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Umut Gerlevik is listed as BBSRC Researcher at The Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, a with 81 employees, based in Oxford, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Umut Gerlevik.
Umut Gerlevik previously worked as Postdoctoral Researcher at The Department Of Biochemistry, University Of Oxford and Marie Curie Researcher at The Department Of Biochemistry, University Of Oxford. Umut Gerlevik holds Doctor Of Human Biology from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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About Umut Gerlevik
Interested in novel scientific questions about mechanisms of life and diseases by utilising both biochemical techniques and artificial intelligence. Experienced in transcription, metabolism, chromatin architecture, bioinformatics, predictive machine-learning models, protein structure and dynamics, rare diseases and glioma mechanisms.
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The Department Of Biochemistry, University Of Oxford
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Bbsrc Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
BBSRC postdoctoral researcher in Andre Furger’s group.
Marie Curie Researcher
Marie Skladowska-Curie Researcher in Prof Jane Mellor's Group, as a part of Cell2Cell-ITN https://www.linkedin.com/company/cell2cell-msca-itn https://cell2cell.eu• Working on a nascent transcriptome mapping method via metabolic labelling (SNU-seq) in human cells• Adapting SNU-seq for the yeast metabolic cycle to uncover transcriptional regulation mechanisms• Investigating the impact of IDH1*R132H on transcription, metabolism, physiology, epigenetics, chromatin architecture and protein levels in U87MG glioma-derived human cell lines
Oct 2021 - May 2024
Demonstrator
Demonstrating tutorial sessions for biochemistry courses for groups of undergraduate students
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
Supervisor
Training junior lab members in computational and wet lab techniques to ensure competence and safety
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
Talks Representative
Organising scientific and careers seminars in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.
Researcher/Member
Acıbadem University Brain Tumor Research Group
Participating in the biweekly journal clubs and working on clinical and omics data of the group led by Prof. Koray Ozduman.• Studied mutation and copy-number-driven glioma oncogenic mechanisms using clinical and omics data from a patient cohort and public data• Exploring the role of MYC proximal network and mitochondrial DNA variants in glioma oncogenic mechanisms using the patient cohort and public data
Marie Curie Researcher - Secondment
As a part of EC MSCA Cell2Cell-ITN, I have done my secondment in OBD.• Probing the chromatin architecture in U87MG cells to observe the effect of IDH1*R132H by using EpiSwitch ArrayCGH technology on machine-learning selected targets that cover whole genome.
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
Tutor
Tutor and/or demonstrator:• Delivering lecture and practical sessions on decision tree-based algorithms and their use in classification of variants in diagnostics for groups of up to 25 medical students as well as up to 15 graduate students• Demonstrating computational biology and bioinformatics-related tutorials in international workshops• Examiner/observer in various undergraduate courses
Sep 2018 - Oct 2021
Supervisor
Training junior lab members in computational and wet lab techniques to ensure competence and safety
Sep 2018 - Oct 2021
Researcher
As a part of my Master's research, in Prof Ugur Sezerman's Group, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Acibadem University, I have worked on the projects below:• Building machine-learning models to predict the impact of mutations by using sequence, protein structure and protein dynamics-based features in a comparative way (MSc thesis study) • Investigated mechanisms of six different rare diseases (i.e., phenylketonuria, periventricular nodular heterotopia, non-obstructive azoospermia, acrodysostosis, infantile parkinsonism-dystonia and alternating hemiplegia of childhood) by modelling the proteins with and without the variants, which are detected by colleagues to diagnose the suffering patients forwarded by collaborators• Contributed to three biotechnology-related studies: worked on structure of two novel fluorescent proteins biosensing pollutants, and dynamics of an engineered industrial endoglucanaseAs a part of my summer & winter internship during the 2017-2018 terms:• Using decision tree-based methods to build a meta-predictor for variant impact prediction in cancers, and applying molecular dynamics-based methods where the meta-predictor fails (BSc internship)
Jun 2017 - Oct 2021
Researcher
As a part of my Bachelor's thesis study, in Prof. Gizem Dinler Doganay's Lab at Dr. Orhan Öcalgiray Molecular Biology-Biotechnology and Genetics Research Centre in Istanbul Technical University (ITU-MOBGAM), I have worked on:• “Detection of the interaction surface of BAG-1S with RAD23B” via molecular dynamics simulations to understand the dynamics of this interaction which is important in breast cancer• Characterisation of BAG1 in MCF-7 and MCF-12A breast cancer and healthy breast cell lines
Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
Member Of Board
Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Member Of The Organization Committee
I have been involved in the organisation of three professional scientific congresses, called International ITU MBG Student Club Congress '15, '16 and '17.
Sep 2014 - Oct 2017
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Umut Gerlevik education
Doctor Of Human Biology
Master'S Degree, Biostatistics And Bioinformatics
Bachelor'S Degree, Molecular Biology And Genetics, Minor: Chemistry
High School, 83
Kartal Anatolian High School (German)
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Umut Gerlevik works for The Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.
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Umut Gerlevik is listed as BBSRC Researcher at The Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.
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Umut Gerlevik is based in Oxford, England, United Kingdom while working with The Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.
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Umut Gerlevik has worked for The Department Of Biochemistry, University Of Oxford, Oxford University Biochemical Society, Acıbadem University Brain Tumor Research Group, Oxford Biodynamics Plc, and Acıbadem ÜNiversitesi.
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Umut Gerlevik holds Doctor Of Human Biology from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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