YEŞİM SOYER, MS, PhD

Work:

June 2018- Chair of Biochemistry Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey

March 2017- Associate Professor in Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey

April 2011- March 2017, Assistant Professor in Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey

June 2010- April 2011, Assistant Professor in Food Engineering, Harran University, Sanliurfa-Turkey

September 2009-June 2010, Teaching Assistant in Food Engineering, Harran University, Sanliurfa-Turkey

 Education:

April 2009-August 2009, Post Doctoral Associate in Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

August 2004-April 2009, Ph.D. in Food Science (minors in Microbiology and Epidemiology), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1999 - 2001, M.S. in Food Engineering, University of Ankara, Ankara-Turkey

1995-1999, B.Sc. in Food Engineering, University of Ankara, Ankara-Turkey

Research Experience:

April 2011-  Assistant Professor in Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey

• Molecular subtyping and comparison of Salmonella isolates obtained from various food samples, as well as human and cattle cases. Methods utilized include PFGE (Pulsed field gel electrophoresis) and MLST (multi locus sequence typing) and bioinformatics.

• Molecular subtyping and comparison of E. coli isolated from foods to determine the strain variability.

• Building publicly available database for foodborne pathogens, representing geographically clustered isolates from Turkey

• Evolutionary relatedness of multi-drug resistant in different Salmonella serotypes

• Detection of biofilm forming foodborne pathogen strains and their interaction with different food processing surfaces

April 2009-August 2009  Post Doctoral Associate-Field of Food Microbiology, Department of Food Science, Cornell University

August 2004-April 2009  Graduate Research Assistant-Field of Food Microbiology, Department of Food Science, Cornell University.  Completed dissertation entitled “Evolution and Transmission of Salmonella”.

• Molecular subtyping and comparison of Salmonella isolates obtained from human and cattle cases. Methods utilized include PFGE (Pulsed field gel electrophoresis) and MLST (multi locus sequence typing) and bioinformatics.

• Molecular subtyping and comparison of fecal and soil Listeria monocytogenes isolates to determine the strain variability.

• Evolutionary analysis to determine Salmonella genes that are under positive selection and recombination in five Salmonella genomes

• Evolutionary relatedness of multi-drug resistant Salmonella serotype Typhimurium to Salmonella 4,5,12:i:-.

2001-2004, Graduate Student, Department of Food Engineering, Ankara University

·         Determined correlation between antioxidant activity and phenolics in fruits and their different varieties

·         Determined chlorophyll degradation kinetics in green peas.

1999- 2001, MS Student, Department of Food Engineering, Ankara University. Completed thesis entitled “Determination of Organic Acid Content of White Grapes and Grape juices”.

·         Determined organic acid compositions in some juices using high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Teaching Experience:

Spring 2011- Food Biotechnology, undergraduate level class. Enrollment: 30 students

Summer 2013 - Organizer, program manager and instructor in an international workshop, Department of Food Engineering at METU

“Food Microbiology Workshop for Afghan Government Food Safety Personnel." :July 15-August 3, 2013, METU, Ankara Turkey. This workshop was jointly developed with Purdue University to provide foundation microbiology training to Afghan Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Public Health food safety diagnostic staff.  The workshop included lecture and lab education/training components. Enrollment: 10 people

Spring 2011 - Food Microbiology, undergraduate level class. Enrollment: 30 students

Fall 2011- Special Topics in Food Engineering: Microbial Genotyping in Food Microbiology, undergraduate level class. Enrollment: 25 students

      - Food Microbiology Laboratory, undergraduate level class. Enrollment: 80students

September 2010-April 2011, Adviser, assistant professor, Department of Food Engineering, Harran University

Fall 2010 - Lecturer, assistant professory, Department of Food Engineering, Harran University

• Reaction Kinetics, undergraduate level class. Enrollment: 25students

• Advanced Food Analysis, graduate level class. Enrollment: 4 students

• Modern Technology In Food Industry, graduate level class. Enrollment: 5 students

April 2010 - Organizer and teacher in an international workshop. Department of Food Engineering in Harran University and Middle East Technical University

“Second International Molecular Methods in Food Microbiology Symposium and Workshop Series”: April 26^th-April 27^th and April 29^th -30^th 2010; Harran University, Sanliurfa and Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY

Fall 2009- June 2010, Undergraduate thesis mentor, teaching assistant. Department of Food Engineering, Harran University

• Supervised  undergraduate thesis, entitled “Aflatoxin detection in dried red pepper”, Food Engineering Department

Fall 2006 - August 2009    Training undergraduate and graduate research assistants, Department of Food Science, Cornell University

Fall 2006, 2007, 2008  Bio-Explorations Undergraduate Program, Department of Food Science, Cornell University

·         Assisted in teaching and demonstrating basic microbiological and molecular techniques related to detection of foodborne pathogens to groups of undergraduate biology students.

Summer 2007, 2008    Mentor, undergraduate research assistant

• Lorraine D. Rodriguez, Food Science, 2007

• Paige Smith, Food Science, 2008

Fall 2006, 2007 - Guest Lecturer, Food Microbiology (FDSC 395) “Detect and Track Outbreaks”

Spring 2006 - Teaching Assistant, Department of Food Science, Cornell University.

• 1 semester for the undergraduate course, “Understanding Wine and Beer”.

Honors, Scholarships and Fellowships:

2015, Recipient, Performance Award of Middle East Technical University (METU), for being Top 20 % of Engineering Faculty Members at METU in 2014

2007 - April 2009, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Food Science, Cornell University.

2008, Recipient, The Eastern NY Branch of The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Travel Award.

2007 - 2008, Recipient, “Ruth Herzog and Albert Flegenheimer Graduate Award in Food Science” for academic excellence in Field of Food Science and Technology, Cornell University.

2007, Recipient, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) NY Section National Fellowship for outstanding graduate students.

2004 - 2006,Recipient, Turkish Higher Education System Scholarship for PhD in the US.

2006 - 2008, Recipient, Cornell University Graduate School Travel Grant.

2005 - 2008, Recipient, Cornell University Department of Food Science Travel Grant

2002, Recipient, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel (MASHAV) Scholarship to attend “The 4^th International Post-Graduate Course on Food Technology” Hebrew University of  Jerusalem, Rehovat - Israel

Projects: 

TUBİTAK 2227- “Second International Molecular Methods in Food Microbiology Symposium and Workshop Series” for the international workshop funding. (Coordinator).

TUBİTAK 2221- For funding of Dr. Martin Wiedmann’s visit as a visiting scholar. (Coordinator).

TUBİTAK 2221- For funding Dr. Kendra Nightingale’s visit as a visiting scholar. (Coordinator).

Building of Molecular Subtyping capacity (2012-2013) METU BAP- 03-14-2012-001 (Coordinator). (Budget: 36.816,00 TL)

Subtyping of Foodborne Pathogens collected from fresh produce (2012-2014) METU BAP-08-11-2012-115 (Coordinator). (Budget: 30 000 TL)

Subtyping of animal originated foodborne pathogens. (2013-2014). ODTÜ BAP- 03-14-2013-001 (Coordinator). (Budget: 10.000,00 TL)

Molecular characterization of Salmonella isolate diversity in human and animal clinical cases as well as in foods in Şanlıurfa region (2011-2014).  TUBITAK 3501-111O192 (Coordinator). (Budget= 242.625 TL)

Plant and Food Biosecurity: A European Network of Excellence (01/02/2011-31/01/2016). The European Union, Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013 – FP7/2007–2011) under Grant Agreement n°261752 (Researcher). (overall budget: 3723963.00 EUR; METU budget: 411760.00 EU).

Food Recovery and Waste Reduction- FoodWard (01.09.2014-31.08.2016). The European Union, Erasmus+ Programme.  2014-1-TR01-KA204-013041 (Researcher).  (Budget= 34500 Euro)

Design and Adaptation of Special Section in Refrigerator, Fast Cooling Hot Meals to Extend the Shelf Life of the Cooked Meals. (2014-2016).  TÜBİTAK 1505 5130062 (Researcher).

Salmonella Biolfilm formation and its interaction with different disinfectants.  (2014-2016). BAP-03-14-2014-006. (Coordinator). (Budget= 24.167 TL)

Diversity and Distrubition of Plasmids in Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Salmonella Isolates  (2014-2017). TUBITAK 114O180 (Coordinator). (Budget= 342.805 TL)

Taze Meyve ve Sebzelerin Raf Ömrünü Uzatacak Doğal Antimikrobiyel Maddeler içeren Kâğıt Tabakaların ve Kese Kağıtlarının Tasarlanması. (2016-2018). Bilim Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı San-Tez Projesi. (Researcher). (Budget: 375.397,91 TL).

