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Citizenship: Turkey. |
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Education and Work: |
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| 2016 - |
Assoc. Prof.. Dept. Biology, METU, Ankara, Turkey . |
| 2013 - |
Assist. Prof.. Dept. Biology, METU, Ankara, Turkey . |
| 2011 - 2013 |
Post-doc. Rasmus Nielsen Lab, UC Berkeley, CA, USA. |
| 2008 - 2011 |
Post-doc. Philipp Khaitovich lab, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology (PICB), Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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PhD in Evolutionary Biology. Uni. Leipzig and Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Leipzig, Germany. Thesis title: "Exploring Phenotypic Variation with the Transcriptome: Applications in Human Evolution and Ageing." (supervisor: Michael Lachmann) |
| 2001 - 2004 |
Teaching assistant in Biostatistics. Dept. of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. |
| 2001 - 2003 |
MSc in Biotechnology. Dept. of Biotechnology, METU, Ankara, Turkey. Thesis title: "Characterisation of DNA from archaeological wheat (Triticum L.) seeds from Anatolia." (supervisor: Mahinur Akkaya) |
| 1996 - 2001 |
BSc in Biology. Dept. of Biology, METU, Ankara, Turkey. |
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Research grants: |
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| 2016-2018 |
ERANET-RUS & The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Bilateral Grant (with Thomas Arendt, Leipzig Uni.):
"SIGNIFICANS - Single cell genomics of the brain in healthy controls and disease". |
| 2016-2017 |
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 1002 Grant (contributed by Hamit Izgi & Melike Donertas):
"Sistem biyolojisi yaklasimi ile yaslanan beyin dokusunda hucresel ag entropisinin tanimlanmasi". |
| 2015-2017 |
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 3501 Grant (with Prof. Inci Togan, contributed by Reyhan Yaka, Fusun Ozer, Dilsad Dagtas, Eren Yuncu):
"Antik DNA eldesi ve genom dizilemesi yoluyla Anadolu insan populasyonlarinin karakterizasyonu". |
| 2014-2016 |
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 3001 Grant (with Prof. Inci Togan, contributed by Reyhan Yaka & Fusun Ozer):
"A pilot study to obtain authentic aDNA (ancient DNA) from 2500-3000 years old human teeth samples obtained from the Cemialo Sirti Excavations and determination of their mtDNA haplogroups". |
| 2013-2015 |
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Reintegration Grant (with Prof. Tulin Yanik):
"The effects of caloric restriction on brain aging". |
| 2011-2012 |
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research Fellowship for International Young Scientists:
"MicroRNA regulation of conserved aging-related gene expression changes in mouse and primate brains". |
| 2010-2011 |
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research Fellowship for International Young Scientists:
"Identification of the molecular basis of human aging and longevity". |
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Fellowships, awards, etc: |
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| 2015 |
Young Scientist Award (GEBIP) from The Turkish Academy of Sciences. |
| 2014 |
"Outstanding Performance in Education Award" from The Mustafa Parlar Foundation, METU, Turkey. |
| 2014 |
Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) from The Science Academy, Turkey ("Bilim Akademisi"). |
| 2012 |
Chinese Academy of Sciences International Cooperation Award for Young Scientists (with Philipp Khaitovich). |
| 2011-2012 |
Long term post-doctoral fellowship from the European Society of Molecular Evolution (EMBO). |
| 2004-2008 |
MSc, PhD and post-doctoral fellowships from TUBITAK, the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
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Languages: |
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Turkish, English, intermediate German, elementary Chinese, elementary Spanish, elementary French. |
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