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Field

Molecular and Chemical Life Science :
Molecular and Network Genomics

Research

Assistant Professor SEKERCI Keriman
Campus Katahira campus
Laboratory Molecular Genetics and Physiology
Tel +81-22-217-5745
E-mail sekerci.keriman.b3@tohoku.ac.jp
 I was born and raised in Izmir, Turkey, and currently living in Sendai.
Career
March 2021 Completed MSc in Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan.
March 2024 Completed Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan.
August 2025 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan.
Selected Publications
  1. Şekerci, K., Higashitani, N., Ozgur, R., Uzilday, B., Higashitani, A. and Turkan, I., 2023. A stratagem for primary root elongation under moderate salt stress in the halophyte Schrenkiella parvula. Physiologia Plantarum, 175(3), p.e13937.
  2. Şekerci, K., Higashitani, N., Ozgur, R., Uzilday, B., Higashitani, A. and Turkan, I., 2024. Proteomic profiling of an extreme halophyte Schrenkiella parvula with accelerated root elongation under mild salt stress. Plant Stress, 11, p.100357.
  3. Şekerci, K., Higashitani, N., Ozgur, R., Higashitani, A., Turkan, I. and Uzilday, B., 2025. Gene expression and mucilage adaptations to salinity in germination of extreme halophyte Schrenkiella parvula seeds. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 220, p.109517.
     

Recent Activities

Recent activities have focused on research related to seed germination.