Salmonella Enteritidis invasion of intestinal epithelial cells

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  23. Sensor Platform with a Custom‐tailored Aptamer for Diagnosis of Synthetic Cannabinoids

    Article • Electroanalysis, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Serap Evran

  24. A Bottom-Up Approach for Developing Aptasensors for Abused Drugs: Biosensors in Forensics

    Article • Biosensors, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Serap Evran

  25. MerR‐fluorescent protein chimera biosensor for fast and sensitive detection of Hg 2+ in drinking water

    Article • Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Serap Evran

  26. A highly sensitive DNA aptamer-based fluorescence assay for sarcosine detection down to picomolar levels

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  27. Selection of ssDNA aptamers for the development of impedance biosensor to detect sarcosine

    Article • New Biotechnology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  28. Pathogen-specific nucleic acid aptamers as targeting components of antibiotic and gene delivery systems

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  29. Improving thermal and detergent stability of Bacillus stearothermophilus neopullulanase by rational enzyme design

    Article • Protein Engineering Design and Selection, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Serap Evran

  30. 131I Labeled Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Labeling with 131I and in Vitro Uptake Studies on U87-Mg Cells

    Article • Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy, February 2015, Journal of Clinical Research of Pediatric Endocrinology

    Dr Serap Evran

  31. Photoinducedin situformation of clickable PEG hydrogels and their antibody conjugation

    Article • Designed Monomers & Polymers, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Serap Evran

  32. Isolation and Immobilization of His-Tagged Alcohol Dehydrogenase on Magnetic Nanoparticles in One Step: Application as Biosensor Platform

    Article • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Serap Evran

  33. The covalent bioconjugate of multiwalled carbon nanotube and amino-modified linearized plasmid DNA for gene delivery

    Article • Biotechnology Progress, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr Serap Evran

  34. DEVELOPMENT OF GENETICALLY ENCODED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN CONSTRUCTS OF HYPERTHERMOPHILIC MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Serap Evran

  35. Site-directed mutagenesis of methionine residues for improving the oxidative stability of α-amylase from Thermotoga maritima

    Article • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran

  36. Development of a novel fluorescent protein construct by genetically fusing green fluorescent protein to the N-terminal of aspartate dehydrogenase

    Article • Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Serap Evran

  37. Directed evolution of (  )8-barrel enzymes: establishing phosphoribosylanthranilate isomerisation activity on the scaffold of the tryptophan synthase  -subunit

    Article • Protein Engineering Design and Selection, April 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Serap Evran

  38. MODIFICATION OF LYSOZYME WITH OLEOYL CHLORIDE FOR BROADENING THE ANTIMICROBIAL SPECIFICITY

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Serap Evran

  39. Modification of Porcine Pancreatic Lipase with Z‐Proline

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, August 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Serap Evran

  40. Evidence of helicobacter infections in the liver tissue of the patients with various chronic liver disease

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, April 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Serap Evran