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Jun 2026Many congratulations to Fatma Nihal Yetgin, a former graduate student of the lab, who will begin her PhD in Barcelona, Spain — we wish her every success!

Jun 5, 2026Many congratulations to Sinem Güzel — her project (No. 54232) has been approved under the TÜSEB 2026-A2 call!

May 22, 2026Congratulations to Fatma Güzel, who successfully defended her thesis, "Functional Dissection of WDR31 Domains via CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing: Revealing Essential Roles in Ciliary Gate Integrity and Morphogenesis."

2026 New publication in Am J Hum Genet: Bi-allelic variants in OLA1 cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with joint hypermobility — the first study to link OLA1 to an NDD. Dr. Kaplan is co-corresponding author. Read more →

Mar 13, 2026MBG Seminars 2026 — Boğaziçi University. Dr. Oktay I. Kaplan presents "A Two-Step Mechanism Controlling the Entry of Non-Ciliary Proteins into Cilia in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome." 14:00 IST · Online. Join meeting · Event page

Feb 16, 2026Welcome to Elif Çakmak, who joins the Kaplan Lab as a graduate student!

Sep 29, 2025Welcome to Rabia Hasan, who joins the Kaplan Lab as a graduate student!

Apr 21, 2025Congratulations to Oktay on the approval of the Health Institutes of Türkiye (TÜSEB) project!

Apr 8, 2025Undergraduate students Gül Hanım Yılmaz, Elif Çakmak, and Firdevs receive TÜBİTAK 2209 funding. Read more

Apr 1, 2025Damla Puçak receives ESHG fellowship to attend the ESHG meeting in Italy, May 24–27, 2025.

Mar 26, 2025New publication on CILK1/DYF-5 and cranioectodermal dysplasia. Read more

Mar 2025New publication in iScience on cilia-cilia elongation. Read more

Jan 2025Kaplan Lab receives grant for ciliopathy research.