Kübra Almacıoğlu

 
 
 KübraAlmacioğlu      Contact Info: almacioglukubra@gmail.com
     Research Interests:

  • Immunomodulatory effects of  exopolysaccharides  produced by probiotic lactic acid bacteria

 

 
Academic Degrees
2010-2013 M.Sc. Biology Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey Supervisor: Prof. Ozlem Osmanagaoglu
2006-2010 B.S. Biology Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
 
Research Experiences
2014-… Project coordinator Ministry of Science and Technology (Teknogirişim Project# 1318.TGSD.2014) Use of CpG ODNs as an adjuvant against avian salmonella vaccinations.
2013-… Technician TÜBİTAK Project (SBAG-113S207), TLR ligand and antigen loaded nanoliposomes as cancer vccines. Bilkent University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Turkey.
2013 Researcher BAP Project, Immunomodulatory effects of Pediococcus pentosaceus OZF derived exopolysaccharides (EPS) and EPS/CpG-ODN complexes. Ankara  University, Turkey
 
Scholarships and awards
Registration scholarship by the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS). 2nd Molecular Immunology & Immunogenetics Congress (MIMIC2014), Turkey, Apr. 2014.
 
Conference Communications (Poster Presentations)
G. Tincer, K. Almacioglu, F.C. Yagci, F. Kiran, I. Gursel. Exopolysaccharides from commensal bacteria alter TLR mediated Th1 immunity. 2nd International Molecular Immunology & Immunogenetics Congress (MIMIC II), Antalya, Turkey, 27–30 April 2014.
 
B. Bayyurt, A. Korkmaz, G. Güçlüler, D. Bayık, B. Han Horuluoğlu, G. Tinçer König, A. Gürsel, K. Almacıoğlu, B. Dursunkaya, E. Sofyalı, A. Sayı Yazgan, İ. Gürsel. Investigation of Protectivity of Liposomal Helicobacter Pylori Vaccine Containing Nucleic Acid TLR-ligands. 2nd International Molecular Immunology & Immunogenetics Congress (MIMIC II), Antalya, Turkey, 27–30 April 2014.
 
B. H. Horuluoglu, I. Dereli, B.Bayyurt, G. Gucluler, K. Almacioglu, I. Gursel. Delineation of Synergistic Immunostimulatory  Effects of Liposomal D- and K-Type CpG ODNs on Human PBMC, 2nd Molecular Immunology&Immunogenetics Congress, Antalya, Turkey, April 2014.
 
FC Yagci, F. Kiran, K. Almacioglu, O. Osmanagaoglu, I Gursel. DNA Bakteriyosin komplekslerinin immune düzenleyici etkileri. (Immunomodulatory effects of DNA-Bacteriocin Complexes) 22 th National Immunology Congress, Cesme, Izmir, April 2013.
 
K. Almacıoğlu, F. Kıran, H. Önlü, E .Karatas ve O.Osmanağaoğlu. Probiyotik özellik gösteren bazı laktik asit bakterilerinde ekzopolisakkarit miktarının tespiti için uygun izolasyon yönteminin belirlenmesi. 21. National Biology Congress, Izmir, Turkey 3-7 September 2012.
 
F. Kiran, K. Almacioglu, E. Karatas, Z. Sakyp and O. Osmanagaoglu. Typing of the human and food origined Pediococcus strains by RAPD PCR. 15th Europeran Biotechnology Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 23-26 September  2012
 
F. Kiran, FC Yagci, K. Almacioglu, O. Osmanagaoglu and I . Gursel. Enhanced Immunostimulatory activity of bacteriocin CpG ODN nanocomplexes. 17th International Symposium on Biomedical Science and Technology (BIOMED 2011), Ankara, Turkey 23-25 October 2011.