Prof. AYŞE ELİF ERSON BENSAN

Academic Titles

2018 - Continues Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology

Managerial Experience

2020 - Continues Faculty Management Board Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology
2020 - Continues Performance Evaluation Commission Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology
2021 - 2024 Faculty Board Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Arts And Sciences, Department Of Biology
2020 - 2023 Department Academic Incentive Evaluation Commission Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Arts And Sciences, Department Of Biology
2012 - 2014 Deputy Head of Department

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology

Non Academic Experience

2005 - Continues Assistant Professor

METU
2004 - 2005 Instructor/Reader

METU
2002 - 2004 Assistant

University of Michigan
1997 - 1998 Assistant

METU

Courses

Undergraduate Molecular Biology of the Cell
Undergraduate Introduction to Genetics

Advising Theses

An oncogenic isoform switch leads to hnrnpa1 overexpression in triple negative breast cancer

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

M.ERDEM(Student), Doctorate, 2022
Optimization of a translating ribosomal affinity purification method

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

I.GÜRCÜOĞLU(Student), Postgraduate, 2021
Sorting nexin 3 (SNX3) is an immediate and sustained target of EFG stimulation in EGFR positive breast cells

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

E.ÇİÇEK(Student), Doctorate, 2021
Characterization of sorting nexin 3 (SNX3) function

Erson Bensan A. E. (Advisor)

M.ÖYKEN(Student), Doctorate, 2020
An effort to identify novel proteins in alternative polyadenylation

Erson Bensan A. E. (Advisor)

M.ÇİÇEK(Student), Doctorate, 2020
Investigation of SNX3 in colon cancer

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

H.CİNGÖZ(Student), Postgraduate, 2019
Alternative polyadenylation in a differentiation model: Caco-2

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Co-Advisor), BANERJEE S. (Co-Advisor)

O.BEĞİK(Student), Postgraduate, 2017
Investigating molecular mechanisms of TRAF7 mutations identified by genome-wide analysis

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

B.GÜLEZ(Student), Postgraduate, 2017
Dynamic alternative polyadenylation (APA) events in mammary gland development

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

G.TUNCEL(Student), Postgraduate, 2016
Investigating possible involvement of miR-125b in the E2, NF-кB network

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

E.YAVUZ(Student), Postgraduate, 2015
Characterization of molecular-level changes due to MicroRNA-125b expression in breast cancer cells by spectroscopic and chemometric analysis techniques

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

N.ŞİMŞEK(Student), Doctorate, 2015
Alternative polyadenylation dependent 3’-UTR changes in triple negative breast cancers

CAN T. (Co-Advisor), ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Co-Advisor)

T.TUNCER(Student), Doctorate, 2015
Alternative polyadenylation analysis in myelodysplastic syndromes, glioblastoma and gastric cancer

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

T.ÇINKILLI(Student), Postgraduate, 2015
Identification of abiotic stress related mirnas in thellungiella halophila ecotypes

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

F.AYSİN(Student), Doctorate, 2015
3’UTR alterations in connection with estrogen receptor-alpha in breast cancer

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

M.ÖYKEN(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
ARID3B expression in primary breast cancer samples

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

A.SELCEN(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
Expression of ARID3B in breast cancer cell lines

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

N.ÖZDEMİRLER(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
Characterization and promoter identification of metastasis associated protein 1 in human colorectal carcinoma cell lines

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

S.Tunçay(Student), Doctorate, 2014
Phenotypical characterization of microRNA-106b overexpression in MCF10A breast cell line

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

C.SAYGILI(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
Estrogen-induced upregulation and 3’-UTR shortening of CDC6

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

H.BEGÜM(Student), Doctorate, 2013
Functional characterization of two potential breast cancer related genes

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

S.AKHAVANTABASİ(Student), Doctorate, 2012
Functional and biochemical analysis of a novel deubiquitinating enzyme, USP32

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

A.SAPMAZ(Student), Doctorate, 2012
Functional characterization of MicroRNA-125b expression in MCF7 breast cancer cell line

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

S.TUNA(Student), Postgraduate, 2010
Structural analysis of a 50 KB region on 17q23

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

H.BEGÜM(Student), Postgraduate, 2007
Transcription pattern comparison of two ubiquitin specific proteases (USP6 and USP32)

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

S.AKHAVAN(Student), Postgraduate, 2007
Investigation of microRNAs on genomic instability regions in breast cancer

ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Advisor)

Ş.DUYGU(Student), Postgraduate, 2007
Transformation of Nicotiana tabacum plants with Na+/H+ antiporter (AtNHX1) gene isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana for evaluation of salt tolerance

ÖKTEM H. A. (Co-Advisor), ERSON BENSAN A. E. (Co-Advisor)

F.AYSİN(Student), Postgraduate, 2007

Designed Lessons

Undergraduate Molecular Biology of Cancer

Erson Bensan A. E.

Academic and Administrative Experience

2018 - Continues Professor

2020 - Continues Faculty Management Board Member

2020 - Continues Performance Evaluation Commission Member

2021 - 2024 Faculty Board Member

2020 - 2023 Department Academic Incentive Evaluation Commission Member

2012 - 2014 Deputy Head of Department

2005 - Continues Assistant Professor

2004 - 2005 Instructor/Reader

2002 - 2004 Assistant

1997 - 1998 Assistant

Undergraduate Molecular Biology of the Cell

Undergraduate Introduction to Genetics

Undergraduate Molecular Biology of Cancer