Fatma Gizem Avci

Fatma Gizem Avci received her B.Sc. (2010) and M.Sc. (2013) degrees from the Department of Bioengineering, Ege University. During her M.Sc. studies, she focused on the production of 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) using a cell recycle bioreactor. She participated in a project on the production of 1,3-PDO using the metabolic engineering approach for 3 months at the Centre for Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis, Ghent University, Belgium. She completed her Ph.D. at the Department of Bioengineering, Marmara University in 2018. Her research during her Ph.D. was mainly focused on antibiotic resistance, investigation of antimicrobial candidates specifically from plant-derived compounds to tackle this issue, and understanding their mechanism of action. With support from of FEMS Research Fellowship, she also carried out studies on the characterization of bacterial membrane proteins at the National Scientific Research Center (CNRS-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in Lyon, France. Fatma Gizem Avci is currently an Assistant Professor at Uskudar University, Bioengineering Department, Turkey. Her research areas include antibiotic resistance, understanding antimicrobial mechanisms, omic technologies, and industrial/environmental biotechnology.

Publications

Modeling the Microbial Cells for Biotechnological Applications
Fatma Ece Altinisik Kaya, Fatma Gizem Avci. © 2023. 31 pages.
Synthetic biology is an engineering approach that designs biological systems to have new functions for useful purposes. Rational cell design is crucial for synthetic biology and...