ZULFIYE YELIZ AKKAYA ULUM

ZULFIYE YELIZ AKKAYA ULUM
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, 06100, Sihhiye,
Ankara, Turkey
yelizakkaya@hacettepe.edu.tr
+90 312-305-3173
PERSONAL
Date of Birth
Nationality
Languages
July 21, 1987
Turkish
Turkish, English, German
EDUCATION
2012-
PhD, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe
University, Ankara, Turkey
2010 - 2012
MSc, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe
University, Ankara, Turkey
Thesis Title: Analyzing the Pyrin-PSTPIP1 Relation During Cell Migration
2009-2011
Pre-Bachelor, Management of Health Instutions, The Faculty of Open
University, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
09.2007 - 02.2008
BSc, Biology, Faculty of Science, Georg-August Göttingen University,
Göttingen, Germany
2004 - 2009
BSc, Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
SKILLS and EXPERTISE
 Molecular Biology (DNA and RNA isolation from cell culture and tissue, PCR, RT-PCR,
DNA sequencing, Bisulfite conversion and sequencing, Cloning)
 Cell Biology (Cell culture assays, western blot, immunostaining, microscopy
technics, RNA interference (Silencing with siRNAs), miRNA array)
 Studies with mice and rats (Injections, Dissection)
RELEVANT POSITIONS
01.2012 - Present
06.2009 - 07.2009
06.2008 - 07.2008
Research Assistant
Intern at Faculty of Medicine, Medical Biology Department,
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Intern at Instution of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of
Molecular Genetics, Georg-August Göttingen University,
Göttingen, Germany
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FELLOWSHIPS
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Medical Biology and Genetics Society
Hacettepe University Community of Biology
HONORS and AWARDS
201203.2010 - 2012
06.2009
09.2007-03.2008
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) Scholarship for PhD Studies
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) Scholarship for M.Sc. Studies
7th place in BSc graduation among 124 students
European Union Office in Hacettepe University, Scholarship for
Erasmus Students
RESEARCH PAPERS and POSTERS
 YZ Akkaya-Ulum, B Balci-Peynircioglu, N Purali, E Yilmaz. Pyrin-PSTPIP1 Colocalizes
at the Leading Edge During Cell Migration. 2014 (Submitted to Cell Biochemistry &
Function).
 ZY Akkaya, B Balci-Peynircioglu, A Cetinkaya, N Purali, E Yilmaz. PW01-001 – PyrinPSTPIP1 relation during cell migration, Pediatric Rheumatology 2013, 11(Suppl 1):A54.
From 7th Congress of International Society of Systemic Auto-Inflammatory Diseases
(ISSAID) Lausanne, Switerland. 22-26 May 2013
 B Peynircioğlu, ZY Akkaya, C Guler, A Cetinkaya, ZE Taskiran, E Yilmaz. OR2-001 –
The possible role of pyrin on cell migration, Pediatric Rheumatology 2013, 11(Suppl 1):A1.
From 7th Congress of International Society of Systemic Auto-Inflammatory Diseases
(ISSAID) Lausanne, Switerland. 22-26 May 2013
 Taskiran EZ, Cetinkaya A, Balci-Peynircioglu B, Akkaya YZ, Yilmaz E. The effects of
colchicine on Pyrin and Pyrin interacting proteins. 2012; J Cell Biochem Nov; 113 (11):
3536-46
 Cetinkaya A., Taskiran Z.E., Akkaya Z.Y., Balci-Peynircioglu B., Yilmaz E. The
Effects of Pyrin Protein and Its Mutants on ASC Speck Formation and Role of
Colchicine In The Process (Abstract). Autoinflammation 2010, 6th International
Congress on FMF and SAID. 2-6 September 2010, Amsterdam, Holland
 Taskiran Z.E., Cetinkaya A., Akkaya Z.Y., Balci-Peynircioglu B., Yilmaz E. The Effect
of Colchicine on Pyrin-PSTPIP1 Interaction (Abstract). Autoinflammation 2010, 6th
International Congress on FMF and SAID. 2-6 September 2010, Amsterdam, Holland
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PROJECTS
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H.U. BAB, International Scientific Cooperation Support, 014 G 602 002, (2015) “Motility
and angiogenic potential of melanoma: roles and mechanism of miR-203”
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TUBITAK 1001-SBAG 214S106, (2015-2017) “Investigation of the role of miRNAs on the
pathogenesis of Familial Mediterranean fever”
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H.U. BAB 013D05101005, (2013-2014) “Effect of Epigenetic Factors on the Molecular
Pathophysiology of FMF”
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TUBITAK 1001-SBAG 111S507, (2012-2014) “The analysis of the role of pyrin protein on
inflammatory cell migration”
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 H.U. BAB (2011-2013) “Identification of the role of ASC (apoptosis-associated speck like
protein with a CARD) in the pathogenesis of AA type amyloid development by using an
animal based amyloid model”
 H.U. BAB 010D03101004, (2010-2011) “The Effects of Pyrin Protein and Its Mutants On
ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain)
Speck Formation and Role of Colchicine In The Process”
CONFERENCES and TRAININGS
10.27.2013-10.30.2013
XIII. National Congress of Medical Biology and Genetics, Kusadasi,
Aydin, Turkey
05.22.2013 - 05.26.2013
Autoinflammation 2013, 7th International Congress on FMF and
SAID. University Hospital of Lausanne(CHUV), Lausanne,
Switzerland
09.02.2010 – 09.06.2010
06.25.2010 – 06.26.2010
04.18.2009 – 04.19.2009
Autoinflammation 2010, 6th International Congress on FMF and
SAID. 2-6 September 2010, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT),
Amsterdam, Holland
I. Stem Cell Course and V. Stem Cell Symposium, The
Turkish Academy of Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
IV. Molecular Biology and Genetics Seminar, Bogazici University,
Istanbul, Turkey