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Our new manuscript entitled "Adaptive radiation, incumbency and local ecological context drive dietary niches in New Guinean rodents", submitted to Molecular Ecology, received a minor revision!
Our new paper entitled "Genome-wide SNP and mtDNA phylogeny of blind mole rats (Spalacinae Gray, 1821) reflects a complex history of relictualism, expansion, and speciation" has been published by Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Our new paper entitled "Altitude shapes gut microbiome composition accounting for diet, thyroid hormone levels, and host genetics in a subterranean blind mole rat" has been published by Frontiers in Microbiology.
Our new paper entitled "Altitude shapes gut microbiome composition accounting for diet, thyroid hormone levels, and host genetics in a subterranean blind mole rat" has been accepted by Frontiers in Microbiology.
I started my post-doctoral employment in the Zoology Department of Charles University, Prague!
On January 18, 2024, I successfully defended my PhD thesis, with jury members Oleksiy Yanchukov, Faruk Çolak, Efe Sezgin, Şenol Alan, and Mehmet Somel.
I got offered a postdoctoral fellowship position at Charles University, Prague to work with Jakub Kreisinger on rodent microbiome!
I had an oral presentation at the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium of Türkiye.
Our new paper entitled "The Microbiota of Long-Living And Cancer-Free Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) from the Edge of its Distribution in Northern Anatolia" has been published.
I got the WAME research exchange Grant! I will be working at Charles University in Prague for two weeks (24 April – 8 May 2023) on the 18S diet dataset of my PhD study. Host Supervisor: Jakub Kreisinger.
Our new paper entitled "The Microbiota of Long-Living And Cancer-Free Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) from the Edge of its Distribution in Northern Anatolia" is submitted to Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Ankara Series C Biology.
I had a poster presentation in ESEB2022.
I got the EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant! I will be working at the Laboratory of Evolutionary Interactions of Holobionts, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences for 3 months (June – September 2022) on 16S amplicon sequencing, from wet lab procedures to bioinformatic analysis. Host Supervisor: Dagmar Čížková.
Our team organized a workshop entitled "Rad Sequencing: From library preparation to data analysis", as part of our TUBITAK 1001 project. Partly supported by EkoEvo.
I applied to EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants to work on 16S amplicon sequencing, from wet lab procedures to bioinformatic analysis. Project title: "Variation in the composition of gut microbiota of Anatolian Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) across the altitude gradient".
New project entitled "The effect of the altitude on microbiome composition of Anatolian Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) in Central Taurus mountains" officially started. TUBITAK 1002
I won the "EkoEvo Student Awards; Best International Publication Award".
I had a poster presentation in Zoologické Dny 6–7 February 2020, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
New project entitled "The complete, genome-wide phylogenetic history of speciation and adaptive radiation in Blind Mole Rats (Spalax and Nannospalax) in their entire distribution range" officially started. TUBITAK 1001
Our new paper entitled "Altitudinal effects on innate immune response of a subterranean rodent" is published by Zoological Science.
I finished my MSc. Thesis title: "Altitudinal Effects on Innate Immune Response and Local Population Genetic Structure of Nannospalax xanthodon (Anatolian Blind Mole Rat)".
Our new paper entitled "Altitudinal effects on innate immune response of a subterranean rodent" is accepted by Zoological Science.
I had a poster presentation in EEBST 2019.
I visited Ilia State University, Georgia to present my study and work in their molecular lab to analyze my samples.
I gave an oral presentation at the Subterranean Rodent Workshop, VII. EGSM.
I started my Erasmus internship at Bielefeld University, Germany.
I had a poster presentation in EEBST 2018.
I started Master's education in Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University.
I completed my bachelor's at the Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Türkiye.