Capstone Projects - MBG4999

  Please see below for the list of advisors who can supervise Capstone Projects in Spring 2023

Cemalettin Bekpen, Ph.D

Assistant Professor 

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Eilf Eren, Ph.D

Assistant Professor 

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Merve Seven, Ph.D

Assistant Professor 

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Dilek Cevik, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

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Prof. Sezai Turkel, Ph.D

Professor

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Credits 3:000/ ECTS: 12:000

• Learn how to conduct scientific research with an independent project involving literature review and data analysis.
• Develop skills to critically evaluate published research through journal paper discussion.
• Present findings of independent research project to an audience of peers.
• Write a properly formatted and referenced scientific paper describing the research.

• Develop an original project and have it approved by the advisor prior to beginning research.
• Attend weekly group meetings or journal discussions and come prepared to participate.
• Provide weekly written/ oral updates to the advisor on progress of the independent project.
• Attend scheduled meetings with the advisor to consult on project.
• It is essential that the student keep up with work each week and not fall behind.

• Provide options for projects that are possible to conduct under their supervision.
• Facilitate weekly group meetings and bi-monthly (every two weeks) meetings with advisees in each research group.
• Acknowledge receipt of weekly updates and provide brief feedback on progress.
• The advisor is not responsible for designing the project, finding literature related to the project or telling the student exactly how to conduct the research.
• The advisor is not responsible for attending to problems in the project as they arise, but will assist when available and during update meetings.

• Project Proposal
  Project proposal submission 14th of March 2025, 23:59
• Capstone Project  
  Capstone Project Submission 5th of May 2025, 23:59
• Oral Capstone Project Presentations12, 13, 14th of May 2025, 9:30 (BCONF and BFSAY (FAZILSAY))

Project Proposal, submit a one-page proposal including min 5 scientific references within a given deadline. Prepare a one-page proposal on your project by giving background information on the subject, your hypothesis/research question(s) and the importance/significance of the project. This proposal will be evaluated by Jury within one week. Students whose proposal is not accepted will not be allowed to continue their Capstone project. If you fail to continue your Capstone Project, you should take the capstone project next semester from a different advisor and prepare. All the project proposal will be tested by Turnitin and if Turnitin report is above 25%, the students will be eliminated automatically and will loose their chance to present capstone project.

1. Literature review on a specific topic in genetics or bioinformatics discussing previous research, current questions and how these gaps in knowledge can be addressed using molecular techniques and analyses.
2. Meta-analysis of multiple publications/data sets evaluating an important and current topic of research.
3. The Capstone Project must be a minimum of 20 pages, including abstract, and at least 25 different references should be used with proper citations. All the written capstone projects will be tested by Turnitin and if Turnitin report is above 25%, and AI 10%, the students will be eliminated automatically and will lose their chance to present capstone project.
4. The presentation must be 10-15 minutes (maximum) and there will be 5-10 minutes questions and answers section. Presentations exceeding 15 minutes will be stopped. If you fail the capstone project presentation (due to style or content), you should take the capstone project from the same advisor next semester and present the same project again. The presentation will be evaluated by all faculty members.

• All students are expected to hand in their own written work. Plagiarism and cheating are not tolerated. Any work discovered to have been the result of either will receive no credit, and any second offence will result in failure of the course.
• Plagiarism can be defined as “when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source.” – (see wpacouncil.org for more information).
• Report submission will be through itsLearning system and Turnitin. Similarities above 25% will not be evaluated.
• Evaluation:
  Presentation         40%
  Final Report          60%

Interested students should email the group leaders for availability of the projects for each semester.