Education
B.Sc. Molecular Biology and Genetics- Istanbul Technical University, 2012
Ph.D. Biological Sciences- National University of Singapore, 2018
Thesis topic: Freshwater biomonitoring with Next Generation Sequencing
Thesis advisor: Professor Rudolf Meier
Publications
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Bilgenur Baloğlu, Zhewei Chen, Vasco Elbrecht, Thomas Braukmann, Shanna MacDonald, Dirk Steinke. A workflow for accurate metabarcoding using nanopore MinION sequencing, preprint on bioRxiv ** (2020). DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.21.108852v1.
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Amrita Srivathsan, Bilgenur Baloğlu, Wendy Wang, Wei Xin Tan, Denis Bertrand, Amanda Hui Qi Ng, Esther Jia Hui Boey, Jayce Jia Yu Koh, Niranjan Nagarajan, Rudolf Meier A MinION‐based pipeline for fast and cost‐effective DNA barcoding, Molecular Ecology Resources 18 (2018). DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12890.
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Bilgenur Baloğlu, Esther Clews, Rudolf Meier NGS barcoding reveals high resistance of a hyperdiverse chironomid (Diptera) swamp fauna against invasion from adjacent freshwater reservoirs, Frontiers in Zoology 15 (2018). DOI: 10.1186/s12983-018-0276-7.
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Nicholas KM Lim, Ywee Chieh Tay, Amrita Srivathsan, Jonathan WT Tan, Jeffrey TB Kwik, Bilgenur Baloğlu, Rudolf Meier, Darren CJ Yeo Next-generation freshwater bioassessment: eDNA metabarcoding with a conserved metazoan primer reveals species-rich and reservoir-specific communities, Royal Society open science 3 (2016). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160635.
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