Seniz Yüksel obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at the Middle East Technical University (METU) Ankara. She then continued with a Master’s program in Immunobiology at the University of Bonn and performed her Master’s thesis in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Elvira Maas at the LIMES Institute. During her studies, she gained experience in cancer research and computational neuroethology through internships and assistant positions at RWTH Aachen and the Caesar research center. Since 2022, Seniz is pursuing her PhD in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Dagmar Wachten at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn, where she investigates the role of primary cilia in adipose tissue biology. Her project is part of the DFG Research Unit FOR5547 “ Primary Cilia Dynamics”, which aims to uncover how ciliary dynamics control tissue organization and function.
