Asst. Prof. Didem Karakaş Zeybek

About

Assistant Professor in Medical Biotechnology, Graduate School Of Health Sciences; Academic Staff in pankam.

• Molecular Biology and Genetics

Research output

• 61publications
• 896citations
• 15h-index
• 11projects

Figures as recorded in AVESİS, the university’s research information system · AVESİS profile.

Projects & funding

• Since 2026 Principal investigator

  Drug repurposing and losartan-mediated NF-κB pathway blockade in the neural invasion of pancreatic cancer

  Project team: KARAKAŞ ZEYBEK D. (Executive), CEYHAN G. O., DUMAN E., Kasapoğlu T..

  Funder

  ABAPKO — ACU Scientific Research Projects Commission · Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions, BAP Other

• Since 2026 Principal investigator

  Modulation of NK cell function by acetylsalicylic acid through the pancreatic cancer cell secretome

  Project team: KARAKAŞ ZEYBEK D. (Executive), CEYHAN G. O., Kasapoğlu T..

  Funder

  ABAPKO — ACU Scientific Research Projects Commission · Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions, BAP Research Project

• Since 2025 Principal investigator

  Characterisation of nerve-associated cancer-associated fibroblast subtypes in pancreatic cancer and their contribution to neural invasion

  Project team: KARAKAŞ ZEYBEK D. (Executive), Sığırlı S., CEYHAN G. O..

  Funder

  ABAPKO — ACU Scientific Research Projects Commission · Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions, BAP PhD

• Since 2025 Principal investigator

  Genomic analysis and targeting of neural invasion in pancreatic cancer

  Project team: CEYHAN G. O. (Executive), KARAKAŞ ZEYBEK D., Kavaklıoğlu B..

  Funder

  ABAPKO — ACU Scientific Research Projects Commission · Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions, BAP PhD

• 2024–2027 Principal investigator

  TUBITAK Project, 1001 – Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects

  Project team: KARAKAŞ ZEYBEK D. (Executive).

  Funder

  TÜBİTAK — Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye · TUBITAK Project, 1001 - Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects

• 2018–2022 Principal investigator

  TUBITAK Project, 3501 – National Young Researcher Career Development Program

  Project team: Karakaş Zeybek D. (Executive), Aztopal N., Karakaş D.(Executive), Ulukaya E., Özpolat B..

  Funder

  TÜBİTAK — Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye · TUBITAK Project, 3501 - National Young Researcher Career Development Program

• 2024–2025 Principal investigator

  Emergency R&D Project of Group A

  Project team: Karakaş Zeybek D. (Executive), Ceyhan G. O..

• 2022–2025 Principal investigator

  Relationship between m6A mRNA modification and the natural killer cell response in lung cancer cells

  Project team: Aztopal N.(Executive), Karakaş Zeybek D..

  Funder

  TÜBİTAK — Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye · TUBITAK Project, 1001 - Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects

• 2022–2025 Principal investigator

  Relationship between m6A mRNA modification and acquired osimertinib resistance in lung cancer

  Project team: Aztopal N.(Executive), Karakaş Zeybek D..

  Funder

  TÜBİTAK — Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye · TUBITAK Project, 3501 - National Young Researcher Career Development Program

• 2018–2022 Principal investigator

  Relationship between targeting the pancreatic cancer stroma and the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells

  Project team: Karakaş Zeybek D. (Executive), Ulukaya E., Pesen Okvur D., Karakaş D.(Executive).

  Funder

  TÜBİTAK — Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye · TUBITAK Project, 1001 - Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects