Münevver Burcu Cicekdal

Phone: +32 (0) 933 21358
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1986-0815

 ​Principal Investigator

• Elfride De Baere
• Kris Vleminckx (co-promotor)

Projects

• CRISPR/Cas9 mediated knock-out and functional assessment of a cis-regulatory element of ABCA4 in Xenopus tropicallis for Stargardt disease phenotype

Fields of Expertise

• Inherited retinal dystrophies
• CRISPR/Cas9
• Animal models

Appointments

• 2019-present EyeTN StarT PhD Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium

Awards and Honours

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Degrees

• 2018 Master of Biotechnology, Yeditepe University, Turkey

Lab Totem

Joyful Honey Bee - Vrolijke honingbij

The bee is a social insect. He works hard and is always busy. Bees have a clear division of tasks. A bee picks up things quickly by observing the elderly and learns by doing. He is altruistic. Whatever he does, it is always focused on the well-being of others. A bee is future-oriented.

Characteristics: altruistic, goal-oriented, social