07/1994 – 08/1994: Basic techniques in molecular biology; summer internship supervised by Prof. George Simirnov, Dept of Microbiology, Gamelia Institute, Moscow, Russia
1998 – 1999: Techniques in biochemistry: chromatography, in vitro translation, in vitro enzyme kinetics supervised by Prof. Nes‘e Bilgin, Dept of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Projects / Research
1999 – 2000: Tetracycline inhibits EF-G function in vitro, supervised by Prof. Nes‘e Bilgin, Dept.of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (Project is finished and will be published)
Scholarships / Awards
2000:
Giving a seminar on inhibition of EF-G function by tetracycline in vitro; invited by K. H. Nierhaus, ribosome group, MPI for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
1999:
Organizing committee member in European Meeting on Elongation Factors, Antalya, Turkey
1995 – 1997:
TUBITAK undergraduate scholarship
1995 – 2000:
Turkish Education Foundation undergraduate scholarship
1995:
Bronze medal in 6th Biology Olympiad, Bangkok, Thailand
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS
Undergraduate project with Prof. Nes'e Bilgin: biochemical techniques such as purification methods using chromatography -column, paper, TLC, HPLC-, in vitro enzyme kinetics. Finished project on inhibition of EF-G by tetracycline. After my graduation from two majors (molecular biology and chemistry) I decided to work on structural biology and biochemistry.
