Seren KÜÇÜKVARDAR Seren started her undergraduate education at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University’s Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in 2013 and graduated in 2017. She immediately began her master’s degree in the same year at the same institution under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Yıldız. During her master’s studies, she investigated the relationship of interactions between MAPK-PI3K/Akt signaling pathways and the cell cycle regulator Speedy/RINGO in the SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line. After successfully completing her master's degree in 2019, she started her PhD studies at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Biotechnology of Istanbul Technical University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Arzu Karabay Korkmaz. her current work involves investigating microtubule-associated proteins and the cellular processes in which they’re involved.