Middle East Technical University Areas of Interest Department of Biological Sciences

Middle East Technical University Areas of Interest
Department of Biological Sciences


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Department of Biological Sciences : AREAS OF INTEREST
Agricultural biotechnology Agriculture Biotechnology Culture Technology Allele frequencies of Mp6D-9 and GATT markers in 32 Turkish cystic fibrosis fami lies Turkish Antibody production Antibody Product Production Applied ecology Ecology Arilamine N-acetylCoA transferase (NAT1 and NAT2) polymorphism and its relationship with human breast cancer Arilamine N-acetylCoA transferase Breast cancer Cancer Human Human breast Human breast cancer Polymorphism arilamine N-acetylCoA transferase, xanthine oxidase, B-lactamase, chitosanase, proteases, NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase, methemoglobin reductase Arilamine N-acetylCoA transferase B-lactamase B-lactamase, chitosanase Chitosanase Cytochrome Cytochrome b5 Methemoglobin Methemoglobin reductase NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase Proteases Xanthine oxidase Bacterial physiology Bacterial Biochemistry Chemistry biodegradable polyesters Biodegradable Polyesters Biodegradable polymers Biodegradable Polymers Biodegradation of Halogenated Hydrocarbons Biodegradation Carbon Halogenated Hydrocarbons Hydrocarbon biodegradation of pesticides Biodegradation Biodiversity biological materials Biological Materials biological origin materials Biological Biological materials Biological origin Materials Biological Sciences Biological Science Biological spectroscopy (FTIR, ESR, UV/Visible) Biological Biological spectroscopy ESR FTIR Spectroscopy UV Biology Biomaterials Materials bioreactors Reactor Biosensors Sensors biotechnological applications Biotechnology Technology Biotechnology and Pollution Monitoring: Use of cytochrome P4501 A protein and associated enzyme induction as biomarkers in the aquatic environment Aquatic environment Biomarkers Biotechnology Cytochrome Cytochrome P450 Environment Enzyme Enzyme induction Enzyme Technology Monitoring Pollution Pollution Monitoring Protein Technology biotechnology for health Biotechnology Health Technology bone fracture Bone Fracture bone fracture repair rods Bone Bone fracture Fracture Boron Breeding of forest trees Cancer Biology Biology Cancer Characterization of cell membrane proteins and lipid composition, relation on hormone receptors Cell membrane Cell membrane proteins Characterisation Characterization of cell membrane proteins Hormone Hormone receptors Lipid Lipid composition Membrane Protein characterization of polymeric materials for biomedical use Biomedical Biomedical Materials Characterisation Characterization of polymeric materials Materials Materials characterization Medical Polymeric Polymeric Materials Polymers Chickpea Climatic change conservation biology Biology Conservation Conservation of endangered species Conservation Conservation of genetic resources of crop and tree species Conservation Genetics Resources Controlled biodegradation of carbamate pesticides Biodegradation Biodegradation of carbamate pesticides Biodegradation of pesticides Carbamate pesticides Control controlled drug delivery Control Drug Drug delivery Liver Ontrolled drug controlled release Control Cultural ecology Culture Ecology Cytochrome P450 and flavin monooxygenase specific reactions Cytochrome Cytochrome P450 Reaction drug delivery Drug Liver Ecological Genetics Ecology Genetics Ecological restoration of eutrophic freshwaters lakes i.e.biomanipulation, submerged plant introduction, and external nutrient loading reductions Biomanipulation Ecology External nutrient loading reductions Manipulation Plant Reduction Restoration Submerged plant introduction Water Ecology Effect of antioxidants and drugs on normal and pathological membranes and tissues Drug Membrane Tissues Effects of neurotrophic factors (NT's) on the adult neural plasticity Adult neural plasticity Neural Neural plasticity Neurotrophic factors Plastic Plasticity Effects of neurotrophic factors on the animal's performance in a variety of memory tasks Animal Animal's performance in a variety of memory tasks Memory Neurotrophic factors Performance Enzymatic and genetic basis of aminoglycoside resistance in the clinical isolates of bacteria, Genetics enzyme