Text Box: Istanbul Technical  University Text Box: University of Washington Text Box:        Department Chair         Faculty of Science and Letters Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics     Text Box:                     Director                          Dr. Orhan Öcalgiray Center for Molecular Biology - Biotechnology and Genetics Research Text Box:           Visiting Professor           College of Engineeiıng Department of Material Science and Engineering Text Box: tamerler@itu.edu.tr Text Box: candan@u.washington.edu