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Date of birth and citizenship: 1979, Turkey. |
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Curriculum Vitae |
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Education and Work: |
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| 2011 - |
Post-doc. Nielsen Lab, UC Berkeley, CA, USA. |
| 2008 - 2011 |
Post-doc. Khaitovich lab, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology (PICB), Shanghai, People's Republic of China. |
| 2004 - 2008 |
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." |
| 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." |
| 1996 - 2001 |
BSc in Biology. Dept. of Biology, METU, Ankara, Turkey. |
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Research: |
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| 2008 - 2011 |
Philipp Khaitovich's Comparative Biology Group, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology (PICB), Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, Shanghai, China. Gene expression changes during development and ageing in humans and other primates. |
| 2004 - 2008 |
Michael Lachmann's Theoretical Biology Group, Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics, MPI-EVA, Leipzig, Germany. Simulation and modelling of evolution of peridiocal cicada life cycles. Analysis of age-related gene expression changes using microarray data. Analysis of genome-wide human polymorphism data. Analysis of diet-related gene expression differences between humans and chimpanzees. |
| 2001 - 2004 |
Mahinur S. Akkaya's Plant Molecular Genetics lab, Department of Chemistry, METU, Ankara, Turkey. Molecular cloning and discovery of genes involved in host-pathogen interactions (wheat stripe rust Puccinia striiformis); work on DNA extraction from ancient charred wheat samples. |
| 2000 - 2001 |
Aykut Kence's Evolutionary Genetics lab, Department of Biology, METU, Ankara, Turkey: Field work on genus Spalax (blind mole rat) from Anatolia and protein polymorphism analysis. |
| 2000 |
Eviatar Nevo's Institute of Evolution, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel: Cytogenetic and AFLP studies on population genetics of Spalax (summer practice student). |
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Research grants: |
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| 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 etc: |
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| 2011-2012 |
Post-doctoral fellowship from the European Society of Molecular Evolution. |
| 2008-2011 |
Post-doctoral fellowships from the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
| 2009 |
Post-doctoral support grant from SA-SIBS, Shanghai, China. |
| 2004-2008 |
PhD scholarship from the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany. |
| 2008 |
Grant for participation in the ESCMID Confrence on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers, June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2007 |
SMBE travel grant for participation in the 2007 SMBE Conference in Halifax, Canada. |
| 2006 |
Scholarship and travel grant from the University of Washington for participation in the 2006 Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics in Seattle, USA. |
| 2002-2003 |
MSc support grant from the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). |
| 1996-2001 |
BSc support grant from METU Student Support Society (ODTÜ Öğrenci Destekleme Derneği). |
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Languages: |
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Turkish, English, intermediate German, elementary Chinese and French. |
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