Biography
Dr. Ceyda Kula was born in Manisa/Turkey in 1987. After completing her undergraduate studies at the Bioengineering Department of Ege University in 2010, she continued her master studies in the same year in the same department. In 2012, she joined the academic staff of the Bioengineering Department of Marmara University as a Research Assistant. In 2012, she completed her master's thesis on “Microbial biotransformation of cycloartane type saponins named cyclocanthogenol and astragenol” and continued her Ph.D. studies at the Bioengineering Department of Marmara University. In the same year, within the framework of 2211 Domestic Doctorate Scholarship Program, TÜBİTAK-BİDEB, Department of Supporting Scientists won a non-refundable scholarship during her doctoral studies. In 2018, she completed her Ph.D. studies entitled “Multi-objective optimization at a crude novel lipase-catalyzed fame production: Kriging as an alternative to RSM”. Dr. Kula continues to work as a Research Assistant at the Bioengineering Department of Marmara University since 2012.
Education Information
2012 - 2018
2012 - 2018Doctorate
Marmara University, Institute for Graduate Studies in Pure and Applied Sciences, Department of Bioengineering (Eng), Turkey
2010 - 2012
2010 - 2012Postgraduate
Ege University, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Biyomühendislik (Yl) (Tezli), Turkey
2005 - 2010
2005 - 2010Undergraduate
Ege University, Faculty Of Engineering, Biyomühendislik Bölümü, Turkey
Dissertations
2018
2018Doctorate
MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION AT A CRUDE NOVEL LIPASE CATALYZED FAME PRODUCTION: KRIGING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO RSM 
Marmara University, Institute for Graduate Studies in Pure and Applied Sciences, Department of Bioengineering (Eng)
2012
2012Postgraduate
MICROBIAL BIOTRANSFORMATION OF CYCLOARTANE TYPE SAPONINS NAMED CYCLOCANTHOGENOL AND ASTRAGENOL
Ege University, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Bioengineering, Master of Science
Foreign Languages
C1 Advanced
C1 AdvancedEnglish
Research Areas
Biotechnology
Biochemical Reaction Engineering
Biotechnological Processes and Fermentation Technology
Biochemistry
Academic Titles / Tasks
2012 - Continues
2012 - ContinuesResearch Assistant
Marmara University, Faculty of Engineering, Bioengineering
Published journal articles indexed by SCI, SSCI, and AHCI
2025
2025Antivirulence therapy: type IV pilus as a druggable target for bacterial infections
Basaran E., Avci F. G., Ozcan A., Kula C., Ben Ali Hassine S., Keskin O., et al.
Medicinal Chemistry Research
, vol.34, no.2, pp.285-300, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
2024
2024Public health challenges after the February 6 earthquakes: A comprehensive review of immediate and long-term impacts in Türkiye
Koçer A. T., Akpek A., Vural A., Aslan A., Erkoç A., Özen A. M., et al.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
, vol.114, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
2024
2024Genome-scale metabolic models in translational medicine: the current status and potential of machine learning in improving the effectiveness of the models
TURANLI B., Gulfidan G., Aydogan O. O., KULA C., Selvaraj G., ARGA K. Y.
Molecular Omics
, vol.20, no.4, pp.234-247, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
2024
2024Attenuation of Type IV pili activity by natural products
Yalkut K., Ben Ali Hassine S., Basaran E., KULA C., Ozcan A., Avci F. G., et al.
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
2023
2023Systems Biomarkers, Artificial Intelligence, and One Health Vision Can Help Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
KULA C., ARĞA K. Y.
OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
, vol.27, no.4, pp.191-192, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
2019
2019Multi-objective optimization of a novel crude lipase-catalyzed fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) production using low-order polynomial and Kriging models
KULA C., SAYAR N. A.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN ENERGY
, vol.16, no.8, pp.657-665, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
2017
2017Assessment of hazelnut husk as a lignocellulosic feedstock for the production of fermentable sugars and lignocellulolytic enzymes
PİNAR O., Karaosmanoglu K., SAYAR N. A., KULA C., KAZAN D., SAYAR A. A.
