Ongoing Projects
Supported by the Scientific Research Fund of Boğaziçi University
Ongoing Studies
– QSAR study on the mutagenic activity of azo dyes and aromatic amine derivatives
– Toxicity of binary mixtures of pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals
– In silico modeling of aryl hydrocarbon receptor binding affinities of a series of mixed halogenated aromatic compounds
– Investigation of the suitability of cassava flour and algal starch on bacterial cellulose production
– QSPR study on adsorption of textile dyes onto activated carbon
– On the Prediction of Chlorine Consumption of Organic Molecules in Drinking Water Treatment
Completed Projects (2000-2013)
Supported by the Scientific Research Fund of Boğaziçi University:
- Toxicity Assessment of Pesticides with no Ecotoxicological Data to Freshwater Algae 2017-2019
- Assessment and in silico modelling of the toxicity of selected emerging pollutants to Chlorella vulgaris, 2014-2016
- Microalgal response to methyl and nitro substituted phenols, 2013
- Toxicity of chlorophenols to freshwater algae Chlorella vulgaris, 2013
- Quantitative Structure-Toxicity Relationships on toxicity of selected chemicals to fish species using linear and nonlinear techniques, 2011.
- Marine Algal Toxicity of Chlorophenols, 2009-2011.
- Multi-Species Tool for Modeling Acute Toxicity of Substituted Aromatic Compounds in Aquatic Systems, 2006-2008.
- Decolorization of Azo Dyes by Dunaliella tertiolecta, 2004-2006.
- To search for the Toxicities of Textile Dyes, 2002-2004.
Supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Slovenian Research Institute (ARRS):
- In silico models for environmentally and biologically relevant endpoints, 2015-2018
- QSAR modeling of toxicity based on measured aquatic algae toxicity data, 2008-2012.
- Çeçen F, Saçan MT, Semerci N, Aktaş Ö, Yapsaklı K, and Kocamemi BA, “The behaviour of selected organic and inorganic xenobiotics in biological systems: To develop Structure-activity Relationship (SAR) Models. Supported within the scope of “COST 636 Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle” by TUBITAK, COST-