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Prof. Dr. Hyun Joo An’s visit at the Q-OmicS Lab
Esteemed Professor Dr. Hyun Joo An honoured us with her visit to our laboratory and seminars about glycomics across the country. She began her visit with her seminar at Erciyes University on the 20th of October, followed by a second seminar held at our university on the 24th and finally at KoçUniversity-KUTTAM on the 27th. We sincerely thank Prof. Dr Hyun Joo An for sharing her expertise and passion in the field of glycomics.
We also had a delightful time with Prof. Dr. Hyun Joo An and her dear daughter, with our visits to several locations in the city as well as our Halloween celebrations.
Q-OmicS Lab was at Anıtkabir
Q-OmicS lab was at Anıtkabir on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic to commemorate Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who always defined science as the pioneer of development.
Q-OmicS Lab Was at TuPA’23
Our members Hatice Akkulak and Mija Kastelic, and our professor SureyyaOzcan Kabasakal attended the conference
Hatice Akkulak gave an oral presentation with the title ‘Structural Elucidation of FtsH-HflK-HflC Complex using XL-MS’
Q-OmicS Lab Was at HIBIT’23
Our members Hayri Kerim Ince, and Enver Ozturk, and our professor Sureyya Ozcan attended the conference.
Website of HIBIT: hibit2023.hacettepe.edu.tr
Q-OmicS Lab Was at 1st NaFOST and Won Undergraduate Poster Competition in 1st Place
The Congress on Innovative Approaches in Food Science and Technology (NAFoST) took place at Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE). NAFoST, with our alumni Berkay Berk on the organizing committee, was held on September 28-29.
Our member Elif Akmermer and our beloved professors Sureyya Ozcan Kabasakal, Burak V. Kabasakal and Mecit Oztop participated with her undergraduate poster named “Proteomic Analysis of Sugar Beet Leaves”. In the competition, Elif’s poster received the first prize among undergraduate students.
At Q-OmicS, we celebrated this joyful news together.
Website of NAFoST: NAFoST – Gıda Bilimi ve Teknolojisinde Yenilikçi Yaklaşımlar
Q-OmicS Lab Was At EMBO Structural Biophysics of Biomolecular Complexes in İstanbul
EMBO Structural Biophysics of Biomolecular Complexes Lecture Course took place in İstanbul on September 4-8.
Our collaborator Burak Veli Kabasakal was in the organizing committee. Our PhD student Hatice Akkulak attended, along with our PI, Süreyya Özcan Kabasakal, and presented her poster titled as “Integrative Structural Biology Research @ BvK LaB”.
Website of the lecture course for more detailed information:
Q-OmicS Lab Was At Thesis Defense
Our former MSc student, Hatice Akkulak, successfully defended her thesis, titled as “Structural Proteomics of FtsH Complexes using Cross-linking Mass Spectrometry”, on August 14th.
The whole Q-OmicS and TARLA team celebrated this joyful event with esteemed professors and precious friends.
Hatice started her PhD after the official graduation.
As Q-OmicS team, we are wishing her a successful and happy PhD life!
Q-OmicS Lab Was At Summer Internships
We are pleased to announce the successful completion of summer internships by several esteemed undergraduate members of our lab.
– Şevval Şahin at the University of Salzburg.
– Mija Kastelic at University of Minnesota Lando.
– Sinem Çakır at Arçelik Global.
– Berfin Akan at Organik Kimya.
– Deniz Aslan at Deva Holding A.Ş.
– Ozan Tekin at TÜBİTAK UME.
– Enver Öztürk at TÜBİTAK SAGE.
Q-OmicS Lab Published "A single protein to multiple peptides: Investigation of protein-peptide correlations using targeted alpha-2-macroglobulin analysis"
Our alumni member Pelin Yıldız’s paper, titled “A single protein to multiple peptides: Investigation of protein-peptide correlations using targeted alpha-2-macroglobulin analysis” where she is the first author, has been published. The paper, authored by our esteemed principal investigator (PI), Sureyya Ozcan, is published on June 24, 2023, in the Journal of Talanta.
