The project team includes Prof. Dr. Tuğba ONGUN SEVİNDİK (Sakarya University), Prof. Dr. Keziban ATACAN (Sakarya University of Applied Sciences), Assist. Prof. Dr. Ömer Tarık ORHUN, Assist. Prof. Dr. Yasin ÖZTÜRK, Assist. Prof. Dr. Merve ÖZTÜRK and Lecturer Gamze YILDIRIM (Necmettin Erbakan University), as well as Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammet Bahaeddin DÖRTBUDAK (Harran University). In addition, graduate student Yiğit SUYUN and doctoral student Soner ATİK are involved in the project as scholarship holders.

This multidisciplinary study aims to develop a novel biocompatible product for oral ulcer treatment by loading quercetin into diatom silica, which is considered a potential drug delivery system due to its porous structure.