Damla Yay

Master Student | Istanbul Medipol Uni.
Science Marathon | Understanding of Regeneration

She holds a B.Sc degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Çanakkale 18 Mart University. During undergraduate studies she participated three years in lab worked on human microbiota- glycobiology and gained basic lab skills. She also, took part in 3 months at University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Cancer research laboratory as a summer ERASMUS internship and studied “Apoptotic and cytotoxic effect of Resveratrol on human breast cancer”. She accomplished her master degree with the supervise of Dr. Sven Vilan in the field of regenerative medicine.

She is currently a PhD. student of Medical Biology and Genetics department in Medipol University, SABİTA and focused her interest to understand molecular mechanisms of regenerating axolotl.