Identifying mutations in SARS-CoV-2, especially functional variants, and their distributions in the population, is crucial to successfully inoculate individuals against COVID-19, as well as to identify and treat new cases. Therefore, Doğa Eskier, Dr. Gökhan Karakülah and Dr. Yavuz Oktay from IBG sought to identify the distribution and variances of three major SARS-CoV-2 variants (B.1.1.7,
A group formed to investigate the mutation dynamics and evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 genome published their latest findings on the different selection dynamics of the S and RdRp genes in the Infection, Genetics and Evolution journal. doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104796 The study includes a collaborative effort of Assist. Prof. Yavuz Oktay -group leader of Neuro-Genomics Lab at IBG-,
The manuscript with the title of; ‘Mutation density changes in SARS-CoV-2 are related to the pandemic stage but to a lesser extent in the dominant strain with mutations in spike and RdRp’, is just published in Biorxiv. (https://t.co/TY7Wve7Pdz) The study was conducted by Doğa Eskier -a PhD student at IBG-, and IBG group leaders Dr.s
Dr.s Yavuz Oktay and Gökhan Karakülah, research group leaders at IBG, and an IBG student Doğa Eskier have just published their in-silico analysis on the effects of SARS-Cov2 mutations on the viral properties and disease characteristics at Biorxiv (https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.20.104885). The researchers collaborated with Dr. Aslı Suner from Ege University. Viral genome sequences have been accumulating
Dr. Ezgi Karaca and the group members of the Karaca Lab at IBG, recently questioned whether in-silico prediction tools could foresee the impact of recently proposed ACE2 designer mutations. We know that ACE2 serves as the host receptor for the SARS-Cov2 virus. Spike proteins that are present on the surface of the virus membrane bind
Dr. Pavlopoulou, together with her collaborators from Italy and Greece, has just published their study on codon usage and evolutionary divergences of SARS-Cov2 genes in the internationally respected scientific journal, Viruses. The Covid-19 outbreak continues to dramatically impact people’s lives all around the world. New scientific understanding on the SARS-Cov2 virus genome is critical to
The meeting started with an opening speech by Prof. Dr. Mandal on the importance of the fast and efficient continuation of scientific advances on Covid-19 in the fight against the outbreak and the mission of researchers in this fight. During the meeting, IBG researchers presented the content of their continuing Covid-19 projects and their preliminary
Although following from behind, Coronavirus keeps on spreading rapidly in our country. In the fight against the Covid-19 outbreak, the timely and accurate detection of the SARS-Cov2 virus in humans has critical importance. In order to be able to detect the virus more quickly, a Covid-19 Diagnosis Center was founded in Izmir with the initiation
With the lead of Dr. Arif Engin Çetin, we are producing face shields in our lab using 3D Printing techniques in just 29 minutes. We have made 48 face shields for Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) hospital and 55 for the other organisations so far. During the Covid-19 outbreak, thousands of healthcare providers and laboratory researchers
The Covid-19 Drug and Vaccine Development Online Conference will take place on Thursday 2nd April 2020. The Covid-19 Turkey platform founded by TUBITAK and the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology is organising an open online conference. The scientific advances on Covid-19 accomplished to date and envisaged for the near future will be discussed at