Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

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.

İKÜ MOBİGEN participated in the international congress of IUBMB/FEBS/PABMB The Biochemistry Global Summit held in Lisbon, Portugal on 9-14 July 2022 by exhibiting 5 poster presentations. At the event, Dr. Assist. Prof.  Özge Rencüzoğulları, our 2021-2022 graduate students Setenay Şimal Delioğlu, Zehra Giritlioğlu and Helin Karakuş, and our senior students Kerem Yasin Yıldızhan, our third-year students İrem İnce and Yiğit Efe Aydın presented their scientific studies which they had conducted in the laboratories of our department.

Four TÜBİTAK 2209A applications for the second semester of 2021, in which the students of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Kerem Yasin Yıldızhan, Yiğit Efe Aydın, Begum Risha Güler, Muhammet Dereci, Simay Karaburnar, Aleyna Ekinci, Ebru Kılıççeker, Başak Tuana Okyay and Kübra Nur Bayraktaroğlu were the coordinators and Assist. Prof. Alp Ayan, Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları, Res. Assist. Dr. Sinan Meriç and Res. Assist. Tamer Gümüş were the advisors, were accepted.

Dr. Saber Delpasand Kabbazi from Karadeniz Technical University attended as a speaker at the conference titled "Molecular Biology and Genetic Approaches to Plants and Biotic Stress Factors" organized by the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. At the event, a comprehensive presentation was made about the current genetic approaches to counter biotic stresses in plants as well as, methods of gene transfer in plants.

“DNA Day”, which is celebrated on April 25 every year, was celebrated this year with events organized in cooperation with the Molecular Biology and Genetics Club of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and the IEEE Club. As part of the event, Günseli Bayram Akçapınar from Acıbadem University Department of Medical Biotechnology made a presentation titled "The Black Lady of DNA: Rosalind Franklin". In addition, MOBIGEN students contributed to raising awareness about the importance of DNA Day with DNA models, posters, presentations and foods with DNA figures they prepared.

The seminar titled "The Role of Biotechnology in Protection and Treatment" organized by the Department Molecular Biology and Genetics on Wednesday, 13 April 2022, made a difference with drug and vaccine studies in the COVID-19 era, Biotechnology Quality Control Manager Dr Başak Özata and Biotechnology Vaccine Project Coordinator MSc. Nilgün Özdural attended as speakers.

In the event held in Prof. Dr. Atilla Özalpan Seminar Hall on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in cooperation with the Molecular Biology and Genetics Club and the IEEE Club; Enes Bal, a 2020 graduate of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN), presented his presentation titled "From Project to Treatment (SMA and CRISPR Gene Therapy)".

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics organized a seminar titled "Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Biology and Genetics" with Assoc. Prof. Ozan Karadağlı from Mimar Sinan University, Department of Statistics, Lecturer Ali Mertcan Köse from Haliç University and Lecturer Neslihan Gökmen from Koç University as speakers. At the event held on Thursday, March 17, 2022, Lecturer Ali Mertcan Köse gave detailed information about deep and machine learning applications and off-target predictions in CRISPR/Cas9 system gene editing.

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics held a seminar titled "Weapons Against Viral Infections" as part of the "Scientific Experience" course on Monday, March 21, 2022. The event, in which Sabire Ferda Kaleağasıoğlu from İstinye University was the speaker, was held as a hybrid ( Prof. Dr.Atilla Özalpan Seminar Hall and CATS).