Dr. Hacer MURATOĞLU performed a PhD study at the Laboratory of Virology at Karadeniz Technical University (KTU), Department of Biology, and defended her thesis about Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus (AMEV) in 2010. She has been working on important its genes for insect control of AMEV by molecular techniques since that time at KTÜ Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. She is interested in protein kinases of AMEV. And, then also, the production of monoclonal antibodies against viral survival proteins and, as well as viral matrix proteins and immunogenic virus proteins of various viruses. Recently, she worked on virotherapy for cancer.

Selected projects managed

Determination of Host Cell Proteins Phosphorylated by Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus (AMEV) Protein Kinase (AMV197), TÜBİTAK 1001, 2019.

Investigation of Glycosyl Transferase Activity and Insecticidal Activity of Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus (AMEV) Host Attachment Protein, TÜBİTAK 1002, 2018.

Determination of protein-protein interactions among protein kinases of Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirüs (AMEV) and protein kinases with the other proteins of AMEV, TÜBİTAK 1001, 2012.

Selected publications

Gürbüz, E., Aksoy, E., Sandallı, A. et al. (Muratoğlu, H.) Thermal power plant proximity alters Olive composition and induces cytotoxicity in human cells. Sci Rep 15, 36541 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-18066-y

Gencer, D., Yesilyurt, A., Ozsahin, E., Muratoğlu, H., Yazici, Z. A.,; Demirbag, Z., Nalcacioglu, R., Identification of the potential matrix protein of Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 (IIV6), Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 197 (2023).

Gencer, D., Inan, C., Demirbag, Z., Muratoğlu, H., Enzymatic and insecticidal activities of the Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus glycosyltransferase, AMV248, Annals of Applied Biology, (2023).

Danismazoglu, M., Nalcacioglu, R., Muratoğlu, H., Demirbag, Z., The protein-protein interactions between Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus (AMEV) protein kinases (PKs) and all viral proteins, Virus Research, 248 (2018), 31-38.

İnan, C., Muratoğlu, H., Arif, B.M., Demirbağ, Z., Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus encodes a functional heparin binding glycosyltransferase (AMV248), Virus Genes, (2018).

İnan, C., Muratoğlu, H., Arif, B.M., Demirbağ, Z., Transcriptional analysis of the putative glycosyltransferase gene (amv248) of the Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus, Virus Research, 243 (2018), 25-30.

Muratoğlu, H., Nalçacioğlu, R., Arif, B.M., Demirbağ, Z., Genome-wide analysis of differential mRNA expression of Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus, mediated by the gene encoding a viral protein kinase (AMV197), Virus Research, 215 (2016), 25-36.

Nalçacioğlu, R., Muratoğlu, H., Yeşilyurt, A., Van Oers, M.M., Vlak, J.M., Demirbağ, Z., Enhanced insecticidal activity of Chilo iridescent virus expressing an insect specific neurotoxin, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 138 (2016), 104-111.

Muratoğlu, H., Nalçacıoğlu, R., Demirbağ, Z., Transcriptional and structural analyses of Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus protein kinase gene (AMV197, pk), Annals of Microbiology, 60 (2010) 523–530.