Munevver Burcu Cicekdal

Phone: +32(0)93313762
E-mail: MunevverBurcu.Cicekdal@UGent.be

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

Prizes & awards

• ITN StarT Doctoral Fellow

Degrees

• Master of Biotechnology, 2018, Yeditepe University (Turkey)
• Bachelor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 2016, Istanbul University (Turkey)
  

Lab Totem 

• Vrolijke honingbij – Joyful Honey Bee
  

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, busy, helpful, goal oriented, experiential, hardworking, studious, social, forward-looking