Hello 👋 

My name is Gamze Bulut. I am originally from Antalya, Turkey. I studied Molecular Biology and Genetics at Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey.

 

• I came to the USA in 2008 for my PhD studies at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX. In Dr. Lily Huang’s laboratory, I worked on Cell Biology of red blood cells and how our bodies regulate the signaling pathways required for generating the right number of erythrocytes. (2008-2015)

• In my post graduate work, I investigated how alternative splicing impacts lung inflammation/cancer under Dr. Charles Chalfant’s supervision at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). (2015-2017)

• In Dr. Gary K. Owens’s laboratory at UVA, I studied perivascular plasticity and adipose tissue inflammation upon diet induced obesity. (2017-2021)

• In 2021, I worked as a Research Associate in Dr. Judith Voynow's team at VCU, trying to understand how neutrophil elastase impairs macrophage function using human blood monocyte derived macrophages. (2021-2022)

• I worked as a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor at the College of William and Mary, Department of Biology and taught 'Molecular Cell Biology (BIOL 310)' and 'Diseases and Cures of the 2020s (BIOL 460)', Cell Biology Labs (BIOL 404). I also had an active research group and a huge team of Teaching Assistants. (2022-2024)

• I worked at VCU as a Research Scientist for Dr. David Turner and Dr. Victoria Findlay in the Massey Cancer Center investigating AGEs and cancer. (2024-2025).

• Starting Fall 2025, I will join VCU School of Life Sciences and Sustainability as an Assistant Prof of Bioinformatics. I will be teaching BNFO 201, 411 and continuing my multi-omics related computational biology research efforts. 🤗🤗

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Feel free to reach out to me with any questions and feedback.

Have a wonderful day 💐