Research Interest: Lectin; chitinase; protein; amino acid; nanoparticles; nanomedicine; apoptosis; cell cycle; antibacterial; anticancer; antifungal; gene expression; cell morphology; cytotoxicity; toxicity; antibiofilm; cell culture..

Research Interest: Isolation and structural elucidation of biologically active metabolites from natural sources (Plants and Fungi); Marine natural products chemistry and biology; Phytochemical characterization of plant extracts used in traditional medicine, their pharmacological evaluation, and the isolation and identification of their active constituents.

2017-Postdoctoral researcher

Gaziosmanpasa University, Turkey Plant Research Lab of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

2011-2016 PhD (Research Assis-tant) Gaziosmanpasa University Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

2008- 2011 Master (Research Assis-tant) Gaziosmanpasa University Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

2003-2007 Under graduate Cumhuriyet Univer-sity Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Research Interest:  Algae cultivation, Plant biotechnology, Secondary metabolite production

Grants: 

1. Bioprocessingof microalgae for production and recovery of high-value metabolites;", Texas A&M University, 23.08.2015 -29.11.2015

2. Activity Controlled Isolation of Isolated Secondary Metabolites from Cladophora fracta (Tubitak 2017-2018).

3. Investigation of Pharmacological Secondary Metabolites in Some Cyanobacteria Members and Investigation of the Effects of Various Stress Conditions on the Production of these Metabolites (2016- 2018 Bap Turkey).

List of Publications: 

1. Tunay Karan, Ramazan Erenler Zekeriya Altuner, Mahfuz Elmastas. Molecular Identification and Norharmane Quantification of Cyanobacterium, Geitlerinema carotinosum. International Journal of Pharmacy& Pharmaceutical Research.June 2017,  Vol.:9, Issue:3, 67-73.

2. Tunay Karan, Ramazan Erenler. Screening of Norharmane from Seven Cyanobacteria by High performance Liquid Chromatography. Pharmacogn. Mag. 11.10.2017, Vol: 13, Issue: 51, 723-725.

3.Tunay Karan, Zekeriya Altuner, Ramazan Erenler. Growth and Metabolite Production of Chroococcus minutus Under Different Temperature and Light Conditions. Journal of New Results in Science, 6:1 47-52, 2017.

4. Tunay KARAN, Taner DAŞTAN, İnanç BARAL, Zekeriya ALTUNER.   Effects of Differential Time Applications on Some Cyanobacterial Norharman Production Rates.  Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi (CFD), Cilt 37, No. 4 (2016) ISSN: 1300-1949.

5. Tunay KARAN, Ramazan ERENLER, Zekeriya ALTUNER. Isolation and Molecular Identification of Some Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) from Freshwater Sites in Tokat Province of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 5(11): 1371-1378, 2017

6.Tunay KARAN, Saban Tekin, Ahmet Bursalı, Adem Keskin. Investigation of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV) in Ixodid Ticks  Collected from Central Black Sea Region in Turkey. Journal of New Results in Science 4 (2014) 30-35

7.Sevgi Durna Dastan, Naci Degerli, Taner Dastan, Fazilet Yildiz, Yavuz Yildir, Yusuf Muhammed Durna, Dilek Atessahin  and Tunay Karan. Phenylthiocarbamide taste perception as a possible genetic association marker for nutritional habits and obesity tendency of people. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., Vol.28, No.3(Suppl), May 2015, pp.1141-1150. 

8. Sevgi Durna Daştan, Taner Daştan, Serap Çetinkaya, Dilek Ateşşahin, Tünay Karan. Evaluation of In Vitro Anticancer Effect of Plantago major L. and Plantago lanceolata L. Leaf Extracts from Sivas. Cumhuriyet Üniv. Sağ. Bil. Enst. Derg. 2016 (1)1: 07-14

9. Tunay KARAN, İlyas Yıldız, Ali Aydın, ,Ramazn Erenler Inhibition of Various Cancer Cells Proliferation of Bornyl Acetate and Essential Oil from Inula graveolens (Linnaeus) Desf.  Rec. Nat. Prod. 12:3 (2018) 273-283

10. Ramazan Erenler, Tuğba Adak, Tunay KARAN, Mahfuz Elmastaş,İlyas Yıldız, Hüseyin Akşit,Gülaçtı Topcu,Murat Aydın Sanda. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS ISOLATED FROM ORİGANUM SOLYMICUM WITH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITITES. The Eurasia Proceedings of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (EPSTEM)  2017,Volume 1, Pages 139-145

11. Tünay KARAN, Mesut KOYUNCU, İskender PARMAKSIZ, Köksal PABUÇCU, Zekeriya ALTUNER. Siyanotoksinler ve Biyosentezlerinden Sorumlu Genlerin Düzenlenmesi. Gaziosmanpaşa Fen Bilimeri Enstitüsü Bilimsel Araştırma Dergisi 11 (2015) 54-69 .

