Each month we highlight one of our MSTP students. This month's highlight is:
Altan Turkoglu
Area of Study: Biomedical Informatics
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Academics
Research interests
- Computational biology
- Hematology/Oncology
- Machine learning
Awards, honors, publications:
- Peer-reviewed publications:
- L. Schwartz, A. Simoni, P. Yan, K. Salamon, A. M. Turkoglu, G. V. Martinez, D. Zepeda-Orozco, T. Eichler, X. Wang, and J. D. Spencer. Insulin receptor orchestrates kidney antibacterial defenses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(29):e2400666121, July 2024. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2400666121.
- J. K. Denninger, L. A.Walker, X. Chen, A. M. Turkoglu, A. Pan, Z. Tapp, S. Senthilvelan, R. Rindani, O. N. Kokiko-Cochran, R. Bundschuh, P. Yan, and E. D. Kirby. Robust transcriptional profiling and identification of differentially expressed genes with low input RNA sequencing of adult hippocampal neural stem and progenitor populations. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 15:810722, Jan. 2022. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.810722.
- H. He, S. Liyanarachchi, W. Li, D. F. Comiskey, Jr, P. Yan, R. Bundschuh, A. M. Turkoglu, P. Brock, M. D. Ringel, and A. de la Chapelle. Transcriptome analysis discloses dysregulated genes in normal appearing tumor-adjacent thyroid tissues from patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Scientific Reports, 11(1):14126, July 2021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93526-9.
- J. K. Denninger, X. Chen, A. M. Turkoglu, P. Sarchet, A. R. Volk, J. D. Rieskamp, P. Yan, and E. D. Kirby. Defining the adult hippocampal neural stem cell secretome: In vivo versus in vitro transcriptomic differences and their correlation to secreted protein levels. Brain Research, 1735(146717):146717, May 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146717.
Deans Distinguished Scholar BSGP Fellowship
Long term goals/ aspirations
- Retire with my cats
Post MSTP Training dream job
- I would love to be a physician-scientist at home here in Columbus, taking care of the community that helped raise me.
Fun Facts
What you enjoy outside of school
Family and friends, video game tournaments, and spoiling my kitties
A talent you have always wanted
To play piano
Favorite book
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (or so I’ve convinced myself)Favorite quote
"Fake it 'til you make it"
Can’t live without
Caffeine, cats, and my friends and family
If you weren’t in MSTP, what would you be doing now?
I would still be involved with research as a bioinformatician in industry!