Gizem completed her MSc degree in Molecular Biology at Umeå University. During her master’s program, she worked on projects that focused on identifying bacterial stress responses using multi-omics data through bioinformatic analyses, as well as exploring stress induced bacterial heterogeneities via automated phenotyping approaches.
She started her PhD journey at the Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University, co-funded by the IceLab Research School. In the Kemal Avican lab, her current research focuses on developing in vivo-like conditions by replicating stressful environments that stimulate bacteria to exhibit transcriptomes similar to those found in living organisms. This project involves the use of AI-powered deep phenotyping and single-cell approaches to study bacterial adaptation strategies to host conditions and to understand the functional roles of bacterial subpopulations in stress and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Outside of her work environment, Gizem enjoys visiting art museums and spending time with friends. One of her favourite activities in Umeå is hunting for the northern lights (norssken).