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Olcay Soyalan

Olcay Soyalan

Scientist

Vitra Labs | San Francisco

Technologies

Insights architect, constructing bridges between data and actionable strategies.

My Work

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Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2

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Foundations of Git

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Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2

DataCamp Course Completion

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Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2
Foundations of Git

My Work Experience

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Vitra Labs | Aug 2024 - Present

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University of California San Diego | Sep 2017 - Jun 2024

Graduate Student Researcher

Laboratory of Heidi Cook-Andersen oocyte-to-embryo transition, transcriptional regulation, chromatin 路 Analyzed RNA-Seq datasets of mouse oocytes and embryos and leveraged findings to form research hypotheses 路 Applied molecular, genetic, and cell biology techniques, including immunostaining, RT-qPCR, and nascent RNA and protein detection through click chemistry to test research hypotheses 路 Developed image analysis workflows to investigate transcriptional activity and chromatin condensation during oocyte growth 路 Optimized various genomic assays such as ATAC-Seq to generate complex data from low input samples to investigate chromatin accessibility in oocytes
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University of California San Diego | Sep 2019 - Dec 2021

Instructional Assistant

路 Served as an instructional assistant for BIMM 100 Molecular Biology Fall 2019 and Fall 2021. 路 Served as an instructional assistant for BIMM 101 Recombinant DNA Techniques Lab Fall 2020, a lab course taught remotely with the help of home lab kits distributed by UCSD.

Ko莽 University | Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Laboratory of Tamer Onder human iPSC generation, epigenetics & chromatin 路 Studied SETD2-dependent H3K36 trimethylation in human iPSC generation through viral knockdown and overexpression of writers, readers, and erasers in this pathway 路 This project included viral delivery of Yamanaka factors for reprogramming, maintaining cells, FACS and immunostaining to determine efficiency of iPSC generation

HelmholtzZentrum M眉nchen | Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

Summer Intern

Laboratory of Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla Zygotic Genome Activation (ZGA), chromatin structure & modifications 路 Established a CRISPR/Cas9-based approach for targeting fluorophores to satellite DNA to visualize heterochromatin organization in the 2-cell mouse embryo

My Education

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Doctor of Philosophy - PhD,聽Molecular BiologyUC San Diego | 2024
Bachelor of Science (BSc),聽Molecular Biology and GeneticsKo莽 脺niversitesi | 2017
Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley | 2016
Kabata艧 Erkek Lisesi | 2013

About Me

Olcay Soyalan

I am a Scientist at Vitra Labs, a start-up aiming to make IVF more accessible. I am passionate about data analysis to uncover biological insights into ovarian health and oocyte development.

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