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Work
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2020.10 - present Postdoctoral fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Advisor: Serge Mostowy
- Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowship
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2016.01 - 2016.05 -
2013.09 - 2015.06
Education
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2016.10 - 2020.07 Paris, France
PhD
Université de Paris / Institut Pasteur
Cell biology, Advisor: Sven van Teeffelen
- PhD thesis: Spatiotemporal dynamics of cell elongation in Escherichia coli
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2009.09 - 2015.06 Istanbul, Turkey
BSc & MSc
Sabanci University
Materials Science and Engineering, Minor in Chemistry
- MSc thesis: On interaction patterns in proteins
Awards
- 2023
72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
Selected to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology & Medicine
- 2021
Human Frontier Science Program
Long-Term Fellowship
- 2021
- 2019
EMBO travel grant
To attend American Society for Cell Biology meeting in Washington DC, USA
Talks
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2025 Grenoble, France
EMBL Next Generation in Infection Biology Microsymposium
Septin binding to Shigella induces a stress response and restricts growth
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2024 Washington DC, US
Human Frontier Science Program Awardees Meeting
Septin binding to Shigella induces a stress response and restricts growth
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2023 Harrogate, UK
UK Physics of Life Network Conference
Use of Shigella-septin interactions to explore biophysical cues in cell-autonomous immunity
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2023 Lindau, Germany
72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physiology & Medicine)
Use of Shigella-septin interactions to explore biophysical cues in cell-autonomous immunity
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2023 Rhode Island, USA
Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction, Gordon Research Seminar
The role of heteromer composition on septin cage entrapment of Shigella flexneri
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2022 London, UK
London Infection Postdoc Seminar at Francis Crick Institute
Use of Shigella-septin interactions to explore biophysical cues in cell-autonomous immunity
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2019 Banz Abbey, Germany
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2017 Paris, France
Biological Physics Community Day at École Normale Supérieure
Mechanics of cell bending and shape recovery in Escherichia coli.
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2015 Istanbul, Turkey
Statistical Physics Days at Istanbul Technical University
Network motifs resolve how random protein structures are