January 2018
My first thesis progress commitee meeting
My first thesis progress commitee meeting
Biacore T200 SPR biosensor (GE Healthcare Life Sciences): 8-10 August 2017, Sabanci University
AKTA pure chromatography system (GE Healthcare Life Sciences): July 2017, Sabanci University
Presented my thesis proposal in front of the thesis progress commitee.
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Sabanci University for:
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
Officially a PhD candidate for the faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences @Sabanci University, after successfully passing the PhD qualifying exams!
I come from a very little town of a beautiful region in the south-east of Italy. Alberobello is a remarkable place, UNESCO site since 1996. It is visited by thousands of tourists every year because of our typical houses known as Trulli, but also for the fantastic location between the quiet breezy hills and the sea coast as well as for the amazing food and wines. In case you plan a visit, please contact: https://www.airbnb.it/rooms/14495123
I grew up in a big family and I have 4 little nephews. I lived also in Lecce and in Bologna where I still keep sweet memories with flatmates and friends of my university years.
I moved to Istanbul in 2013. I love the city, I live between the university campus and the house that I share with my lifemate Ozan.
I visited Brighton (UK) 3 times during 2016 and I grew fond of this place because it looks to me like a concentrate of the entire world in a little slice of it.
I like good food, live music and popular science books. I am fascinated by space exploration and I occasionally stargaze. When I am at home I like to bake, looking after my plants, watching sci-fi tv series and to play drums.