Assistant Professor ŞEBNEM EŞSİZ
Assistant Professor ŞEBNEM EŞSİZ
D BLOK 3. KAT 329
+90 (212) 5336532 - 1437
Education
Doctorate
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Biophysical Chemistry
Bachelor's Degree
KOC UNIVERSITY
Chemistry
Research Areas
- Hesaplamalı Yapısal Biyoloji ve Biyoinformatik
- NMDA ve GABA Sinir Hücresi Reseptörleri ve Membran Proteinleri
- Hızlandırılmış Moleküler Dinamik Simulasyonları
- Genetik algoritma ile protein homoloji modellemesi
Work Experience
2012 /
Continuing
Assistant Prof.
Kadir Has University
2011 /
2012
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Biotechnology Dept.,
Lawrence Livermore National Lab, CA USA
2009 /
2010
Post Doctoral Researcher
Department of Bioengineering,
Univ. of California at San Francisco
Publications
- Albayrak Halac, Fatma; Essiz, Sebnem; Servili, Burak; Altundas, Ramazan; Onur Sucu, Bilgesu; Kulu, Irem (2024), "Synthesis of New Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine Triazole Hybrid Molecules as Potential Apoptotic Antitumor Agents", ChemistrySelect, Vol.9, No.8, DOI: 10.1002/slct.202304911
- Eşsiz, Şebnem (2023), "Protein Homology Modeling in the Low Sequence Similarity Regime", Black Sea Journal of Engineering and Science, Vol.7, No.2, DOI: https://doi.org/10.34248/bsengineering.1402011
- Bilget Guven, Ebru; Durmaz Sahin, Irem; Altiparmak, Duygu; Servili, Burak; Essiz, Sebnem; Cetin-Atalay, Rengul; Tuncbilek, Meral (2023), "Newly synthesized 6-substituted piperazine/phenyl-9-cyclopentyl containing purine nucleobase analogs act as potent anticancer agents and induce apoptosis via inhibiting Src in hepatocellular carcinoma cells", RSC Medicinal Chemistry, DOI: 10.1039/d3md00440f
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Tülek, Ahmet; Günay, Elif; Servili, Burak; Essiz, Sebnem; Binay, Barış; Yildirim, Deniz (2023), "Sustainable production of formic acid from CO
2 by a novel immobilized mutant formate dehydrogenase", Separation and Purification Technology, Vol.309, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.123090 -
Beytür, Sercan; Essiz, Sebnem; Özuğur Uysal, Bengü (2023), "Investigation of Structural and Antibacterial Properties of WS
2 -Doped ZnO Nanoparticles", ACS Omega, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09041 - Ata Ouda Al-Masri, Rahaf; Audu-Bida, Hajara; Eşsiz, Şebnem (2022), "Modelling of C-terminal tail of human STING and its interaction with tank-binding kinase 1", Turkish Journal of Biology, Vol.46, No.1, 69-81 DOI: 10.3906/biy-2108-90
- Essiz, Sebnem; Gencel, Melis; Aktolun, Muhammed; Demir, Ayhan; Carpenter, Timothy S.; Servili, Burak (2021), "Correlated conformational dynamics of the human GluN1-GluN2A type N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor", Journal of Molecular Modeling, Vol.27, No.6, DOI: 10.1007/s00894-021-04755-8
- Sari, Suat; Kart, Didem; Öztürk, Naile; Kaynak, F. Betül; Gencel, Melis; Taşkor, Gülce; Karakurt, Arzu; Saraç, Selma; Eşsiz, Şebnem; Dalkara, Sevim (2020), "Corrigendum to “Discovery of new azoles with potent activity against Candida spp. and Candida albicans biofilms through virtual screening” [Eur. J. Med. Chem. 179 (2019) 634–648](S0223523419306105)(10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.06.083)", European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.190, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112130
- Burmaoglu, Serdar; Ozcan, S.; Balcioglu, S.; Gencel, M.; Noma, Samir Abbas Ali; Essiz, Sebnem; Ates, Burhan; Algul, Oztekin (2019), "Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies of bis-chalcone derivatives as xanthine oxidase inhibitors and anticancer agents", Bioorganic Chemistry, Vol.91, DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103149
- Sari, Suat; Kart, D.; Öztürk, N.; Kaynak, F. Betül; Gencel, M.; Taşkor, Gülce; Karakurt, Arzu; Saraç, S.; Eşsiz, Şebnem; Dalkara, S. (2019), "Discovery of new azoles with potent activity against Candida spp. and Candida albicans biofilms through virtual screening", European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.179, 634-648 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.06.083
- Sari, Suat; Kart, Didem; Sabuncuoğlu, Suna; Doğan, İnci Selin; Özdemir, Zeynep; Bozbey, İrem; Gencel, Melis; Eşsiz, Şebnem; Reynisson, Jóhannes; Karakurt, Arzu; Saraç, Selma; Dalkara, Sevim (2019), "Antifungal screening and in silico mechanistic studies of an in-house azole library", Chemical Biology and Drug Design, Vol.94, No.5, 1944-1955 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13587
