Necati Findikli, M.Sc.

After graduating from Bosphorus University, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics in 1996, he has completed his M.Sc. degree in Bilkent University, specializing in the p53 dependent cell cycle control and cancer. Between 1998-1999, He worked as research scientist in the Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

In 2000, he joined Istanbul Memorial Hospital ART& Genetics Centre and worked as Molecular Biologist/Embryologist. Since 2003, he has been working as R&D Laboratory Director in the same institution. His team has recently succeeded in establishing the first human embryonic stem cell lines as well as stem cells from adipose tissue in Turkey.

Besides embryonic/adult stem cell research, his current research interests are isolation and culture of human embryonic germ cells in vitro and molecular mechanisms of implantation.

He is a member of several societies including International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society (PGDIS).