Ongoing Projects:

 Effect of Climate Change on Food Safety in the Production of Green Leafy Vegetable Foods. (2018-2021).  COST-TUBITAK 118O673 (Coordinator). (Budget= 293.000 TL)

Peer-Reviewed Publications: 

Soyer, Y., N. Koca, and F. Karadeniz. 2003. Organic acid profile of white grapes and grape juices. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 16; 629-636.

Soyer, Y., F. Karadeniz, and A. Ekşi. 2003. Organic acid profile of peach pulp. Dünya Gıda, 6; 60-63 (in Turkish).

Soyer, Y., and F. Karadeniz. 2003. Alginates  in food industry. Dünya Gıda, 10; 81-86 (review in Turkish).

Karadeniz, F., H. Burdurlu, N. Koca, and Y. Soyer. 2005. Antioxidant activity of some fruits and vegetables. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 29(4): 297-303.Alcaine, S. D., Y. Soyer, L. D. Warnick, W.L. Su, S. S. Sukhnand, J. Richards, E. D. Fortes, P. McDonough, T. P. Root, N. B. Dumas, Y.Gröhn, and M. Wiedmann. 2006. Multilocus sequence typing supports the hypothesis that cattle and human associated Salmonella isolates represent distinct and overlapping populations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (12); 7575-7585.

Davis, M. A., T. E. Besser, K. Eckmann, J. K. MacDonald, D. Green, D. D. Hancock, K. N. K. Baker, L. D. Warnick, Y. Soyer, M. Wiedmann and D. R. Call. 2007. Emerging multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in the Pacific Northwest United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13 (10); 1583- 1586.

Döpfer, D., W. Buist, Y. Soyer, M. A. Munoz, R. N. Zadoks, L. Geue and B. Engel. 2007. Assessing Genetic Heterogeneity Within Bacterial Species Isolated From Gastro-Intestinal And Environmental Samples: How Many Isolates Does It Take? Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (11); 3490–3496.

Erge, H.S., F. Karadeniz, N. Koca and Y. Soyer. 2008 Effect of heat treatment on chlorophyll degradation and color loss in green peas. GIDA 33 (5); 225- 233.

Alexander, K. A., L. D. Warnick, C. J. Cripps, P. L. McDonough, Y. T. Grohn, M. Wiedmann, K. E. Reed, K. L. James, Y. Soyer,  and R. Ivanek. 2009. Fecal Shedding, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Serological Response to Salmonella Typhimurium in Calves on Two Dairy Herds in the Northeast U.S. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 235(6); 739-748.

Switt, A. I. M., Y. Soyer, L. D. Warnick, and M. Wiedmann. 2009. Emergence, distribution and molecular and phenotypic characteristics of Salmonella enterica serotype 4,5,12:i:-. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 6(4);407-415.

Davis, M. A., K. N Baker, D. R. Call, L. D. Warnick, Y. Soyer, M. Wiedmann, Y. Gröhn, P. L. McDonough, D. D. Hancock and T. E. Besser. 2009. Multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats typing method for Salmonella enterica serovar Newport. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47 (6):1934-1938.

Soyer, Y., A. Moreno Switt, M. A. Davis, J. Maurer, P. L. McDonough, D. J. Schoonmaker-Bopp, N. B. Dumas, T. Root, L. D. Warnick, Y. T. Gröhn and M. Wiedmann. 2009 Salmonella 4,5,12:i:-: an emerging Salmonella serotype that represents multiple distinct clones. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47 (11):3546-3556.

Soyer, Y., R. H. Orsi, L. D.  Rodriguez-Rivera, Q. Sun and M. Wiedmann. 2009. Genome wide evolutionary analyses reveal serotype specific patterns of positive selection in selected Salmonella serotypes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 264- 381.

Soyer, Y., S. D. Alcaine, D. Schoonmaker-Bopp, T. P. Root, L. D. Warnick, P. L. McDonough, N. B. Dumas, Y. T. Gröhn and M. Wiedmann. 2010. Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis diversity of human and bovine clinical Salmonella isolates. Foodborne Parthogens and Disease 7 (10): 707-717.

Davis, M. A., J. Y. Lim, Y. Soyer, H. Harbottle, Y. F. Chang, D. New, L. Orfe, T. E. Besser, and D. R. Call.2010. Development and validation of a resistance and virulence gene microarray targeting Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. Journal of Microbiological Methods 82 (1): 36-41.

