Academics

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.

SERKAN BELKAYA

Human Genetics & Molecular Medicine

• Human genetics and discovery of disease-causing mutations
• Rare diseases, clinical immunology and infection
• Molecular medicine and disease modeling
• Computational biology and biologics design

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

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.

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