Project Coordinator, March – September 2021 Investigation on the Ecology and Evolution Curriculums in Undergraduate Education in the Turkish Universities, The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Society of Turkey
Project Assistant, 2015 – 2017 Investigating Three Cetacean Species; Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821), Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) Living in Turkish Seas by Using Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)(BAP Project no: 51782), Istanbul, Turkey
Project Assistant, 2015 – 2017 Investigating the Genetic Structure of Three Small Cetacean Species; Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821), Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) living in Turkish Waters “CetaGen Project” (TUBITAK Project no: 114Y568), Istanbul, Turkey
Awareness Exhibition Assistant, 2014 Marine Litter in European Seas- Social Awareness and Co-Responsibility (MARLISCO) Project, Awareness Exhibition Assistant, Istanbul, Turkey
Biology Teacher, 2011 Hosdere Etude Center, Ankara, Turkey,
Education
Ph.D., Marine Biology, 2020 Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
MSc., Biology, 2012 Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey
MSc., Hydro Biology, 2010 Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
BSc., Biology, 2004 Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Publications
Articles
Tonay M.A., Karaman K., Dede A., Öztürk A.A., Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Uzun B., Meray Y., Deval C., Öztürk A.A., Bilgin R. 2022. Genetic investigation on Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris on the coast of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, based on mtDNA sequences, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom - JMBA (In press.).
Tonay M.A., Uzun B., Dede A., Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Sandıkçı U., Öztürk A.A., Bilgin R. 2022. Genetic structure of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Turkish waters based on mtDNA sequences, Mitochondrial DNA Part A (In press.).
Uzun B., Tonay M.A., Dede A., Öztürk A.A., Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Bilgin S., Öztürk B., Bilgin R. 2022. Genetic Investigation on the Population Structure of the Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) Living in Turkish Waters (In prep.).
Tonay M.A., Uzun B., Dede A., Öztürk A.A., Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Bilgin S., Öztürk B., Bilgin R. 2020. Population genetic structure of the short-beaked common dolphin from Black Sea and the Turkish Straits System, Mitochondrial DNA Part A, vol. 31, issue 6, pp. 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2020.1788008.
Tonay M.A., Uzun B., Öztürk A.A., Dede A., Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Bilgin S., Öztürk B., Bilgin R. 2016. Preliminary study on population structure of the short‐beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Turkish Seas based on mtDNA sequences. 1st International Workshop Conservation and research networking on short‐beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Mediterranean Sea. Ischia, Italy, 13 - 15 April 2016, pp.38-40pp.
Fernandes, I., Uzun, B., Pascoal, C., Cassio, F. 2009. Responses of Aquatic Fungal Communities on Leaf Litter to Temperature-Change Events. International Review of Hydrobiology, vol. 94, issue 4, pp. 410-418.
Oral Presentations
Tonay M.A., Uzun B., Dede A., Danyer E., Aytemiz Danyer I., Öztürk A.A., et al. 2018. Genetic structure of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Turkish waters based on mtDNA sequences. 5th Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium , Izmir, Turkey, July 18-20, vol.5, pp.20-21.
Uzun B., Tonay M.A., Dede A., Danyer E., Aytemiz Danyer I., Öztürk A.A., et al. 2018. Genetic investigation on the population structure of the harbour porpoises living in Turkish waters by double digest restriction associated DNA (ddRAD) sequencing. 32nd Conference of European Cetacean Society, La Spezia, Italy, April 6-10, 2018, vol.32, pp.79.
Uzun, B., Tonay, A.M., Dede, A., Öztürk, A.A., Öztürk, B., Bilgin, R. 2017. Population Genetic Structure of Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Turkish Waters, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, Turkey, July 11-13, 2017.
Tonay M.A., Dede A., Öztürk A.A, Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Uzun B., et al. 2016. “Cetacean Strandings Monitoring Studies on the Turkish Western Black Sea Coast During 2003-2016", 1st National Seas Monitoring and Evaluation Symposium, Ankara, Turkey, December 21-23, 2016, pp 156-159.
