Fulya Turker
Assistant Professor / Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics / Faculty of Science · Bilkent University
Biography
Dr. Türker graduated as valedictorian with a B.Sc. in Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Bioengineering, and a minor in Chemistry, from Sabanci University in Turkey in 2017. During her undergraduate studies, she spent a semester as an exchange student at Boston University and interning at Harvard Medical School. She then pursued her Ph.D. in the Department of Biological Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, US under the mentorship of Dr. Seth S. Margolis. Her dissertation focuses on identifying neuronal membrane proteasome-derived peptides with signaling capabilities in the mammalian nervous system. After earning her Ph.D., Dr. Türker joined Dr. Sandra Encalada's research group at The Scripps Research Institute, US as a postdoctoral research fellow. During her postdoctoral training, she was awarded the George E. Hewitt Foundation Fellowship. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department at Bilkent University, Turkey.
Education
2017 - 2023 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA Ph.D., Department of Biological Chemistry 2013 - 2017 Sabanci University, Istanbul, TURKEY B.Sc., Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Minor Program: Chemistry 2016 Spring Boston University, MA, USA Educational Abroad Program (Exchange student)
Recent Scopus Publications
- Regulation of translation elongation and integrated stress response in heat-shocked neurons
- Protocol to study neuronal membrane proteasome function in mouse peripheral sensory neurons
- The nociceptive activity of peripheral sensory neurons is modulated by the neuronal membrane proteasome
- Neuronal membrane proteasome-derived peptides modulate NMDAR-dependent neuronal signaling to promote changes in gene expression
- Orthogonal approaches required to measure proteasome composition and activity in mammalian brain tissue
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0441-090X
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iFichsF1PbIC
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57195230125