Damla Temel

EDUCATION

College / University

Middle East Technical University

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Country

Turkey

Lab Experience

Molecular cloning techniques, Mammalian cell culture and transfection, FRET, Confocal microscopy, Sanger sequencing, Molecular modeling methods

Projects / Research

2018 – 2019: “Targeting linked fluorescent proteins (EGFP and mCherry) to various organelles using signal peptides to compare FRET efficiencies.”, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, METU
06/2018 – 08/2018: “Clustering of Olfactory Receptors based on docking positions of ligands”, Laboratory of Computational Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Scholarships / Awards

2019 – 2020:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2018 – 2019:	ADIMODTÜ Undergraduate Research Project Grant
2018:	ERASMUS + Traineeship Grant

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My current scientific interests include protein-protein interactions, cell signaling as well as molecular modeling. I would like to enhance my molecular biology knowledge, improve my practical skills and combine them with computational biology techniques.