Ozkan E., Uzun B., Soysal M. I., Ozkorkmaz Gokalp E., Togan I, PrP Gene Based Scrapie Susceptibility In Native Turkish Sheep: Do We Need To Introduce A Breeding Programme To Select For Resistance To Scrapie In Turkey? 8th Rare Breed International (RBI), Global Conference on the Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources, Tekirdag, Turkey, October 4-8, 2011.
Fernandes, I., Uzun, B., Pascoal, C., Cassio, F. Responses of Aquatic Fungal Communities on Leaf Litter to Temperature-Change Events, 5th Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters (PLPF) Congress, Coimbra, Portugal, July 22- 25, 2008
Poster Presentations
Tonay, A.M., Karaman, K., Dede, A., Danyer, E., Aytemiz Danyer, I., Uzun, B., Meray, Y., Deval, C., Ozturk Amaha, A., Bilgin, R. 2019. Genetic investigation on Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris on the coast of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, based on mtDNA sequences. World Marine Mammal Conference, December 9-12, 2019, Barcelona, Abstract Book: 437.
Uzun B., Tonay M.A., Dede A., Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Bilgin S., Öztürk, A.A., Öztürk, B., Bilgin, R. 2017. "Do we need to conserve the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) population in the Marmara Sea separately? ", 31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Middelfart, Denmark, April 29 – May 3, 2017, pp.154-154.
Tonay M.A., Uzun B., Dede A., Danyer E., Aytemiz Danyer I., Öztürk A.A., Bilgin S., Öztürk, B., Bilgin, R. 2017. "Genetic investigation on the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Turkish seas based on mtDNA sequences", 31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Middelfart, Denmark, April 29 – May 3, 2017, pp.181-181.
Tonay M.A., Uzun B., Öztürk A.A., Dede A., Danyer E., Aytemiz I., Bilgin S., Öztürk, B., Bilgin, R. 2016. "Preliminary study on population structure of the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Turkish Seas based on mtDNA sequences. ", 1st International Workshop Conservation and research networking on short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Mediterranean Sea, Ischia, Italy, April, 13-15 2016, pp.38-40.
Tonay, A.M., Uzun, B., Dede, A., Danyer, E., Aytemiz, I., Bilgin, S., Öztürk, A.A., Öztürk, B., Bilgin, R. 2016. A preliminary genetic investigation on the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Turkish seas based on mtDNA sequences. 30th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Madeira, Portugal, 121p.
Uzun, B., Tonay, A.M., Dede, A., Danyer, E., Aytemiz, I., Bilgin, S., Öztürk, A.A., Öztürk, B., Bilgin, R. 2016. Population genetic structure of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in Turkish waters-What does mtDNA control region say? 30th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Madeira, Portugal, 236p.
Uzun B., Tonay A.M., Öztürk A.A., Bilgin, R. 2015. Genetic Structure of Harbour Porpoises in the Black Sea and Adjacent Waters – Where Do We Stand Now? 29th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society (ECS), Malta, Malta, March 23-25, 2015
Uzun B., Ozkan E., Ozkorkmaz Gokalp E., Soysal M. I., Togan I. 2011. Surveillance of Prion Protein (PrP) Gene Polymorphisms in Turkish native sheep breeds, Biology Day, Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, May 26, 2011
Grants & Awards
Full Grant (Registration Fee, Accommodation and Travel Expenses) in “Blue Mission” Training Course, November 11- 17, 2017, Piran, Slovenia
Partial scholarship in IOI Training Course, 2016, Malta
Special SUPPORT to Contributors in ECS Conference, Madeira, March14-16, 2016
29th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society (ECS) Student Grant, March 23-25, 2015, Malta Universidad Internacional Menedez Pelayo Fellow Committee Full Grant (Registration Fee, Accommodation and Meal Expenses), September 1-5, 2014, Valencia, Spain
Middle East Technical University Graduate Courses Performance Award, 2010-2011 Academic Year, Ankara, Turkey
