EDUCATION
2017-2022 P.h.D Degree, University Of Cambridge (United Kingdom), Department of Genetics, Cahir O’KANE Lab
2013-2016- Master's Degree, Istanbul Technical University, (Turkey), Department of Molecular Biology And Genetics, Eda Tahir TURANLI Lab
2012 (6 Months), ERASMUS Exchange, University Of Roskilde, (Denmark), Department of Molecular Biology
2008-2012- BSc Degree, ISTANBUL University, (Turkey), Faculty of Sciences-Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
PROJECTS-Past and present
2017- PhD Project— Role of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) Proteins in Organization of Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and ER-mitochondria Contacts in Drosophila
2013-2016-Master Project—Investigation of Notch Signalling Pathway Proteins as Potential Biomarkers for Differentiating Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Subtypes
2013-2015-Research Project— Investigation of antioxidant, anti-cancer, and antimicrobial effects of Eremurus spectabilis' extracts on Human PC-3 cell line.
2013-2015-Research Project— Investigation of Bing l's Propolis effects against the oxidative stress induced by homocysteine in human brain microvascular endothelial cells.
2012-2012-Bachelor’s Project—Identification of miR-29a targets in mitochondrial DNA. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270882489_Identification_of_miR- 29a_targets_in_mitochondrial_DNA
PUBLICATIONS
Öztürk Z, O’Kane CJ and P rez-Moreno JJ (2020) Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum Dynamics and Its Roles in Neurodegeneration. Front. Neurosci. 14:48. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00048
Zeynep Tuzcu, Gulden Koclar, Can Ali Agca, Gurkan Aykutoglu, Gokhan Dervisoglu, Musa Tartik, Ekrem Darendelioglu, Zeynep öztürk, Bulent Kaya, Kazim Sahin, Antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer effects of different extracts from wild edible plant eremurus spectabilis leaves and roots. Int J Clin Exp Med 2017;10(3):4787-4797
JOB EXPERIENCE and SHORT TERM VISITS
Part Time Research Assistant-Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK-O’Kane Lab, 01.12.202-Present
Teaching and Mentoring-Genetics, Genome editing, Mentoring in silico projects on genetic variants pathogenecity, https://www.horizoninspires.com/instructors, 16/07/2020-Present
Teaching-Biotechnology and Genetics Course, Neuroscience Course, Oxford Summer Courses- https://oxfordsummercourses.com (UK),01/07/2019-01/09/2021
Research Assistant- Bingol University-Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics- Turkey,17/04/2013-07/04/2017
Summer visit, University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, UK, 11/07/2011-20/09/2011
Summer visit , TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Gene Engineering Institute,–Molecular biology Lab,Kocaeli, Turkey,09/08/2010-10/09/2010
Summer visit, The Hospital of Memorial-In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Lab, Istanbul,Turkey,01/07/2010-20/08/2010
