Plant Biotechnology
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor
2015-2021
Department of Agricultural Genetic Engineering, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkiye
EDUCATION
Ph.D
2009-2014
Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
M.Sc
2006-2009
Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye
B.Sc
2002-2006
Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye
RESEARCH SUMMARY
My research focuses on the uptake, translocation, and signaling of micronutrients and the biofortification of crop species. I also work on the development of stress-tolerant crops via molecular breeding and genetic engineering technologies. My research group applies novel genetic and molecular techniques to identify transcription factors, transporters, and gene networks related to stress tolerance in soybean, potato, wheat, quinoa, and Arabidopsis with national and international partners.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Demirel, U., Morris, W.L., Ducreux, L.J., Yavuz, C., Asim, A., Tindas, I., Campbell, R., Morris, J.A., Verrall, S.R., Hedley, P.E., Gokce, Z.N., Caliskan, S., Aksoy, E., Caliskan, M.E., Taylor, M.A., Hancok, R.D., 2020. Physiological, biochemical, and transcriptional responses to single and combined abiotic stress in stress-tolerant and stress-sensitive potato genotypes. Frontiers in plant science, 11, p.169.
Naqqash, M.N., Gökçe, A., Aksoy, E. and Bakhsh, A., 2020. Downregulation of imidacloprid resistant genes alters the biological parameters in Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). Chemosphere, 240, p.124857.
Maqbool, A., Abrar, M., Bakhsh, A., Çalışkan, S., Khan, H.Z., Aslam, M. and Aksoy, E., 2020. Biofortification Under Climate Change: The Fight Between Quality and Quantity. In Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth (pp. 173-227). Springer, Cham.
Fukudome, A., Aksoy, E., Wu, X., Kumar, K., Jeong, I.S., May, K., Russell, W.K. and Koiwa, H., 2014. Arabidopsis CPL4 is an essential C‐terminal domain phosphatase that suppresses xenobiotic stress responses. The Plant Journal, 80(1), pp.27-39.
Aksoy, E., Jeong, I.S. and Koiwa, H., 2013. Loss of function of Arabidopsis C-terminal domain phosphatase-like1 activates iron deficiency responses at the transcriptional level. Plant physiology, 161(1), pp.330-345.