A. NEVRA ÖZER

Research Fellow in Polymer Research Center

Correspondence Bogazici University, Polymer Research Center, Bebek 34342 Istanbul, Turkey

Phone 90 212 359 70 02

E-mail nevra.ozer@boun.edu.tr - nevra@prc.boun.edu.tr

Date & Place of Birth March 5, 1976 - Istanbul

EDUCATION

2002-2008 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul

Thesis Title: Recognition and Binding Processes in HIV-1 Protease

1997-1999 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul

Thesis Title: A Study on Protein and DNA Analysis by Capillary Electrophoresis

1993-1997 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul

1986-1993 Beyoglu Anadolu Lisesi, Istanbul

EMPLOYMENT

2002-present Research Assistant in Polymer Research Center, Bogazici University, Istanbul

2001-2002 Management Information Systems Administrator in Exel Logistics, Istanbul

2000-2001 Management Trainee in Key Account Sales & Marketing in Sezginler Gıda A.Ş., Istanbul

1997-1999 Research and Teaching Assistant in Department of Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

February 02-05, 2007 1st Workshop on Computer Aided Drug Design & Development (QSAR), Koc University, Istanbul

Summers of 2004, 2005 Visiting researcher in Celia A. Schiffer’s laboratory in University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

November 01-03, 2002 Integrated Approaches for Functional Genomics Workshop, “Protein Structure Determination” by ESF&Sabancı University, Antalya

PUBLICATIONS

· N. Ozer, T. Haliloglu, C. A. Schiffer, “Substrate Specificity of HIV-1 Protease by a Biased Sequence Search Method”, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 64: 444-456, 2006.

· K. Y. Arga, T. Cakir, P. Pir, N. Ozer, M. M. Altintas, K. O. Ulgen, “Transfer function approach in structured modeling of recombinant yeast utilizing starch”, Process Biochemistry, 39: 1237-1248, 2004.

· M. M. Altintas, N. Ozer, K. Ulgen, “Purification of TaqI Endonuclease from Thermus aquaticus”, Journal of Chromatography A, 828 (1-2): 373-381, 1998.

SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS

· N. Ozer, A. Ozen, C.A. Schiffer, T. Haliloglu, “HIV-1 Proteaz Bileşik Yapılarının Anisotropik Ağyapı Modeli ile Dinamik Analizi”, 14. Istanbul İstatistiksel Fizik Günleri, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, 2007 (oral presentation).

· N. Ozer, A. Ozen, C.A. Schiffer, T. Haliloglu, “Co-operative Fluctuations of HIV-1 Protease Complex Structures”, VIIth European Symposium of the Protein Society, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007 (poster presentation).

· N. Ozer, C.A. Schiffer, T. Haliloglu, “Patterns of Energetic and Dynamic Correlates in HIV-1 Protease”, 20th Symposium of the Protein Society, San Diego, CA, USA, 2006 (poster presentation).

· N. Ozer, C.A. Schiffer, T. Haliloglu, “Patterns of Energetic and Dynamic Correlates in HIV-1 Protease”, VIth European Symposium of the Protein Society, Barcelona, Spain, 2005 (poster presentation).

· N. Ozer, C.A. Schiffer, T. Haliloglu, “Prediction of Substrate Specificity in HIV-1 Protease”, 15th European Symposium on QSAR and Molecular Modelling, Istanbul, Turkey, 2004 (poster presentation).

· N. Ozer, T. Haliloglu, C.A. Schiffer, “Prediction of Substrate Specificity in HIV-1 Protease”, 18th Symposium of the Protein Society, San Diego, CA, USA, 2004 (poster presentation).

· N. Ozer, N. Kurt, C.A. Schiffer, T. Haliloglu, “Structure-based Prediction of Peptide Binding to HIV-1 Protease”, 17th Symposium of the Protein Society, Boston, MA, USA, 2003 (poster presentation).

· N. Ozer, N. Kurt, C.A. Schiffer, T. Haliloglu, “Structure-based Prediction of Peptide Binding to HIV-1 Protease”, EMCC-3, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003 (oral presentation).

· K.Y. Arga, T. Cakir, P. Pir, N. Ozer, M.M. Altintas, K. Ulgen, “Structured Modelling of Recombinant Yeast Utilizing Starch”, EMCC-3, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003 (poster presentation).

· M.M. Altintas, N. Ozer, K. Ulgen, “Optimization of Operating Conditions For Restriction Enzyme Purification”, HPLC’98, St. Louis, MO, USA, 1998 (poster presentation).