Madame Cigdem ALKAN YIRCI / PhD

Emerging sandfly-borne phleboviruses in Turkey, Iran, and Algeria: Virus isolation, characterization, evolution, and epidemiology

Contact details

Professional contact details

UMR 190 Unité des Virus Émergents Faculté de Médecine 27 bvd Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille , FRANCE

Professional experience

Contract type : Contrat post-doctoral en université

Organization or company : ENS

City : Paris

Country : FRANCE

Jobs

Availability : 9 2015

Additional information : Virus evolution, virus discovery

Research : OUI

Techniques

PCR, Sanger sequencing, Next generation sequencing, sand fly capture and colony, seroneutralization test, primer and probe design

PhD

Title : Biologie-Santé - Spécialité Maladies Infectieuses

First registration date : 1 September 2011 / 4A

Doctoral school : Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé

Thesis defense date : 1 June 2015

Subject : Phlébovirus emergent en Turquie, l'Iran et l'Algérie: L'isolement , la caractérisation, l'évolution et de l'épidémiologie du virus.

Thesis supervisor : CHARREL Rémi

Thesis co-supervisor : BANULS Anne-Laure

Research unit : EPV - Emergence des Pathologies Virales

Master's degree

Title : Science

May 2011 - Hacettepe University

Publications

  • Sandfly-borne phleboviruses of Eurasia and Africa: epidemiology, genetic diversity, geographic range, control measures.
    Antiviral research, 2013
    Alkan C, Bichaud L, de Lamballerie X, Alten B, Gould EA, Charrel RN.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Alkan+Cigdem
  • Presence of sandfly-borne phleboviruses of two antigenic complexes ( Sandfly fever Naples virus and Sandfly fever Sicilian virus ) in two different bio-geographical regions of Tunisia demonstrated by a microneutralisation-based seroprevalence study in dogs.
    Parasit Vectors, 2014
    Sakhria S, Alwassouf S, Fares W, Bichaud L, Dachraoui K, Alkan C, Zoghlami Z, de Lamballerie X, Zhioua E, Charrel RN.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Alkan+Cigdem
  • The emergence of Schmallenberg virus across Culicoides communities and ecosystems in Europe
    Prev Vet Med, 2014
    Balenghien T, Pagès N, Goffredo M, Carpenter S, Augot D, Jacquier E, Talavera S, Monaco F, Depaquit J, Grillet C, Pujols J, Satta G, Kasbari M, Setier-Rio ML, Izzo F, Alkan C, Delécolle JC, Quaglia M, Charrel R, Polci A, Bréard E, Federici V, Cêtre-Sossah C, Garros C.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Alkan+Cigdem
  • Arthropods as a source of new RNA viruses
    Microbial Pathogenesis, 2014
    L. Bichaud, X. de Lamballerie, C. Alkan, A. Izri, E.A. Gould, R.N. Charrel
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25239874
  • Isolation, genetic characterization and seroprevalence of Adana virus a novel phlebovirus belonging to the Salehabad virus complex in Turkey
    4,319, 2015
    Cigdem ALKAN1, Sulaf ALWASSOUF, Géraldine PIORKOWSKI, Laurence BICHAUD, Seda TEZCAN, Ender DINCER, Koray ERGUNAY, Yusuf OZBEL, Bulent ALTEN , Xavier de LAMBALLERIE Rémi N. CHARREL
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Isolation%2C+Genetic+Characterization%2C+and+Seroprevalence+of+Adana+Virus%2C+a+Novel+Phlebovirus+Belonging+to+the+Salehabad+Virus+Complex%2C+in+Turkey

Languages

Anglais : C1 - Avancé

Français : A2 - Élémentaire

Turc : C2 - Maternel