YSF Committee
YSF 2025 Organizing Committee
Email: ysf@2025.febscongress.org
- H. Atakan Ekiz
(co-Chair) - Duygu Harmancı Karagülle (co-Chair)
- Burak Barut
- Öykü Gönül Geyik
- Erhan Canbay
Meet the Organizing Committee members
Asst. Prof. Dr H. Atakan Ekiz (co-Chair) – Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Türkiye. Atakan's lab studies the role of noncoding RNAs in tumor immunity and develops visual data analysis interfaces to facilitate high-throughput data analysis.
Duygu Harmancı Karagülle, PhD (co-Chair) – NHP Pharma Inc., Izmir, Türkiye. Duygu, whose PhD and postdoctoral research focused on the extracellular matrix, miRNAs and biosensors, currently works for a pharmaceutical company developing human and animal health products.
Assoc. Prof. Burak Barut – Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye. Burak's lab studies photodynamic therapy effects of novel photosensitizers.
Asst. Prof. Dr Öykü Gönül Geyik – Istinye University, İstanbul, Türkiye. Öykü’s lab is focused on tumor heterogeneity-related anticancer drug resistance mechanisms.
Erhan Canbay, PhD – Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye. Erhan's research interests include bioanalytical method development including electrochemical biosensors and LC-MS/MS based techniques.
YSF 2025 Committee Advisors
FEBS Careers of Young Scientists Committee members: Irene Díaz-Moreno (Chair), Vlastimil Kulda, Anna Jagusiak
- Irene Díaz-Moreno Institute for Chemical Research, University of Seville, Spain
- Vlastimil Kulda Charles University, Czech Republic
- Anna Jagusiak Jagiellonian University, Poland