N. Rousta, M. Aslan, M. Y. Akbaş, F. Özcan, T. Sar, M. J. J. Taherzadeh, Effects of fungal based bioactive compounds on human health: Review paper Critical Reviews in Food Science And Nutrition (2023) DOI 10.1080/10408398.2023.2178379

M. S. Türküner and F. Özcan. Monosodium glutamate restricts the adipogenic potential of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes through mitotic clonal expansion CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL (2020) Cilt : 44 Sayı : 3 Sayfa : 744-754

Gamze Küser-Abalı, Ferruh Özcan, Asli Ugurlu, Avni Uysal, Stefan H. Fuss and Kuyas Bugra-Bilge. SIK2 Is Involved in the Negative Modulation of Insulin-Dependent Müller Cell Survival and Implicated in Hyperglycemia-Induced Cell Death, IOVS. (54) 3526-37, 2013

Eswarkumar, V., Özcan, F., Lew, E., Bae, J., Yan, Y., Schlessinger, J. Attenuation of Signaling Pathways Stimulated by Pathologically Activated FGF-receptor 2 Mutants Prevents Craniosynostosis, Proc Natl Acad Sci. U S A., 103 (49) 18603- 08, 2006

Ferruh Özcan, Peter Klein, Mark Lemmon, Irit Lax, Joseph Schlessinger. On the Nature of the Low and High-Affinity EGF-receptors on Living Cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci. U S A. 103(15):5735-40, 2006

Çınaroğlu, A., Y. Özmen, A. Özdemir, F. Özcan, C. Ergörül, P. Çayırlıoğlu, D. Hicks and K. Buğra.. Expression and possible function of fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) and its cognate receptors FGFR2 and FGFR3 in postnatal and adult retina. J. Neurosci Res. 79(3): 329-339, 2005

• MBG 331 Molecular Cell Biology I
• MBG 421 Functional Genomics
• MBG 495 Graduation Project I
• MBG 496 Graduation Project II
• MBG 536 The Cell Cycle
• MBG 616 Protein Structure And Function
• MBG 635 Molecular Cell Biology

1. İnanç Burcu. (Master), Development of Optic Biosensors to Detect Certain Mycoplasma Species GTU, Institute for Graduate Studies in Natural and Applied Sciences 2008.
2. Hebip Hale. (Y. Lisans), SIK2’nin Adiposit Farklılaşmasındaki Rolünün İncelenmesi, GYTE Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2010.
3. Safa Aydın (Y. Lisans), Pluronik F68 Polimerinin Mezenkimal Kök Hücrelerinin Elektroporoteik Özelliklerine Etkisi. GYTE Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2011
4. Onur Z. Çaslışkaner (Y. Lisans) Endoplazmik Retikulum Stresinin SIK2 Yolağı Üzerindeki Etkisi. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü. GYTE, 2013.
5. Şeyma Yılmaz (Master) SIK2’nin Endoplazmik Retikulum Stresi ve 3T3-L1 Öncül Yağ Hücrelerinin Farklılaşmasına Etkisi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2013.
6. Meryem Topçu (Master) The Role of SIK2 in Endoplasmic Asssociate Degratdation (ERAD), Institute for Graduate Studies in Natural and Applied Sciences 2013.
7. Furkan Alkan (Master) The Effects of VEGFc and SIK2 on Polarization and Recruitment of Macrophages, Gebze Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science, 2014.
8. Tuğçe Keskin (Master) ER Stres SIK2 Etkileşiminin İnsan Yağ Hücrelerinin (Lisa2) Farklılaşmasına Etkisi, GTÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2014.
9. Betsi Köse (Master) SIK2’nin ER Stresine Bağlı Muhtemel ER Yerleşik Substratlarının Araştırılması. GTÜ, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2016.
10. İlkay G. Polat. (Master) ER stress ve SIK2’nin Karşılıklı İlişkisinin İnsan Öncül Yağ Hücresi (LiSa2) Farklılaşması Üzerine Etkisi, GTÜ, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2017.
11. Nazlı Ertürk (Master) The Effects of SIK2 on Human Adipocyte Scretome under ER stress Conditions, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, 2017.
12. Tuncay Şeker (PhD) Proteomics Based Search for Novel SIK2 Substrates Involved in Endoplasmıc Reticulum Homeostasis Boğaziçi University, Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2017.
13. M Soner Türküner (Master) Effects Of Monosodium Glutamate On 3t3-L1 Preadipocyte Differentiation,Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, 2017.

14. Korkut Furkan Şahin (Master) In Slico Screen For An Allosteric Inhibitor To Uncouple SIK2 Activation From Its Upstream Regulatory Kinase LKB1. 2022

15. Şebnem Öztürk (Master) The Reciprocal Interaction Between CHIP and SIK2 May Form a Regulatory Switch in UPR signaling. 2023.

16. M Soner Türküner (PhD) Probing the roles of SIK2 in POMC secretome Graduate School of Science and Mathematics, 2025.

• Third Cycle (Doctoral): Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
• Second Cycle (Master's): Moleküler Biyoloji, San Diego State Üniversitesi
• First Cycle (Undergraduate): Biyoloji, Hacettepe Üniversitesi

Post Doc (2004-2006): Schlessinger Lab, Yale School of Medicine Dept. of Pharmacology, US.