Objective
To achieve a successful academic career by gaining scientific experience in different research groups after completing my Ph.D. Ultimately I am aiming to establish my own research group to contribute to the scientific knowledge.
Education
University of Edinburgh – UK 2012 - 2016
Candidate for Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology (graduation expected in August 2016)
Bilkent University – TURKEY 2012
Bachelor of Science Degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Awards and Honors
v 1575th position in the Student Selection Examination out of 1,615,534 participants
v Comprehensive Scholarship from Bilkent University
v The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Scholarship
v Graduated with high honor from Bilkent University MBG Department
v Ph.D. scholarship awarded by Darwin Trust of Edinburgh
Conferences
Wellcome Trust - 5th Cambridge Stem Cell Symposium 2016
Presented poster titled as “The role of WIZ zinc finger protein in the recruitment of histonemethyltransferase G9a”
Gordon Research Conferences – Chromatin Structure & Function 2016
Presented poster titled as “The role of WIZ zinc finger protein in the recruitment of histonemethyltransferase G9a”
Wellcome Trust – Epigenetics in dialogue with the genome 2015
Presented poster titled as “The role of WIZ zinc finger protein in the recruitment of histonemethyltransferase G9a”
Bilkent University – MEDi MED GEN 2009
Research Activity
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Dr. Abdenour Soufi’s laboratory 2016
The project focuses on the possible role of a zinc finger protein, WIZ, in the recruitment of histone methyltransferases G9a to chromatin in mouse embryonic stem cells.
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