İlayda Kallenci — portrait

Molecular Biologist

İlayda Kallenci

Biruni University, Molecular Biology and Genetics (2019 – 2024)

Responsible for laboratory processes and for carrying out cellular and molecular analyses.

About

İlayda carries out NeoPreklinik's cell culture and molecular analysis work. She is a graduate of Biruni University's Molecular Biology and Genetics programme, taught fully in English.

Her laboratory experience was also built at Biruni: at the Cell Culture Research Laboratory she worked on cell culture techniques, immunofluorescence staining and MTT assays, and her role at the Medical Biology and Genetics Laboratory brought hands-on experience in DNA–RNA isolation, primer design, PCR, RFLP, cDNA synthesis and gene expression studies.

Selected projects

  1. TÜSEB

    Investigation of the effects of combined temozolomide–metformin treatment on cancer-related mitochondrial regulation and TP53 gene expression in human glioblastoma multiforme cell culture

  2. TÜBİTAK 2209/A

    The effect of ACTN3, ACE and PPARGC1A variations on COVID-19 disease severity

Topics they work on