Projects Presentation Program
Day 1 : June 8, 2023
Location : B Conference
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 08:50- 09:00 | Opening speech | |
| Session 1 | Advisor: Elif Eren | |
| 09:00- 09:15 | Ece Çoban | Multifunctional components of innate immunity: antimicrobial peptides as potential therapeutic agents |
| 09:15- 09:30 | Mohamad Chafia | The significance of mRNA modifications in the immune system, infection and pathology development |
| 09:30- 09:45 | Sara Mandou | The regulation of cell death mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases |
| 09:45- 10:00 | Sena Tuana Yaman | The interplay between major depressive disorder, immune system and gut microbiota: insights for novel treatment approaches |
| Session 2 | Advisor: Zeynep Tacer | |
| 10:00- 10:15 | Sevil Dursun | The use of tissue engineering as a novel method for the treatment of asherman’s syndrome-related infertility |
| 10:15- 10:30 | Yağmur Nergiz | Use of phenolic components in herbal treatments in non-alcohol liver disease: views from network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 -11:00 | Serra Nur Demiral | Are amyloid-beta and tau sufficient biomarkers to enable early diagnosis in alzheimer's disease ? |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Talal Alkhalily | Genetically engineered crops and glyphosate |
| Session 3 | Advisor: Merve Seven | |
| 11:15- 11:30 | Ilayda Balkan | Importance of calcium in plants |
| 11:30- 11:45 | Gizel Gerdan | Role of aquaporins in arabidopsis thaliana and sorghum bicolor at calcium homeostasis |
| 11:45- 12:00 | Tylla A | Polymorphism in aquaporin gene families and their contribution to role differentiation |
| 12:00- 12:15 | Leyla Ümit Laçin | Enhancing production of plant volatile organic compound sesquiterpene through stress treatment and metabolic engineering |
| 12:15- 12:30 | Jan Örs | Transcription factor involvement in synthesis of phenolic secondary metabolites in berries |
| Lunch Break |
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 4 | Advisor: Cemalettin Bekpen | |
| 13:30- 13:45 | Bariş Çağlar | Epıgenetıc clock of agıng: can we reverse agıng by targetıng the epıgenetıc changes? |
| 13:45- 14:00 | Ayşe Ayben Kakıcı | Huntıngton’s dısease and ıt’s relatıonshıp wıth agıng |
| 14:00- 14:15 | Fatma Simge Su | Relation of resveratrol with age related mechanisms and effect on biological role model organisms |
| 14:15- 14:30 | Mohammad Saeed Alsaiyed | Predıctıng proteın structure from sequence data usıng aı & machıne learnıg models |
| Session 5 | Advisor: Sezai Türkel | |
| 14:30- 14:45 | Ece Hasdemir | Exploring the significance of human mitochondrial genome and proteome in health and disease: an overview of control mechanisms and mitochondria-nucleus interactions. |
| 14:45- 15:00 | Armaghan Moradi | Huntıngton’s dısease and ıt’s relatıonshıp wıth agıng |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| 15:15- 15:30 | Damla Sayan | Unraveling the biological functions of carbonic anhydrase enzymes in humans: from biological functions to cancer development |
| 15:30- 15:45 | Deniz Ayma Kurt | Effect of calorie restriction on longevity and aging |
| 15:45- 16:00 | Arya Su Araz | Molecular mechanisms of aging and its effects on human health |
| 16:00- 16:15 | Efe çalik | Amyloid and prion diseases. Understanding the molecular mechanisms, pathogenesis, and treatment strategies |
| Session 6 | Advisor: Müge Kesici | |
| 16:15- 16:30 | Selin Batur | Histone modifications of plants under abiotic stress |
| 16:30- 16:45 | Masoud Al Shalah | Gene editing in plants: crispr/cas9 technology |
| 16:45- 17:00 | Sinem Tuğçe Aytekin | Plant decellularization |
| 17:00- 17:15 | Begüm Nisa Kasaplı | Space, a challenging habitat: a review of recent experiments about microgravit |
| 17:15- 17:30 | Closing remarks |
Day 2 : June 9, 2023
Location : Fazil say
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Advisor: Cemalettin Bekpen | |
| 09:00- 09:15 | Selin Altunkara | Cellular senescence: an example of antagonıstıc pleıotropy or not? |
| 09:15- 09:30 | Melis Canbay | Problems of agıng bıomarkers through age-related gene expression changes: a case of p16 |
| 09:30- 09:45 | Doğukan Yıldız | Aging in focus: unraveling the significance of the p66shc protein in aging |
| 09:45- 10:00 | Asli Özge Özkul | Comparative aging in the brain between naked mole rat and human |
