Rengul Cetin-Atalay, MD PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University

Born: Ankara, 1968

Address: Bilkent Main Campus
Faculty of Science B Buil. MBG Dept.
06800 Bilkent Ankara TURKEY
Office : Fen B-310
Phone :+ 90 (312) 290 2503
Fax : +90 (312) 266 50 97
Email : rengul[at]bilkent.edu.tr
URL: http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~rengul

 

 

Research Interests

Molecular Cellular Biology

Molecular mechanisms of liver cancer development
Effect of selenium deficiency dependent oxidative stress on HCC
Identifications of novel targets of p53 tumor suppressor protein in HCC

Bioinformatics

Genome annotation through machine learning techniques
Protein and DNA motif data analysis
Microarray data analysis
Molecular Cellular Biology

Employment History

2007-Present Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara Turkey
1999-2007 Assistant Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara Turkey
2004-2005 Assistant Professor (sabbatical leave) Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, USA
1997-1999 Instructor, Bilkent University, Ankara Turkey
1992-1997 Research Assistant, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

Academic Degrees

1997 Ph.D. Biochimie Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
1994 DEA(M.Sc) Biochimie Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
1992 M.D. Medicine Hacettepe Univ., Fac. of Medicine Ankara, Turkey

Scholarly Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals

Chapters in Books

Rewievs

Published conference Abstracts

Non-refereed proceedings

Graduate Student Supervision

Sponsored Research

KANILTEK - Cancer Drug Technologies, Investigator, Turkish Governmental Planning Organization, 2006-2009
Genome annotation based on subsequence analysis, Co-principal investigator, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 2005-2007
Molecular analysis of Selenium deficiency induced oxidative stress tolerance in cancer cells, Principal investigator, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 2005-2008,
Cancer gene promoter related motif search (CAPRIS) database, Principal investigator, JHU-VBI Collaboration grant, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 2004-2005,
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ATIKA, cell signaling pathway database, Principal investigator, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 2003-2004,
PATIKA, a tool for modeling analyzing and querying cellular pathways, Principal investigator, Bilkent University Research Found, 2001-2002,
Effect of selenium deficiency dependent oxidative stress on HCC, Principal investigator, Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2002-2005,
Identification of the interacting site of p33 protein on p53 tumor suppressor, Principal investigator, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 2000-2001

Professional Awards and Honors

UICC international cancer technology transfer fellowship (ICRETT), 2007
Turkish Academy of Sciences Young Investigator Award, 2002
French Government Ph.D. Scholarship, 1992-1997
PhD thesis, "Mention Très Honorable avec félicitations de jury", 1997

Invited Lectures and Invited Talks

Biological sequence analysis using machine-learning techniques, 31st FEBS Congress Satellite Workshop, Istanbul, 2006
In slico representation of cancer cell signaling, Boston University, November 2004
P2SL: Protein subcellular localization tool, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, February 2004.
Cancer Cell Signaling Database with PATIKA, Mathematical Bioscience Institute, Ohio Sate University, September 2003.
Proteomics, International Theoretical Course on Genetics and Molecular Biology of Stress Tolerance in Plants, Gebze, 2001
Proteomics: Protein Identification and Characterization, XVI National Congress of Biochemistry, Izmir, 2000
Biological sequence analysis and Bioinformatics, TUBITAK DNA/Cell Bank workshop, Ankara, 2000
EF-Tu as a Target of Antibiotics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, 1999
Functional Role of Noncatalytic Domains of EF-Tu, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 199
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Teaching

Graduate Courses
MBG 513 Bioinformatics
MBG 512 Advanced Cellular Biology
MBG 515 Principles of Protein Structure
MBG 524 Seminars in Molecular Biology
MBG 623 Seminars in Molecular Genetics I
MBG 624 Seminars in molecular Genetics II
MBG 612 Special Topics in Molecular Biology I
MBG 613 Special Topics in Molecular Biology II


Undergraduate Courses
MBG 104 Introduction to Modern Biology
MBG 311 Biochemistry I
MBG 312 Biochemistry II
MBG 309 Introduction to Biochemistry
MBG 411 Molecular Biology of the Cell I
MBG 413 Biotechnology
MBG 326 Introduction to Bioinformatics
MBG 481 Protein Chemistry
MBG 430 Computer Applications in Molecular Biology


Family

Volkan (Professor, METU - Dept. of Computer Eng.)
Mufitcan (11, BUPS grade5)
Sinem Naz (6,BUPS grade1 )