Postdoctoral Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (Adi Kimchi Lab).
Ph.D. of Molecular and Cell Biology, Pasteur Institute, Necker IRNEM and Paris-Sud University, Paris (Brechot Lab).
M.Sc. (French D.E.A. degree) of Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique and Paris-Sud University, Paris (Parmeggiani Lab).
Part-time researcher, DNA and Cell Bank of Genetic Diseases, Hacettepe Children’s Hospital, Ankara.
Medical Doctor (M.D.) Degree, Hacettepe Medicine Faculty, Ankara.
Research Fellow, Tumor Biology Dept., Erasmus University, Rotterdam (Hagemeijer Lab).
Student researcher, Hacettepe Children’s Hospital Medical Biology Dept. and Hacettepe Oncology Institute.
Distinguished Research Professor, Koç University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology.
Senior Research Team Leader, KUTTAM Research Center for Translational Medicine.
Senior Part-time Researcher, SUNUM Nanotechnology Research and Application Center.
Affiliate Member, Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, USA.
Vice Manager and Contributing Researcher, EFSUN Research and Application Center for Nano Diagnostics.
Contributing Researcher, SUNUM Nanotechnology Research and Application Center.
Professor, Sabanci University, Istanbul.
Research Associate, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (Adi Kimchi Lab).
Member of the Management Board, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center.
Member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Advisory Board Member, TUBITAK ARDEB Health Sciences Research Call Program.
International Council Member, Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, USA.
Advisory Board Member, Bilkent University, Faculty of Science.
Founding Board Member, OBEK Endemic Bioeconomy Resources Research and Application Center
Founding Board Member and Vice Manager, EFSUN Research and Application Center for Nano Diagnostics.
Editorial Board Member, Cell Communication and Signaling journal (Springer Nature Publishing).
Associate Editor, Autophagy journal (Taylor & Francis Group)
Advisory Board Member, TÜSEB (Turkish NIH) Biotechnology Institute.
Founding Board Member, Turkish Cell Death Research Society (HOAD).
Editorial Board Member, Turkish Journal of Biology (TUBITAK Publishing)
Award Jury Member, TUSEB Aziz Sancar Science Awards, TUBITAK Science Awards, TUBA GEBIP Awards, iBG Science Medal Award.
Founding Board Member, Turkish Molecular Biology Society (MBD).
Editorial Board Member, Autophagy journal (Landes Publishing)
Board of Directors Member, International Cell Death Society, New York, USA.
Member, European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
Grant or academic referee, Cancer Research, UK (United Kingdom), Wellcome Trust (United Kingdom), The Health Research Board, (Ireland), Research Foundation Flanders, FWO (Belgium), KU Leuven University, (Belgium), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Goethe University (Germany), University of Pretoria (South Africa), Ministry of Health (Italy), University of Florida (USA). TUBITAK (Turkey), TUBA (Turkey), TUSEB (Turkey), Trustlife Ventures (Turkey) etc…
Referee, Nature Communications, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Autophagy, Cell Death and Differentiation, Cancer Research, Oncogene, International Journal of Biological Sciences, Ageing, Molecular Oncology, Oncotarget, Human Molecular Genetics, Communications Biology, Frontiers in Oncology, Scientific Reports, Cell Death and Disease, Cell Signaling, Endocrine-Related Cancer, Molecular Cancer, , BMC Cell Biology, Biochimica Biophysica Acta (BBA), FEBS Letters, Apoptosis, Current Cancer Drug Targets, Journal of Oncology, Turkish Journal of Biology, Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, Frontiers in Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery etc…
Elginkan Foundation Technology Award (together with the SUTAB medical device team)
TGC Sedat Simavi Health Sciences Award
IKU Prof. Onder Oztunali Science Award
Turkish Academy of Sciences, Successful Young Scientist Award (TÜBA-GEBİP).
European Molecular Biology Organization, Strategical Development and Installation Award (EMBO-SDIG).
Selected by Roche Pharmaceuticals among the “Bioscience Leaders of the Next Decade”.
European Union “Marie Curie Actions” Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Weizmann Institute Feinberg Graduate School Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale (FRM) Postdoctoral Fellowship
French Cancer Research Association (ARC) PhD Scholarship.
NATO A1/TUBITAK PhD Full Scholarship.
H. Ömer Sabanci Foundation, University Undergrad Studies Full Scholarship.
Keynote/Plenary Invited Talks and/or Chairperson Duties (Selected from >100 talks)
1) Federation of Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Advanced Lecture Course: 360° Degree Lysosome, 4-9 October 2022, Izmir, Turkey.
2) 45th FEBS Congress on "Molecules of Life: Towards New Horizons", 3-8 July 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
3) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: "Cell Death through the Ages: 25th Anniversary Meeting", 27-30 June, 2019, New York, USA.
4) Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, 22 February, 2019, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
5) Keystone Conference on Autophagy: From Model Systems to Therapeutic Opportunities, 17-21 February, 2019, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
6) European Federation For Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, 24-26 May, 2018, Athens, Greece.
7) EMBO Young Scientist Forum, 5-6 January 2018, Istanbul, Turkey.
8) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: "Cell Death in Development and Disease", June 18-20, 2017, Rehovot, Israel.
9) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: "Cell Death and its Translational Ramification, 2-5 June, 2016, Cork, Ireland.
10) Black Forest Winter Conference on Autophagic Membrane Trafficking and Dynamics in Ageing and Disease, 29-31 January 2016, Freiburg, Germany.
11) EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization)-Cancer YIP Sectoral Meeting 2-4 September 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.
12) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: Implementation of Knowledge of Cell Death, 28-30 May 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.
13) The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) Sponsored 3nd Anticancer Agents Development Congress, 18-19 May 2015, Izmir, Turkey.
14) Autophagy and Cancer Symposium, Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, 15-19 September, 2014, France.
15) EMBO-Cancer YIP Sectoral Meeting, Institut Paoli-Calmettes/Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, 17-19 September, 2014, France.
16) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: Cell Death and Diseases, 8-10 May 2014, Capetown, South Africa.
17) Federation of Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Advanced Lecture Course: 360° Degree Lysosome, 23-28 October 2014, Izmir, Turkey.
18) European Microscopy Society Conference 2013, 25-30 August 2013, Regensburg, Germany.
19) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: “Mechanisms of cell death”, 6-9 June 2013, Malaga, Spain.
20) EMBO-Cancer YIP Sectoral Meeting, EMBL, 2-4 December 2012, Heidelberg, Germany.
21) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: “Cell death: Ageing, Metabolism and Ramifications for Therapeutics and Drug Development”, 29 June-1 July 2012, Singapore.
22) EMBO Forum 2012. Yeditepe University, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.
23) Keystone Symposium: Cell Death Pathways: Beyond Apoptosis, 19-24 March 2012, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
24) EMBO-Cancer YIP Sectoral Meeting, King’s College, 11-13 July 2011, London, United Kingdom.
25) International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on: “Multidisciplinary Approaches in Cell Death Research”, Kemer, 28-31 May 2010, Antalya, Turkey.
26) EMBO Conference on "Autophagy: Cell Biology, Physiology and Pathology", 18-21 October 2009, Ascona, Switzerland.
27) International Cell Death Society Conference on “Cell Death in Infectious Diseases and Cancer”, 5-9 June 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa.
28) European Workshop on Cell Death (EWCD), 1-6 June 2008, Hauenstein, Germany.
29) European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) International Forum, Bogazici University, 20-22 February 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.
30) Keystone Conference: Metabolomics: From Bioenergetics to Apoptosis (G5), 2-7 April 2006, Utah, USA.
31) Roche Symposium for "For leading scientists of the next decade”, 29-31 March 2006, Basel, Switzerland.
32) Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on "Autophagy in Stress, Development and Disease", 22-27 June 2003, Maine, USA.
33) International Conference on the Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Virus, Pasteur Institute, 17-21 September 2000, Paris, France.
34) 47th Conference of French Association of Liver Research (AFEF), 27-29 September 2000, Paris, France.
Invited Talks at Universities, Institutes, Associations:
Several invited talks in King’s College UK, DKFZ Germany, EMBL Germany, ICGEP Italy, University of Haifa, Pasteur Institute France, Weizmann Institute Israel etc.
Several invited talks in local universities and associations, including Hacettepe University, Koc University, Yeditepe University, Bogazici University, Bilkent University, Istanbul University Çapa, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa, Istanbul Technical University, Bahcesehir University, Medipol University, Bezmialem University, Ege University, Dokuz Eylul University, IYTE, Biochemistry Association, Pharmacologists Association, DETAE.
International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on Future of Cell Death in Basic Science and Translational Medicine, 2-5 July 2022, Istanbul, Turkey.
1st International Cell Death Research Congress, 9 Eylul University, 4-7 May 2016, Izmir, Turkey.
1st Autophagy Lab Techniques Practical Course, Sabanci University, 2 May 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.
2nd Karakoy Autophagy Symposium, Karakoy Minerva Han, 3 May 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.
1st Karakoy Autophagy Symposium, Karakoy Minerva Han, 22 October 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
International Cell Death Society (ICDS) Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches in Cell Death Research, 28-31 May 2010, Antalya, Turkey.
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) International Forum, 20-22 February 2008, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
International Cell Death Symposium, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 9 April 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.
CAMM606: Tumor microenvironment of solid tumor II
CAMM537: Cell Death Mechanisms
CAMM531: Autophagy in Health and Disease
CAMM533: Mechanism of Cancer Metastasis and Recurrence