Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan
Associate Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2003
M.S., Bogazici University (Turkey) 1997
B.S., Bogazici University (Turkey) 1995
Hueston, C., and P. C. Volkan. “Generation of neuronal diversity in the peripheral olfactory system in drosophila.” In Decoding Neural Circuit Structure and Function: Cellular Dissection Using Genetic Model Organisms, 399–418, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57363-2_16. Full Text
Duan, Qichen, and Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan. “Ant Olfaction: Smells Like an Insect, Develops Like a Mammal.” Current Biology : Cb 30, no. 16 (August 2020): R950–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.074. Full Text
Zhao, Songhui, Bryson Deanhardt, George Thomas Barlow, Paulina Guerra Schleske, Anthony M. Rossi, and Pelin C. Volkan. “Chromatin-based reprogramming of a courtship regulator by concurrent pheromone perception and hormone signaling.” Science Advances 6, no. 21 (May 22, 2020): eaba6913. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba6913. Full Text
Sethi, Sachin, Hui-Hao Lin, Andrew K. Shepherd, Pelin C. Volkan, Chih-Ying Su, and Jing W. Wang. “Social Context Enhances Hormonal Modulation of Pheromone Detection in Drosophila.” Current Biology : Cb 29, no. 22 (November 2019): 3887-3898.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.045. Full Text
Barish, Scott, Sarah Nuss, Ilya Strunilin, Suyang Bao, Sayan Mukherjee, Corbin D. Jones, and Pelin C. Volkan. “Combinations of DIPs and Dprs control organization of olfactory receptor neuron terminals in Drosophila.” Plos Genetics 14, no. 8 (August 13, 2018): e1007560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007560. Full Text
Barish, Scott, and Pelin C. Volkan. “Preparing Developing Peripheral Olfactory Tissue for Molecular and Immunohistochemical Analysis in Drosophila.” Journal of Visualized Experiments : Jove, no. 136 (June 13, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3791/57716. Full Text
Pan, Jia Wern, Joi McLaughlin, Haining Yang, Charles Leo, Paula Rambarat, Sumie Okuwa, Anaïs Monroy-Eklund, Sabrina Clark, Corbin D. Jones, and Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan. “Comparative analysis of behavioral and transcriptional variation underlying CO2 sensory neuron function and development in Drosophila.” Fly 11, no. 4 (October 2017): 239–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/19336934.2017.1344374. Full Text
Pan, Jia Wern, Qingyun Li, Scott Barish, Sumie Okuwa, Songhui Zhao, Charles Soeder, Matthew Kanke, Corbin D. Jones, and Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan. “Patterns of transcriptional parallelism and variation in the developing olfactory system of Drosophila species.” Scientific Reports 7, no. 1 (August 18, 2017): 8804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08563-0. Full Text
Barish, Scott, Qingyun Li, Jia W. Pan, Charlie Soeder, Corbin Jones, and Pelin C. Volkan. “Transcriptional profiling of olfactory system development identifies distal antenna as a regulator of subset of neuronal fates.” Scientific Reports 7 (January 19, 2017): 40873. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep40873. Full Text
Hueston, Catherine E., Douglas Olsen, Qingyun Li, Sumie Okuwa, Bo Peng, Jianni Wu, and Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan. “Chromatin Modulatory Proteins and Olfactory Receptor Signaling in the Refinement and Maintenance of Fruitless Expression in Olfactory Receptor Neurons.” Plos Biology 14, no. 4 (April 19, 2016): e1002443. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002443. Full Text Open Access Copy
Li, Q., S. Barish, S. Okuwa, and P. C. Volkan. “Examination of Endogenous Rotund Expression and Function in Developing Drosophila Olfactory System Using CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Protein Tagging (vol 5, pg 2809, 2015).” G3 Genes Genomes Genetics 6, no. 3 (March 1, 2016): 771–771.
Pages
Duan, Qichen, Yetong Huang, Scott Barish, and Pelin C. Volkan. “Interacting Ig Superfamily Proteins Organize Axon Terminals of Olfactory Receptor Neurons Regulated by Olfactory Receptors in Drosophila.” In Chemical Senses, 44:E68–E68. OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2019.
Pan, Jia W., Scott Barish, Tristan Li, Catherine Hueston, Doug Olsen, Songhui Zhao, Sayan Mukherjee, Corbin D. Jones, and Pelin C. Volkan. “Stability and plasticity in the Drosophila olfactory system across timescales.” In Chemical Senses, 42:E3–E3. OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2017.
Distinguished UNC Alumnus Award. UNC-CH. May 17, 2013
Selected Grants
Genetic and Genomics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2020 to 2025
Role of insect olfactory receptors and cell adhesion molecules in circuit organization awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2020 to 2024
Neurobiology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2019 to 2024
Sensing Dietary Amino Acids from Gut to Brain awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Mentor). 2021 to 2024
Epigenetic reprogramming of behaviors with sensory experience awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2023
Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2001 to 2022
Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 1979 to 2020
Organization and Function of Cellular Structure awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 1975 to 2020
Collaborative Research: The impacts of the distribution of phenotypic effects and distribution of pleiotropic costs on the genetics of natural adaptations awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2020
Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience awarded by National Institutes of Health (Training Faculty). 1992 to 2018