Yağmur Kiraz, PhD

Assistant Professor

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AFFILIATION: İZMİR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS, DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS AND BIOENGINEERING

Contact Details

  • ADDRESS: İzmir University of Economics, Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Office A410, 35330, Balcova, İzmir, Turkey

ABOUT ME

Dr. Yağmur Kiraz was graduated from İstanbul University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in 2013. She earned her MSc and PhD from İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

During her PhD studies, she received a scholarship from TUBITAK-BIDEB-2214A International Fellowship Programme for PhD students and worked in Health Science Center, Stony Brook University, NY, USA between 2017 and 2019 to conduct her PhD project. Her PhD project focused on “Targeting Sphingolipids to Overcome Imatinib Resistance in Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia”. Her research is placed around drug resistance mechanisms in different type of leukemia and the involvement of sphingolipids in chemotherapy resistance. During her graduate education, she received many prestigious awards from different institutions/conferences including “Health Security Partners Futures Fellowship”; “Qualified in a global competition among young scientists worldwide to participate in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting”; “Youth Travel Fund” from 2019 FEBS Special Meeting; “Young Researcher Award” from Turkish Hematology Association. Dr. Kiraz has more than 30 abstracts presented in national and international conferences and over 15 articles published in international journals/books.

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EXPERIENCE

FromSep 2020ToPresent

İzmir University of Economicsİzmir, Turkey

Assistant Professor

FromSep 2017ToJun 2019

(1 YEARS 10 MONTHS)

Stony Brook UniversityNew York, USA

Visiting Research Scholar

FromSep 2016ToSep 2017

(1 YEAR)

Abdullah Gül UniversityKayseri, Turkey

Research Assistant

FromDec 2013ToAug 2016

(2 YEARS 8 MONTHS)

İzmir Institute of Technologyİzmir, Turkey

Research Assistant

EDUCATION

FromFeb 2015ToNov 2019

(4 YEARS 9 MONTHS)

İzmir Institute of Technologyİzmir, Turkey

PhD

FromSep 2017ToJun 2019

(1 YEARS 10 MONTHS)

Stony Brook UniversityNew York, USA

PhD Studies

FromSep 2013ToDec 2014

(1 YEAR 3 MONTHS)

İzmir Institute of Technologyİzmir, Turkey

MSc

FromSep 2009ToJun 2013

(3 YEARS 10 MONTHS)

İstanbul Universityİstanbul, Turkey

BSc

PUBLICATIONS

HONORS & AWARDS

  • “TUBITAK 1512-BiGG Grant Recipient” TÜBİTAK BiGG Individual Entrepreneurship Grant Program (2019/1), 31 December 2019
  • “The Best Project Award” AMGEN 1st Biotechnology Fair, İzmir, 22 November 2019
  • “Young Researcher Award” 45th Congress of Turkish Hematology Association, Antalya, 30 October- 2 November 2019
  • “Experimental Hematology Award” 45th Congress of Turkish Hematology Association, Antalya, 30 October- 2 November 2019
  • “EHA Travel Grant” 24th Congress of European Hematology Association, Amsterdam, 13-16 June 2019
  • “Youth Travel Fund” 2019 FEBS Special Meeting on Sphingolipid Biology: Sphingolipids in physiology and pathology, Cascais, Portugal, 6-10 May 2019
  • “Selected for International Research Fellowship Programme for Doctoral Students” TUBITAK, September 2017- April 2019
  • “The Best Scientific Paper of 2017” European Orthodontics Society, 2017
  • “Experimental Hematology Award” 4th Experimental Hematology Congress, 2017
  • “2016 Health Security Partners Futures Fellowship” Health Security Partners, Vienna, 2-8 Nov 2016
  • “2015 Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı Scientific Project Support Award” Nejat F Eczacıbaşı Foundation
  • “Qualified in a global competition among young scientists worldwide to participate in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting” Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, 28 June- 4 July 2015.
  • “The Best Abstract Award” International IInd Experimental Hematology Congress, 2015
  • “Experimental Hematology Award” Experimental Hematology Congress, 2014
  • “Honourable Mention Award (IInd Best Oral Presentation Award) Ist International Stem Cell and Cellular Therapy Congress, 2014
  • “The Best Hypothesis Award” International Symposium on Cancer Nanomedicine, 2013