Education

PhD in Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, 2014

Current position

Assistant Professor in Enzyme and Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, Samsun, Turkey

Publications

1. Ozkul, K. and Karakaya, H. (2015). Characterisation of an opcA Mutant of the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Curr Microbiol 71(5): 572-578.

2. Aqso, A., Özkul, K. and Karakaya, H. (2014). An Investigation on the Bacterial Contents of Natural Springs in a Rural Area of the Middle Blacksea Region in Turkey. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2 (5), 123-129.
3. Karakaya, H., Erdem, F., Ozkul, K. and Yilmaz, A. (2012). Analysis of Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase of the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 in the zwf Mutant Escherichia coli DF214 cells. Annals of Microbiology 63: 1319–1325.
4. Karakaya, H., Ay, M. T., Ozkul, K. and Mann, N. H. (2008). A Δzwf (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) mutant of the cyanobacteriumSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803 exhibits unimpaired dark viability. Annals of Microbiology 58(2): 281-286.