Semra DEMOKAN

Prof. Semra Demokan is a faculty member at Istanbul University, Institute of Oncology, Department of Basic Oncology. She holds a Professor rank and has been active since 2017. Her academic journey includes postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, and degrees from Bogazici University and Istanbul University.

• Doctorate: Oncological Biology and Immunology, Istanbul University
• Postgraduate: Oncological Biology and Immunology, Istanbul University
• Undergraduate: Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici University

Research interests span Oncology, Molecular Biology of Cancer, Epigenetics, Genetics, and Clinical Medicine. She focuses on DNA methylation, gene expression profiling, and epigenetic biomarkers in head and neck/oral cancers.

Her 15 most recent publications (2023-2010) cover epigenetic mechanisms in cancer, gene expression analysis, DNA repair pathways, and biomarker validation. Key subtopics include head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, oral cancer methylomics, microRNA interactions, and tumor suppressor gene regulation.

Advisory roles include supervising 17 postgraduate theses (2024-2017) on topics like SETD2 expression in parotid tumors, TXNIP gene in oral cancer, and mitochondrial biogenesis in oral lesions. She participates in institutional management as Head of Department (2013-present) and coordinates Erasmus programs.