Address: 2-440 BSB
Phone (319) 335-6922
Email: iltan-aklan@uiowa.edu
Mentor: Matthew Potthoff, PhD
Co-Mentor: Deniz Atasoy, PhD
Undergraduate Institution: Yeditepe University
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Year Entered Into Program: 2020
Research Description
Publications
- Natali L. Chanaday, Elena Nosyreva, Ok-Ho Shin, Hua Zhang, Iltan Aklan, Deniz Atasoy, Ilya Bezprozvanny and Ege T. Kavalali. Presynaptic store-operated Ca2+ entry drives excitatory spontaneous neurotransmission and augments endoplasmic reticulum stress. Neuron 2021 Mar 4;S0896-6273(21)00123-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.023.
- Aklan I*, Sayar Atasoy N*, Yavuz Y*, Ates T*, Coban I, Koksalar F…, Atasoy D. (2020). NTS Catecholamine Neurons Mediate Hypoglycemic Hunger via Medial Hypothalamic Feeding Pathways. Cell Metabolism, 31(2). doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.11.016.
- Dilsiz P*, Aklan I*, Sayar Atasoy N*, Yavuz Y, Filiz G, Koksalar F, Ates T, Oncul M, Coban I, Ates Oz E, Cebecioglu U, Alp M, Yilmaz B, Atasoy D. Neuroendocrinology. 2019 Jun 3. doi: 10.1159/000501234.
- Ates T*, Oncul M*, Dilsiz P, Topcu IC, Civas CC, Alp MI, Aklan I, Ates Oz E, Yavuz Y, Yilmaz B, Sayar Atasoy N, Atasoy D. Inactivation of Magel2 suppresses oxytocin neurons through synaptic excitation-inhibition imbalance. Neurobiol Dis. 2019 Jan;121:58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.09.017.
- Öncül M*, Dilsiz P*, Ateş E, Ateş T, Aklan I, Çelik E, Sayar-Atasoy N, Atasoy D, Impaired melanocortin pathway function in Prader-Willi Syndrome gene-Magel2 deficient mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 Sep 15;27(18):31293136. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy216.