Associated Faculty

Associated Faculty

Ahsen Özcan, Ph.D
Associated Faculty
  • Work Experience
  • March 2024 - Current
    The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
  • Senior Scientist, November 2020 - May 2021
    Marmara Research Center, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute
  • Education
  • Postdoctoral Associate, June 2021 - July 2023
    Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI)
  • Postdoctoral Associate, September 2019 - November 2020
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGovern Institute for Brain Research
  • Ph.D, Sep 2019 - Nov 2020
    Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
  • MSc, October 2014 - September 2016
    Sabanci University, Istanbul
  • BSc, September 2006 - July 2011
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Publications

Publications
  1. Özcan, A. , Araz, H., Baran B., Cavrar, I. , Gelsin B., Tastan C.,The In-Vitro Diagnosis (IVD) Tool-Box of CRISPR-Cas System and Its Applications in Rare Diseases. CRISPR Journal (In Final Revision)
  2. Özcan, A et al., (2022) Novel Foods and CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing Technology. Food: Science, Technology and Engineering (October 2022-Book Chapter for Text Book)
  3. Palaz, F., Kalkan., AK, Demir., AN, Can,O., Tozluyurt, A., Özcan, A. and Özsöz M. (2021) RNA- Targeting CRISPR-Cas13 System: A Promising Tool for Cancer Research, Diagnosis and Therapy. ACS Synthetics Biology. (Corresponding Author)
  4. Özcan, A., Ioannidi, E.,Krajeski R., Lee B.,Gardner A., Makarova KS., Koonin
    EV.,Abudayyeh O and Gootenberg J.(2021). Programmable RNA targeting with the single-protein CRISPR effector Cas7-11 ., Nature 2021. (First Author).DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03886-5
  5. Özcan, A., Pausch, P., Linden, A., Wulf, A., Schühle, K., Heider, J., Urlaub, H., Heimerl, T., Bange, G. and Randau, L. (2018) Type IV CRISPR RNA processing and effector complex formation in Aromatoleum aromaticum. Nature Microbiol. 4, 89-96. (The first paper describes Type IV CRISPR-Cas System - Highly Cited).
  6. Gleditzsch, D., Pausch, P., Müller-Esparza, H., Özcan, A., Guo, X., Bange, G. and Randau L.(2018) PAM identification by CRISPR-Cas effector complexes: diversified mechanisms and structures. RNA Biol. 18, 1-14.

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