Mehmet Burak Taşkaya
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Mehmet Burak Taşkaya

PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology and Genetics

Bilkent University, Ankara · Advisor: Asst. Prof. Onur Çizmecioğlu

I study how disease-associated gene variants affect cell function in kidney epithelial cell lines. I also analyze RNA-seq and metabolomics data in R and Python.

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Current work

  1. Disease-associated variants in kidney epithelial cells

    My thesis is a functional analysis of two genes associated with pediatric kidney developmental disorders.

    PhD thesis · Bilkent University · – present

  2. Data analysis

    In my PhD, I also analyze omics data: RNA-seq (Salmon, DESeq2), pathway enrichment (clusterProfiler, KEGG), metabolomics (MetaboAnalystR), and cross-omics integration, in R/Bioconductor and Python.

    R/Bioconductor · Python

  3. Teaching and mentoring

    I was a teaching assistant for MBG 338 Microbiology Laboratory in Spring 2025 and Spring 2026. I also supervise interns at the bench.

    Bilkent University

Research and methods

Before the PhD

  1. Sabancı University, Mayack Lab

    Project intern

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    RNA expression dynamics and post-transcriptional regulation in honey bees (Asst. Prof. Christopher Mayack).

  2. Acıbadem University

    B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics

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    Full scholarship. Undergraduate research and internships:

    • SARS-CoV-2 variants in saliva samples, and microbiome analysis (Prof. Uğur Sezerman);
    • bacteriophage culture, quorum sensing, and biofilm formation in the wet lab (Assoc. Prof. Erkan Mozioğlu);
    • protein and amino-acid databases and a protein-stability predictor in R and Python (Prof. Emel Timuçin);
    • a student internship at Bezmialem Vakıf University: an in-silico project on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

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