DR. HANDAN CAN BSc, Department of Food Engineering ...

DR. HANDAN CAN
BSc, Department of Food Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey
PhD, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
Academic Career:
2010- Assistant Prof. İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of Bioengineering, İstanbul,
Turkey.
2006-2007 Assistant Prof. Yeditepe University Department of Genetics and Bioengineering,
Istanbul, Turkey.
2003-2006 Research Assoc. Harvard Medical School, BIDMC Genomics Center, Boston, MA
USA.
2004-2006 Research Fellow Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology and
Molecular Genetics Boston, MA USA.
2002-2004 Assistant Prof. Kocaeli University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kocaeli,
Turkey.
1996-2002 Research Assist. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Food Science and
Technology, Lincoln, NE USA.
1992-1994 Teaching Assist. Inonu University, Department of Food Engineering, Malatya,
Turkey.
Selected Publications:
Journal Articles
Jones J, Otu HH, Grall F, Spentzos D, Can H, Aivado M, Figlin RA, Belldegrun AS, Pantuck AJ,
Libermann TA. “Proteomic Identification of Interleukin-2 Therapy Response in Metastatic Renal
Cell Cancer”, Journal of Urology, 2008 179(2):730-736.
Ramlawi B, Otu HH, Rudolph JL, Mieno S, Kohane IS, Can H, Libermann TA, Marcantonio ER,
Bianchi C, Sellke FW. “Genomic Expression Pathways Associated to Brain Injury after
Cardiopulmonary Bypass”, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2007 34(4):996-
1005.
Otu HH, Can H, Spentzos D, Nelson RG, Monroy M, Libermann TA, Karumanchi SA, Thadhani
R. “Prediction of Diabetic Nephropathy Using Urine Proteomic Profiling”, Diabetes Care, 2007,
30(3):638-43.

Otu HH, Noxerova K, Ho K, Nesbitt N, Can H, Libermann TA, Karp SJ. “Restoration of liver
mass after injury requires proliferative and not embryonic transcriptional patterns”, Journal of
Biological Chemistry, 2007, 282: 11197-11204.
Kocabas AM, Crosby J, Ross PJ, Otu HH, Beyhan Z, Can H, Leong TW, Rosa GJM, Halgren
RG, Lim B, Fernandez E and Cibelli JB. “Transcriptome Analysis of the Human Oocyte”,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006 103 (38): 14027-14032.
Kaplan (Can) H and Hutkins RW “Metabolism of Fructooligosaccharides by Lactobacillus
paracasei 1195”, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2003, 69(4):2217-2222.
Kaplan (Can) H and Hutkins RW “Fermentation of Fructooligosaccharides by Lactic Acid
Bacteria and Bifidobacteria”, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2000, 66(6):2682-2684.
Total Citations ~ 280
Conference Proceedings
Otu HH, Can H, Kaya N, Al-alwan L, Ozand P, Inan MS. “Computational analysis of
transcriptional profiling in Dysmorphic Syndrome”, Proceedings of IEEE 15th Signal Processing
and Communication Applications Conference, Eskisehir, Turkey 2007.
Kaplan (Can) H and Kolter R “Molecular Characterization of Kefir Matrix”, Eighth
Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria, FEMS, 2005
Kaplan (Can) H and Kolter R “Probiotic Community in Kefir Matrix” 1st International Food and
Nutrition Congress, TUBITAK, 2005.
Robert Hutkins, Susan L. Cuppett, Holly K. Voss, and Kaplan (Can) H “Fructooligosaccharides
in yogurt: Functional and microbiological properties” IFT Annual Meeting, 2003.
Kaplan (Can) H and Hutkins RW “Transport of Fructooligosaccharides by Lactobacillus
paracasei 1195”, ASM (American Society for Microbiology) 102nd General Meeting, June 2002.
Kaplan (Can) H and Hutkins RW “Fructooligosaccharides Uptake by Lactobacillus paracasei
1195”, Seventh Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria: Genetics, Metabolism and Applications,
FEMS, 2002.
Kaplan (Can) H and Hutkins RW. “Fermentation of Fructooligosaccharides by probiotic bacteria”
ADSA (American Dairy Science Association) Annual Meeting, 2000.