immobilization Enzyme Immobilization Enzyme polymorphism Enzyme Polymorphism Enzymes: Purification, characterisation and kinetics Characterisation Enzyme Kinetics Free radicals and their effects on DNA (ss breaks, DNA adducts, SCE) DNA Free radicals and their effects on DNA Freshwater ecology of shallow and deep lakes including dam lakes, through relationships between physicochemical features, and phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish, aquatic plants and birds Aquatic plants Birds Chemicals Dam lakes Dams Deep Deep water Ecology Freshwater ecology Physicochemical features Phytoplankton ecology Phytoplanktons Phytoplanktons lakes Plankton Plant Water Zooplankton Zooplankton ecology Genetic manipulation Genetics Manipulation Genetic manipulation of catabolic genes from thermophilic, ethanol producing bacteria. Catabolic genes Ethanol Ethanol producing bacteria Genetic manipulation Genetic manipulation of catabolic genes Genetics Manipulation Genetic structure of two Turkish brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) populations Genetics Population Structures Turkish Genetic variation in natural populations Genetics Natural Population Variations hard tissue repair Tissues Hydrocarbon utilization by microorganisms in Jet-fuel Carbon Hydrocarbon Jet-fuel Microorganisms hydrogels Identification of proteins in different species and tissues by using antibodies Identification Protein Tissues In vitro drug-drug; drug-toxicant interactions Drug-toxicant interactions Interaction Toxic In vivo effects of drugs and toxic chemicals on liver and lung metabolizing enzymes and their role in chemical carcinogenesis Chemical carcinogenesis Chemicals Drug Drug metabolizing enzymes Enzyme In vivo effects Liver Lung Metabolizing chemicals Metabolizing enzymes Toxic Toxic chemicals Interactions between cytochrome P450 and cytochrome b5 and the role of interactions in the metabolism of drugs Cytochrome Cytochrome b5 Cytochrome P450 Drug Interaction Metabolism Metabolism of drugs Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of thermostability in thermophilic Archaebacteria by genetic and protein engineering Engineering Genetics Investigations Mechanisms Molecular Molecular genetic Protein Protein stability Stability Involvement of dopaminergic neurotransmission in different forms of animal behaviour Animal Animal behaviour Behavior Dopaminergic neurotransmission Neurotransmission Transmission isolation , purification and characterizations of the bacterial dehalogenases Bacterial Characterisation Isolation Isolation of bacteria with degradative functions from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems Ecosystems Isolation System isolation of thermophilic microorganisms from hot-springs Isolation Microorganisms Lentil Mammalian cell culture technology Culture Technology Marine ecology Ecology Marine medical engineering and technology Engineering Medical Medical Engineering Medical Technology Technology Metallothioneins and other metal-binding proteins accounting for high metal-resistance in eukaryotic microorganisms; possibilities for using them in related biotechnological applications. Accounting Biotechnological applications Eukaryotic microorganisms High metal-resistance Metal-binding proteins Metallothioneins Microorganisms Protein Microbial ecology Ecology Microbial Microbiology Biology Modelling in population dynamics and population genetics Dynamics Genetics Modeling Population Population Genetics Molecular Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotic Antibiotic Resistance Molecular Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Biophysics Cellular Molecular Physics Molecular Basis of Thermostability Molecular Stability molecular biology of thermophilic protease Biology Molecular molecular epidemiology of antibiotic resistance Antibiotic Antibiotic Resistance Molecular Molecular epidemiology of antibiotic resistance Molecular Genetics Genetics Molecular Molecular genetic Molecular genetics of dipeptide synthesis as an essential component of quorum-sensing pathway in Bacillus subtilis. Cloning and characterization of the relevant genes. Bacillus subtilis Characterisation Characterization of genes Cloning Cloning of genes Components Dipeptide synthesis Genetics Molecular Molecular genetic Molecular Genetics Quorum-sensing Sensing Molecular genetics of trees