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Dr. Atakan Ekiz receives an EMBO Installation grant

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The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) awards Dr. Ekiz with an Installation Grant. With this support, our lab will investigate long…
Jan 16, 2024

Cagatay Sahin and Emre Kilic receive TUBITAK scholarships

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Two graduate students in the lab, Cagatay Sahin and Emre Kilic, have received TUBITAK graduate scholarships. “The Tower” gained two more steps 🤩 Congrats to both of you!
Jan 6, 2024

Dr. Atakan Ekiz receives the Barlan Award from the Turkish Society of Immunology

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Owing to his contributions to the field of immunology, Dr. Ekiz is awarded with…
Oct 14, 2023

Preprint describing a new data analysis interface is published

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The preprint describing The Cancer Genome Explorer (TCGEx)1 is published in bioRxiv. TCGEx helps…
Aug 17, 2023

Emre Kus completes his MSc and becomes the first graduate of the lab

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Emre has successfully defended his Master’s thesis and became the first graduate of the Ekiz Lab. He spearheaded the development of …
Jul 7, 2023

New seed funding through a collaboration with University of Mississippi

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The Ekiz lab established a new collaboration with colleagues in the USA to study the immune responses to pathogenic bacteria in catfish. This seed grant originates from the…
Jul 3, 2023

New article describing the adrenal cancer immune dynamics during aging is published

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We helped tremendous collaborators at the University of Utah (USA) to characterize new mechanisms of immune remodeling in adrenal cancer. The study published in Nature Aging uncovers a role for myeloid cells in restraining adrenal cancer during…
Jul 3, 2023

Hilal Kayacan and Busra Agir receive internal funding support

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Two of our graduate students, Hilal Kayacan and Busra Agir, received internal…
Jul 2, 2023

Dr. Atakan Ekiz gets appointed as the UNESCO Chairholder at IzTech

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Dr. Ekiz is appointed as the holder for the Biotechnology and…
Jun 16, 2023

A new book chapter on breast cancer immunology published

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With tremendous collaborators in the USA, we have written a new book chapter that describes the involvement of the immune system in breast cancer. The book…
May 16, 2023

Arda Askin receives Abdi-Ibrahim Foundation Scholarship

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Arda Askin, an…
Apr 6, 2023

Kadir Durmus receives a TUBITAK scholarship

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Kadir Durmus, one of the MS students in the lab…
Apr 6, 2023

A group of undergrads have received TUSEB funding

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Four tremendous undergrads of the Ekiz Lab, Cagatay Sahin, Emre Kilic, Arda Askin, and Mert Ozgur (intern from…
Apr 6, 2023

Dr. Atakan Ekiz receives the Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Investigator Award

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Dr. Ekiz is selected as one of the 34 Outstanding Young Investigators in the nation…
Dec 29, 2022

A new review article examining the roles of miRNAs in tumor immunity and immunotherapy is published

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Dr. Ekiz wrote a new review article with his postdoc lab to describe the potential of miRNAs in cancer immunotherapy. Have a good read!
Sep 1, 2022

Dr. Atakan Ekiz receives the best instructor award

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Dr. Ekiz received the best instructor award at the IzTech graduation ceremony. This award was given based on the positive feedback from the students as well…
Jul 1, 2022

Dr. Atakan Ekiz is featured in the Fulbright Newsletter

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Dr. Ekiz’s research and TUBITAK-2232 grant are featured in the Fulbright newsletter and the national media. These news stories describe…
Jun 13, 2022
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