Person

Özhan, Günes

Person ID
ZDB-PERS-100120-1
Email
gunes.ozhan@ibg.edu.tr
URL
https://www.ibg.edu.tr/research-programs/groups/ozhan-lab/
Affiliation
Özhan Lab
Address
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Izmir Institute of Technology Urla 35430 -and- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG) 15 Temmuz Health Campus, Mithatpasa St. No: 58/5 Balcova 35340 Izmir/TURKIYE
Country
Turkey
Phone
0090 232 2994156
Fax
ORCID ID
0000-0002-4806-5917
Biography and Research Interest
Current:
(2014- ) Principal Investigator, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG), Izmir, Turkey
(2022- ) Professor, Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Izmir, Turkey

Previous:
2009-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dresden University of Technology Biotechnology Center and Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden, Germany
2014-2016 Assistant Professor, Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Health Sciences, Izmir, Turkey
2016-2022 Associate Professor, Dokuz Eylul University, International Biomedicine and Genome Institute, Izmir, Turkey
Publications
Non-Zebrafish Publications
- Nazli D, Bora U and Ozhan G (2024). Wnt/β-catenin signaling in central nervous system regeneration. Accepted (Cell Biology and Translational Medicine).

- Azbazdar Y, Tejeda-Munoz N, Monka JC, Dayrit A, Binder G, Ozhan G and De Robertis EM (2023) Addition of exogenous diacylglycerol enhances Wnt/β-catenin signaling through stimulation of macropinocytosis. iScience, 26(10):108075.

- Azbazdar Y, Karabicici M, Erdal E and Ozhan G (2021). Regulation of Wnt signaling pathways at the plasma membrane and their misregulation in cancer. Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 9:631623.

- Ozhan G. (2021) Editorial: Wnt Signaling at the Plasma Membrane: Activation, Regulation and Disease Connection. Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 9:780163.

- Karabicici M, Azbazdar Y, Iscan E, Ozhan G (2021). Misregulation of Wnt signaling pathways at the plasma membrane in brain and metabolic diseases. Membranes (Basel), 11(11):844.

- Chai C, Cox B, Yaish D, Gross D, Rosenberg N, Amblard F, Shemuelian Z, Gefen M, Korach A, Tirosh O, Lanton T, Link H, Tam J, Permikov A, Ozhan G, Citrin J,…Giladi H, Schinazi RF, Galun E (2020) Agonist of RORA Attenuates Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Progression in Mice via Upregulation of microRNA 122. Gastroenterology, 159(3):999-1014.e9.

- Schneider F, Waithe D, Clausen MP, Galiani S, Koller T, Ozhan G, Eggeling C, Sezgin E. (2017) Diffusion of lipids and GPI-anchored proteins in actin-free plasma membrane vesicles measured by STED-FCS. Mol. Biol. Cell, 28(11):1507-1518.

- Ozhan, G and Weidinger, G. Restoring Tissue Homeostasis: Wnt Signaling in Tissue Regeneration after Acute Injury. Wnt signalling in Development and Disease: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Functions. 2014, Wiley-Blackwell. Editors: Stefan P. Hoppler and Randall T. Moon. ISBN: 978-1-118-44416-0.

- Ozhan-Kizil G, Havemann J, Gerberding M. (2009) Germ cells in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis depend on Vasa protein for their maintenance but not for their formation. Dev Biol.327(1):230-9.