Sema SIRMA EKMEKCİ

Sema SIRMA EKMEKCİ is a Research Professor at the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University. Her work bridges Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Hematology, with a focus on autoinflammatory diseases, leukemia, and multiple myeloma. She employs advanced techniques like next-generation sequencing (NGS), transcriptome analysis, and bioinformatics to explore gene expression, mutations, and therapeutic targets.

• Active in clinical research on systemic autoinflammatory phenotypes and Behcet's disease pathogenesis
• Key contributions to acute myeloid leukemia studies, including SPINK2 and DHRS2 gene investigations
• Developed NGS-based diagnostics for renal diseases and electroporation protocols for leukemia cell lines