Yusuf Talha Tamer

• § M.Sc. in Biological Sciences and Bioengineering with a CGPA of 3.81/4.00

Sept 2007 – June 2012           Middle East Technical University                              Ankara, Turkey

n  B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics with a CGPA of 3.02/4.00

• § As a Master Student in Biological Sciences department in Toprak Laboratory: To analyse the random mutation rate of bacterial genome under beta-lactam antibiotic stress and to clarify the mechanism of antibiotic resistance with the help of genomic studies.

Oct 2011 – June 2012            Middle East Technical University                              Ankara, Turkey

n  Senior project student in SON’s lab in Biological Sciences Laboratory: Modeling, Aligning and Clustering of G-protein Coupled Receptors found in literature by using computational tools and algorithms. Also we design a new alignment method for GPCRs to increase the efficiency of homology modeling.

n  Volunteer undergraduate researcher in Tekinay’s Lab in National Institute of Material Science and Nanotechnology: The first part of this project is to clean up detergents and their derivatives from aqueous environments by using newly isolated bacteria for using in detergent bioremediation, and the second part is applying this solution to solve the problem of a Turkish glassware producing company. This project is a pioneer in our country for solving industrial problems by biotechnological ways. Novelties of our project are isolation of novel bacteria species for biodegradation of detergents and the use of FT-IR spectroscopy to observe the effects of detergents on bacterial cells. Also we have studied the biofilm formation of some bacterial species and monitored them with Scanning Electron Microscopy.

n  Summer scholar student in Ozpolat’s Lab: Studying on targeting of EF2K and HTR1 signaling as a novel therapy for Melanoma.

n  Blotting Techniques (esp. Western Blotting)

n  Cell Culture Studies (esp. in transformed cells, bacterial cell cultures)

n  Chromatographic Techniques (Paper, Ion Exchange, Size Exclusion)

n  Electrophoretic Techniques (SDS-PAGE, Native-PAGE, Agarose Gel)

n  FACS (Fluorescence-activated cell sorting)

n  Monitoring Techniques (SEM)

n  Spectrophotometric Methods (FTIR, GC-MS, UV & UV-Vis Spectrophotometry)

n  PCR techniques (qRT-PCR, RT-PCR, PCR)

n  Prof. Dr. Osman Ugur Sezerman, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Dept., Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, ugur@sabanciuniv.edu

n  Assistant Prof. Dr. Deniz Sezer, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Dept, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, dsezer@sabanciuniv.edu

n  Assistant Prof. Dr. Cagdas Devrim Son, Biological Sciences& Bioinformatics Dept., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, cson@bio.metu.edu