Deniz Ipek Kocas

I organized and led two Latin dance workshop events for international students, teaching beginner-level Salsa and Bachata. The workshops aimed to create a welcoming and engaging space for cultural exchange, confidence-building, and social connection through dance.

Assistance in Evolutionary Molecular Biology Laboratory Supervisors: Dr. Joost Woltering, Rebekka Höch – Ph.D. Student Project: Developmental mechanisms that drive differentiation of different domains in median fins

Assistance in the Evolutionary Molecular Biology Laboratory Supervisor: Asst.Prof. Julian Torres Dowdall Project: The effects of natural selection on phenotypic variation in color vision in cichlid fish

Senior Project in Molecular Biology and Genetics Lab Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Serkan Belkaya Project: Identifying and classifying candidate disease-causing genetic variants from whole genome exome sequencing data via cBioPortal

Remote Internship in Evolutionary Developmental Dynamics Lab Supervisor: Dr. Markéta Kaucká Project: Mechanisms underlying the formation of facial cartilages and bones

Internship in Genetics lab Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Banu Şebnem Önder Project: The genetic basis of natural variation in life history traits using the fruit flies of the genus Drosophila as a model system

The project aims to demonstrate that communication is not only established through sounds, it has many other ways. For this purpose, we engaged in fun yet educational activities with hearing-impaired children, our target audience, every week to add more color to their lives. We conducted Turkish sign language training sessions to promote and increase the usage of sign language, and we strove to reach more people by creating educational videos.

Railway Line Support Project