Arzu Temizyürek, DVM, PhD

Department / Institution: Neurovascular Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, MA, USA

Training:

2005: DVM, Ankara University, Turkey

2019: PhD, Neuroscience, Istanbul University, Turkey

Academic Appointments:

2025-……..: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, MA, USA

2022-……..: Assist. Prof., Altınbaş University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Turkey

2018-2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Koç University, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Turkey

Awards:

TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) 2219/1, International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program

Research: Two-photon imaging of optogenetically-induced spreading depolarizations, Blood-brain barrier

Notable contributions to science:

  • Optogenetic cortical spreading depolarization
  • Blood-brain barrier in neurodegenerative disease models (Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease and Brain Tumors)
  • In vivo drug delivery of nanoparticles and exosomes, xenograft cancer models, microsurgery and neuroimaging

Contact:

atemizyurek@mgh.harvard.edu

149 13th Street, 6408
Charlestown, MA 02129