M.Sc. Barış Ballık

Research Interests

  • Algal biotechnology and molecular biology
  • Ecophysiology
  • Plant cell wall remodelling and evolutionary mechanics

Publications

Görünmek, M., Ballık, B., Çakmak, Z. E., & Çakmak, T. (2024). Mycosporine-like amino acids in microalgae and cyanobacteria: Biosynthesis, diversity, and applications in biotechnology. Algal Research80, 103507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103507

Work experience      
Since 2024   Scientist, Cell Biology of Phototrophic Marine Organisms at the Institute of Biosciences, University of Rostock Funding: DFG
2021-2024   Graduate Student Researcher, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey  
2022-2024   Project scientist, "Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids of Microalgae Isolated from Horseshoe Island (Antarctica): Evaluation of Extraction, Purification and Economic Potential", Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
2021-2022   Project scientist, "Determination of coastal microalgae and cyanobacteria diversity of Horseshoe Island, creation of culture collection, and evaluation of general biotechnological characteristics of the cultured species", Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)
Education    
Since 2024   PhD student, University of Rostock, Cell Biology of Phototrophic Marine Organisms; "LandWall: Understanding the remodelling and recruitment of internal and external hemicelluloses in the cell walls of land-conquering Zygnematophyceae and the liverwort Marchantia"
2021-2024   Master Student, Molecular Biology and Genetics - Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
2015-2019   Bachelor Student, Molecular Biology and Genetics - Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Turkey

Stays abroad

July 2023-October 2023: Department of Applied Ecology and Phycology, University of Rostock

July 2019-October 2019: Department of Biophysics, University of Stuttgart

Contact

Barış Ballık
Albert-Einstein-Str. 3
Room 027
18059 Rostock
Fon: +49 381 498-6093
Fax: +49 381 498-6072
baris.ballik(at)uni-rostock.de

Sekretariat
Stephanie Kelling
Albert-Einstein-Str. 3
18059 Rostock

stephanie.kelling(at)uni-rostock.de
Fon: +49 381 498-6071

Barış Ballık