Hoelzer, K., Y. Soyer, L. D. Rodriguez-Rivera, K. J. Cummings, P. L. McDonough, D. J. Schoonmaker-Bopp, T. P. Root, N. B. Dumas, L. D. Warnick,Y. T. Gröhn, M. Wiedmann,  K. N. K. Baker, T. E. Besser, D. D. Hancock, and M. A. Davis. 2010. Prevalence of multidrug resistance is higher among bovine than human Salmonella Newport, Typhimurium and 4,5,12:i:- isolates, but differs by serotype and geographic region in the US. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 5947-5959.

Soyer, Y., J. Richards, K. Hoelzer, L.D. Warnick, E. Fortes,P. McDonough, N.B. Dumas, Y.T. Grohn, and M. Wiedmann. 2013. Antimicrobial drug resistance patterns among cattle and human associated Salmonella strains. Journal of Food Protection, 76 (10): 1676-1688.

Yeni, F., S. Yavas, O.G. Polat, Y. Soyer and H. Alpas. 2014. Rapid and standardized methods for detection of foodborne pathogens and mycotoxins on fresh produce. Food Control, 40: 359-367.

Gunel, E., G. P. Kilic, E. Bulut, B. Durul, S. Acar, H. Alpas, and Y. Soyer. 2015. Salmonella Surveillance on Fresh Produce in Retails in Turkey. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 199: 72-77.

Kyere, E. O., E. Bulut, M. D. Avşaroğlu, and Y. Soyer. 2015. Molecular Evaluation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolates from various food products in Turkey. Food Science and Biotechnology, 24 (3): 1001-1009.

Durul, B., S. Acar, E. Bulut, E. O. Kyere, and Y. Soyer. 2015.  Subtyping of Salmonella food isolates suggests overrepresentation of serovar Telaviv in Turkey. Foodborne Pathogens and  Disease 12 (12): 958-965. 

Yeni, F., S. Yavas, H. Alpas and Y. Soyer. 2016. Most Common Foodborne Pathogens and Mycotoxins on Fresh Produce: A review of Recent Outbreaks. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 56 (9): 1532-1544.

Acar, S., E. Bulut, B. Durul, I.Uner, M. Kur, M. D. Avsaroglu, H.A. Kirmaci, Y. O. Tel, F. Y. Zeyrek, and Y. Soyer. 2017. Phenotyping and genetic characterization of Salmonella enterica isolates from Turkey revealing arise of different features specific to geography. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 241: 98-107.

Yeni, F., Acar, S., Soyer, Y. and H. Alpas. 2017. How can we improve foodborne disease surveillance systems: A comparison through EU and US systems. Food Reviews International 33:4, 406-423. 

Yildirim, S.T., Öztop, M.H. and Y. Soyer. 2017. Cinnamon oil nanoemulsions by spontaneous emulsification: Formulation, characterization and antimicrobial activity. LWT- Food Science and Technology. 84: 122-128.

Google scholar: Atif sayisi: 1192 h-index: 14

Web of science: Atif sayisi: 550 h-index: 12

Book Chapters:

Fletcher, J., Alpas H., Henry, C.M., Haynes, E., Dehne, H.W., Ma, L.M., Soyer, Y., Yeni, F., Colla P., and P. Robb. 2017. Vulnerabilities, Threats and Gaps in Food Biosecurity. In: “Practical Tools for Plant and Food Biosecurity. Results from a European Network of Excellence”. Editors: M.L. Gullino,  J.P. Stack,  J. Fletcher  and J.D. Mumford. Springer, USA, p:61-76.

Alpas, H., Yeni, F., Soyer, Y., and J. Fletcher. 2017. Recent Outbreaks of Human Pathogens on Plants (HPOPs) on Fresh Produce – Lessons Learned from the Practice. In: “Practical Tools for Plant and Food Biosecurity. Results from a European Network of Excellence”. Editors: M.L. Gullino,  J.P. Stack,  J. Fletcher  and J.D. Mumford. Springer, USA, p: 77-96.

Guzel, M. and Y. Soyer. 2017. Microbial Control of Milk and Milk Products. In: “Microbial Control and Food Preservation”. Editors: V.K. Juneja, H.P. Dwivedi and J.N. Sofos. Springer, USA, p: 255-280.

Acar, S.Y. and Y. Soyer. 2017. Microorganisms Found in MPR and Packaged Produce and Their Detection Methods. In: “Minimally Processed Refrigerated Fruits and Vegetables”. Editors: F. Yildiz and R.C. Wiley. Springer, USA, p: 653-685.

