Publications
News
Oct, 2024
Our new paper entitled "Altitude shapes gut microbiome composition accounting for diet, thyroid hormone levels, and host genetics in a subterranean blind mole rat." has been accepted by Frontiers in Microbiology.
Feb, 2024
I started my post-doctoral employment in the Zoology Department of Charles University, Prague!
Jan, 2024
On January 18, 2024, I successfully defended my PhD thesis, with jury members Oleksiy Yanchukov, Faruk Çolak, Efe Sezgin, Şenol Alan, and Mehmet Somel.
Oct, 2023
Apr, 2023
July, 2023
I had an oral presentation at the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium of Türkiye.
Apr, 2023
I got the WAME research exchange Grant! I will be working at Charles University in Prague for 3 months (24 April - 8 May 2023) on the 18S diet dataset of my Ph.D. Study.
Host Supervisor: Jakub Kreisinger
Apr, 2023
Our new paper entitled "The Microbiota of Long-Living And Cancer-Free Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) from the Edge of its Distribution in Northern Anatolia" is submitted to Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Ankara Series C Biology.
Aug, 2022
I had a poster presentation in ESEB2022.
May, 2022
I got the EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant! I will be working at the Laboratory of Evolutionary Interactions of Holobionts, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences for 3 months (June - September 2022) on 16s amplicon sequencing, from wet lab procedures to bioinformatic analysis.
Host Supervisor: Dagmar Čížková
February, 2022
Our team organized a workshop entitled "Rad Sequencing: From library preparation to data analysis". As part of our TUBITAK 1001 project. Partly supported by EkoEvo.
January, 2022
I applied to EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants to work on 16s amplicon sequencing, from wet lab procedures to bioinformatic analysis. Project title: "Variation in the composition of gut microbiota of Anatolian Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) across the altitude gradient".
March, 2021
New project entitled "The effect of the altitude on microbiome composition of Anatolian Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) in Central Taurus mountains" officially started. TUBITAK 1002
August, 2020
I won the "EkoEvo Student Awards; Best International Publication Award".
February, 2020
I had a poster presentation in Zoologıcké Dny 6-7 February 2020, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
February, 2020
New project entitled "The complete, genome-wide phylogenetic history of speciation and adaptive radiation in Blind Mole Rats (Spalax and Nannospalax) in their entire distribution range" officially started. TUBITAK 1001
February, 2020
Our new paper entitled "Altitudinal effects on innate immune response of a subterranean rodent" is published by Zoological Science Journal.
DOI: 10.2108/zs190067
December, 2019
I finished my MSc. Thesis title: "Altitudinal Effects on Innate Immune Response and Local Population Genetic Structure of Nannospalax xanthodon (Anatolian Blind Mole Rat)".
August, 2019
Our new paper entitled "Altitudinal effects on innate immune response of a subterranean rodent" is accepted by Zoological Science Journal.
July, 2019
I had a poster presentation in EEBST 2019.
May, 2019
I visited İlia State University, Georgia to present my study and work on their molecular lab for analyze my samples.
October, 2018
I had a oral presentation in Subterranean Rodent Workshop, VII. EGSM.
September, 2018
I started my Erasmus internship at Bielefeld University, Germany.
July, 2018
I had a poster presentation in EEBST 2018.
January, 2018
I started Master's education in Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University.
September, 2017
I completed my bachelor's at the Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Türkiye.