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Featured Research Projects

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  • The Effect of Belief in God on VMAT1/Slc18a1 and VMAT2/Slc18a2 Gene Expressions and Determination of Single Nucleotide       Polymorphisms (SNPs).  RTEU Funded/ 2024-Contd/ PI-Director

  • Isolation and Determination of Enzyme Activities of Phytohormone Degrading Bacteria Interacting with Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Plant and Soil. RTEU Funded/ 2024-Contd/ PI-Director

  • Tea Education Specialization Project. RTEU Funded /2020-2024/ Researcher-Instructor

  • Establishing the Tea Plant Gene Pool and Identifying Commercial Tea Variety Candidates. TUBITAK 1007 Funded/ 2019-2024/ Researcher and Work Package Leader

  • Determining the Effects of the Amounts of Substances that Give Black Rize Tea its Infusion Color on the Infusion Color. TUBITAK 2209A Funded/ 2021-2022/ Supervisor

  • Cloning of Acanthamoeba castellanii Beta-Glucosidase (Aca1) gene cDNA. CU Funded/ 2018-2020/ Researcher

  • Metabolic Engineering of Cellulolytic Microbes for Production of Biofuels. DOE-BESC Funded/ 2015-2017/ Researcher

  • Cloning, Molecular Characterization and Determination of Genetic Polymorphism of the Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Gene of Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (Tea) Plant. TUBITAK 1002 Funded/ 2014-2015/ PI- Director

  • Comparison of Growth Rates in Mutant and Wild-Type Geobacillus thermoglicosidasius Cells in Terms of the polA Gene. RTEU Funded/ 2011/ Researcher 

  • Determination of yield and wet milling quality of hybrid horsetooth corn (Zea mays indentata L.) varieties grown under main crop conditions in different regions. TUBITAK 1001 Funded/ 2010/ Research Scholarship

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