Emrah Ruh - CV

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Emrah Ruh - CV

Date of birth: 28.12.1984

Place of birth: Nicosia, North Cyprus E-mail: emrahruh@gmail.com

Education:

Secondary education: Turkish Maarif College (Nicosia, 1998-2001)

Undergraduate education (B.Sc.): Hacettepe University Faculty of Science, Biology Department (Ankara, 2001-2005)

Postgraduate education (M.Sc.): Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Medical Microbiology Department (Ankara, 2005-2008)

Postgraduate education (Ph.D.): Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Medical Microbiology Department (Ankara, 2008-2012)

Academic degrees:

Biology, B.Sc. (2005)

Medical Microbiology, M.Sc. (2008) Medical Microbiology, Ph.D. (2012)

Medical Microbiology, Assistant Professor (2013-…)

Current institution:

Near East University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology

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Work experience:

Laboratory rotations: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Medical Microbiology Department, General Microbiology, Bacteriology, Virology, Parasitology, Mycology, Molecular Microbiology laboratories (2005-2010)

Teaching: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Department of Nursing student practicals (2005-2010)

PhD thesis study: King’s College London, Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, Programme of Infection and Immunity, Malaria Laboratory (2010-2011)

Teaching: Near East University Faculty of Medicine (2012-…)

Phase I coordination assistance: Near East University Faculty of Medicine (2012-…)

Foreign language: English

Seminars and Congresses:

4^th National Molecular and Diagnostic Microbiology Congress (Ankara, 2006)

2^nd National Sexually Transmitted Diseases and 3^rd HIV/AIDS Symposiums (Ankara, 2006) 5^th National Molecular and Diagnostic Microbiology Congress (Ankara, 2008)

8^th European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Summer School (Porto, 2009)

20^th National Immunology Congress (Kyrenia, 2009)

20^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) (Vienna, 2010)

British Society for Parasitology Spring and Malaria Meeting (Nottingham, 2011)

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7^th National Molecular and Diagnostic Microbiology Congress (Ankara, 2012) 30^th ANKEM Congress (Kyrenia, 2015)

Oral presentation:

Ruh E, Sarıbaş Z, Alp A. Detection of fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates by classical and molecular methods. 5^th National Molecular and Diagnostic Microbiology Congress (Ankara, 2008).

Posters:

Ruh E, Öcal HY, Yurdakul P, Sarıbaş Z, Alp A. Rapid detection of ciprofloxacin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates by two colorimetric assays. Poster no: 2052. 20^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Vienna, 2010).

Uyar F, Mirza C, Ruh E, Şener B, Alp A, Beyhan Y. Determination of Staphylococcus aureus and presence of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A by molecular and microbiological methods in meatball meals cooked by two bedded treatment institutions. Poster no: 1955. 20^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Vienna, 2010).

Budak Y, Güler U, Ruh E, Öcal Y, Akyön Y, Canay Ş. Effect of the disinfection time on polyether impression materials. Poster no: 1083. 88^th International Association for Dental Research General Session (Barcelona, 2010).

Güler U, Budak Y, Öcal Y, Ruh E, Canay Ş, Akyön Y. Effect of mixing technique on bacterial attachment to impression material. Poster no: 3364. 88^th International Association for Dental Research General Session (Barcelona, 2010).

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Ruh E, Gazi U, Güvenir M, Süer K, Çakır N. Antibiotic resistance rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from Near East University Hospital. Poster no: 014. 30^th ANKEM Congress (Kyrenia, 2015).

Bateko JP, Ruh E, Özkan AT, İmir T. An inquiry into sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance among the pregnant women who receive intermittent preventive treatment. American Society for Microbiology, 115^th General Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana, 2015).

Thesis projects:

Ruh E. Detection of fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates by classical and molecular methods. Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences, M.Sc. Thesis in Microbiology, 2008.

Ruh E. Detection of the in vitro activity of some antimicrobial peptides against Plasmodium falciparum. Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences, Ph.D. Thesis in Microbiology, 2012.

Publications:

Ruh E. Recent developments in SARS vaccine studies. Mikrobiyol Bul 2010; 44: 505-17.

Uyar MF, Alp A, Mirza HC, Ruh E, Kizil M, Dikmen D, Buyuktuncer Z, Sener B, Beyhan Y.

The Determination of S. aureus and S. aureus Enterotoxin-A Producing Strain by Real-Time PCR at Meatball Meals of Two Hospitals in Ankara, Turkey. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2011; 5: 19-24.

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Vermeer LS, Lan Y, Abbate V, Ruh E, Bui TT, Wilkinson L, Kanno T, Jumagulova E, Kozlowska J, Patel J, McIntyre CA, Yam WC, Siu G, Atkinson RA, Lam JK, Bansal SS, Drake AF, Mitchell GH, Mason AJ. Conformational Flexibility Determines Selectivity and Antibacterial, Antiplasmodial, and Anticancer Potency of Cationic -Helical Peptides. J Biol Chem 2012; 287: 34120-33.

Ruh E, Öcal Y, Yurdakul P, Sarıbaş Z, Alp A. Evaluation of tetrazolium violet and resazurin assays for ciprofloxacin susceptibility testing in resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Mikrobiyol Bul 2013; 47: 49-58.

Güler U, Budak Y, Ruh E, Öcal Y, Canay Ş, Akyon Y. Effect of mixing techniques on bacterial attachment and disinfection time of polyether impression material. Eur J Dent 2013;

7: 54-9.

Supervision in the Thesis Projects:

Bateko, J.P. An inquiry into sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance among the pregnant women who receive intermittent preventive treatment. Near East University Institute of Health Sciences, M.Sc. Thesis in Medical Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology Programme, Nicosia, 2015.

Reviewing in the Scientific Journals:

Turkish Bulletin of Hygiene and Experimental Biology

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Awards and grants:

Best oral presentation award. 5^th National Molecular and Diagnostic Microbiology Congress (Ankara, 2008).

8^th ESCMID Summer School attendance grant (Porto, 2009) 20^th ECCMID attendance grant (Vienna, 2010)

European Union Commission 2010-2011 Academic Year Turkish Cypriot Community Scholarship Programme