Author: Gerc Ekip

ProtStab’2021 (07 – 09 October 2021 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) will be organized by the University of Food Technologies, Gebze Enzyme Recognition Center - GERCLAB (Gebze Technical University) & The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) with significant contribution of European Society of Applied Biocatalysis (ESAB).http://protstab2021.org/page/invitation

Ersin, one of our teammates, completed his doctorate in Molecular Biology and Genetics at Gebze Technical University under the consultancy of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış BİNAY. His doctoral thesis was on the production and characterization of a new Pectinase enzyme that can be used in the field of Agricultural Biotechnology. He is an R&D Chief in a private agricultural company. We wish him a successful life during his work and academic life. Ersin graduated from Anadolu University Biology Department in 2011 with a bachelor's degree. He received his master's degree from Ege University Biotechnology Institute in 2015. He started his doctorate education in Gebze Technical University Molecular Biology and Genetics department in 2016. He worked as a Research Assistant at Bezmialem Vakıf Uni...

Our Lab member Ahmet defended his Ph.D. thesis which has a topic Characterization and Redesign of a New Laccase for Industrial Biotechnological Applications. As a Biologist, he conducted his Ph.D. studies at the Department of Molecular Biology in Gebze Technical University under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Binay. He is working in the Criminal Laboratory as a biologist. We wish the best of luck to Ahmet for his further academic studies.

Our Lab member Elif defended her MSc thesis. Which has a topic Effect of amino acid position located on linked region on Chaetomium thermophilum Formate dehydrogenase (CTFDH) activity. As a Molecular biologist, she conducted her MSc studies at the Department of Molecular Biology in Gebze Technical University under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Binay. We wish the best of luck to Elif in her further studies.

Our Lab member Mustafa defended his MSc thesis. which has a topic investigating the impact of histidine 312 active site residue mutation on CO2 reduction activity of Chaetomium thermophilum formate dehydrogenase. As a Molecular Biologist, he conducted his MSc studies at the Institute of Biotechnology in Gebze Technical University under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Binay. We wish the best of luck to Mustafa in his further studies.

Our Lab member İlke defended her MSc thesis which has a topic Investigation the effect of VAL310ASN on NAD+ dependent Chaetomium thermophilum Formate dehydrogenase enzyme by site-directed mutagenesis. As a Molecular Biologist, she conducted her MSc studies at the Department of Molecular Biology in Gebze Technical University under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Binay. She is working at Sentromer DNA Technologies as a manager of Molecular Biology Laboratory. We wish the best of luck to İlke for her further studies.