and crops (QTL mapping, genomic mapping, DNA markers) DNA Genetics Molecular Molecular genetic Molecular Genetics Molecular markers QTL Molecular investagation of diabets and hypo-perfusion and possible treatment methods. Molecular Molecular systematics Molecular System Neurophysiology ornithology Pathway engineering to improve cephamycin C biosynthesis in Streptomyces clavuligerus. Cephamycin C biosynthesis Engineering Pathway engineering Streptomyces clavuligerus Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals Technology photodynamic liposomes Dynamics Liposomes Plant biotechnology Biotechnology Plant Technology Plant Gene Transfer : Wheat, Sugarbeet, Sainfoin (Microprojectile Bombardment), Sunflower, Opium Poppy (Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Agrobacterium tumefaciens Beet Heat Transfer Microprojectile Bombardment Opium Poppy Plant Plant Gene Transfer Sainfoin Sugar Sugarbeet Sunflower Wheat Plant Sciences Plant Science Plant tissue culture : Wheat, Sunflower, Chickpea, Sugarbeet, Sainfoin and Opium Poppy Beet Chickpea Culture Opium Poppy Plant Plant tissue culture Sainfoin Sugar Sugarbeet Sun and Culture Sunflower Tissues Wheat Plant-microbe associations Plant polyesters population and community ecology Community Community ecology Ecology Population Population Genetics Genetics Population Population genetics of forest trees, genetic adaptation, ecological genetics of plants Ecological Genetics Ecological genetics of plants Ecology Genetic adaptation Genetics Plant Population Population Genetics Population genetics of forest trees Production and application of microbial polyesters in the construction of biodegradable controlled antibiotic release systems and bone fracture repair rods Antibiotic Antibiotic release systems Biodegradable Biodegradable polyesters Bone Bone fracture Bone fracture repair rods Construction Control Control Systems Controlled release Fracture Microbial Microbial polyesters Polyesters Product Production System Production of superoxide radicals by sheep liver nitrofurantoin reductase:in vitro effects of nitrofurantoin in metabolites on DNA DNA In vitro effects Liver Metabolite Metabolite Production Metabolites Nitrofurantoin Nitrofurantoin reductase Oxide Product Production Sheep liver Superoxide radicals Propagation of forest trees by tissue culture Culture Propagation Tissues Protein structure, function and stability Protein Protein function Protein stability Protein structure Stability Structures Red Cell Enzyme and Blood Group Polymorphisms in Turkey Enzyme Enzyme polymorphism Polymorphism Turkey signal transduction Signal Soil microbiology and biochemistry Biochemistry Biology Chemistry Microbiology Soil Soil microbiology stress physiology Stress structure-function analysis of Aminoglycoside 3- Phosphotransferase -II by site-specific mutagenesis Structures Systematic zoology; trying to solve the taxonomic problems by employing the morphologic and molecular characteristics Molecular Molecular characteristics Morphologic characteristics Problem System Systematic zoology Taxonomic problems The characterization of the microsomal enzyme systems metabolizing chemicals like benzene, pyridine and drugs Benzene Characterisation Chemical characterisation Chemicals Drug Drug metabolizing enzymes Enzyme Metabolizing chemicals Metabolizing enzymes Microsomal enzyme systems Pyridine System The clarification of the possible role of flavin monooxygenases in structure and function by employing molecular genetic techniques Flavin monooxygenases Genetics Molecular Molecular genetic Molecular genetic techniques Molecular structure Structures The structure, function and the regulation of the cytochrome P450 dependent drug metabolizing enzymes Cytochrome Cytochrome P450 Drug Drug metabolizing enzymes Enzyme Metabolizing enzymes Structures Tissue engineering Engineering Tissues Transformation Formation Transformations Transgenic plants Plant Turkish population data on HLA-DQA, LDIR, GYPA, HBGG, D7SB and GC loci Data Population Turkish use of molecular markers for biomonitoring in polluted environments Environment Molecular Molecular markers Monitoring Wheat wildlife biology Biology Wildlife Yeast genetics and molecular biology Biology Genetics Molecular Molecular genetic Molecular Genetics Yeast Yeast genetic

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