Research Associate

Publications

Biomaterials with droplet microfluidics
JR Heck, Z Toprakcioglu, DA Weitz, TPJ Knowles
Nature Reviews Bioengineering
(2026)
The Liquid State of RIM1α and RBP Condensates is Maintained by Lipids.
CM Fischer, Z Toprakcioglu, E de Csilléry, GS Kaminski Schierle, TPJ Knowles
ACS Nano
(2025)
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Optofluidic Waveguides for the Label-Free Study of Silk Protein Aggregates.
JR Heck, Z Toprakcioglu, TE Naegele, MH Frosz, TPJ Knowles, TG Euser
ACS omega
(2025)
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Recruitment of Aβ into α-Synuclein Condensates Catalyzes Primary Nucleation of α-Synuclein Aggregation
OM Morris, A Röntgen, Z Toprakcioglu, M Cali, S Dada, M Vendruscolo
ACS Central Science
(2025)
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Aβ42 promotes the aggregation of α-synuclein splice isoforms via heterogeneous nucleation
A Röntgen, Z Toprakcioglu, M Vendruscolo
FEBS Letters
(2025)
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Transcript Identification Using Arrayed Hydrogels with TrapFISH
DB Morse, Z Toprakcioglu, A Denduluri‐Marthi, JD Brenton, CJ Thomas, TPJ Knowles
Advanced Materials Technologies
(2025)
10
Aggregation of α-synuclein splice isoforms through a phase separation pathway
A Roentgen, Z Toprakcioglu, ST Dada, OM Morris, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo
Science advances
(2025)
11
Ganglioside lipids inhibit the aggregation of the Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide
Z Toprakcioglu, AK Jayaram, TPJ Knowles
RSC Chemical Biology
(2025)
6
Hierarchical Plant Protein Microcapsules for Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Cargo Molecules
N-D Dinh, M Rodriguez-Garcia, Z Toprakcioglu, Y Shen, T Knowles
(2024)
Aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ40) within condensates generated through liquid–liquid phase separation
OM Morris, Z Toprakcioglu, A Röntgen, M Cali, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo
Sci Rep
(2024)
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