| Session 2 | Advisor: Sezai Türkel | |
| 10:00 -10:15 | Filiz Akın | Circadian rhythms: its importance in health and research |
| 10:15- 10:30 | Jülide Ceren Yılmaz | Stem cell, organoid biology and their clinical applications |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45- 11:00 | Suleiman Al-Othman | Smc complexes as a dna loop extruding enzymes |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Öykü Gümüş | Molecular mechanisms of trinucleotide repeat expansion and its significance in human health and diseases. |
| 11:15- 11:30 | Elif Aydın | The interaction between chronological and replicative lifespan in different saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. |
| 11:30- 11:45 | Yağmur Ekin Ünsal | Mitochondrial dynamics and aging in human. |
| Session 3 | Advisor: Muge Kesici | |
| 11:45- 12:00 | İdil Kara | The ımportance and taxonomic classification of bsh enzyme in lactobacillus |
| 12:00- 12:15 | Ecem Akbaş | Rna ınterference applications for ımprovement in agri-foods |
| 12:15- 12:30 | Irem Atuntaş | Nitrogen fixing bacteria |
| Lunch Break |
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 4 | Advisor: Zeynep Tacer | |
| 13:30- 13:45 | Uğur Ersöz | Investigation of the relationship between cyp1a2 genotypes, caffeine metabolism and enhanced sports performance: a genetic based approach to optimal caffeine consumption practices for a healthy sports lifestyle in university students & young-adult turkish population |
| 13:45- 14:00 | Damla Sivri | Gene relations for future therapeutic treatments of tga (transposition of the great arteries) |
| 14:15- 14:30 | Selin Su Karakol | Development of biosensors and their potential application in the early diagnosis of breast cancer utilizing the magnetophoretic technique |
| 14:30- 14:45 | Layali Dhafer | Crıspr/cas9 gene editing: emerging tool in hemophilia treatment |
| 14:45- 15:00 | Bahar Güngördü | The role of biosensors in early diagnosis of diabetes: current trends and future perspectives |
| 15:00- 15:15 | Nooran Agha | Gene therapy for treating depression-like and anxiety-like behaviors |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| Session 5 | Advisor: Elif Eren | |
| 15:30- 15:45 | Beyza Uludağ | Comprehensive approach to familial mediterrenaen fever: from pathogenesis to new treatment strategies |
| 15:45- 16:00 | Burçin Kanalmaz | Role of innate immunity in hpv infections leading to bacterial vaginosis and cervical cancer |
| 16:00- 16:15 | Hor Loubani | Immunoscenescence |
| Session 6 | Advisor: Merve Seven | |
| 16:15- 16:30 | Beray Yeğin | Cytochrome p450 protein for engineering herbicide tolerance |
| 16:30- 16:45 | Sulaiman Allawi | Lignification of maize roots during growth and drought |
| 16:45- 17:00 | Nisa Nazlı Akın | Beta-glucanase engineering for improved activity |
| 17:00- 17:15 | Tuana Karadağ | Cell wall polymer o-acetylation and role in stress adaptation |
| 17:15- 17:30 | Jury deliberation | |
| 17:30- 18:30 | Closing remarks and best project awards |
Presentation Style:
For practical reason we have decided to reduce the timing for presentations. You should present your project within 10 minutes and 5 minutes for questions. This will be strictly applied. Meaning that the supervisor will stop the presentation if the timing exceed. Please be careful and practice to get the timing of presentation exact.
Evaluation
Evaluations of the Seminar Presentations; Each advisor independently will evaluate seminar presentations from each students in a scale of :
- Very Good
- Good
- Sufficient
- Weak
- Very Weak
Criteria
The criteria for evaluation will be used as follows;
PRESENTATİON
- General flow, organization, use of time
- Control on the subject/Level of knowledge
- Visual quality of the presentation
- Contact with the audience
- Language quality-Elocution
- Answers to the questions
CONTENT
- Introduction; Expression of the project aims
- Body; The extent of knowledge and clarity
- Conclusion
- Transition among different subjects
Awards
For the Best Project Awards; Each Advisor will nominate three students names, whom their pictures/details will also be included in the Capstone student webpage, for selections of Best Project Awards. At the end of the seminar presentations (on 9th of June, at 18:10), advisors and each student, who has presented their project, will vote online from the list of 12 nominated students for the Best Project Award.