3 BIOTECH
, vol.7, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
2015
2015Microbial transformation of Astragalus sapogenins using Cunninghamella blakesleeana NRRL 1369 and Glomerella fusarioides ATCC 9552
Bedir E., KULA C., Oner O., Altas M., Tag O., ÖNGEN ÖZGEN G.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC
, vol.115, pp.29-34, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
2024
2024Unraveling the Mechanisms of Phage and Antibiotic Resistance in Phage-Treated Isolates: Insights from Omics Approaches
KULA C., Fothergill J. L., KADIOGLU A.
Early Career Summer Conference 2024, Glasgow, England, 08 July 2024
2023
2023A drug repurposing study on the inhibition of type IV pili
Özcan A., Ben Ali Hassine S., KULA C., AVCI F. G., ÖZBEK SARICA P., SARIYAR AKBULUT B.
47th FEBS Congress, Tours, France, 08 July 2023
2022
2022RNA-based Screening of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Case Study on Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kula C., Erdoğan E. E., Özçelik B., Gülfidan G., Arğa K. Y.
4th Eurasia Biochemical Approaches & Technologies Congress (EBAT), Antalya, Turkey, 3 - 06 November 2022
2022
2022Investigation of the Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pili Elongation ATPases to Prevent Biofilm Formation.
Kula C., Avcı F. G., Keskin Özkaya Z. Ö., Özbek Sarıca P., Sarıyar Akbulut B.
4th Eurasia Biochemical Approaches & Technologies Congress (EBAT), Antalya, Turkey, 3 - 06 November 2022
2022
2022Screening of FDA-Approved Natural Drugs as Anti-Virulence Agents Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Neisseria meningitidis
Özcan Yöner A., KULA C., AVCI F. G., KESKİN ÖZKAYA Z. Ö., ÖZBEK SARICA P., SARIYAR AKBULUT B.
FEMS Conference on Microbiology, Belgrade, Serbia, 30 June 2022
2022
2022Predicting antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with transcriptome-based molecular signatures
Erdoğan E. E., Kula C., Gülfidan G., Arğa K. Y.
15th International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, HIBIT’22, Mersin, Turkey, 20 - 22 October 2022
2018
2018Manually modified design of experiments for early biocatalyst evaluation–lipase-catalysed fatty acid methyl ester production
KULA C., SAYAR N. A.
18th European Congress on Biotechnology, 1 - 04 July 2018, vol.44, pp.120-121
2016
2016Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil via optimised transesterification by a locally sourced lipase
KULA C., SAYAR N. A.
Challenges in Building a Sustainable Biobased Economy, EcoBio Conference 2016, 6 - 09 March 2016
2015
2015Cryptococcus diffluens D44 lipase for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil via optimized transesterification
KULA C., SAYAR N. A.
BEC 2015 VII. Bioengineering Congress, 19 - 21 November 2015
2014
2014Lipase Catalyzed Esterification Reactions–A Kinetic Model
KULA C., SAYAR N. A.
16th EUROPEN CONGRESS ON BIOTECHOLOGY, 13 - 16 July 2014
2014
2014Characterization of Lipase Enzyme and Catalysed Esterification Reaction as a Model System
KULA C., Yılmaz D. E., YALÇIN H. T., SAYAR N. A.
Enzymes for Biocatalysis, İstanbul, Turkey, 3 - 05 June 2014
2012
2012Biotransformation of Cycloartane-Type Sapogenols by Cunninghamella blakesleeana NRRL 1369 and Glomerella fusarioides ATCC 9552
KULA C., KUBAN M., ÖNGEN ÖZGEN G., Khan I. A., BEDİR E.
2012 Phytochemical Society of Europe Congress on Bio-communication, 10 - 12 September 2012
2011
2011Biotransformation of Cycloartane-Type Sapogenols, Cycloastragenol and Cyclocanthogenol, by Cunninghamella blakesleeana NRRL 1369
KUBAN M., KULA C., ÖNGEN ÖZGEN G., BEDİR E.
59th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 4 - 09 September 2011, vol.77
Supported Projects
2025 - 2027
2025 - 2027Discovery of new drug candidates targeting resistant bacteria by transcriptome profiling in antimicrobial resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and confirmation of drug efficacy in vitro
R&D Project of Group B
Kula C. (Executive), Aksu M. B., Arga K. Y.
2015 - 2018
2015 - 2018Lipazla katalizlenen bir esterifikasyon reaksiyonu Kinetik analizi proses tasarımı ve proses metriklerinin değerlendirilmesi
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions
Kula C., Sayar N. A. (Executive)
2010 - 2013
2010 - 2013