Projects Recent projects from our lab: Repurposing of FDA-approved drugs against neuroblastomas and glioblastomas based on their potency to modulate the p53-MDM2 interaction via comprehensive data-driven computational analyzes followed by calorimetric cellular assays and gene expression analyses Project No.: 22/138/01/3/4 Funder: Research Support and Funding Office of Muğla Stıkı Koçman University Researchers: Özgür Tanrıverdi, Ayşegül Yildiz, and Naeem Abdul Ghafoor Investigation of the neuroprotective effect of Speedy/RINGO protein on DNA damage repair signaling pathways in neuronal cells. Project No.: 22/143/01/1/4 Funder: Research Support and Funding Office of Muğla Stıkı Koçman University Researchers: Yeşim Kaya and Ayşegül Yildiz Identifying the Possible Regulatory Function of MicroRNA miR-124-3p on p60-katanin Expression. Project No.: 119Z636 Funder: The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey Researchers: Beyza Ökçeci, Yeşim Kaya, and Ayşegül Yildiz Identifying the Role of Speedy/RINGO on MAPK and AKT Pathway Intersection in Neuroblastoma Cells. Project No.: 17/023 Funder: Research Support and Funding Office of Muğla Stıkı Koçman University Researchers: Seren Küçükvardar, Yeşim Kaya, and Ayşegül Yildiz Analysis of the Effect of the Iron Chelating Salicylidene Acylhydrazide Group Synthetic Compounds on Proliferation of Cancer Cells in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Project No.: 17/251 Funder: Research Support and Funding Office of Muğla Stıkı Koçman University Researchers: Özgür Tanrıverdi, Süleymen Arzıman, and Ayşegül Yildiz