Cemil Kerimoglu

EDUCATION

College / University

Middle East Technical University

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Molecular Biology and Genetics (Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Animal Behaviour)

Country

Turkey

Lab Experience

Techniques in molecular and cell biology and biochemistry, cell culture (bacterial, yeast and Drosophila), fluorescent microscopy, cloning and bacterial transformation, using water maze.

Projects / Research

Mar - June 2007: Project on identifying an insertion at TMEM49 gene and near miR21 gene in MCF7 cells, and its potential oncogenicity. Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, METU
Summer 2006: Project on testing temperature sensitive N-degrons in Drosophila. Dept. of Genetics, Cambridge University, UK
Jan - May 2006: Project on electrophoretic DNA mutation analysis using MEMS technology. Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, METU
Summer 2005: Project on the effects of alcohol on spatial memory and hippocampal lipid/protein profiles in Wistar rats. Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, METU

Scholarships / Awards

2007 – 2008:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
Summer 2006:	British Genetics Society Summer Studentship, UK

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am interested in the neural and molecular mechanisms underlying human cognition and behaviour. In this regard, synaptic plasticity, especially its implications in cognition (e.g. learning, memory, language), attracts my interest to a great extent. Apart from that I am also interested in the evolution of human cognition, behaviour and language. In the long term, my aim is to explain the concepts of cognitive and/or behavioural sciences in terms of molecular biology (at least contribute to that as much as possible).