doctoral candidate
Ayşegül Er Gökçe
#eDNAMetabarcoding #BirdMolecularEcology #DietAnalysis #ExtremeBiodiversity #WildlifeConservationGenomics #MarineVertebrateMonitoring #AncientDNA
Ayşegül's research focuses on identifying bird biodiversity in marine and terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in extreme habitats, using eDNA metabarcoding, determining dietary profiles, examining population dynamics, disease interactions, and their impact on ecosystems.
Ayşegül Er Gökçe completed her primary, secondary, and high school education in Ankara. She received her bachelor's degree from Ankara University, Department of Biology, and her master's degree from Ankara University, Institute of Science, Department of Aquaculture.
Ayşegül Er Gökçe completed her master's degree at Ankara University, Institute of Science, Department of Fisheries, with her thesis titled "Biodiversity Determination in Uyuz Lake using Environmental DNA: Migratory Bird Model". She is still continuing her research on identifying aquatic and water-bound bird species through observation using eDNA metabarcoding and creating an Aves barcode database.
Ayşegül Er Gökçe is pursuing her doctoral studies at Ankara University Biotechnology Institute with her thesis titled "Investigation of Antarctic Food Webs and Lake Ecosystems Using eDNA Metabarcoding Method" . Within this scope, she has determined the dietary profiles of different penguin, seal, and bird species, which are apex predator species living on the Antarctic Peninsula. She has also completed macro and micro biodiversity assessment studies from 10 different lakes and one stream system in this extreme environment, and is continuing her metagenomics studies on the identification of functional genes in this environment. In addition to these studies, Ayşegül Er Gökçe conducts omics studies on various organisms and in different fields.
Ayşegül Er Gökçe works as a researcher in the Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory and as the R&D, Quality and Administrative Affairs Manager at the AgriGenomics Hub (AgriGx) Animal and Plant Genomics Research Innovation Center.
Projects
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Detection of Functional Genes in the Antarctic Peninsula Using Shotgun Metagenomic Methods (Project Leader)
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Biodiversity Assessment of the Class Aves in Aquatic Ecosystems Using Environmental DNA Metabarcoding Method (Project Leader)
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Agrigenomics Hub – Animal and Plant Genomics Research Innovation Center (OCU Member, Agrigenomics Hub Project Administrative Affairs Officer, R&D Projects Manager)
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Tr.Aqua: Innovative and Sustainable Practices in Aquaculture within the Framework of Food Supply Security
Other Projects
BIOSCAN
Developing Genomic Laboratory Applications and Bioinformatics Workflows with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Joint Danube Survey 4 (JDS4)
Extraction of Ancient DNA from Aquatic Organism Remains Found in Liman Tepe and Çeşme-Bağlararası Settlements, Molecular Evolutionary Analysis, and the Relationships of These Regions with Distant Cultural Regions
DNAqua-Net: Developing New Genetic Tools for Bioassessment of Aquatic Ecosystems in Europe
Estimating Fish Population Size Using eDNA: The Case of Karataş Lake
Determining the Ecological Characteristics, Biodiversity, and Food Web Structures of Antarctic Freshwater Ecosystems (Lakes and Rivers) and Identifying the Potential Impacts of Climate Change
Identification of Extremophile Species in Salt and Saline Lakes by eDNA Metabarcoding
Biodiversity Monitoring in Türkiye's Four Major Lake Ecosystems Using Shotgun Metagenomics: A Conservation and Sustainability Perspective
Monitoring Bird Species Migration Periods in Mogan Flood Trap and Comparative Biodiversity Analysis with eDNA Data
Unusual Winter Reproduction in Long-eared Owls ( Asio otus ): Molecular Verification and Conservation Biology
DNA Barcoding Identification of a Novel Trematode Species Found in Storks in Türkiye: First Record of Cathaemasia hians
eDNA metabarcoding based prey identification among the Black Sea cetaceans: understanding of diet and ecosystems
Decoding Past Microbial Life and Antibiotic Resistance in İnönü Cave's Archaeological Soil
Determination of Dietary Composition from Eleon Hawthorn (Falco eleonorae) Pellets by eDNA Metabarcoding Method
Biodiversity Determination of Surface Sediment Samples from Alpine Lakes Using eDNA Metabarcoding and Shotgun Metagenomic Methods