COURSESS AND CERTIFICATES:

• Pedagogic Formation: Profession of teaching in 1994-1995
• Language: Holborn English Language Service London 1996-1997/TOEIC Certificate
• Computer: User certificate for word/Excell/Powerpoint

PUBLICATIONS AND POSTERS:

• Homozygous mutations in the 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase gene in patients with primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.Yüksel-Konuk B, Sırmacı A, Ayten GE, Ozdemir M, Aslan I, Yılmaz-Turay U, Erdoğan Y, Tekin M.Rheumatol Int. 2009 Mar 22
• Mutations in TMC1 contribute significantly to nonsyndromic autosomal recessive sensorineural hearing loss: a report of five novel mutations.Sirmaci A, Duman D, Oztürkmen-Akay H, Erbek S, Incesulu A, Oztürk-Hişmi B, Arici ZS, Yüksel-Konuk EB, Taşir-Yilmaz S, Tokgöz-Yilmaz S, Cengiz FB, Aslan I, Yildirim M, Hasanefendioğlu-Bayrak A, Ayçiçek A, Yilmaz I, Fitoz S, Altin F, Ozdağ H, Tekin M. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 May
• Homozygous mutations in fibroblast growth factor 3 are associated with a new form of syndromic deafness characterized by inner ear agenesis, microtia, and microdontia.Tekin M, Hişmi BO, Fitoz S, Ozdağ H, Cengiz FB, Sirmaci A, Aslan I, Inceoğlu B, Yüksel-Konuk EB, Yilmaz ST, Yasun O, Akar N.Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Feb;80(2):338-44.
• Mutation screening of the GJA7 (Cx45) gene in a large international series of probands with nonsyndromic hearing impairment. Ouyang XM, Yan D, Aslan I, Du LL, Tekin M, Liu XZ. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2011 May;15(5):333-6. Epub 2011 Jan 22
• Poster: 57th. Annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) taking place Oct. 23-27 in San Diego Posters 840/T Significant Locus Heterogeneity in Turkish Families with Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Sensorineural Hearing Loss Tekin M, Ozdağ H, Sırmacı A, Gengiz FB, Aslan I, Incesulu A, Erbek S, Yılmaz I

KNOWN AND APPLIED METHODS:

• PCR- Real Time PCR
• All mutation detection methods (SSCP/ TTGE/ Microsatellite markers /DNA Sequencing)
• Cell Culture
• FISH(Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis)

WOKING FIELD IN NORTH CYPRUS IVF AND GENETICS INSTITUE:

• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis/Gender Selection

• Human Papilloma Virus detection and Genotyping

• Mutation check of Trombofilia Gene Panel By Real Time PCR