Cemalettin Bekpen
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Office Phone: (206) 685-7336 Fax: (206) 221-5795 Office Location: S413 Email: bekpen [AT] u.washington.edu Morpheus Cult Leader |
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Professional Experience
| Postdoctoral
Fellow |
Dept. Genome Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA |
2006-current |
Education
| Ph.D.,
Cell Genetics |
Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne,
Cologne, Germany Title: "Evolutionary and functional studies of p47 GTPases involved in cell autonomous immunity" Supervisor: Prof. Jonathan C. Howard |
2006 |
| M.Sc.,
Population Genetics |
Dept. Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey Title: "DNA isolation and PCR amplification from sheep samples obtained by non-destructive sampling" Supervisor: Prof. İnci Togan |
2001 |
| B.Sc.
Biology |
Dept. Biology,
Abant İzzet Baysal
University, Abant, Bolu, Turkey |
1998 |
Research Interests
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Functional characterization of the Morpheus gene family
Publications
- Bekpen, C., Hunn, J. P., Rohde, C., Parvanova, I., Guethlein, L., Dunn, D. M., Glowalla, E., Leptin, M., and Howard, J. C. (2005). The interferon-inducible p47 (IRG) GTPases in vertebrates: loss of the cell autonomous resistance mechanism in the human lineage. Genome Biol 6, R92
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Leonhardt, R. M., Keusekotten, K., Bekpen, C., and Knittler, M. R. (2005). Critical role for the tapasin-docking site of TAP2 in the functional integrity of the MHC class I-peptide-loading complex. J Immunol 175, 5104-5114
Favorite Quotes
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert
Einstein
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and
a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
I do not believe in God, but I am afraid of Cemali Soze...
Albert
Einstein
I do not believe in God, but I am afraid of Cemali Soze...
Ashwani
Kumar
Re re re, ra ra ra Galatasaray Galatasaray Cim Bom Bom.
Ali Sami Yen
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
Who cares about Crohn's Disease? We just discovered the Jesus gene!
Can Alkan