PROF.
TAYFUN ÖZÇELİK
Dean of Faculty of Science & Chair
Human Genetics
- Identification of inherited gene mutations
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- X-chromosome inactivation and autoimmunity
- Genetics of obesity
ASST. PROF.
ILYAS CHACHOUA
Cancer Biology
- Post-transcriptional gene regulation by gene gating
- Nuclear architecture
- Long non-coding RNAs
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms
ASST. PROF.
ONUR ÇİZMECİOĞLU
Signal Transduction & Cancer Biology
- PI3K pathway in signaling and cancer
- Mechanisms of drug resistance
- G protein-coupled receptors
- Cancer therapy
PROF.
TURGAY DALKARA
Neuroscience
- Microcirculation, pericytes
- Basic mechanisms of migraine
- Basic mechanisms of ischemic cell death
- Targeted brain drug delivery
ASST. PROF.
SERKAN GÖKTUNA
Cancer Biology
- Gastointestinal cancers
- Signal transduction
- Cell-to-cell interactions within TME
- Chemotherapy resistance
ASSOC. PROF.
ÖZLEN KONU
Cell Signalling
- Comparative transcriptomics of zebrafish and mammals
- Cancer systems biology
- Zebrafish screens in glioma and liver disease
INSTRUCTOR
ÖZHAN ÖÇAL
Cancer Biology
- Diabetes mellitus
- Pancreatic cancer detection
- G-protein coupled receptors
- Chemotherapeutics testing
ASST. PROF.
PINAR ÖNAL
Developmental Biology
- Genetic and epigenetic control of development
- Transcriptional regulation
- Evolution of protein-DNA interactions
- Protein structure & function
ASST. PROF.
FULYA TÜRKER
Molecular Neurobiology
- Proteasome-dependent protein degradation
- Neuronal membrane proteasome (NMP) and peptide biology
- Neuronal signaling and networks
- Alterations in proteostasis in neurodegenerative diseases
ASST. PROF.
BAHAR DEĞİRMENCİ UZUN
Stem Cell Biology
- Role of stem cell niche in pathological situations
- Physiological and molecular role of enteric nervous system in homeostasis and diseases
- Role of cellular niche in response and progression of liver fibrosis and consequences
ASST. PROF.
VOLKAN YAZAR
Systems Biology & Data Science
of Neurodegenerative Medicine
- High dimensional data wrangling and analysis
- Neurodegeneration of Parkinson's disease and ALS
- Applications of statistical learning in array- & sequence-based biological data
ASSOC. PROF.
IŞIK G. YULUĞ
Cancer Genetics
- Tumor suppressor genes
- Epigenetics changes in cancer
- Tumor progression
- Cell-free DNA diagnostic biomarker