Department Background

Teaching Assistant

Kader Kubat
Musa Çelik

Teaching Assistant

Work Experience

  • Post-Graduate Intern

    June 2021 - January 2022

    Post-Translational Modification Laboratory (SUMO Lab), Boğaziçi University

  • Laboratory Student Assistant

    January 2020 - April 2020

    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Acıbadem University

  • Website Manager

    April 2019 - December 2023

    Bezelye Dergi

  • Writer

    September 2017 - June 2020

    Bezelye Dergi

Education

  • Ph.D. Bioengineering

    2025 - Present

    Bahçeşehir University 

  • M.Sc.  Biophysics

    2022 – 2025

    Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University

  • B.Sc. Molecular Biology and Genetics

    2015 - 2021

    Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University

PUBLICATIONS

Academic Articles

  1. Effects of UMP, Choline, and Fish Oil on Synaptic Integrity and Motor Coordination in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2026).
  2. Mitochondrial Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease: Insight from the 5xFAD Mouse Model. Molecular Neurobiology (2024).
  3. Involvement of orexin type-2 receptors in genetic absence epilepsy rats. Frontiers in Neurology (2023).

Working Projects

  • Investigation of the Effects of Prosaposin Peptide on Phenotype, Inflammation, and Bioenergetics in Microglia and Dendritic Cells

    TÜBİTAK 1001 Project No: 219S307, February 2024 - October 2024

  • Evaluation of Mitochondrial Structure and Functions in Newborns Born to Mothers with Gestational Diabetes

    Acibadem University ABAPKO Project No: E-2022/02-07, January 2023 - June 2024

  • Effects of Uridine Monophosphate (UMP), Choline, and Fish Oil Supplementation on Synaptogenesis in an Experimental Alzheimer's Disease Model

    TÜBİTAK 3501 Project No: 219S307, January 2023 - December 2023

Conference Proceedings & Awards

  1. XXVII. National Immunology Congress: Poster presentation on Salmonella Typhimurium and Gasdermin B interactions (Bursa, April 2026).
  2. 6th International 35th National Biophysics Congress: 2nd Place Poster Award ("Altered Mitochondrial Dynamics in Alzheimer's Model: From Brain to Periphery").
  3. 4th Acugen Life Sciences Congress: 2nd Place Poster Award ("Evaluation of Mitochondrial Structure and Functions in the Placenta of Large Infants Born to Mothers with Gestational Diabetes").
  4. TÜBİTAK 2210-A General Domestic Master's Scholarship Program (September 2022 - September 2024).
  5. TÜBİTAK STAR - Intern Researcher Scholarship Program, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University (March 2021 - September 2021).