Burak Ozkan

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Biography

Background

Objective

To achieve a successful academic career by gaining scientific experience in different research groups after completing my Ph.D. Ultimately I am aiming to establish my own research group to contribute to the scientific knowledge.

Education

University of Edinburgh – UK                                                                                             2012 - 2016

Candidate for Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology (graduation expected in August 2016)

Bilkent University – Turkey                                                                                               2012

Bachelor of Science Degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics

Awards and Honors

  • 1575th position in the Student Selection Examination out of 1,615,534 participants
  • Comprehensive Scholarship from Bilkent University
  • The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Scholarship
  • Graduated with high honor from Bilkent University MBG Department
  • Ph.D. scholarship awarded by Darwin Trust of Edinburgh

Conferences

Wellcome Trust - 5th Cambridge Stem Cell Symposium                                     2016

Presented poster titled as “The role of WIZ zinc finger protein in the recruitment of histonemethyltransferase G9a”

Gordon Research Conferences – Chromatin Structure & Function                2016   

Presented poster titled as “The role of WIZ zinc finger protein in the recruitment of histonemethyltransferase G9a”

Wellcome Trust – Epigenetics in dialogue with the genome                             2015

Presented poster titled as “The role of WIZ zinc finger protein in the recruitment of histonemethyltransferase G9a”

Bilkent University – MEDi MED GEN                                                                                2009

Research Activity

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Dr. Abdenour Soufi’s laboratory             2016

The project focuses on the possible role of a zinc finger protein, WIZ, in the recruitment of histone methyltransferases G9a to chromatin in mouse embryonic stem cells.

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