Fish Diseases Programme
The fish disease program focused on the diagnosis of bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic agents which occur diseases in aquatic organisms, the treatment of these diseases, and the protection of the health and welfare of the aquatic organisms. The fish disease program comprises researchers who can carry out the studies of bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology, histology, molecular biology, hematology, serology, cell culture, experimental disease and vaccination trials, feeding by probiotics and immunostimulants.
Professor Süheyla KARATAŞ STEINUM
Dr. SüheylaKarataşSteinum is a professor at the Aquaculture and Fish Diseases Department under the Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, İstanbul University and the head of the Section of Fish Diseases. She obtained her first degree, BSc, at Istanbul University. She then attended the Istanbul University, Institute of Sciences, and Fish Diseases Program for her PhD. She did her Post-doc studies at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute in Oslo. Her main research areas include the molecular bacterial typing systems, metagenomics analysis of fish/water microbiota, biofilm formation in aquaculture, the use of bacteriophages against fish pathogens. Furthermore, she studies the protective role of fish microbiota against infectious disease, fish immunology, phenotypical bacterial identification, strain typing of bacterial pathogens, taxonomy of bacterial pathogens, detection and characterization of fish pathogenic bacteria, the use of immunostimulants and probiotics.
Professor Tülay AKAYLI
TülayAkaylı is a Professor in Fish Diseases Department of Aquatic Sciences Faculty at Istanbul University. She obtained her first degree, in the Fisheries Faculty at Istanbul University. She completed her doctorate at the same faculty. Her main research areas include diagnosis of fish diseases by bacteriological histological abd serological methods and prevention of fish diseases with probiotics.
Associate Professor HafizeSibel ÖZESEN ÇOLAK
H. SibelÖzesenÇolak is an Associated Professor in Department of Aquaculture and Fish Diseases, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences at Istanbul University. She obtained her BSc degree in Istanbul University and attended to Istanbul University, Institute of Sciences for her PhD. Her main research areas include bacterial, fungal and parasitical diseases of fish, fish physiology, fish histology and embryology as well as shellfish.
Associate Professor Menekşe Didem DEMİRCAN
MenekşeDidemDemircan is an Associate Professor in Aquaculture and Fish Diseases Department, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences at Istanbul University. He obtained his first degree, BSc, in Istanbul University, Faculty of Fisheries and attended Institute of Science, İstanbul University, Department of Aquaculture and Fish Disease for his Masters and PhD studies. Her main research areas include molecular detection of fish pathogens, bacteriology, antimicrobial agents, virology and cell culture. She is member of Fisheries Engineers Association and Chamber of Agricultural Engineers.
Assistant Professor Remziye Eda YARDIMCI
Remziye Eda YARDIMCI is an assistant professor in Department of Aquaculture and Fish Diseases, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences at Istanbul University. She obtained her BSC degree in Istanbul University and attended to Istanbul University, Institute of Sciences for her PhD. Her main expertise area is bacterial and parasitical fish diseases; disease-related subjects such as diagnosis of pathogens, pathogen-host interactions, antibiotic resistance, treatment and prevention.
