Melek Türker Saçan
Ecotoxicology
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships – QSARs
Quantitative Structure-Toxicity Relationships – QSTRs
Pollution monitoring
Algae
Ph.D., Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1990
M.S., Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1987
B.S., Department of Chemistry, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1985
Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2006- Present
Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2002-2006
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science Department of Biology, Istanbu University, Istanbul, 2000-2002
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science Department of Biology, Istanbu University, Istanbul, 1994-2000
Instructor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1990- 1994
Research Assistant, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1989-1990
Research Assistant, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1985-1989
- “A Computational Assessment of Potential Environmental Effects for Nano-sized Molecules of Fullerene Derivatives”, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Slovenian Research Institute (ARRS), 2020-2023.
- “Toxicity Assessment of Pesticides with no Ecotoxicological Data to Freshwater Algae, (BU, BAP) 2017-2019”
- “In silico models for environmentally and biologically relevant endpoints”, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Slovenian Research Institute (ARRS), 2015- 2018
- “Assessment and in silico modelling of the toxicity of selected emerging pollutants to Chlorella vulgaris”, (BU, BAP), 2014-2016
- “Microalgal response to methyl and nitro substituted phenols”, (BU, BAP), 2013
- “QSAR modeling of toxicity based on measured aquatic algae toxicity data”, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Slovenian Research Institute (ARRS), 2008-2012.
- Fjodorova N, Novič M, Venko K, Drgan V, Rasulev B, Saçan MT, Erdem SS, Tugcu G, Toropova AP; Toropov AA (2022). How fullerene derivatives (FDs) act on therapeutically important targets associated with diabetic diseases. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2022, 20, 913-924.
- Saçan MT., Önlü S., Tugcu G., “Chemometric Modeling of Algal Toxicity” In: Roy, K. (eds) Chemometrics and Cheminformatics in Aquatic Toxicology, Chapter 14, 2021, 274-189, John Wiley & Sons.
- Tugcu G., Önlü S., Aydın A., Saçan MT., Read-Across for Regulatory Ecotoxicology. In: Roy, K. (eds) Ecotoxicological QSARs. Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2020, Chapter 13, 289–304, Humana, New York, NY.
- Gökçe S, Saçan MT. “Assessments of Algal Toxicity and PBT Behaviour of Pesticides with No Eco‐toxicological Data: Predictive Ability of QSA/(T)R Models”, Molecular Informatics, 2019, 38, 1800137
- Kahraman EN, Saçan MT. “Predicting Cytotoxicity and Enzymatic Activity of Diverse Chemicals Using Goldfish Scale Tissue and Topminnow Hepatoma Cell Line‐based Data”, Molecular Informatics, 2019, 38, 1800127.
