Mehmet Kılıç: Plant Direct First Author

Mehmet Kılıç, first author of “Gene expression and organization of thylakoid protein complexes in the PSII-less mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803″

Current Position: PhD Student, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Finland.

Education: B.S. in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey;

M.S. in Nanobiotechnology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.

Non-scientific Interests: Music, Films, Sports.

Brief bio: I entered University of Turku in 2020 to study for a PhD degree under Prof. Eva-Mari Aro with the supervision of Prof. Eevi Rintamäki and Doc.Dr. Peter Golan in the field of molecular plant biology. My research mainly focuses on transcriptomic, analytical and spectrometric analysis of the photosynthetic electron transport chain complexes and their activities under abiotic stress conditions.