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Merve Aydın

 
 
 MerveAydın      Contact Info: merveaydin@bilkent.edu.tr
     Research Interests:

  • Role of FLT3 in hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Role of HSP27 in liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Potential association between FLT3 and HSP27 in liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Role of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in liver fibrosis
  • Effect of membrane vesicles secreted from commensal bacteria on liver fibrosis progression
Academic Degrees
2009-present Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Genetics Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. İhsan Gürsel
2005-2009 B.S. Molecular Biology and Genetics Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Publications
Aydin, M.M, Bayin, N.S., Acun, T., Yakicier, M.C., and Akcali, K.C. (April 2014). Role of FLT3 in the formation and aggressiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma. Submitted to Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (Paper Submitted)
Research Experiences
2009-… Ph.D. Study on the Molecular Biology of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Kamil Can Akçalı & Assoc. Dr. İhsan GürselBilkent University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ankara, Turkey
 
2008-2009 Senior Project on the Genetics of Uner Tan Syndrome Supervised by Prof. Dr. Tayfun ÖzçelikBilkent University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ankara, Turkey
 
2008 Summer Practise on the Retinal Transduction Profiles of Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) in the Transgenic Rat Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa Compared with the Wild Type RetinaSupervised by Prof. John G. Flannery and Dr. Deniz Dalkara Mourot

University of California, Berkeley, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Berkeley, USA
 
2007 Summer Practise on the Analysis of Predisposing Genes in Breast CancerSupervised by Prof. Annika Lindblom and Dr. Simone Picelli

Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Center of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Genetics, Stockholm, Sweden
 
2006 Summer Practise on Bioinformatics Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Rengül Çetin Atalay Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
 
2006 “Design of Vaccines Against Tuberculosis With CpG Motifs”TUBITAK Project With Contributions of Bilkent University, Middle East Technical University, Hacettepe Medical School Undergraduate Students

TUBITAK, Ankara, Turkey
 
2006 “Research on the Unknown Morphologic Features of Praying Mantis”TUBITAK Project With the Contributions of Bilkent University, Middle East Technical University and Hacettepe Medical School Undergraduate Students

TUBITAK, Ankara, Turkey
 
Scholarships and Awards
  • EASL Young Investigator Full Bursary Award. (EASL HCC Summit (Basic & Clinical Science): Molecular Pathogenesis & Translational Research in Liver Cancer, and Liver Cancer Management, Geneva, Switzerland), 2014
  • EASL Young Investigator Course Participation Award. (EASL Basic School of Hepatology Course 9: Epithelial Mesenchymal Interactions in Liver Development, Diseases and Cancer, Milan, Italy), 2014
  • Best Oral Presentation Award  (9th Biennial Meeting of the Turkish Association For the Study of the Liver, Istanbul, Turkey), 2013
  • EASL Young Investigator Full Bursary Award. (EASL Monothematic Conference: Systems Biology of the Liver: Systems Biology and Clinics Face-à-Face, Luxembourg, Luxembourg), 2013
  • EASL Young Investigator Registration Bursary Award (The International Liver Congress 2012, 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, Barcelona, Spain), 2012
  • TUBITAK PhD Scholarship, 2009 – …
  • Full Scholarship, Graduate Education, Bilkent University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Turkey, 2009 – …
  • High Success Scholarship Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2008
  • High Success Scholarship Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2007
  • 3rd on High School Graduation Özel Arı Fen Lisesi, Ankara, Turkey, 2005
Conference Communications
2014 The International Liver Congress 2014, 49th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, London, United KingdomPoster Presentation: “REVERSING THE PROGRESS OF LIVER FIBROSIS USING MEMBRANE VESICLES SECRETED FROM COMMENSAL BACTERIA”
 
2014 EASL HCC Summit (Basic & Clinical Science): Molecular Pathogenesis & Translational Research in Liver Cancer, and Liver Cancer Management, Geneva, SwitzerlandAbstract (Accepted): “ROLE OF FLT3 IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA”
 
2014 EASL Basic School of Hepatology Course 9: Epithelial Mesenchymal Interactions in Liver Development, Diseases and Cancer, Milan, Italy
 
2014 9th Biennial Meeting of the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver, Istanbul, TurkeyOral Presentation: “TOLL BENZERİ RESEPTÖRLERİNİN BASKILANMASI VE HSP27 İNHİBİSYONU İLE KARACİĞER FİBROZİSİ OLUŞUMUNUN GERİ DÖNDÜRÜLMESİ”
 
2013 EASL Monothematic Conference: Systems Biology of the Liver: Systems Biology and Clinics Face-à-Face, Luxembourg, LuxembourgPoster Presentation: “REVERSING THE PROGRESS OF LIVER FIBROSIS BY SUPPRESSION OF TLRS AND INHIBITION OF HSP27”
 
2012 The International Liver Congress 2012, 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, Barcelona, SpainPoster Presentation: “ROLE OF FLT3 AND ITS POTENTIAL INTERACTION PARTNER HSP27 IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA” (Journal of Hepatology 2012 vol. 56, S71-S224)

Poster Presentation: “NANOPARTICLE LABELING: A NEW ERA IN VIVO TRACING THE CELLS IN LIVER STUDIES” (Journal of Hepatology 2012 vol. 56, S71-S224)
 
2011 BIOMED 2011, 17th Biomedical Science Technology Symposium, Ankara, Turkey
 
2011 EASL Monothematic Conference: Liver Fibrogenesis – Common and Organ Specific MechanismsPetersberg, Germany

Poster Presentation: “ROLE OF TLR2 AND TLR4 AND THEIR ENDOGENOUS LIGANDS IN THE PROGRESSION OF LIVER FIBROSIS”
 
2009 MediMedGen, Mediterranean Medical Genetics Meeting, Ankara, Turkey
 
2009 Conference on “Horizons in Molecular Biology and Genetics II”, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
 
2008 Conference on “Horizons in Molecular Biology and Genetics”, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
 
2006 Workshop on ”Emerging Topics in Human Functional Genomics and Proteomics”, Antalya, Turkey