Jan 13 2026
Location : Fazıl-Say
| Duration | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Advisor: DİLEK ÇEVİK | |
| 09:00- 09:15 | Doğa Muğaloğlu | The Potential Inhibitory Role of Tetrahydrocurcumin on The Hif-1a/Vegf Axis Under Hypoxic Conditions In Temozolomide-Resistant Glioblastoma Cells |
| 09:15- 09:30 | Banu Defne Tavukçu | Analyzing The Molecular Link Between Pcos And Endometrial Cancer: A Study of miR-93, CDKN1a and Angiogenesis |
| 09:30- 09:45 | Ezgi Zelal Çem | Early Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk in Patients with Non-Cirrhotic (F2–F3) Fibrosis by Analysing Cell-Free DNA Methylations |
| 09:45- 10:00 | Şevval sarıyıldız | Sunscreen-Driven Photo-Nano Epigenetic Reprogramming: A New Pathway Toward Melanoma |
| 10:00- 10:15 | Muhammed Selçuk Bayraktar | The Effect of Morning Light Exposure on SLC6A3 Methylation And Attention In High School Adolescents |
| 10:15- 10:30 | Mehmet Ali İnan | Epigenetic Reprogramming as a Preventive Strategy Against Chemotherapy Resistance in Gastric Cancer Induced by High Stress and Elevated NR3C1 Expression |
| 30 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2 | Advisor: CEMALETTİN BEKPEN | |
| 11:00- 11:15 | Öykü Şahinoğlu | Targeted Epigenetic Editing of the GLUT4 Promoter in Skeletal Muscle |
| Session 3 | Advisor: YİĞİT KOCAGÖZ | |
| 11:15- 11:30 | Taha Aldawood | Redox Architects of Regeneration: ROS-Driven Organizer Activation and Polarity Specification in Hydra |
| 11:30- 11:45 | Hashem Khalil Ahmad Bahar | Using the Axolotl Retinoic Acid-CYP26B1 Positional Identity System to Promote Human Regenerative Healing |
| 11:45- 12:00 | Azkar Fadul | Dual Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles for Antifungal Therapy in Cryptococcus neoformans Central Nervous System Infections |
| 60 minutes | Lunch Break | |
| Session 4 | Advisor: ELİF EREN | |
| 13:00- 13:15 | Melis Kaptan | Development of A Personalized Neoantigen Vaccine For Bladder Cancer by Using A Non-Invasive Urine-Derived Biomarker Approach |
| 13:15- 13:30 | Muhammet Seymen Kıran | Restoration of Peripheral Immune Tolerance in Acetylcholine Receptor–Mediated Myasthenia Gravis Using Antigen-Specific CAR-Regulatory T Cells |
| 13:30- 13:45 | Alara Ekinci | Overcoming The Side Effects Of CAR-T Cell Therapy |
| 13:45- 14:00 | Narjıs Hayder Abdullah Al-fadhili | Investigating Sickle Cell Derived Micro-RNAs As Potential Therapeutic Agents Against Malaria |
| 14:00- 14:15 | Eda Talu | Hypoxia-Responsive Exosome Carrying miRNA-124 For In Situ Glia-To-Neuron Reprogramming In Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| 30 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| Session 5 | Advisor: DİLEK ÇEVİK | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Emre Yavaş | DNMT3B/ZEB1 Axis-Mediated Silencing of CDKN1A (p21): Early Epigenetic Adaptation to Cisplatin Resistance in Lung Cancer |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Hüma Yıldırım | FSP1 Inhibition In Osteosarcoma: A Shift From Protective Autophagy To Ferroptotic Cell Death |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | İrem Öznur Aktürk | Plant Extracellular Vesicles As Modulators Of Gut Microbial Gbu Genes And The Tmao Pathway |
| Session 6 | Advisor: YİĞİT KOCAGÖZ | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Irem Turk | Restoring the Aging Neuroepigenome: Resveratrol-Mediated SIRT1-TET2 Crosstalk for Senescent Neural Stem Cells |
| 15:45- 16:00 | Emad Sahloul | Can Melatonin Enhance Hepatocyte Survival and Regeneration during Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Through Hioppo-YAP/TAZ Pathway? |
| 30 minutes | Coffee Break | |
| Session 7 | Advisor: ELİF EREN | |
| 16:30- 16:45 | Osamah Ahmed Khidhir Qaragholy | In Vivo Gene Therapy Approach For Androgenetic Alopecia Using Adeno-Associated Virus (Aav) Delivery Of Crispr-Cas9 To Hair Follicle Stem Cells (HFSC) |
| 16:45- 17:00 | Egemen Çağatay Gerey | Reversibility of Mitophagy Under Oxidative Stress |
| 17:00- 17:15 | Andaç SEZER | Variant Pore Forming Protein’s Effect On Mitochondria In Innate Immune Response |
| 17:15- 17:30 | Ekin OTLU | Designing Self-Adjuvanting RNA Phage Vlps As A Novel Vaccine Platform For Tuberculosis |
Previous Project Presentations
Please refer to the links below for previous years project titles
Presentation Style:
For practical reason we have decided to reduce the timing for presentations. You should present your project within 10 minutes and 5 minutes for questions. This will be strictly applied. Meaning that the supervisor will stop the presentation if the timing exceed. Please be careful and practice to get the timing of presentation exact.
Evaluation
Evaluations of the Seminar Presentations; Each advisor independently will evaluate seminar presentations from each students in a scale of :
- Very Good
- Good
- Sufficient
- Weak
- Very Weak
Criteria
The criteria for evaluation will be used as follows;
PRESENTATİON
- General flow, organization, use of time
- Control on the subject/Level of knowledge
- Visual quality of the presentation
- Contact with the audience
- Language quality-Elocution
- Answers to the questions
CONTENT
- Introduction; Expression of the project aims
- Body; The extent of knowledge and clarity
- Conclusion
- Transition among different subjects
Awards
Each Advisor will nominate three students' names, whom their pictures/details will also be included in the Capstone student webpage, for selections of Best Project Presentation Awards. At the end of the seminar presentations, advisors and each student who has presented their project will vote online from the list of 12 nominated students for the Best Project Presentation Award. This year we also include additional awards for the capstone projects. The jury will select the best project (one student) by using scientific criteria and be awarded the Best Project Award.