Current Position 

Research Assistant
Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), Department of Medicine,
University of Oslo, Norway 
Doctoral Fellow
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway 

Elif Senem Köksal, M.Sc.

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Higher Education Degrees

2016

2014

M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey

B.B.A. in Business Administration
​Faculty of Open Eduction, Department of Business Administration, Anadolu University, Turkey  

2014

B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey 

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Research Experience 

​2014-2016

Research Assistant
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey

2013-2014

Research Intern
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey
Principal Investigator: Rengul Cetin Atalay, Assoc. Professor  

2013

Research Intern 
Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Netherlands  
Department of Molecular Developmental Biology
Principal Investigator: Klaas W. Mulder, Assist. Professor 

2011-2013

Research Intern
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics 
Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey 
Principal Investigator: Ebru Erbay, Assist. Professor 

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Recent publications

Rydmark, Marcella Orwick; Christensen, Mikkel Killingmoe; Köksal, Elif Senem; Kantarci, Ilayda; Kustanovich, Kiryl; Yantchev, Ventsislav; Jesorka, Aldo; Gözen, Irep:
Styrene maleic acid copolymer induces pores in biomembranes
Soft Matter (2019)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2019/sm/c9sm01407a

Köksal, Elif Senem; Liese, Susanne; Kantarci, Ilayda; Olsson, Ragni; Carlson, Andreas; Gözen, Irep
Nanotube-Mediated Path to Protocell Formation
ACS Nano (2019)
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b01646

Köksal, Elif Senem; Belletati, Patrícia F.; Reint, Ganna; Olsson, Ragni; Leitl, Kira D.; Kantarci, Ilayda; Gözen, Irep:
Spontaneous Formation and Rearrangement of Artificial Lipid Nanotube Networks As a Bottom-Up Model for Endoplasmic Reticulum
J. Vis. Exp. (2019)
https://www.jove.com/video/58923/spontaneous-formation-rearrangement-artificial-lipid-nanotube

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Awards

2020

American Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Award

2020

American Biophysical Society Travel Award

2018

2016 

Travel grant, European Biophysical Societies’ Association (EBSA) for International Workshop on Biological Membranes

Travel Grant, Association for Cancer Immunotherapy

2015

Travel Grant, European Federation of Immunological Societies for 4th European Congress of Immunology 

2015

Travel Grant, Turkish Society of Immunology for 23rd National Immunology Congress 

2014

Full Graduate Program Scholarship, Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey 

2013

ERASMUS Summer Internship Program Scholarship, Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey 

2013

B.Sc. Research Grant, Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Turkey