Mycobacterial Diseases
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1068
ISSN: 2161-1068
Cemalettin Bekpen
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Bogazici University, Turkey
Completing my Ph.D. degree under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jonathan C. Howard, one of the pioneers in immunogenetics, has given me a great perspective about cell genetics and innate immunity. I worked on the comparative genomics and function of the IRG gene family which is involved in cell-autonomous immunity in mice. To do my post-doctoral studies, I moved to Prof. Evan Eichler’s Lab., at the Genome Sciences in University of Washington, Seattle, USA in the beginning of September 2006. During my post doctoral studies, I have studied the functional characterizations of the genes embedded within human core segmental duplication regions. Currently. I am working in Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) as research associate to study whether any of the human specific gene families involve in immune response in human. In the mean time, I am establishing my research group in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici university, Istanbul Turkey.
Completing my Ph.D. degree under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jonathan C. Howard, one of the pioneers in immunogenetics, has given me a great perspective about cell genetics and innate immunity. I worked on the comparative genomics and function of the IRG gene family which is involved in cell-autonomous immunity in mice. To do my post-doctoral studies, I moved to Prof. Evan Eichler’s Lab., at the Genome Sciences in University of Washington, Seattle, USA in the beginning of September 2006. During my post doctoral studies, I have studied the functional characterizations of the genes embedded within human core segmental duplication regions. Currently. I am working in Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) as research associate to study whether any of the human specific gene families involve in immune response in human. In the mean time, I am establishing my research group in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici university, Istanbul Turkey.