I am working in cerebrovascular pathophysiology and vascular and cardiac pathology, focusing on the relationship between endothelial cells and metabolic factors.

I am a molecular biophysicist applying single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques as well as tailoring new techniques and integrating with other experimental and theoretical techniques to study biomolecular interactions, structure, and dynamics in solution and the cell. I have been implementing my knowledge and experience in performing experiments to answer questions regarding various biomolecular systems, such as Adenylate Kinase, the bacterial transcription initiation complex, p53, the amyloid-beta peptide, alpha-synuclein, and more. Since I opened my lab in 2018, I have been interested in the molecular etiology of a group of diseases called Synucleinopathies (e.g., Parkinson's disease). My interests include, but are not limited to (i) the structure-dynamics-function relationship in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs); (ii) phase-separated bio-condensates in health and disease; (iii) sensitive detection of bio-nanoparticles, such as viruses, exosomes, and IDP-based oligomers/aggregates. 

Associate Dean for Flexible and Digital Education, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health Sciences

MSc in Bacterial Physiology and PhD in Protein Biochemistry Professor (Associate) at Akdeniz University Structural and functional analysis of rat prolactin receptor gene. Rat prolactin receptor and isoforms in liver and kidney. Non-genotoxic toxicity and tumorigenesis mechanisms of ochratoxin A (OTA) in vivo and in vitro. The role of testosterone and estrogen in OTA toxicity. The receptor mediated OTA toxicity and tumorigenesis in rat kidney. Ochratoxins Prolactin Receptors Estrogen Antagonists Estrogen Receptor Testosterone Androgen Receptors Nonsteroidal Anti-Androgens Ovariectomy Castration mRNA Expression Renal Pathology Renal Cancer Targeted Drug Delivery Toxicity Endocrine Disruption Reproductive Toxicology Estrogens Cancer Biology Androgens Steroids Toxicity Studies Native PAGE Endocrine Disruptors Environmental Toxicology Animal Physiology Encapsulation Cancer Research Nanoparticles Microbiology Biotechnology Proteins Protein Stability Ions Mycotoxins Cancer Cell Biology Fluorescence Spectroscopy Site-Directed Mutagenesis Wistar Rats Protein Folding Circular Dichroism Protein Conformation Cell Culture Molecular Endocrinology Neuroendocrinology Biomarkers PCR Protein Purification Reproductive Endocrinology Protein Structure Protein-Protein Interaction