Ahmet Okay Çağlayan

Professor Ahmet Okay Çağlayan at Dokuz Eylül University's School of Medicine specializes in Medical Genetics with a focus on neurodevelopmental disorders. His work integrates next-generation sequencing and genomic approaches to unravel rare genetic variants in structural brain abnormalities.

• Established Medical Genetics Department
• Teaching at undergraduate, graduate, and medical school levels
• Active in editorial and peer-review roles for top-tier journals

Research spans neurogenetics, molecular diagnostics, and genomic medicine with emphasis on:

• Whole-exome sequencing applications
• Homozygosity mapping
• Linkage analysis
• Neurodevelopmental disease mechanisms
• Cortical malformations
• Genotype-phenotype correlations

Recent publications highlight advancements in:

• Identifying novel pathogenic variants (NAGLU, KLHL40, PIBF1)
• Elucidating mTOR pathway dysregulation in lissencephaly
• Characterizing rare metabolic and neurodegenerative syndromes
• Developing genomic diagnostic frameworks for Turkish populations

Metrics indicate:

• 197 WoS publications
• H-index: 4250 (Scopus)
• 24 research projects