12. KARAN TÜNAY,TEKIN SABAN, BURSALI AHMET.‘Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ixodid Ticks in Tokat Province of Turkey. Abstracts / Journal of Biotechnology 161S (2012) 19–48. 

13. Tunay KARAN, Saban Tekin, Adem Keskin, Ahmet Bursalı. Testing The Presence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) From Tokat and Ordu Vicinity. In vivo International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Pathophysiology and Drug Research. 25:3 467-576 (2011).

14. Tunay KARAN, Omer KAYIR, Zekeriya ALTUNER, Ramazan ERENLER.Growth and norharmane production of Chroococcus minutus under various stress conditions.2018, 1, 10-15.

15.Tunay KARAN.  Metabolic profile and biological activities of Lavandula stoechas L. Cellular and Molecular Biology E-ISSN : 1165-158X / P-ISSN : 0145-5680.

16. Tunay Karan, Ramazan Erenler. Fatty acid constituents and anticancer activity of Cladophora fracta (OF Müller ex Vahl) Kützing. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research October 2018; 17 (10): 1977-1982.

17. Tunay Karan, Ali Aydin. Anticancer potential and cytotoxic effect of some freshwater cyanobacteria. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research November 2018; 17 (11): 2183-2188.

18.Evanthia Mantzouki, Tunay KARAN and et. al. Temperature Effects Explain Continental Scale Distribution of Cyanobacterial Toxins. Toxins 2018, 10, 156.

19.Evanthia Mantzouki, Tunay KARAN and et. al. A European Multi Lake Survey dataset of

environmental variables, phytoplankton pigments and cyanotoxins. Scıentıfıc Data 5:180226 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.226.

20. Tunay Karan and Bilge Hilal Cadirci. Evaluatıon of antımıcrobıal and antıoxıdant actıvıty of lepıdıum draba l. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol 7, Issue 13, 2018.

Research Interest: Molecularly Imprinted Polymers,Sol, id Phase, Extraction,Chromatography

Research Interest: "Organometallic: Transition Metal-catalyzed Nitrogenation of Hydrocarbons; edicinal Inorganic Chemistry: Ruthenium-based Metallopharmaceuticals; Renewable Biomass Energy: Metal-catalyzed Conversion of Cellulosic Biomass for fuels and value-added chemicals"

Research Interest: Stability studies of new drug substances and new drug products including nanomedicine; Quality assurance; Analytical and bioanalytical method validation; Physicochemical charaterization of new drug substances and new drug products including nanomedicine.

Research Interest: Drug Design, Phytochemistry, Medicinal chemistry and Analytical Chemistry.

Research Interest: Marine natural products (MNPs), in particular the synthesis and structural modification of bioactive MNPs.

Research Interest: Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design; Organic Synthesis; Bioorganic Chemistry; Biological evaluation of therapeutically-efficient organic compounds, including pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics; Molecular modeling and chemoinformatics; Molecular Imaging; Structure elucidation using different spectroscopic techniques (such as MS, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and 2D NMR such as COSY, HMBC, and HMQC). Purification of products from reaction mixtures both by simple solvent crystallization methods and advanced preparative chromatographic methods.

Research Interest: Bioassay guided isolation of active constituents-Phytochemsitry and analytical pharmacognosy. Wound healing assessment of medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of medicinal plants. Isolation of natural compounds from the medicinal plants used against gynecological diseases.

Research Interest: "Luminescent probes; Computational structural biology; Structure-based drug design; Inorganic medicine "

Research Interest:  "Targeted drug delivery; Chemical functionalization of nanoparticles; Chemical composition-biological behavior relationship of nanoparticles; Biomaterials for immunotherapy; Nanomedicine; Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology; Nanovaccines; Immunotoxicity of nanoparticles; Surface biofunctionalization of the nanoparticles with antibodies and peptides; Cell-nanoparticle interactions

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