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Dr. Ilayda Soztekin

Head of Patch Clamp Unit

Ilayda Soztekin

Dr. Ilayda Soztekin

Dr. Ilayda Soztekin leads ChanPharm's patch clamp unit, managing day-to-day electrophysiology operations and supporting assay development across manual and automated platforms.

Within ChanPharm's GLP programme, she serves as Scientific Expert for GLP Patch Clamp Studies, responsible for the scientific validity and regulatory compliance of GLP-compliant patch clamp electrophysiology assessments.

Career

2023 — present: Drug Discovery Scientist at ChanPharm GmbH, Vienna, Austria.

2018 — 2022: Research Assistant at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Visiting Scientist at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.

2015 — 2018: Research Assistant at Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Publications

  1. 1.
    Görgülü I, Jagannath V, Pons S, Koniuszewski F, Groszer M, Maskos U, Huck S, Scholze P. The human-specific nicotinic receptor subunit CHRFAM7A reduces α7 receptor function in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived and transgenic mouse neurons.
    Eur J Neurosci. 2024 Sep;60(5):4893-4906. doi: 10.1111/ejn.16474. Epub 2024 Jul 28. PubMed
  2. 2.
    Huber A, Sarne V, Beribisky AV, Ackerbauer D, Derdak S, Madritsch S, Görgülü I, et al. Generation and Characterization of a Human Neuronal In Vitro Model for Rett Syndrome Using a Direct Reprogramming Method.
    Stem Cells Dev. 2024 Mar;33(5-6):128-142. doi: 10.1089/scd.2023.0233. Epub 2024 Feb 22. PubMed

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