Translated Book Chapters:

Bulut, E. and Y. Soyer. 2016. Antimicrobial Koruyucular ve Bakteriyofaj ile Kontrol. In: Temel Gida Mikrobiyolojisi (Translator Editor: D. Heperkan). p13. Nobel Yayincilik, Ankara, Turkey. (Original Book: Ray, B. and A. Bhunia. 2013. Control by Antimicrobial Preservatives and Bacteriophages. In: Fundamental Food Microbiology, The Fifth Edition. CRC Press, USA).

Abstract and Presentations:

Soyer, Y. 2003. Pulsed Electric Field Processing of Liquid Foods. International Congress on Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and Environment, Izmir-Turkey (Abstract publication and poster presentation).

Soyer, Y., D. Schoonmaker-Bopp, S. D. Alcaine, E. B. Fugett, L. D. Warnick, P. McDonough, N. B. Dumas, Y. Grohn and M. Wiedmann 2006 Subtyping of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotypes from Human and Cattle Clinical Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Serotyping. International Conference on "Sustainable development and new technologies for agricultural production in the GAP region"(Abstract publication and poster presentation).

Soyer, Y., D. Schoonmaker-Bopp, S. D. Alcaine, E. B. Fugett, L. D. Warnick, P. McDonough, N.B. Dumas, Y. Grohn and M. Wiedmann 2006 Subtyping of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotypes from Human and Cattle Clinical Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Serotyping. International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Alberta, CANADA (Oral presentation).

Soyer, Y., R. Orsi, Q. Sun, and M. Wiedmann. 2007. Comparative Genomic Analysis of 5 fully Sequenced Salmonella Genomes. 107^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Toronto, Canada (Abstract publication and poster presentation).

Soyer, Y., A. Moreno, M. A. Davis, J. Maurer, P. L McDonough, L. D. Warnick, Y. T. Grohn and M. Wiedmann. 2008. Different Clones of Salmonella 4,5,12:I:- Isolates Causing Outbreaks in Different Continents 108^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Boston (Abstract publication and poster presentation).

Soyer, Y., R. Orsi, Q. Sun, and M. Wiedmann. 2009. Genome Wide Evolutionary Analyses Reveal Serotypes Specific Patterns of Positive Selection in Selected Salmonella Serotypes  3rd ASM Conference on Salmonella: Biology, Pathogenesis & Prevention, Aix-en-Provence, France (Abstract publication and poster presentation).

Yavaş S., Ögel Z.B., Soyer, Y. 2012.  The Relationship Between Human Gut Microbiota and Food. 3^th  Food Safety Conference, İstanbul, Turkey (Abstract publication and poster presentation) (in Turkish).

Soyer Y., J. Richards, K. Hoelzer, L. D. Warnick, E. Fortes, P. McDonough, N. B. Dumas, Y. Gröhn, and M. Wiedmann . 2012.  Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Patterns among Cattle and Human Associated Salmonella: Are Cattle a Reservoir for Multidrug-resistant Salmonella Linked to Human Disease. International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Cengiz, S., Aktaş Z., Özer, E., Zorlucan, T.F., Kyere, E., Acar Yavaş, S., and  Y. Soyer. 2013. Salmonella surveillance: A survey of packaged chicken meat products and chicken eggs in Ankara, TURKEY. 4^th Food Safety Conference, İstanbul, Turkey (Abstract publication and poster presentation) (in Turkish).

Durul, B., Yavas, S., Bulut, E., Uner, I., Kur, M., Avsaroglu,.D., Kirmaci, H.A., Tel, O. Y., Zeyrek, F.Y., Dilsiz, N., and Y. Soyer. 2013. Molecular Characterization of Salmonella isolates collected from different sources in Turkey (Abstract publication and poster presentation). 113^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Denver, USA.

Durul B., Bulut E., Acar S., Kirmaci H.A., and Y. Soyer . 2013. Multiple Salmonella serovars collected from street foods in Turkey present same allelic  profiles. 4th ASM Conference on Salmonella: The Bacterium, the Host  and the Environment, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Acar S., E. Bulut, B. Durul, I. Uner, M. Kur, D. Avsaroglu, H.A. Kirmaci, O.Y. Tel, F.Y. Zeyrek, N. Dilsiz, and Y.Soyer. 2013. Various antimicrobial susceptibility profiles obtained from Salmonella from farm/field to fork in Turkey. 4th ASM Conference on Salmonella: The Bacterium, the Host and the Environment, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Bulut, E., B. Durul, S. Acar, I. Uner, D. Avsaroglu, H.A. Kirmaci, Y.O. Tel, F.Y. Zeyrek, M. Wiedmann and Y. Soyer. 2014. Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Analysis of Temporally Matched Salmonella isolates from human, food and animal sources in southern part of Turkey. 114^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Boston, USA.

