Group Leader
Prof. Ibrahim Halil Kavakli
Principal Investigator
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Email: hkavakli@ku.edu.tr
Office: Z46
Phone: +90 212 338 1708
Assoc. Prof. Ibrahim Baris
Lab Manager
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
E-mail: ibaris@ku.edu.tr
Office: Z46
Phone: +90 212 338 1709
PhD Students
Mubeccel Cisel Kemahli Aytekin
BSc. Biology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
MSc. Biology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Saliha Surme
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc. Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul Arel University, Turkey
Research Subject: Characterization of small organic molecules that regulate the Cryptochrome and Period interaction in Circadian clock.
Begüm Baybalı
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc. Chemical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
Research Subject: Discovery of small organic drug candidates
Onur Ozcan
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc. Bioinformatics and Genetics, Kadir Has University, Turkey.
Research Subject: Discovery of small organic drug candidates which inhibit the breakdown of Cryptochrome (CRY) protein for treatment of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
MSc Students
Ufuk Can Solmaz
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc Biology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Research Subject: Identification of small molecules stabilizing the CRYPTOCHROME in the mammalian circadian clock
Seden Nadire Efenti
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc. Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
Research Subject: Identification and characterization CRY’s SNPs
Zeynep Melis Gül
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc. Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici University, Turkey
Research Subject: Identification of new molecules regulate circadian clock
Safak Isin
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc. Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul University, Turkey
Research Subject: Identification of new molecules regulate circadian clock
Melis Çelik
B.Sc Koç University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Department of Psychology
Research Subject: Identification of new genes regulate circadian clock
Başak Velioğlu
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc. Molecular Biology and Genetics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Research Subject:
Gizem Çağla Parlak
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
BSc.Molecular Biology and Genetics,Koç University Turkey
Research Subject: Cryptochrome/Photolyase family in red algae, Cyanidioschyzon merolae
Undergraduate
Hazar Ulusoy
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Irem Bilir
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Baris Cakilkaya
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Department of Chemistry
Mehmet Cagan Haksal
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Nergis Ibrahim
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Graduated)
Department of Chemistry
Alumni
PhD Alumni
Dr. Şeref Gül, Assistant Professor at İstanbul University in Biology Department.
Dr. Sibel Çal-Kayıtmazbatır, Postdoc at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA
Dr. Mehmet Tardu, Assistant Professor at İstanbul University in Biology Department.
Dr. Ayse Bengisu Seferoğlu, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Hande Asimgil, Postdoctoral Researcher at Universität München, Germany
Dr. Ehsan Sarayloo, Postdoc at Koc University School of Medicine
Dr. Selma Bulut, Biotechnology Specialist , Deva Holding
Dr. Hande Morgil, Lecturer in the Department of Biology at İstanbul University
Postdoc Alumni
Dr. Gülnaz Tatlıcı, Associate Prof in the Forensic Science Program at Alabama State University
Dr. Cihan Aydın, Assistant Prof in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at İstanbul Medeniyet University
Dr. Şule Özdaş, Assistant Prof in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at İstanbul Bilim University
Dr. Tuba Korkmaz, lecturer in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Doğuş University
MSc Alumni
Dr. Aytug Tuncel, Assistant Prof in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Koc University
Dr. Işıl Tulum, Assistant Prof in the Department of Biology at Istanbul University
Dr. Onur Öztaş, Assistant Prof in the department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Koç University University
Çağla Çakmak, PhD student at University of Cologne, Germany
Bilge Bahar Çamur, PhD student at University of Minnesota, USA
Çağla Ergün, PhD student at Queensland University of Technology, Austriala
Uğrur Meriç Dikbaş, PhD student at University of British Columbia, Canda
Yağmur Umay Doruk, Research Specialist, University of California San Francisco, USA
Derya Kabacaoglu, International Max Plank Research School for Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich
Berke Gurkan, Amsterdam UMC, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Nederland
Dr. Eylem Kulkoyluoglu-Cotul, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gulsum Elif Muku, PhD Student at Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dr. Meric Ataman, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Ibrahim Gur, Senior Scientist in Biotech Company, Osaka- Japan
Bilal Cakir, Postdoctoral Researcher at Yale University School of Medicine,USA
Dr. Onur Dagliyan, Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University School of Medicine,USA
Dr. Kaan Koper, postdoctoraal research associate University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Dr. Natali Ozber, PhD Student at Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dr. Muhittin Emre Ozdemir, Researcher at Novo Nordisk, Denmark
Yusuf Can Gerçek, PhD student in the Department of Biology at İstanbul University
Yiğit Sabri Ünlü, PhD student in the Department of Biology at İstanbul University