Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

The Founding Head of Department of the Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN) , and our very valuable professor Prof. Dr. Atilla Özalpan was commemorated with an event held on the 11th anniversary of his passing. The event, which was held on Wednesday, March 15, was attended by Prof. Dr. Cengiz Çakmak, in which he gave a speech titled “Earthquake and Philosophy”. At the event, which was attended by the former rectors of our university Prof. Dr. Tamer Koçel and Prof. Dr. Dursun Koçer, Prof. Dr. Atilla Özalpan's family and friends, faculty members, lecturers and students, Prof. Dr.

The 4th edition of the "Science-We" journal, created by the members of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Club, has been published.

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The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics held an event titled “Genetics of Cosmos” on Saturday, 10 December 2022, in which Assist. Prof. Sinan Aliş from Istanbul University, our Department of Physics postgraduate student Dilara Kaplanoğlu, and our MOBIGEN student Derya Deniz were the speakers.

The project of Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları, from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, titled "Investigation of Mirna-mediated Drug Susceptibility Targeting Hippo and Wnt Signaling Pathways in Three-Dimensional Cell Models of Gemcitabine-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer" (MOBIGEN), was granted the opportunity of monetary aid under the TÜBİTAK 1002 Rapid Support Program. We congratulate our professor and wish them good luck in their project.

Four TÜBITAK 2209-A applications for the first semester of 2022 were accepted, in which İrem İnce, Arda Güney, Sude Danışman, Miray Nur Aksalih, Emir Gönç, Seda Nur Özer, Eray Kalabalıkoğlu, Hamza Kadir Tamirci, Mehmet Eren Yorulmaz and Berkay Kahraman of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics took part as coordinators and Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları, Assist. Prof. Alp Ayan, Dr. Burcu Ayhan Şahin, and Assist. Prof. Pelin Özfiliz Kılbaş were the advisors. We congratulate our advisors and students and wish them continued success.

The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN) held a “Department Orientation Meeting” on Monday, October 3, 2022 to prepare the newly registered students for the 2022-2023 Academic Year. At the meeting where the academic staff of the department was introduced, Assist. Prof. Alp Ayan made a presentation about registering to the courses, how to use the CATS website, about the regulations and the life at the campus.

A detailed information seminar on "Occupational Health and Laboratory Biosafety Rules" was held on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, for students working in the research laboratory of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN). At the seminar given by IKU Occupational Health and Safety Specialist Cumhur Gültekin and one of the academicians in MOBIGEN Res. Assist. Sinan Meriç, the working conditions of research laboratories and the rules to be observed while working in the laboratory environment were explained in detail.

One of the academicians of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN), Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları and Assist. Prof. Pelin Özparmak Kılbaş attended the “I. International Advances in Molecular Biology Congress” as invited speakers. Our professors presented the results of their studies in the field of Molecular Biology of Cancer at the congress.

Assist. Prof. Alp Ayan, Res. Assist. Dr. Sinan Meriç and Res. Assist. Tamer, who are academicians of IKU Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN), presented the outcomes of their joint work by participating in the international “IV Balkan Agricultural Congress,” which was held on August 31- September 3, 2022, by Trakya University. In the congress, Assist. Prof Alp Ayan performed his oral presentation titled “RNA Sequencing Analysis of Salt and Drought Tolerance in Gamma-induced Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr) Mutants.”

A seminar was held in the laboratories of Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics on July 7, 2022, in which the special tricks needed to get better results by spending less time in the workflow of the Western Blotting technique, one of the most used methods in protein studies, were held.