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Ayan, Meral; Essiz, Sebnem (2018), "The neural γ
2 α1 β2 α1 β2 gamma amino butyric acid ion channel receptor: structural analysis of the effects of the ivermectin molecule and disulfide bridges", Journal of Molecular Modeling, Vol.24, No.8, DOI: 10.1007/s00894-018-3739-z - Doğan, İnci Selin; Saraç, Selma; Sari, Suat; Kart, Didem; Eşsiz Gökhan, Şebnem; Vural, İmran; Dalkara, Sevim (2017), "New azole derivatives showing antimicrobial effects and their mechanism of antifungal activity by molecular modeling studies", European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.130, 124-138 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.02.035
- Bennion, Brian J.; Essiz, Sebnem G.; Lau, Edmond Y.; Fattebert, Jean Luc; Emigh, Aiyana; Lightstone, Felice C. (2015), "A wrench in the works of human acetylcholinesterase: Soman induced conformational changes revealed by molecular dynamics simulations", PLoS ONE, Vol.10, No.4, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121092
- Koziol, Lucas; Essiz, Sebnem G.; Wong, Sergio E.; Lau, Edmond Y.; Valdez, Carlos A.; Satcher, Joe H.; Aines, Roger D.; Lightstone, Felice C. (2013), "Computational analysis of a Zn-bound tris(imidazolyl) calix[6]arene aqua complex: Toward incorporating second-coordination sphere effects into carbonic anhydrase biomimetics", Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Vol.9, No.3, 1320-1327 DOI: 10.1021/ct3008793
- Essiz, Sebnem G.; Coalson, Rob D. (2009), "Dynamic linear response theory for conformational relaxation of proteins", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.113, No.31, 10859-10869 DOI: 10.1021/jp900745u
- Essiz, Sebnem G.; Coalson, Rob D. (2007), "Langevin dynamics of molecules with internal rigid fragments in the harmonic regime", Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.127, No.10, DOI: 10.1063/1.2756044
- Essiz, Sebnem; Coalson, Rob D. (2006), "A rigid-body Newtonian propagation scheme based on instantaneous decomposition into rotation and translation blocks", Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.124, No.14, DOI: 10.1063/1.2158996
- Eşsiz, Şebnem; Yurtsever, Ersin (2003), "A coarse graining approach in molecular simulations: Fuzzy potentials", ARI Bulletin of the Istanbul Technical University, Vol.53, No.1, 25-28
- Eşsiz, Şebnem; Yurtsever, Ersin (2003), "A coarse graining approach in molecular simulations: Fuzzy potentials", Bulletin of the Technical University of Istanbul, Vol.53, No.1, 25-28
Projects
Project Name | Role in the Project | Project Type | Fund Establishment | Project Date |
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Geobacillus kaustophilus Lipaz Enziminin Mutasyon ve İmmobilize Sistemler ile Performansının Arttırılarak Biyodizel Üretiminde Kullanılması | Araştırmacı | Ulusal (1001) | TUBITAK ARDEB |
01.01.2024 10.01.2026 |
GenderEX: Gender for Excellence in Research | Araştırmacı | Uluslararası Proje | HORIZON 2020 |
01.01.2021 31.12.2023 |
Potansiyel Antifungal Ve Antikonvülsan Etkili Yeni Azol Bileşikleri: Moleküler Modelleme, Sentez Ve Biyolojik Aktivite Çalışmaları | Araştırmacı (Yurutucu: Sevim Dalkara) | Ulusal (1001) | TUBITAK ARDEB |
15.09.2015 15.03.2019 |
NMDA Tipi Glutamat Reseptörlerinin Çalışma Mekanizması ve Açık İyon Kanalı İnhibitörleri ile Etkileşimleri / Gating Mechanism of NMDA type Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Model and Open Channel | Yürütücü | Ulusal Proje | TÜBİTAK ARDEB |
01.04.2014 01.11.2018 |
Courses Offered
Course Name | Course Code | Period |
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Proteins in Motion | CSE605 | 2024/25 Fall |
Biopython | MBG309*1 | 2024/25 Fall |
Proteins in Action | MBG429 | 2024/25 Fall |
PAST GRADUATE STUDENT
STUDENT | DEGREE/YEAR | Current Position |
SERCAN BEYTÜR | PhD-2023 | Bioinformatician, Paris |
BURAK SERVILI | PhD-2023 | Core Program, KHAS |
SEVILAY GÜLESEN | MS-2021 | University of Leipzig, Germany |
BÜSRA SAVAS | MS-2021 | Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center |
MELIS GENCEL | MS-2019 | Université de Montréal, QC Canada |
MUHAMMED AKTOLUN | MS-2017 | Carnegie Mellon University, PA USA |
AYHAN DEMIR | MS-2017 | TUSEB, Turkiye |
FATMA M AB ALNEMSI | MS-2016 | - |
MERAL AYAN | MS-2014 | Mentor Egitim Kurumlari, Turkiye |