Principle Investigator
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: July 25, 1972
Place of Birth: Paisievo (Silistra district), Bulgaria
EDUCATION
1990-1995 Degree: Bachelor of Science
Second rank among graduates
Bogaziçi University, Istanbul-Turkey
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
1996-2002 Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), Philadelphia-USA
Department of Biology
Thesis advisor: Wafik S. El-Deiry, M.D. Ph.D. (UPENN-Medical School)
Thesis title: “Involvement of TRAIL-Death Receptors in Human Tumorigenesis and Mechanisms of TRAIL-Induced Apoptosis Signaling”
7/2002-6/2005 Degree: Post-doctoral training
University of Michigan (UMICH), Ann Arbor-Michigan, USA
Department of Pathology
Advisor: Gabriel Nunez, MD
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor
8/2005-7/2008 Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkey
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Associate Professor
8/2008-7/2015 Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkey
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor
8/2015-….. Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkey
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Vice President
7/2011-7/2014 Molecular Biology Association of Turkey
http://www.molbioturk.org/Molekuler_Biyoloji_Dernegi/Hosgeldiniz.html
President
7/2014-7/2017 Molecular Biology Association of Turkey
http://www.molbioturk.org/Molekuler_Biyoloji_Dernegi/Hosgeldiniz.html
Vice Director
6/2012- 6/2015 Bogazici University Center for Life Sciences and Technologies
http://www.lifesci.bogazici.edu.tr/en/
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Apoptosis
Innate Immune Signaling
Behçet’s Disease
Melanoma
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1999 American Association for Cancer Research-AACR Janssen Research Foundation Young Investigator Award
2005 Tubitak – Career Grant
2006 Turkish Academy of Sciences- Outstanding Young Scientist Award
2006 EMBO Strategic Development and Integration Grant
President and founding member of Molecular Biology Association, Turkey.
Vice-director and founding member of Center for Life Sciences and Technologies and Coordinator of Vivarium.
Founding member of Cell Death Research Society, Turkey.
Guest editor of special issue “Stem Cells: Biology, Genetics and Epigenetics” for Turkish Journal of Biology.
Speaker on Protein Island Matsuyama.
