Contact Information:
Phone: (949) 509 7443
Work: (949) 824 3519
email: tturan at uci dot edu
Academic Information:
I got my PhD degree from the department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of University California,Irvine in March, 2007.
My PhD thesis was about DNA methylation analysis of Human Papillomavirus type-18.
I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Dr. Dan Mercola's Lab at University of California, Irvine.
My CV.
Publications
Tolga Turan, Mina Kalantari, Kate Cuschieri, Heather A. Cubie, H Skomedal, Hans-Ulrich Bernard.High-throughput detection of human papillomavirus-18 L1 gene methylation, a candidate biomarker for the progression of cervical neoplasia. Virology. 2006 Dec 15; [Epub ahead of print]
Tolga Turan, Kalantari M, Calleja-Macias IE, Cubie HA, Cuschieri K, Villa LL, Skomedal H, Barrera-Saldana HA, Bernard HU. Methylation of the human papillomavirus-18 L1 gene: a biomarker of neoplastic progression? Virology. 2006 May 25;349(1):175-83. Epub 2006 Feb 10.
Akgul G, Erturk A, Turkoz M, Tolga Turan, Ichinose A, Nagatake T, Ahmed K. Role of Lipooligosaccharide in the Attachment of Moraxella catarrhalis to Human Pharyngeal Epithelial Cells. Microbiol Immunol. 2005 ;49:931-5 16237271
Cakan G, Turkoz M, Tolga Turan, Ahmed K, Nagatake T. S-carboxymethylcysteine inhibits the attachment of Streptococcus pneumoniae to human pharyngeal epithelial cells. Microb Pathog. 2003 Jun ;34 (6):261-5 12782478
Tolga Turan. Isolation and Characterization of an Adhesin Protein from the Surface of a Respiratory Pathogen: Moraxella Catarrhalis. M sc Thesis Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey 2002
Skills
Real Time PCR-Very Proficient
Real Time Methylation Specific PCR-Very Proficient
Ligation-Mediated PCR-Beginner
Inverse PCR-Inverse Long PCR-Very Proficient
DNA Cloning -Very Proficient
DNA Sequencing-Very Proficient
Sodium Bisulfite Treatment-Moderately Proficient
Cell Culture-Very Proficient
Treatment of cells with 5-azacytidine, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine-Very Proficient
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation-Very Proficient
Micrococcal Nuclease Assay-Moderately Proficient
Immune Assays- Very proficient