If you’d like to read the paper, you can access it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124878
Q-OmicS Lab Was At METU Department of Chemistry Research Poster Presentations
Öykü Su Yıldırım, Elif Akmermer and Hayri Kerim Ince presented their senior class projects! Our lab members worked in different areas of proteomics throughout the semester. Their posters highlighted valuable research work on clinical, plant and structural proteomics.
Öykü: Development of Targeted Proteomics to Detect Endometrial Cancer Risk in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes
Elif: Comparison of Methods to Isolate Proteins from Sugar Beet Leaves
Kerim: Comparison of XL-MS Software for Structural Proteomics: An Application to A Mega Membrane Protein Complex
Q-OmicS Lab Published "Proteomics Approach to Differentiate Protein Extraction Methods in Sugar Beet Leaves"
Our alumni member Ece Goktayoğlu’s paper, titled “Proteomics Approach to Differentiate Protein Extraction Methods in Sugar Beet Leaves,” where she is the first author, has been published. The paper, co-authored by our esteemed university professors Mecit Halil Oztop and Sureyya Ozcan Kabasakal, is published on June 5, 2023, in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
If you’d like to read the paper, you can access it here: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c09190
Q-OmicS Lab Was At III. Structural Biology Workshop
Hatice Akkulak and Hayri Kerim İnce was at the III.Structural Biology Workshop at Koç University.
The workshop, with our collaborator professor Burak V. Kabasakal on the organizing committee, was held on 25 April.
Our members have attended theoretical lectures about structural biology methods and held experiments with X-Ray crystallography methods for two days.
Q-OmicS Lab Was At HIBIT 2022 (15th International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics)
Hatice Akkulak and Hayri Kerim İnce were at 15th International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (HIBIT 2022) with their poster presentation. They presented their study about XL-MS Software comparison with the title “Comparison of XL-MS Software to Identify Protein Interactions”.
Also, our esteemed principal investigator (PI), Sureyya Ozcan Kabasakal, presented her “Dancing in the Dark: Discovering the Boundaries” presentation at the symposium.
Website of HIBIT: hibit2022.ims.metu.edu.tr
Q-OmicS Lab Was At TuPA’22 (International Proteomics Congress)
Our Research Assistant Dila Bilgen and MSc student Ceren Kul joined the TUPA’22 in İzmir on October 14/15, 2022.
They did a poster presentation titled “Investigation of Protein Denaturation Using Spectroscopic Methods” through out two days that shined a new perspective to a crucial part of the proteomics studies.
Also Dila Bilgen has joined a course/ workshop for Targetted Mass Spectrometry on October 13, 2022.
Q-OmicS Lab Was At ACS Fall 2022
Our esteemed principal investigator (PI), Sureyya Ozcan Kabasakal, presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2022 Meeting held in Chicago this year.
Accommodately to the meeting theme, “Sustainability in a Changing World,” she delivered her presentation titled “Green Proteome: Waste into Wealth” on August 24th.
We also congratulate our alumni member Ece Goktayoğlu and our esteemed academicians Mecit Halil Oztop and Burak V. Kabasakal, who were co-authors of the abstract of the presentation.
Q-OmicS Lab Was At GYNOCARE Skopje'22 Training School on Rare Gynaecological Cancer
As a part of the Training School on Rare Gynaecological Cancer, our esteemed principal investigator (PI), Dr. Sureyya Ozcan gave a talk on integrative omics strategies for rare gynaecological diseases.
The meeting was organized by the European network for Gynaecological Rare Cancer Research.
The aim was to develop a network between key stakeholders across 5 domains: Basic research on rare gynaecological cancer, Biobanking, Legal and regulatory issues, Industrial dimension to bridge the gap between translational research and pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies, and Designing high-quality, international, and innovative clinical trials.