Yeşim AYDIN SON

Assist. Prof. Dr. Yeşim AYDIN SON is a faculty member at Middle East Technical University (METU) Informatics Institute, Health Informatics Department, with a focus on translational bioinformatics and personalized medicine. She leads the METU Bioinformatics Graduate Program and has developed innovative software tools like METU-SNP and pi-SNP for genomic research.

• Education: MD from Hacettepe University Medical School, PhD in Genome Sciences & Technology from University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Key Roles: Chair of Health Informatics Department, former Bioinformatics Program Coordinator
• Research Collaborations: University of Barcelona, European Institutes

Her research integrates genomics and environmental data to advance clinical applications under P4 Medicine (Preventive, Predictive, Personalized, Participatory). She emphasizes translating bioinformatics findings into clinical decision support systems.

She has received recognition for her work, including awards at the iGEM competition and funding through METU BAP, TUBITAK 1001, and Teknogirişim programs. Her team transformed the METU-SNP desktop application into a web-based platform and co-developed the M4B software for synthetic biology design.

Scientific contributions include:

• Development of METU-SNP/pi-SNP for SNP-disease association analysis
• Leadership in FP7 project on chronic disease prediction via probabilistic methods
• Co-instruction of METU-BIN Software Team at iGEM