Academic Experience
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Sabanci University for:
- Cell Biology (BIO332) Fall 2018
- Biological Function and Structure/Structural Biology (BIO304/BIO 532) Spring 2018
- Science of Nature I (NS101) 2014 – 2017
Facilitator for Academic Practices and Development (GR501) graduate course at Sabanci University, Fall 2017
Articles, Conference Posters and Presentations
2014: Design of target specific transcription activator-like effectors by free energy perturbation calculations. S.Piepoli, B.Erman, C.Atılgan
– 2. International BAU Drug Design Congress -Bahçeşehir University Istanbul, TR, April
– Biophysical Society Modeling of Biomolecular Systems Interactions, Dynamics, and Allostery Meeting, Istanbul, TR, September
– 2. MC COST Action CM1306 Meeting, Visegrád, HU, September
2015: Analysis on Target specific Transcription Activator-like Effectors by Free Energy Perturbation Calculations and Perturbation-Response Scanning. S.Piepoli, B.Erman, C.Atılgan
– 22. Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR, June
Analysis of TALE and its Specific Target DNA Interactions by Free Energy Perturbation Calculations and Perturbation-Response Scanning. S.Piepoli, B.Erman, C.Atılgan
– 3. International BAU Drug Design Congress -Bahçeşehir University Istanbul, TR, October
2016:Thermodynamical Constraints Determine the Position Preferences of Critical Amino Acids in TALE DNA Binding Proteins. S.Piepoli, B.Erman, C.Atılgan (to be submitted)
– 23. Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR, June (invited speaker)
Characterization of PATZ1 protein structure and its interaction with the tumor suppressor protein p53. S.Piepoli
– The FEBS Journal Special Issue for the 41st FEBS Congress, September (scheduled)
– COST CM1306 Workshop “Lights, Mixing, Action!” Porto, PT, October
2017: The protein structure of the PATZ1 BTB domain reveals new functions.S.Piepoli, A.Alt, E.Mancini, C.Atilgan, B.Erman
– MolBiyoKon’17, 5th International Congress of the Molecular Biology Association of Turkey, Istanbul, Boğaziçi University, September (poster)
– 5. International BAU Drug Design Congress -Bahçeşehir University Istanbul, TR, October
2018: Function from structure: PATZ1 BTB domain. S. Piepoli, B. Erman, E. Mancini, A. Alt, C. Atilgan (3rd Best Poster Award)
– COST CM1306 4th International Scientific Meeting, Zagreb, HR, March
– 3 Minutes Thesis (3MT) Competition: “Crystals are a girl’s best friend”. Sabanci University, Istanbul, TR, May
– MolBiyoKon’18, 6th International Congress of the Molecular Biology Association of Turkey, Izmir, Biomedicine and Genome Center, September (selected short talk)
2019: Function from Structure: The BTB domain in PATZ1. S. Piepoli
– FENS Research Day, Sabanci University, TR, February (selected speaker)
Additional information
- Registered User for beamtime at Diamond Light Source since July 2016.
- Invited speaker at the 23. Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul Technical University, Ayazağa Kampüsü, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2016
- Participant in the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Project – CM1306 Action, since September 2014. cost.eu
- Certificate of Completion of all required training and internship for the Teaching Scholars Residency Program at Sabanci University during 2014-2015 academic year.
- TOEFL score: 109, July 2014