PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mustafa Yalçinkaya, B.Sc.
Date of Birth: December 28, 1989
Place of Birth: Nizip, Gaziantep, TURKEY
Mobile: +90 (554) 282 7734
E-Mail: baboun [dot] musti [at] hotmail [dot] com

EDUCATION
2012 – Present: Bogaziçi University, Master Student at Molecular Biology and Genetics
2007 – 2012: Bogaziçi University, B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Honor degree
2004 – 2007: Hasan Çapan Anatolian High School, Nizip, Gaziantep

LAB EXPERIENCES
September 2012 – Present: Currently conducting a research on anti-inflammatory pathways with a special interest on NLRP13 protein in AKIL at Bogaziçi University
2011 September – December: On finding whether LL-37 antibacterial peptide can be used to suppress gene expression in human cells as siRNA delivery or not, Special term project in Dr. Sahru’s Lab, Bogaziçi University
2011 July – September: On finding the roles of novel RAS family effector pathways and to analyze their roles in tumourigenesis, Summer Internship in Dr. Pablo Rodriguez’s Laboratory, Cell Signalling Group, University College London
2010 February – June: On finding the roles of Asc and special NLR family proteins in inflammatory pathways, Internship in AKIL, Bogaziçi University
2009 June – August: On finding the roles of melatonin and memantine in neural survival in the reperfused ischemic brain, Summer Internship in Prof. Ertugrul Kiliç’s Laboratory, Brain LAB, Yeditepe University

SKILLS
Academic Skills?
Cell culture (transfection, transduction)?
Immunoprecipitation and ChIP ?
Immunofluorescence and Fluorescence microscopy ?
Molecular Cloning (PCR, Restriction, Ligation, Transformation)?
Agarose and Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis?
Western Blotting?
Kits: Plasmid mini, midi, maxi prep, gel extraction, RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis?
Growth curve and Incucyte?
Flow cytometry

Computer Skills?
Microsoft Office?
HTML?
Finch TV?
BLAST?
VectorNTI?
ClustralW?
ExPASy

LANGUAGE?
Turkish (Native) ?
English (Advanced)

SCHOLARSHIPS
2012 – Present: Tübitak Graduate School Scholarship
June 2011 – September 2011: Erasmus Summer Internship Scholarship
2007-2012: Tübitak Undergraduate Scholarship

WORKSHOPS
November 2011: Workshop- Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) Usage (Bogaziçi University, Turkey)
April 2011: Workshop- Advances in Immunology and Cancer Biology (Bogaziçi University)