Oliver, H., Y. Soyer, K. Nightingale, S. McCoy, M. Falk, K. Santiago, L.

Bergdoll and K. McNamara. 2014. Food Safety education capacity building programs in Afghanistan. International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, India, USA (Oral presentation by H. Oliver).

Acar, S.,  E. Bulut, B. Durul, I. Uner, D. Avsaroglu, H.A. Kirmaci, Y.O. Tel, F.Y. Zeyrek and Y. Soyer. 2014. Antimicrobial Genotyping of Salmonella Isolates with a Comparison of Serotype and Source (Food, Animal and Human) Distribution. International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, India, USA (Oral presentation by S. Acar).

S. Acar, E. Bulut, B. Durul, I. Üner, D. Avşaroglu, H.A. Kırmacı, Y.O. Tel, F.Y. Zeyrek and Y. Soyer. 2014. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Salmonella Isolates from Farm/Field to Fork in Turkey. The 2^nd International Congress on Food Technology, Kusadası, Turkey (November 05-07, 2014) (Oral presentation)

Ece Bulut, Sinem Acar, Bora Durul, Sacide Aydin, Sertan Cengiz, and Yesim Soyer. 2015. Multidrug Resistant Clones of Salmonella Infantis from Broiler Chickens. . International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA (Oral presentation by E. Bulut). (July 25-28)

S. Acar, E. Bulut, S. Aydin, Y. Soyer. 2015. Characterization of Plasmid Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Poultry-related Salmonella Infantis Isolates. 4th ASM Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Zoonotic Bacteria and Foodborne Pathogens (May 8 - 11, 2015), Washington, D.C., USA (Travel Grant to S. Acar)

Simge Tutku Yıldırım , Yesim Soyer , and Mecit Halil Oztop. 2015. Cinnamon oil Nanoemulsions/Microemulsions: Formulation, Characterization and Antibacterial Activity. 4th International Food Processing and Technology Conference, London, England (10.08.2015-12.08.2015).

Cesur, Aylin and Yesim Soyer. 2017. Determining The Effects of The Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) extract on biofilm Formation of Salmonella enterica Serovars. Molecular Nutrition- Understanding How Food Influences Health, Scripta Scientifica Pharmaceutica, Varna, Bulgaria (28-31 August 2017).

Proceedings:

Soyer, Y., J. Huck, K. Nightingale, A. Ho, E. Fortes, M. Wiedmann, and K. J. Boor. 2006. Emerging techniques for assuring farm-to-table food safety. Proceedings, International Conference on "Sustainable development and new technologies for agricultural production in the GAP region". pp.43 - 49.

Workshops:

Workshop on Molecular Evolution provided by Marine Biological Laboratories from July 27^th to August 8^th, 2008 in Woods Hole, MA (participant).

“Second International Molecular Methods in Food Microbiology Symposium and Workshop Series”: April 26^th-April 27^th and April 29^th -30^th 2010; Harran University, Sanliurfa and Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY (organizer, instructor).

“Training on Foodborne pathogens: diagnostics, safety, bio-security, molecular typing and food protection”: October 1-2, 2012, METU, Ankara Turkey (organizer, instructor).

“Food Microbiology Workshop for Afghan Government Food Safety Personnel." :July 15-August 3, 2013, METU, Ankara Turkey (organizer, program manager, instructor). This workshop was jointly developed with Purdue University to provide foundation microbiology training to Afghan Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Public Health food safety diagnostic staff.  The workshop included lecture and lab education/training components.

“Whole Genome Sequencing in Food Microbiology Training”:  August 18 -29, 2014, of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US (participant).

“Training on human pathogens on plants”: September 24-25, 2014, METU, Ankara Turkey (organizer, instructor).

Professional Memberships and Activities:

Member        American Society for Microbiology (2006- Present)

Member        International Association for Food Protection (2005- Present)

Member        New York State Association for Food Protection (2005- Present)

Languages: Turkish (native), English (fluent)