Ilgaz Taştekil, PhD Candidate

I completed my undergraduate education in the Department of Bioengineering at Marmara University, Faculty of Bioengineering. During this period, I worked in the genomic lab at the National University of Malaysia. As part of my undergraduate studies, I conducted a senior project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pemra Özbek Sarıca, focusing on the computational investigation of the relationship between the EBV virus and SLE disease. Following my undergraduate studies, I pursued my Master's degree again with the Prof. Dr. Pemra Özbek Sarıca in the field of Bioengineering, where we conducted a computational study aimed at inhibiting OXA enzymes. Currently, I am actively pursuing my PhD in the Department of Bioengineering at Marmara University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pemra Özbek Sarıca. Additionally, I work as a research assistant at the University of Health Sciences, engaging in collaborative research activities between these two universities. My current research interests focus on using bioinformatic approaches to investigate various disorders and their associated proteins.

PUBLICATIONS

Alper, E., Ilgaz, T., & Sarica, P. Ö. (2024). Surface plasmon resonance , molecular docking , and molecular dynamics simulation studies of lysozyme interaction with tannic acid. Food Science & Nutrition, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.4315

Avci, F. G., Tastekil, I., Jaisi, A., Ozbek Sarica, P., & Sariyar Akbulut, B. (2023). A review on the mechanistic details of OXA enzymes of ESKAPE pathogens. Pathogens and Global Health, 117(3), 219–234. https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2022.2088496

Bingöl, E. N., Taştekil, I., Yay, C., Keskin, N., & Ozbek, P. (2022). How Epstein-Barr virus envelope glycoprotein gp350 tricks the CR2? A molecular dynamics study. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 114(April). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108196

POSTER PRESENTATIONS  

Ilgaz Taştekil, Fatma Gizem Avci, Berna Sariyar Akbulut, Pemra Ozbek Sarica, Investigation of OXA enzyme inhibitors using computational tools, 8th International Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Drug Design Congress, 15 December 2022

Ilgaz Taştekil, Cansu Yay, Nursena Keskin, Elif Naz Bingöl and Pemra Ozbek Sarıca. How Epstein-Barr virus envelope glycoprotein gp350 tricks the CR2? A molecular dynamics study. The 14th International Symposium On Health Informatics And Bioinformatics, 10-11 September 2021 (HIBIT 2021)