Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Three "TUBITAK 2209-A" project applications of our Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN) students and our advisors were entitled to be supported within the scope of the 2nd semester of 2023. We congratulate our students and advisors and wish them continued success.

1) The project titled "Comparison of Imidazolinone (IMI) Herbicide Tolerant Varieties with Turkish Paddy Varieties According to Acetolactate Synthase Gene Expression Profiles" will be conducted by Ece Sezerler and Eylül Koç (Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Alp Ayan).

Our postgraduate student Dilara Kazancı from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics participated in the "4th International Aegean Scientific Research Symposium" with an oral presentation titled "Development of a gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer cell line and its examination in three-dimensional cell forms", which includes the results of her thesis study conducted under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları. Our student's work was accepted as a full text paper in the congress booklet.

A presentation, explaining the activities of TTO to the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBİGEN), was made by İKÜ Technology Transfer Office Manager Cüneyt Genç, TTO Deputy Director Alparslan Güzey, University-Industry Cooperation Expert Dr.

The Founding Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBİGEN), our esteemed teacher Prof. Dr. Atilla Özalpan was commemorated with the event held on the 12th year of his passing away. The event, which was held on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, was attended by two of the previous rectors of our university, Member of the Board of Trustees Prof. Dr Tamer Koçel and Prof. Dr Dursun Koçer, Head of the Department of Physics, with their speeches titled "An Organization Story: Molecular Biology and Genetics". 

The project titled "Determination of DNA Methylation Profiles of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] Boron Transport Genes under Boron Stress", led by Assist. Prof. Sinan Meriç from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBİGEN), was deemed entitled to receive funds with the call code 223Z207 as a part of the "TÜBİTAK 1002-A Rapid Support Module".  We congratulate the IKU faculty member and wish them further success in their project.

Ayşe Simay Metin, our post-graduate student from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, participated in the 3rd International Congress on Scientific Advances (ICONSAD'23) with an oral presentation titled "Investigation of the Effect of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in A-498 Renal Cell Carcinoma Cell Line with Increased STAT5 Expression", which includes the results of her thesis study conducted under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları. We congratulate our advisor and our student and wish them continued success.

Ebrar Karakaya, a master’s student of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, participated in the Ankara IX International Scientific Research Congress with an oral presentation titled "Examination of the effects of oleandrin on HEPG2 Liver cancer cell line", which includes the results gathered from the thesis study carried out under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları. We congratulate the supervisor and the master’s student and wish them further success.

A webinar event was held with the joint efforts of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBİGEN) and the Library and Documentation department, about the scientific research and educational resource platform JOVE, on Thursday, December 7, 2023.  Curriculum Specialist and a representative of the JOVE platform , Melita Parlak participated in the event as a speaker.  In the event, in which the IKU Head of Library and Documentation Department Yasemin Balcı and the Deputy Head Senem Güneysu also participated as speakers, extensive information was given on accessing JOVE res

A seminar titled "Alternative Methods in the Treatment of Bacterial Infections" was held by the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics on Friday, November 17, 2023. Dr. Nazlı Ataç from Koç University İş Bankası Infectious Diseases Center, attended the event as a speaker offering in-depth information about new generation of study strategies in infectious diseases.

A seminar on "Occupational Health and Laboratory Biosafety Rules" was held on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, for students conducting their projects in the research laboratory of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBİGEN). In the seminar given by İKÜ Occupational Health and Safety Specialist Cumhur Gültekin and Assist. Prof. Sinan Meriç from MOBİGEN, the working conditions of research laboratories and the rules that are to be followed when working in a laboratory were explained in detail.