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Ahu Altınkut Uncuoğlu

PhD: Identification of Drought Tolerance in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and Wheat (Triticum aestivum) L. by Biotechnological Methods

Work Experience

- Faculty Member (Professor), Marmara University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering [2011–  ]

 

- Vice Director of University-Industry Cooperation Development Application & Research Center Marmara University [2022 – ]

 

- University Department Head (Engineering Management Graduate Programs) Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, Marmara University [2022 –  ]

 

- Member of Executive Committee, University-Industry Cooperation Centers Platform of Turkey (USIMP) [2019 –  ]

 

- Senator of Engineering Faculty, Marmara University [2017 –  ]

 

- Director of TTO, Marmara University Innovation and Technology Transfer Application and Research Center (MITTO) [2017 – 2021]

 

- Coordinator of TTO, Marmara University Innovation and Technology Transfer Office (MITTO) [2016 – 2017]

 

- Executive Board Member of TTO, Marmara University Innovation and Technology Transfer Office (MITTO) [2012 – 2016 ]

 

- TUBITAK Group Executive Committee Membership, TUBITAK Entrepreneurship Support Group [2022 – ]

 

- TUBITAK Group Executive Committee Membership, TUBITAK Basic Sciences Support Group [2008 – 2009]

 

- Co-founder of TarLab Biyoteknoloji Co.Ltd., TarLab Biyoteknoloji Co.Ltd. [2018 –  ]

 

- Research Associate, TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute [1996 –2007]

 

- Vice Director, TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute [2008 – 2011]

 

- Part time Faculty Member, 2005 - 2006 Sabancı University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences [2005-2006]

Research Interests

  • The use of nanoparticles in agriculture.
  • Plant tissue culture and haploid plant production.
  • Molecular breeding, Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) studies in plant breeding.
  • Biotic (plant diseases) and abiotic (drought and salt stresses) stress tolerance in crops at the molecular level.
  • Association mapping and DNA barcoding studies in plants, understanding plant biodiversity at the molecular level.
  • Technology transfer and university-industry relations, Waterfall and Agile project management, Scrum.

Last 5 Publications

  • Yunus Emre Aktaş, Yıldız Aydin, Ahu Altinkut Uncuoglu. Induction of haploid plants for speed-up breeding in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) by pollen irridation.Genetics and Applications, 7(1), DOI: 10.31383/ga.vol7iss1ga05 (2023).
  • Ezgi Çabuk Şahin, Yıldız Aydın, Güldem Utkan, Ahu Altınkut Uncuoglu. Nanotechnology in agriculture for plant control and as biofertilizer. In: Synthesis of Bionanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-323-91195-5, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91195-5.00025-8, pp: 469-492, (2023).
  • Zeyneb Nur Sahin, Ezgi Cabuk Sahin, Yildiz Aydin and Ahu Altinkut Uncuoglu. Molecular sexual determinants in Pistacia genus by KASP assay. Molecular Biology Reports, 1-10, (2022).
  • Ezgi Çabuk Şahin, Yıldız Aydın, Tijs Gilles, Ahu Altınkut Uncuoğlu and Stuart J. Lucas. Concepts and Applications of Bioinformatics for Sustainable Agriculture In: Bioinformatics for Sustainable Agriculture, Section I (Chapter 28): Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing Technologies, Elsevier Academic Press., pp: 455-489, (2022).
  • Sahin EC, Kaya E, Tuyel U, Aydin Y, Ozhatay N, Uncuoglu Altinkut A. An assessment on the floristic variety of Colchicum genus of Turkey in terms of morphological characteristics. Scientia Horticulare, 28 110251, doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110251, (2021).

Memberships

  • Editorial Board Member of “The International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Agricultural Research (IJIAAR)” (2017- )
  • Editorial Board Member of “Turkish Journal of Field Crops”- Biotechnology (2013-2017)
  • Member of “International Plant Proteomic Organisation” (2011- )
  • Turkey Plant Technologies Platform- Board Member (2007-2009)
  • Turkish Biochemistry Association (2005- )
  • Turkish Biotechnology Association (1998- )

Awards

2019 Project Competition, Food and Agriculture Area, the award for being the first rank in the Region (Istanbul-Asia), TUBITAK 2242 - University Students Research Project Competition Nanotechnological Applications in Plant Systems for Increasing Yield (AGRI-NANO) (Advisor).

2010 Project Award, Category A, TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, TUBITAK 1007 Project titled “Identification of DNA Markers Genetically Linked with Yellow Rust Resistance in Wheat”, 2006-2010.

2008 Project Award, Category B, TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, TUBITAK 1001 Project titled “Physiological and Molecular Analysis of Aegilops tauschii in Response to Salt Tolerance for Identification of New Gene Resources”, 2005-2008).

2004 - 2006 Senior Researcher Fellow, in the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel.

2003 Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Haifa, Research Authority,

2003 Vavilov Frankel Fellowship, International Plant Genetic Research Institute, Haifa University, Institute of Evolution, Haifa, Israel

2003 UNESCO-L’oreal Young Women in Science, UNESCO-L’oreal, (Haifa University, Institute of Evolution, Haifa, Israel

1999 World Bank-MRC Fellowship, TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Colorado State University, CO, USA for one year).