Faculty, residents, laboratory team and alumni
The department brings together medical geneticists, residents in specialty training and a genomic laboratory team spanning next-generation and Sanger sequencing, cytogenetics, real-time PCR, nucleic-acid extraction, sample reception and reporting.
Faculty / Medical Geneticists
Ahmet Kablan
Medical Genetics Specialist
Elifcan Taşdelen
Medical Genetics Specialist
Firdevs Dinçsoy-Bir
Medical Genetics Specialist
Mustafa Tarık Alay
Medical Genetics Specialist
Dilsu Dicle Erkan-Kolaç
Medical Genetics Specialist
Özge Beyza Gündoğdu-Öğütlü
Medical Genetics Specialist
Elif Kubar-Çit
Medical Genetics Specialist
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Current Residents
16 in Specialty Training
Laboratory Team
Laboratory Leadership & Coordination
NGS Unit
Merve Nur Şanlı
Molecular Biologist
Beyzanur Öztürk
Molecular Biologist
Güller Özkan
Biologist
Aleyna Yıldırım
Molecular Biologist
Sanger Sequencing Unit
Mustafa Arslan
Biologist
Merve Çolak
Molecular Biologist
Asuman Bölükbaşı
Molecular Biologist
Şeyda Gürevin
Biologist
Sefa Karadoğan
Medical Laboratory Technician
Cytogenetics Unit
Hilal Hatice Karakaya
Molecular Biologist
Çilem Şahin
Molecular Biologist
Esra Erikel
Biologist
Aslıhan Kara
Medical Laboratory Technician
Zehra Çemen
Medical Laboratory Technician
Salih Öğüt
Molecular Biologist
Sinem Güder
Biologist
Eda Bilge
Biologist
Real-Time PCR Unit
Bilge Yılmaz
Medical Laboratory Technician
Mahsun Özdemir
Molecular Biologist
DNA Isolation Unit
Damla Kara
Medical Laboratory Technician
Merve Yıldız
Biotechnology
RNA Isolation Unit
Hatice Eda Toker-Demir
Molecular Biologist
Sample Reception Unit
Merve Sünmez
Medical Secretary
Derya Akkaya
Economics
Reporting Secretariat
Alumni — Former Residents
Fatma Zehra Yalçın
Former Medical Genetics Resident
Zeynep Özdemir-Pehlivan
Former Medical Genetics Resident
Ezgi Çevik-Demir
Former Medical Genetics Resident
Visiting Scientists
Former Visiting Scientists
Fahrettin Duymuş, MD
Visiting Scientist
2026
Abdussamed Yasin Demir, PhD
Visiting Scientist
2026






















