About Me

Hi there!

I'm Birkan, and I am currently a 5th year Ph.D. candidate at Ohio State's Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, in LangLi Lab. Within the program, I specialize in cancer biology and computational biology. I am extremely interested in deep learning strategies, single cell transcriptomics, CRISPR technology gene editing, and developing screning libraries!

My dissertation topic is synthetic lethality, bridging the gap between in silico and in vitro/in vivo studies. I employ deep learning strategies that can help us better understand underlying mechanisms of synthetic lethality, and develop new screens via machine learning. I prioritize three points when developing deep learning models: (1) reproducibility, (2) interpretability, and (3) design of biological features for experimental relevance.

See you around!