Topics: GABA (A) Receptors, Molecular Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Free will. Methods: Genetic Engineering and Recombinant DNA Technology, Bioinformatics, Mammalian Cell culture, Confocal Microscopy
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-101X
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Ayla Arslan was born in Istanbul and studied at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkiye. Following her M.S. degree in Biotechnology (METU), she was awarded the scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) to pursue her doctorate at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Heidelberg University), Germany, where she completed her doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hilmar Bading. By using the techniques of genetic engineering, bioinformatics, mammalian cell culture and confocal microscopy, Ayla Arslan had worked on the molecular factors involved in the membrane targeting of brain’s inhbitory ion channels, the GABA (A) receptors, which became her doctoral thesis.
Ayla Arslan has worked as an academician and researcher in the USA, Turkiye, Russia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Before her position at Uskudar University, she was the Head of Natural Science Department and Coordinator of the Genetics and Bioengineering Program at the International University of Sarajevo. Ayla Arslan is also the founder and the CEO of iBioHub -Innovative Biology Hub, a non-profit organization aiming for the better integration of academia, industry, and society in the context of biosciences and sustainable development.
Ayla Arslan is the member of Society for Neuroscience (SfN), USA. She is the reviewer and member of several journals’ editorial boards, including Frontiers in Psychiatry. Her research has a focus on GABA (A) receptors’ targeting and oligomerization (Please see Oflaz et al 2019 and Arslan 2021 for recent publications about this topic). In addition, she has also worked in the context of brain and behavior with emphasis on the theoritical identification of the new research strategies for the investigation of psychological phenomena during health and disease. Selected publications are Arslan 2015 and Arslan 2018 . Her full list of publications covered by the NIH, National Library of Medicine (USA) can be viewed in the Pubmed bibliography.
The teaching portfolio of Dr. Arslan involves undergraduate and graduate level subjects in the field of molecular life sciences, biotechnology, biopsychology and neuroscience. Her approach to higher education involves the implementation of innovative student-centered teaching methodologies such as flipped classroom, harmonized with classical lecturing methods.
Education Status & Academic Titles
Supervised Graduate Theses
- ANALYZING THE PREDICTIVE PRECISION OF FIVE COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF SCN2A GENE MUTATIONS, 2025.
- Assessment of predictive accuracy of nine in silico tools for the classification of KCNQ1 mutations, 2024.
- Virtual Functional Profiling of Variants of Unknown Significance in the GABRB3 Gene Associated with Epilepsy, 2024.
- In Silico Assessment of Variants of Unknown Significance in the GABRG2 Gene Associated with Epilepsy, 2024.
Academic Activities > Publications
(Scopus) Toplam: 7Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Depression Precision Medicine
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (2024)
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International Journal of Neuroscience (2024)
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Journal of Community Genetics (2023)
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Pathogenic variants of human GABRA1 gene associated with epilepsy: A computational approach
Heliyon (2023)
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Frontiers in Psychiatry (2023)
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Genes, brains, and behavior: imaging genetics for neuropsychiatric disorders
Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (2015)
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience (2014)
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Academic Activities > Publications
(Other Scientific Publications) Toplam: 1Academic Activities > Editörlük
- Frontiers in Psychiatry Schizophrenia, ISBN:1664-0640, 2021.
- Frontiers in Neuroscience, ISBN:1662453X, 2024.
Academic Activities > Congress - Conference Participation
- 8. ULUSLARARASI HALİÇ MULTİDİSİPLİNER BİLİMSEL ARAŞTIRMALAR KONGRESİ, 2024.
- XXXI Meeting of the Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation and 35th National Biochemistry Congress of the Turkish Biochemical Society, 2024.
- International Conference on Global Practice of Multidisciplinary Scientific Studies-VII, 2024.
- UBAK ULUSLARARASI BİLİMSEL ARAŞTIRMALAR VE İNOVASYON KONGRESİ, 2024.
- EduWiki 2023, 2023.
Administrative Activities
- Öğrenci Danışmanlığı / Student Adviser, 71-80 Öğrenci Danışmanlığı, (2023 - Devam ediyor.)
- Çalışma Grubu Üyelikleri / Research Group Membership, Times Higher Education - SDG Etiket Veri Giriş Sorumlusu, (2023 - 2024)
- Ana Bilim Dalı Koordinatörlüğü / Coordinator of Department, Biyoteknoloji Ana Bilim Dalı Koordinatörü, (2022 - Devam ediyor.)
- Koordinatör / Coordinator, Erasmus Koordinatörlüğü (Enstitü / Fakülte / MYO), (2022 - Devam ediyor.)
- Komisyon Üyesi / Member of Commission, Erasmus ve Dış İlişkiler Komisyonu, (2022 - 2024)
- Çalışma Grubu Üyelikleri / Research Group Membership, Moleküler Biyoteknoloji Çalışma Grubu, (2022 - Devam ediyor.)
Awards
- Travel Grant for EduWiki Conference, (Wikimedia Foundation), 2023.
- Tubitak Scopus Q1 Yayin Tesvik, (Tubitak), 2024.
Scientific Memberships
- NCBI kapsamındaki ClinVar Genetik hastalıklar veri tabanına veri girisi yapmak konusunda MBG (Ingilizce) bolumu adina yetki alinmis ve katki saglama imkani dogmustur. Boyle bir katkı sağlamakla, bolumumuz ve universitemiz adina "uluslararasılaşma" kriteri açısından biraz daha yol kat edildiğini düşünüyorum. Ayrica Birlesmis Milletler kalkinma hedefleri kapsaminda SDG 3 Good Health and Well ve 17 Partnership for the Goals hedeflerine katki saglanmistir. 2023
- Member: The European Society of Human Genetics 2025
Education and Training Activities
- İleri Moleküler Genetik, (Master / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- Advanced Molecular Genetics, (Master / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- Progress and Problems in Biomedical Science, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- Biyoinformatiğe Giriş, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- Graduation Thesis, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- Recombinant DNA Technology, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- English II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Bahar)
- Biotechnology in Neurosciences, (Master / 2023-2024 Güz)
- Recent Developments in Biotechnology, (Master / 2023-2024 Güz)
- The Brain, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Güz)
- Graduation Project, (Undergraduate Degree / 2023-2024 Güz)