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Beril Yildiz

PhD student
  • Address: iomE Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15 (Biozentrum II/Room 01.481), 55128 Mainz
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"The GenEvo RTG provides a remarkably well-equipped environment for PhD candidates to grow and advance in their scientific careers through comprehensive guidance from a team of experts in various fields of research.

It is a great opportunity to work within an international group of students to contribute to evolutionary questions that can advance our knowledge on the evolution of gene regulation."

Education

  • Since 2022:  PhD studies on the role of gene regulation in division of labour in ants
  • 2017-2019:  MSc Animal Sciences, Specialisation Genetics & Biodiversity, Wageningen University & Research
    Thesis 1:  "Does foray effort affect the likelihood of extrapair paternity in great tits (Parus major)?"
    Thesis 2:  "Genomic consequences of a century of inbreeding and isolation in the Danish wild boar"
  • 2012-2016:  BSc in Genetics and Bioengineering, Istanbul Bilgi University
    Thesis:  "Detection of Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)"

 

Working Experience

  • 2021-2022:  Bioinformatics assistant; Epibrain project “Investigating the role of epigenetic mechanisms in the evolution of cognitive traits”, The Netherlands Institute of Ecology Animal Ecology, Wageningen
  • 2020:  Startersbeurs working experience; “Genetic and epigenetic differentiation between Dutch populations of great tits”, The Netherlands Institute of Ecology Animal Ecology, Wageningen

    Yıldız, B., Megens, H.-J., Hvilsom, C., & Bosse, M. (2022). Genomic consequences of a century of inbreeding and isolation in the Danish wild boar population. Evolutionary Applications, 15, 954– 966. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13385