Degree

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University (2002-2009)

Specialities

Interests

Decoding cis-regulation in transcription and understanding design principles of biological regulatory networks.

Publications

Ay A, Arnosti DN (2011) Mathematical modeling of gene expression: A guide for the perplexed biologist. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 46: 137-151

Ay A*, Arnosti DN* (2010) Nucleosome Positioning: An Essential Component of the Enhancer Regulatory Code? Cur Biol 20: R404-406 (* Corresponding Authors)

Fakhouri WD*, Ay A*, Sayal R, Dresch J, Dayringer E, Arnosti DN (2010) Deciphering a transcriptional regulatory code: modeling short-range repression in the Drosophila embryo. Mol Syst Biol 6: 341 (* Equal Contribution)

Ay A*, Fakhouri WD*, Chiu C, Arnosti DN (2008) Image processing and analysis for quantifying gene expression from early Drosophila embryos. Tissue Eng Part A 14: 1517-1526 (* Equal Contribution)

Ay A, Gürses M, Zheltukhin K (2003) Hamiltonian equations in R3. J Math Phys 44: 5688-5705

Dissertation

Deciphering cis-Regulatory Transcriptional Grammar in Drosophila melanogaster by Mathematical Models

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, 2010-Present, Departments of Biology and Mathematics, Colgate University

Research Associate, 2009-2010, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University

Teaching Assistant, 2002-2009, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University

Distinctions

Faculty Development Council Grant, 2010, Colgate University, NY

Sigma Xi (the scientific research society) Graduate Student Award, 2009, MI

Senior Teaching Assistant Award for Excellence in Teaching (Honorable Mention), 2009, Michigan State University, MI

Gene Expression in Development and Disease (GEDD) Outstanding Research Award, 2009, Michigan State University, MI

GEDD Graduate Student Fellowship, 2008-2009, Michigan State University, MI

Quantitative Biology Graduate Student Fellowship, 2007-2008, 2006-2007 Michigan State University, MI