Projects Presentation Program - 2024
Day 1 : May 22, 2024
Location : Fazıl-Say
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 08:50- 09:00 | Opening speech | |
| Session 1 | Advisor: Elif Eren | |
| 09:00- 09:15 | Elif Cemre Eryigit | TCR-Treg Therapy For Type 2 Autoimmune Hepatitis |
| 09:15- 09:30 | Meziyet Dilara Reda | The Effect Of TNFR1, TNFR2 And Their Pathways In Preventing The Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis Disease |
| 09:30- 09:45 | Alihan Arik | Targeting Ferroptosis In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus As A New Therapeutic Approach |
| 09:45- 10:00 | Feride Gizem Baydemir | Investigating Microglial Dysfunction In Alzheimer's: Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibition To Reduce Neuroinflammation |
| 10:00- 10:15 | Rumeysa Özgecan Cito | Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction In Recurrent Implantation Failure And Pregnancy Loss |
| Session 2 | Advisor: Merve Seven | |
| 10:15- 10:30 | Öykü Şilan Özgür | Genetic Approach to Plant Cold Resilience |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 -11:00 | Hicran Bağ | When Vernalization Escapes Control: Impacts on Flower Development |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Sıla Gökgöl | The Effect of Different Gene Expression in Nasturtium Plants |
| 11:15- 11:30 | Shefa A Ali Abuabdalah | Suberin for a Cooler World |
| 11:30- 11:45 | Mürvet Şen | The Role of Transcription Factors in Abiotic Stress Responses and Cell Wall Modifications in Monocot Plants |
| Session 3 | Advisor: Dilek Cevik | |
| 11:45- 12:00 | Alp Kus | Potential Rational Therapy Methods Against Immature Teratomas |
| 12:00- 12:15 | Berke Asrin Sahin | The Intricate Dance Of Circadian Rhythms Genes and Breast Cancer |
| 12:15- 12:30 | Ali Gokay | Investigation of The Effectiveness of Bacteriophage Therapy |
| 12:30- 12:45 | Aysegul Kurtulus | Investigation of The Potential Role of Histone Methyltransferase G9a As A Prognostic Biomarker in Cancer |
| Lunch Break |
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 4 | Advisor: Cemalettin Bekpen | |
| 13:30- 13:45 | Bilge Elif Bozokluoğlu | Tuberculosis: is revealing it possible under the lens of new technologies? |
| 13:45- 14:00 | Selen Kızılkaya | Epigenetic Aspects of Sex Evolution |
| Session 5 | Advisor: Sezai Türkel | |
| 14:00- 14:15 | Betül Işık | GLUT4 Translocation as a Regulator of Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Regulation by Resveratrol |
| 14:15- 14:30 | Berin Akçay | The Role of REST/NRSF in Huntington Disease; RESTLIM Domain Protein (RILP) Interaction Can Be Targeted in Huntington Disease Treatment |
| 14:30- 14:45 | Rasha Abuhazaa | Unveiling the therapeutic potential: exploring the impact of shortchain fatty acids on Alzheimer’s disease |
| 14:45- 15:00 | Obada Bkeer | Investigating the specific epigenetic targets that are dysregulated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and responsible for the core symptoms |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| 15:15- 15:30 | Leen Zaghra | tRNA maturation and its impact on neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases |
| 15:30- 15:45 | Rehab Badi | Therapeutic Intervention at the Gene Level to Ameliorate Alzheimer’s Diseases Using Small Molecules: Tolfenamic Acid to Be Therapeutic For Alzheimer’s Disease |
| 15:45- 16:00 | Zeinab Mahmoud | Dysfunctional glucose transport mechanism in brain cells may triggers the development of Alzheimer disease |
| 16:00- 16:15 | Closing remarks |
Day 2 : May 23, 2024
Location : Fazil say
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Advisor: Cemalettin Bekpen | |
| 09:00- 09:15 | Furkan Onur Harmandar | Comprehensive Approach to Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Re-Modeling: The Uncharted Part of Aging |
| 09:15- 09:30 | Didem Orbay | What is the Secret Behind Multiple Sclerosis: viral approach |
| Session 2 | Advisor: Sezai Türkel | |
| 09:30- 09:45 | Elif Dağlı | Development of Pulcherrimin Producing Metschnikowia as a Biocontrol Agent for Multiple Application Fields |
| 09:45- 10:00 | Shahed Mahmoud | Auto-brewery Syndrome (ABS) and Dysbiosis of the Human Microbiota: Investigating Their Role in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| 10:00 -10:15 | Sude Başel | Preventive and Therapeutic Approaches for Gluten Intolerance Diseases in Human |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30- 10:45 | Özlem Öztürk | Purified killer toxins’ combinations produced by Kluyveromyces, and P. anomala yeast species can be applied against human pathogenic microorganisms as an effective, peptide based biologically safe disinfectant and antimicrobial agents” |
| 10:45- 11:00 | Meryem Riyad | Investigating the role of efflux pumps in multidrug resistance of Staphylococcus iaureus bacteria (MRSA) |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Emir Çovac | Therapeutic Potential of Benzoxaborole with Quorum Sensing Inhibitors to Prevent Yeast Phenotypic Switch |
| Session 3 | Advisor: Dilek Cevik | |
| 11:15- 11:30 | Dareen Yoseef | Investigatıig The Role of Hbv Integration at The Tert Promoter in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression |
| 11:30- 11:45 | Iyad Mustafa | Eradicating Tumor-Initiating Cells in Differentiation Therapy Guides |
| 11:45- 12:00 | İrem Önal | Unlocking the Future of cccdna as a Therapeutic Target to Treat Chronic Hepatitis B |
| Lunch Break |
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 4 | Advisor: Merve Seven | |
| 13:45- 14:00 | Gül Nezihe Uçuk | The Role of Cyanobacteria in Mitigating Space-Induced Plant Stress |
| 14:15- 14:30 | Afrah Rafi | Sustainable Production of Alkaloids using Y. Lipolytica |
| 14:30- 14:45 | Roua Mohammad | Vulnerability of Symbiosis Between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi and Panicum virgatum to climate stressors |
| 14:45- 15:00 | Selin Demiryol | Plant Immunity: Hypersensitive Response (HR) Cell Death Mechanism and New Insights to Resistosome Structure |
| 15 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| Session 5 | Advisor: Elif Eren | |
| 15:30- 15:45 | Ceren Süren | Discovering Mutation-Drug Relationships With Dual-Base Editor |
| 15:45- 16:00 | Maryam Hajiyeva | Utilizing New Bacterial Death Effectors To The Treatment Of Infectious Diseases |
| 16:00- 16:15 | Mete Savur | Identification Of Structural And Functional Differences In Inflammasome-Related Innate Immunity Genes Between Modern And Archaic Humans |
| 16:15- 16:30 | Ulyana Pankova | Addressing Allergies And Drug Hypersensitivities: Innovations In Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy And Future Considerations |
| 16:30- 16:45 | Jury deliberation | |
| 16:45- 17:00 | Closing remarks and best project awards |
Previous Project Presentations
Please refer to the links below for previous years project titles
> Year 2023 Project TitlesPresentation 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
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 Presentation Awards. At the end of the seminar presentations, advisors and each student who has presented their project will vote online from the list of 12 nominated students for the Best Project Presentation Award. This year we also include additional awards for the capstone projects. The jury will select the best project (one student) by using scientific criteria and be awarded the Best Project Award.