Dr. Nurselin Ates is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Boston University. She obtained her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Izmir Institute of Technology, where her doctoral research investigated the cellular and molecular mechanisms of lysosomal storage disorders, particularly Tay-Sachs disease. Her graduate work examined how lipid accumulation alters neuronal homeostasis and explored potential therapeutic approaches including AAV-based gene therapy using in vitro and in vivo models.
Her current research centers on the developmental biology of white matter and the mechanisms leading to white matter injury in congenital heart disease (CHD). She combines stem cell–derived 3D brain organoid models, transgenic mouse systems, and single-cell transcriptomic analyses to investigate oligodendrogenesis.
Through this work, she aims to identify molecular pathways that contribute to developmental white matter vulnerability and to inform strategies that could improve neurological outcomes in conditions associated with CHD.
Contact Info: nates@bu.edu
