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Biography
Prof.Dr. Karataş Steinum is a Professor at Faculty of
Aquatic Sciences and the head of the Section of Fish Health. She has
specialized in fish immunology and carried out related research to study the
effect of immuno-stimulants on the non-specific immune system in fish.
Furthermore, she has knowledge about/experience with phenotypical bacterial
identification, strain typing of bacterial pathogens, taxonomy of emerging
bacterial pathogens, detection and characterization of fish pathogenic
bacteria. Other areas of interest includes molecular bacterial typing systems,
metagenomics analysis of fish/water microbiota, biofilm formation in
aquaculture, the use of bacteriophages against fish pathogens and the
protective role of fish microbiota against infectious disease. She has worked as scientific manager or
researcher in numerous national and international projects. She has extensive
teaching experience at the Faculty of Aquatic Sciences and has also supervised
many MSc and PhD students.
In 2005, she did post-doctoral research at the Norwegian
Veterinary Institute with the scholarship of TUBITAK-NATO. In 2009, she
participated in postdoctoral research, financed by the Norwegian Veterinary
Institute.
Contact
- skaratas@istanbul.edu.tr
- Web Page
- https://profil.istanbul.edu.tr/tr/p/skaratas
- Office Phone
- +90 212 455 5700 Extension: 16433
- Fax Phone
- +90 212 514 0379