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Positions

2018 July-August: Postdoc Internship, IMP, Vienna Bio Center, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
2011-2017: Ph.D., Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Program, Sabanci University
2016 November-2017 February: Research Visit, UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea
2015 March-May: Research Visit, UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea
2013 November-December: Research Visit, UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea
2012 August-September: Internship, DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany
2010 February-November: Student researcher, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, IGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) - Groningen Team
2009 February-November: Student researcher, METU (Middle East Technical University), IGEM - METU Turkey Team
2009 June-July: Student researcher, Ankara University Biotechnology Institute (Hilal Özdag Lab)
2006-2011: Bachelor studies, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Middle East Technical University

Awards

2017: 1st Best Oral Presentation Award at the 6th International Congress of Molecular Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey, 22-25 May 2017
2017: People's Choice Award for 3MT Thesis Competition at Sabanci University, 17 May 2017
2017: Conference Travel Support for Heidelberg, Germany from Sabanci University, Turkey
2016: Research visit supported by IBS (Institute of Basic Science) from UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology), South Korea
2012: TUBITAK-BIDEB Scholarship for attending International Conference: FEBS SPECIAL MEETING/Protein Quality Control in Health and Disease, Kuşadasi (Aydın), Turkey, 14-16 November 2012
2012: DFKZ Summer Internship Scholarship from Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research
2011-2016: TUBITAK-BIDEB Scholarship 2211-A for PhD studies for 5 years
2011-2016: Full Scholarship for PhD studies in Sabanci University
2010: IGEM Gold Medal with Groningen Team for "Self-Assembling Hydrophobic Biofilm" project
2010 February-September: Erasmus Exchange Programme Scholarship (Groningen, Netherlands)
2009: IGEM Silver Medal with METU-Gene Team for "Wound Dressing" project
2008: Achieved third place in scientific movie competition at 1st Ege University-Molecular Biology and Genetics Conference (with Cihan Taştan, Gizem Kurt, and Fulya Çıray Duygu)
2006-2011: Scholarship from KAI (Kars-Ardahan-Iğdır) Registered Society for 5 years
2006-2011: TUBITAK-BIDEB Scholarship 2205 for undergraduate studies for 5 years
2003-2006: State Scholarship (high school) including accommodation and study materials

Professional Services

2016: Instructor, Autophagy and Highthroughput Screening, I. Autophagy Practical Course, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
2012: Jury Member, Turkish National Debating Tournament
2010-2011: President, METU Science and Technology Society
2009: Organizing Committee Member, National Genetically Modified Organism Symposium, Ankara, Turkey

Certificates

2019 - Loqui Sprach- und Bildungsinstitut B2 Deutsch Zertifikat
2018 - ÖSD A2 Deutsch Zertifikat
2017 - Goethe-Institut A1 Deutsch Zertifikat
2014 - II. Laboratory Animal Usage Certificate, Acıbadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Publication Lists

Book Chapters:

D. Gözüaçık^*, H.E. Karakaş, Y. Akkoç, and B. Özata.
Otofaji ve kanser (Autophagy and cancer).
In book Kanser Moleküler Biyolojisi (Cancer Molecular Biology), Yusuf Baran, editor, 2018.

^*: corresponding author

Journal Papers:

H.E. Karakas¹, Y.Akkoc¹, S. Erbil, C. Kig, U. Zeybek, H. Akkız, J. Dengjel, and D. Gozuacik^*.
Cancer-derived paracrine factor mediates tumor-stroma interactions involving autophagy activation in fibroblasts.
Submitted to British Journal of Cancer.

H.E. Karakas¹, J. Kim¹, J. Park, J.M. Oh, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik^*, and Y.K. Cho^*.
A microfluidic chip for screening individual cancer cells via eavesdropping on autophagy-inducing crosstalk in the stroma niche.
Scientific Reports 7, 2017, Article number: 2050, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02172-7.

H.E. Karakas and D. Gozuacik^*.
Autophagy and Cancer.
Turkish Journal of Biology 38 (6), pages 720-739, 2014, DOI: 10.3906/biy-1408-16.

C. Kucukgul¹, S.B. Ozler¹, I. Inci, H.E. Karakas, S. Irmak, D. Gozuacik, A. Taralp, and B. Koc^*.
3D Bioprinting of Biomimetic Aortic Vascular Constructs with Self‐Supporting Cells.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering 112 (4), pages 811-821, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/bit.25493.

¹: co-author, ^*: corresponding author

Conference Papers:

J. Kim, H.E. Karakas, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Monitoring Single Tumor Interactions With Fibroblasts In Autophagy Activation.
In: 8th International MMB Conference, 2016, Seoul, Korea, April 20-22.

J. Kim, H.E. Karakas, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Kinetic Study of Autophagy Activation in Fibroblasts Interacted with Single Tumor Cell in Microfluidic Platform.
In: Annual Autumn Meeting of the Korean BioChip Society, 2015, Gangwon, Korea, November 18-20.

J. Kim, H.E. Karakas, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Single Cell Analysis on the Role of TGF-β1 in Autophagy of Tumor Cell-Interacted Stroma Fibroblasts.
In: 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, pages 358-360, 2015, Gyeongju, Korea, October 25-28.

J. Kim, Cedric Bathany, H.E. Karakas, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Screening Chip for Autophagy of Fibroblast in Tumor cell Environment.
In: 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, pages 452-454, 2014, San Antonio, USA, October 26-30.

C. Kucukgul, B. Ozler, H.E. Karakas, D. Gozuacik, and B. Koc.
3D hybrid bioprinting of macrovascular structures.
Procedia Engineering 59, pages 183-192, 2013, 3rd ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Tissue Engineering (ICTE), Leiria, Portugal, June 06-08, 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.05.109.

B. Koc, C. Kucukgul, B. Ozler, H.E. Karakas, and D. Gozuacik.
3D hybrid bioprinting of macrovascular structures.
In: IIE Annual Conference & Expo, 2013, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 18-20.

Abstracts:

H.E. Karakas, J. Kim, J. Park, J.M. Oh, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Autophagy Analysis of Tumor-Fibroblasts Crosstalk on Biochips.
Turkish Journal of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology 02 (01/Supplement 1), pages 47-48, May 2017, Abstract no.: OP-3.

D. Gozuacik, S. Irmak, H.E. Karakas, and B. Koc.
Optimized 3D design and bioprinting of a blood vessel based on autophagy analyses.
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 6, pages 377, September 2012.

Oral Presentations:

H.E. Karakas, J. Kim, J. Park, J.M. Oh, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Autophagy Analysis of Tumor-Fibroblasts Crosstalk on Biochips.
In: 6th International Molecular Medicine Congress, 2017, Istanbul, Turkey, May 22-25.

H.E. Karakas, J. Kim, J. Park, J.M. Oh, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Functional cancer screens using biochip systems.
In: 4th International Gen-Arel Molecular Biology and Genetics Student Congress, 2017, Istanbul, Turkey, May 5-6.

J. Kim, H.E. Karakas, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
High throughput monitoring platform for heterogeneity of single tumor in autophagy of fibroblasts.
In: Annual Winter Meeting of Global Ph.D fellowship conference, 2015, Seoul, Korea, December 22.

H.E. Karakas, J. Kim, C. Bethany, Y.K. Cho, and D. Gozuacik.
Functional cancer screens using lab-on-a-chip systems.
In: EMBO YIP, 2014, Marseille, France, October 17-19.

O. Oral, D. Oz-Arslan, Z. Itah, H.E. Karakas, and D. Gozuacik.
Cleavage of Atg3 protein by caspase-8 regulates autophagy.
In: Autophagy and Cancer Symposium, 2014, Toulouse, France, October 15-18.

H.E. Karakas, J. Kim, C. Bethany, Y.K. Cho, and D. Gozuacik.
Functional cancer screens using lab-on-a-chip systems.
In: MolBioTurk, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey, April 8.

D. Gozuacik, H.E. Karakas, O. Oral, S. Irmak, and B. Koc.
Optimized 3D Design and Bioprinting of Cells Based on Autophagy Analyses.
In: FEBS Special Meeting/Protein Quality Control in Health and Disease, 2012, Kusadasi (Aydin), Turkey, November 14-16.

D. Gozuacik, H.E. Karakas, O. Oral, S. Irmak, and B. Koc.
Optimized 3D Design and Bioprinting of Cells Based on Autophagy Analyses.
In: 3rd TERMIS World Congress: "Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine", 2012, Vienna, Austria, September 5-8.

Posters:

H.E. Karakas, J. Kim, J. Park, J.M. Oh, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
A Microfluidic Chip for Screening Individual Cancer Cells via Eavesdropping on Autophagy-Inducing Crosstalk in the Stroma Niche.
In: Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium, 2018, IMP, Vienna, Austrias, May 4.

H.E. Karakas, J. Kim, J. Park, J.M. Oh, Y. Choi, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
A microfluidic chip for screening individual cancer cells via eavesdropping on autophagy-inducing crosstalk in the stroma niche.
In: 5th Heidelberg Forum for Young Life Scientists Conference, 2017, Heidelberg, Germany, June 8-9.

J. Kim, H.E. Karakas, C. Bethany, D. Gozuacik, and Y.K. Cho.
Screening Chips for Autophagy of Fibroblast in Tumor Cell Environment.
In: 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems For Chemistry and Life Sciences, 2014, San Antonio, Texas, October 26-30.

H.E. Karakas, B. Koc, and D. Gozuacik.
Analysis of the role of autophagy in tissue engineering studies.
In: TERMIS-EU Conference, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, June 17-20.

D. Gozuacik, H.E. Karakas, O. Oral, S. Irmak, and B. Koc.
Optimized 3D Design and Bioprinting of a Blood Vessel based on Autophagy.
In: 3rd Stem Cell Symposium, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, November 30 - December 1.

D. Gozuacik, H.E. Karakas, O. Oral, S. Irmak, and B. Koc.
Optimized 3D Design and Bioprinting of a Blood Vessel based on Autophagy.
In: 1st International Congress of the Molecular Biology Association of Turkey, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, November 23-24.

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