Esma Nur Okatan
Assistant Professor
Cumhuriyet University
Turkey
Biography
Dr. Esma Nur Okatan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biophysics, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine.Her research interest is in clarifying the mechanisms underlying diabetes-induced cardiac dysfunction. Specifically, she has focused on altered intracellular calcium ion homeostasis and sarcoplasmic reticulum function in diabetic rat hearts. She has received fellowships from organizations such as UNESCO, FP6 Marie Curie actions, International Society for Heart Research, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÃœBÄ°TAK) and Ankara University.
Research Interest
She uses animal models to mimic type-1 diabetes and high carbohydrate-induced metabolic syndrome, and electrophysiological methods to define cardiac dysfunction. She investigates the mechanisms underlying the dysfunction through cell culture models and molecular biological approaches.