Zülal Şevval Yılmazer
EDUCATION
College / University
Bilkent University
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Country
Turkey
Lab Experience
Mammalian Cell Culture, hiPSC Culture, Bacterial Cell Culture, Gene Cloning, Bacterial Transformation, Mammalian Cell Transfection, IF, IHC, FISH, Western Blotting, PCR, RT-PCR, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, DNA and RNA isolation, Adult and Larval Drosophila melanogaster Brain Dissection, CRISPR-Cas9, Primer Design, Fiji
Projects / Research
- 2026: Bachelor Thesis, Comparison of Manual and Automated DAPI Counting Methods and Their Effect on Neural Cell Marker Normalization in Mouse and Zebrafish Brain Sections, Adams Lab, National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University
- 2025: Erasmus+ Traineeship Summer Research Intern, Generated Heterozygous CHD2 Deletions in hiPSCs via CRISPR-Cas9 as a basis for an in vitro model of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies, AG Laugsch Lab, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg University Hospital 2025
- 2024: Summer Research Intern, Assisted in a project investigating the function of a candidate intellectual disability related RNFT2 gene in Drosophila melanogaster and mammalian cell culture, Flylab, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boğaziçi University
Scholarships / Awards
| 2026 – 2027: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2026: | Highest Ranked Graduate of Bilkent University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics |
| 2025: | Erasmus+ Student Mobility Program Grant at Radboud University |
| 2025: | Erasmus+ Traineeship Program Grant at Heidelberg University |
| 2025: | International Scientific Training Support Program by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) |
| 2021 – 2026: | Bilkent University Comprehensive Scholarship |
| 2021 – 2026: | Undergraduate Scholarship Program by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) |