Biography:Duygu Sag
Duygu Sag is a Turkish immunologist who contributed to the understanding of the human immune system's fight against cancer.[1] She was the recipient of the 2018 “L'Oreal UNESCO International Rising Talent Award”, which is one of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards.[1][2][3][4][5]
Research
Sag's research centers on harnessing the immune system's potential to combat cancer by targeting specific tumor-associated macrophages.[2] Her team identified that macrophages lacking the cholesterol transporter ABCG1 exhibit a transformative shift, becoming potent tumor-fighting agents and impeding bladder cancer progression in preclinical studies.[2] The eventual goal is elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying this critical macrophage switch, with the potential to pave the way for innovative immunotherapeutic approaches in cancer treatment.[2]
Biography
Sag completed her undergraduate studies in Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.[3] She completed her doctoral studies in the United States at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Between 2009 and 2015, was a postdoctoral fellow at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology located in San Diego, California, USA.[6] Then she returned to Turkey, becoming a faculty member at Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center within Dokuz Eylul University.[3] The cancer-related deaths in her immediate family motivated her to become a cancer researcher.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Turkish scientist honored with L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science award". 2018-03-25. https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-scientist-honored-with-loreal-unesco-for-women-in-science-award-129258.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "International Rising Talents". 2023-05-11. https://www.unesco.org/en/prizes/women-science/irt.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Ödüllü Bilim Kadını, Kanser İmmünolojisi Çalışmasını Genişletecek" (in tr). 2018-03-30. https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yerel-haberler/ankara/odullu-bilim-kadini-kanser-immunolojisi-calismasini-genisletecek-12695245.
- ↑ "Devlet okulu mezunuyum ödülümü ülkemdeki bütün kadınlara hediye ediyorum" (in tr). 2018-03-25. https://www.sozcu.com.tr/devlet-okulu-mezunuyum-odulumu-ulkemdeki-butun-kadinlara-hediye-ediyorum-wp2308863.
- ↑ "Doç. Dr. Duygu Sağ 'yükselen yetenek' ödülünün sahibi oldu" (in tr). 2018-03-25. https://www.haberturk.com/doc-dr-duygu-sag-yukselen-yetenek-odulunun-sahibi-oldu-1889979.
- ↑ "Duygu Sağ". 2023-11-20. https://www.turkimmunoloji.org/en_US/faculty-list/duygu-sag/.
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