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Zehra Sayers Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Emeritus Faculty Member (216) 483 9509 zehrasayerssabanciunivedu

Jobs

Emeritus Faculty Member

Education

B.Sc. Physics, Bosporous University, 1974; Ph.D. Biophysics, University of London, 1978.

Areas of Interest

Molecular biology and investigation of structure of biological molecules using synchrotron X -ray scattering; investigation of structure-function relationships in fibrous molecules including chromatin, actin, intermediate filaments; investigation of structures of metal-binding proteins

Memberships

Biophysical Society, American Association for Advancement in Science, Turkish Biophysical Society, Science Academy, Turkey.

Doğru, Ekin Kestevur and Sakallı, Tuğçe and Liu, Gökşin and Sayers, Zehra and Surmeli, Nur Basak (2024) "Small angle X-ray scattering analysis of thermophilic cytochrome P450 CYP119 and the effects of the N-terminal histidine tag", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Vol.265, No.2 (SCI)

Choy, Joseph and Peltz, Kiera and Sayers, Zehra and Spaldin, Nicola A. and Wells, Mary A. (2024) "Reimagining undergraduate teaching in materials science and engineering", Nature Reviews Materials, Vol.9, No.2, 95-99 (SCI)

Liu, Gökşin and Ekmen, Erhan and Jalalypour, Farzaneh and Mertens, Haydyn D. T. and Jeffries, Cy M. and Svergun, Dmitri and Atılgan, Ali Rana and Atılgan, Canan and Sayers, Zehra (2023) "Conformational multiplicity of bacterial ferric binding protein revealed by small angle x-ray scattering and molecular dynamics calculations", Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.158, No.8 (SCI)

Kaplan Türköz, Burcu and Aktürk, Anıl and Sayers, Zehra (2020) "Oligomerization of A. thaliana heterotrimeric G protein subunits AGB1 and AGG2 in vitro", Protein Journal, Vol.39, No.5, 563-573 (SCI)

Bülbül, Gonca and Liu, Gökşin and Vithalapur, Namrata Rao and Atılgan, Canan and Sayers, Zehra and Pourmand, Nader (2019) "Employment of iron-binding protein from Haemophilus influenzae in functional nanopipettes for iron monitoring", ACS Chemical Neuroscience (SI), Vol.10, No.4, 1970-1977 (SCI)

Yeşilırmak, Filiz and Ozturk Gökçe, Zahide Neslihan and Metin, Banu and Sayers, Zehra (2018) "Functional analysis of Triticum durum type 1 metallothionein gene (dMT) in response to varying levels of cadmium", Indian Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol.23, No.1, 140-147 (NA)

Sayers, Zehra and Avşar, Bihter and Çolak, Ersoy and Karmous, Ines (2016) "Application of advanced x-ray methods in life sciences". Published Online First http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.05.008

LLwellyn-Smith, Chris and Sayers, Zehra (2015) "SESAME: a bright hope for the Middle East", Cern Courier (NA)

Vestergaard, Bente and Sayers, Zehra (2014) "Investigating increasingly complex macromolecular systems with small-angle X-ray scattering", International Union of Crystallography Journal (IUCrJ), Vol.1, No.6, 523-529 (NA)

Tiziana, Centofanti and Sayers, Zehra and Cabello-Conejo, Maria Isabel and Kidd, Petra and Nishizawa, Naoko K. and Kakei, Yusuke and Davis, Allen P. and Sicher, Richard C. and Chaney, Rufus L. (2013) "Xylem exudate composition and root-to-shoot nickel translocation in Alyssum species", Plant and Soil, Vol.373, No.1-2, 59-75 (SCI)

Sayers, Zehra and Özcan, Zuhal (2013) "Attitudes towards teaching evolution in Turkey", APS News, Vol.22, No.6 (NA)

Sayers, Zehra (2013) "Uncharted territory, untapped potential", Science Omega Review Europe, No.issue (NA)

Yeşilırmak, Filiz and Sayers, Zehra (2009) "Heterelogous expression of plant genes", International Journal of Plant Genomics (NA)

Öztürk, Levent and Yazıcı, Mustafa Atilla and Yücel, Cemal and Torun, Ayfer and Çekiç, Cemal and Bağcı, Ahmet and Özkan, Hakan and Braun, Hans-Joachim and Sayers, Zehra and Çakmak, İsmail (2006) "Concentration and localization of zinc during seed development and germination in wheat", Physiologia plantarum, Vol.128, No.1, 144-152 (SCI)

Sayers, Zehra and Özdaş, Engin and Özbey, Süheyla (2005) "Third SESAME users meeting", Synchrotron Radiation News, Vol.18, No.2, 14-15 (SCI)

Bilecen, Kıvanç and Öztürk, Ümit Hasan and Duru, Adil Doğanay and Sütlü, Tolga and Petoukhov, Maxim V. and Svergun, Dimitri I. and Koch, Michel H. J. and Sezerman, Uğur and Çakmak, İsmail and Sayers, Zehra (2005) "Triticum durum metallothionein: isolation of the gene and structural characterization of the protein using solution scattering and molecular modeling", Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol.280, No.14, 13701-13711 (SCI)

Einfeld, D. and Hasnain, S. S. and Sayers, Zehra and Schopper, H. and Winick, H. (2004) "SESAME, a third generation synchrotron light source for the Middle East region", Radiation physics and chemistry, Vol.71, No.3-4, 693-700 (SCI)

Sayers, Zehra and Brouillon, Patricia and Svergun, Dimitri I. and Zielenkiewicz, Piotr and Koch, Michel H. J. (1999) "Biochemical and structural characterization of recombinant copper-metallothionein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae", European Journal of Biochemistry, Vol.262, No.3, 858-865 (SCI)