MOBILOM
Mobile Element Research Group
4Researchers
24Publications
15Projects
About the Group
The group's field of work and goals.
The Mobile Element Research Group investigates how mobile genetic elements relate to genomic diversity, gene expression, and responses to environmental stress. Our work focuses on retrotransposons and endogenous retroviruses, using molecular methods to examine their distribution and variation among individuals in plant and human samples.
We use retrotransposon-based markers in plants such as rice, barley, and maize to evaluate genetic diversity, changes associated with tissue culture, and responses to stress. Studies of endogenous retrovirus polymorphisms in human samples, together with research on DNA damage and repair, extend this work on genome dynamics across biological systems.
Team
The group's academic staff and graduate students.
PhD and Master's Students
Elif Zeynep Benli
Master's student
Visiting Researchers
Research Topics
The scientific questions the group focuses on.
Mobile Genetic Elements
Retrotransposons
Endogenous Retroviruses
Projects
Ongoing and completed research projects.
Completed
2025
Optimization of the Comet Assay to Detect DNA Damage in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2024–2026
Determination of DNA damage and DNA repair in children with chronic kidney disease who had COVID-19
İstanbul Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi BAP
Completed
2023–2025
Physiological and biochemical responses and retrotransposon variation in different Kosovo local maize genotypes under drought stress
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi BAP
Completed
2022–2023
Identification of Reference Genes for RT-qPCR-Based Gene Expression Analyses in the Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
TÜBİTAK 1002
Completed
2021–2022
Development of Reference Gene Primers for qPCR-Based Gene Expression Analyses in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2021–2022
Development of a Retrotransposon-Based Marker Method for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2020–2021
Development of a Retrotransposon-Based Marker Method in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2019–2020
Determination of Culture Duration-Dependent DNA Methylation Changes in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2019–2020
Development of a CBDP-Based Polymorphism Assay in Rice (Oryza sativa)
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2018–2019
Identification of Human Endogenous Retroviruses as Potential Markers for Nasal Polyposis Diagnosis
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2017–2018
Genome-Wide and Gene-Specific Epigenetic Analyses in Fusarium Species
TÜBİTAK
Completed
2016
Effects of Herbicides on Transposon Movements in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
İstanbul Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi
Completed
2016–2017
Determination of the Effect of Abiotic Stress on Retrotransposon Mobility in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Öğrenci Araştırma Projesi
Completed
2014–2015
Transposon Analyses in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
İstanbul Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi
Completed
2011–2013
Determination of Retrotransposon Movements and Their Products in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Tissue Culture
İstanbul Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Koordinasyon Birimi
Publications
The group's work published in peer-reviewed journals.
Conferences
National and international conference contributions.
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