Namik Ozer Senol

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania · Horticultural Genetics and Biotechnology

Career goal:
To have good position in academic life on science and a laboratory to sustain and improve molecular biology& Genetics works for commercial biotechnology.

Laboratory Skills:
1. Preparation and application of in vitro plant systems
2. DNA/RNA Extraction, visualization and quantify
3. PCR applications
4. Southern Blotting,
5. Agrobacterium and Electroporation mediated Plant transformation

Computer Skills:
1. MS Office(Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
2. Web Site Designing and Web programming with ASP.NET
3. Adobe Photoshop
4. Macromedia Freehand
5. Corel Draw Graphic Desing
6. Photocopying and Facsimile

Publications
- Ari S., Turgut-Kara N., Cakir O., Senol N.O., 2007, Molecular Analysis of Selenocysteine methyltransferase on Astragalus chrysochlorus. (Poster, 15th National Biotechnology Congress, Antalya/Turkey)

- Ari S., Senol N.O., Cakir,O., and Turgut Kara N., September 2007, Selenium accumulation in Astragalus chrysochlorus, Journal of Biotechnology, Volume 131, Issue 2, Supplement 1, , Pages S245-S246

- Senol, N.O., Ari S, 2006, Tissue Culture on Astragalus chrysochlorus in presence of selenium.(Poster, 18th National Biology Congress, Aydin-Turkey)

- Senol N.O., Akalin B., Turgut N., Hasancebi S., Ari S., 2002,Agrobacterium Mediated transformation and Tissue culture on Urtica dioica (Poster, 16th National Biology Congress-Malatya/Turkey)

Research skills

Technical

Preparation and application of in vitro plant systems, DNA/RNA Extraction, visualization and quantify, PCR applications, Southern Blotting, Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation
IT

MS Office(Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook, Web Site Designing and Web programming with ASP.NET, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand, Photocopying and Facsimile

Research experience

Teaching: I have worked as an assistant in Istanbul University Faculty of Science
Teaching: Molecular Biology and Genetics Department
Teaching: at the lab. course of Genetics. for 2 years.

Education

Aug 2008

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania-MAICH

Plant Molecular Bology · 2nd Year(Last Year) Student

Greece · Chania-Crete
Oct 2003–
Apr 2008

Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Molecular Bology and Genetics Department.

Plant Molecular Bology and Biotechnology · not completed.

Turkey · Istanbul
Sep 1999–
Jun 2003

Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department.

Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics · Graduated.

Turkey · Istanbul

Awards & achievements

Jan 2008

Scholarship: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania-MAICH
Jan 2007

Scholarship: European Union Socrates&Erasmus Programme

Other

Languages

Turkish(Mother Lang.), English (Very Well))
Scientific Memberships

Turkish Environmental Protection and Woodland Society -TURCEK
www.turcek.org.tr

AKASYA - Environmentalist Youth Platform. -As Establisher.
www.akasyaplatform.org
Other Interests

Science, The Nature, Nature Biotechlogy, Plant Biotechnology, Annual ReviewofBiotechnology, Journal of Experimenatal Botany..., Molecular_Cloning_A_Laboratory_Manual_On_The_Web_Maniatis

Publications

Characterization of two carnation petal prolyl 4 hydroxylases

1. Florina Vlad1, 2. Päivi Tiainen2, 3. Carolyn Owen1, 4. Thodhoraq Spano1, 5. Firas Bou Daher1, 6. Fatiha Oualid1, 7. Namik Ozer Senol1, 8. Daniela Vlad1, 9. Johanna Myllyharju2, 10. Panagiotis Kalaitzis1

Physiologia Plantarum. 01/2010;

Prolyl 4 hydroxylases (P4Hs) catalyze the proline hydroxylation, a major post-translational modification, of hydroxyproline rich glycoproteins (HRGPs). Two carnation petal P4H cDNAs, DcP4H1 and DcP4H2, were identified and characterized at the gene expression and biochemical level in order to investi... [more] Prolyl 4 hydroxylases (P4Hs) catalyze the proline hydroxylation, a major post-translational modification, of hydroxyproline rich glycoproteins (HRGPs). Two carnation petal P4H cDNAs, DcP4H1 and DcP4H2, were identified and characterized at the gene expression and biochemical level in order to investigate their role in flower senescence. Both mRNAs showed similar patterns of expression with stable transcript abundance during senescence progression and differential tissue-specific expression with DcP4H1 and DcP4H2 strongly expressed in ovaries and stems, respectively. Recombinant DcP4H1 and DcP4H2 proteins were produced and their catalytic properties were determined. Pyridine 2, 4-dicarboxylate (PDCA) was identified as a potent inhibitor of the in vitro enzyme activity of both P4Hs and used to determine whether inhibition of proline hydroxylation in petals is involved in senescence progression of cut carnation flowers. PDCA suppressed the climacteric ethylene production indicating a strong correlation between the inhibition of DcP4H1 and DcP4H2 activity in vitro by PDCA and the suppression of climacteric ethylene production in cut carnation flowers.
Selenium accumulation in Astragalus chrysochlorus

Sule Ari, Namik Ozer Senol, Ozgur Cakira, Neslihan Turgut Kara

Journal of Biotechnology, Issue 2, Supplement 1, September 2007, Pages S245-S246. 09/2007; Volume 131,:245-246.
Agrobacterium Mediated transformation and Tissue culture on Urtica dioica

Namik Ozer Senol

09/2002

Degree: Undergraduate

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sule Ari