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Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, institutional leadership as a Head of Department,Editorial Board Member

Profile Summary

A distinguished Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and independent Principal Investigator (PI) currently serving as an Academic Visitor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Features an elite international track record in evolutionary genomics and bioinformatics spanning the University of Oxford (UK) , the University of Miyazaki (Japan) , and EMBL-EBI / Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (UK). Over 8 years of institutional leadership experience as a Head of Department and Erasmus Coordinator. An active Editorial Board Member and Editor for high-impact Nature Portfolio journals, including Scientific Reports and BMC Genomics . Highly specialized in functional genomics, small RNA pathways, and HPC-based transcriptomic analysis , with top-tier publications in Science Advances and Nature Communications. Exceptionally qualified to provide premium academic editing, critical peer-reviewing, and high-level technical writing.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Parasitology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Oxidative Stress & Mitochondrial Function
• ☆ Antioxidants
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ ATAC-Seq
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Synthetic Genomics
• ☆ Protein Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ Exome Sequencing
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ RNA Synthesis
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ DNA/Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Oligonucleotide Synthesis
• ☆ DNA Damage & Repair
• ☆ ChIP-Seq
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cytogenetics
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Neurophysiology
• ☆ Computational Neuroscience
• ☆ Cognitive Neuroscience
• ☆ Developmental Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Nanobiotechnology
• ☆ Agricultural Engineering
• ☆ Agricultural Technology
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Algorithm Design
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Big Data Analytics
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Text Mining & Analytics
• ☆ Data Mining
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Natural Language Processing
• ☆ Data Architecture
• ☆ Neural Networks
• ☆ Pattern Recognition
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Deep Learning
• ☆ Computer Vision
• ☆ Data Security
• ☆ Business Analytics
• ☆ Financial Modeling
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Social Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Quantum Statistics
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Mathematical Statistics
• ☆ Survey Design
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Spatial Statistics
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Trend Analysis
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Systems Biology
• ☆ Structural Bioinformatics
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Biotechnology
• ☆ Deforestation
• ☆ Environmental Statistics
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Conservation Biology
• ☆ Conservation Genetics
• ☆ Systems Ecology
• ☆ Biodiversity
• ☆ Microbial Ecology
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Knowledge Management
• ☆ Biosensors
• ☆ Bioenergy & Biofuels
• ☆ Agricultural Biotechnology
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Genetic Engineering
• ☆ Gene Editing/CRISPR
• ☆ Protein/Enzyme Engineering
• ☆ Antibody Engineering
• ☆ Taxonomy/Classification
• ☆ Data Archaeology
• ☆ Decision Science
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Population Genetics
• ☆ Cell Aging
• ☆ Risk Assessment & Actuarial Science
• ☆ Information & Knowledge Management
• ☆ Data Storage
• ☆ Python
• ☆ SPSS
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ SAS
• ☆ Tensorflow
• ☆ STATA
• ☆ LaTex
• ☆ R
• ☆ Tableau
• ☆ Scikit-learn
• ☆ Oracle
• ☆ Hadoop
• ☆ Markup Languages

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Manufacturing Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Deformulation, Product Evaluation, Product Compliance , Concept Development, Product Launch Support

Work Experience

Düzce Üniversitesi

- Present

Visiting Professor (Profesor Visitante)

University of Oxford

March 2026 - Present

Professor

Duzce University

October 2016 - Present

Distinguished Research Associate

University of Miyazaki

September 2019 - October 2020

Education

PhD Molecular Genetics

Duzce University - Turkey

January 2026 - January 2026

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Mehmet Dayi, Katsunori Tamagawa, Simo Sun, Rikako Hata, Taisei Kikuchi, Nami Haruta, Asako Sugimoto, Takashi Makino (2024). Evolutionary changes of noncoding elements associated with transition of sexual mode in Caenorhabditis nematodes . Science Advances.

Dayi, Mehmet, Tamagawa, Katsunori, Sun, Simo, Hata, Rikako, Kikuchi, Taisei, Haruta, Nami, Sugimoto, Asako, Makino, Takashi (2024). Evolutionary changes of noncoding elements associated with transition of sexual mode in <i>Caenorhabditis</i> nematodes . Science Advances.

Dayi, Mehmet (2024). Diversity and evolution of transposable elements in the plant-parasitic nematodes . BMC Genomics.

Dayi, Mehmet (2024). Evolution of parasitism genes in the plant parasitic nematodes . Scientific Reports.

Dayi, Mehmet, Kounosu, Asuka, Sun, Simo, Maeda, Yasunobu, Yoshida, Akemi, Maruyama, Haruhiko, Hunt, Vicky, Sugimoto, Asako, Kikuchi, Taisei (2024). Syntenic relationship of chromosomes in <i>Strongyloides</i> species and <i>Rhabditophanes diutinus</i> based on the chromosome-level genome assemblies . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Mehmet Dayı (2023). Böceklerde Protein Çeşitliliğinin Genom Düzeyinde Analizi . Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology.

Dayi, Mehmet, Kawahara, Kazuma, Inada, Taruho, Tanaka, Ryusei, Makino, Takashi, Maruyama, Shinichiro, Kikuchi, Taisei, Sugimoto, Asako, Kawata, Masakado (2023). Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Body Size Changes and Transposable Element Insertions between Caenorhabditis elegans and Its Sister Species, Caenorhabditis inopinata . Genome Biology and Evolution.

Mehmet DAYI, Ece B&#246;rte&#231;ine KASAPOĞLU ULUDAMAR, S&#252;leyman AKBULUT, İbrahim Halil ELEKCİOĞLU (2022). First report of Bursaphelenchus leoni Baujard, 1980 (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) from Pine Forests of Turkey . Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım ve Doğa Dergisi.

Possible stochastic sex determination in Bursaphelenchus nematodes <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . Nature Communications.

Mehmet DAYI (2022). Analysis of Positive Selection Provides Insights into Lifestyle- and Lineage-Specific Patterns of Molecular Evolution in Insects . Düzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi.

Dayi, Mehmet, Sun, Simo, Kanzaki, Natsumi, Maeda, Yasunobu, Yoshida, Akemi, Tanaka, Ryusei, Kikuchi, Taisei (2022). The compact genome of Caenorhabditis niphades n. sp., isolated from a wood-boring weevil, Niphades variegatus . BMC Genomics.

Suleiman, M., Kohnosu, A., Murcott, B., Dayi, M., Pawluk, R., Yoshida, A., Viney, M., Kikuchi, T., Hunt, V. L. (2022). piRNA-like small RNAs target transposable elements in a Clade IV parasitic nematode . BioRxiv.

Dayi, Mehmet, Shinya, Ryoji, Sun, Simo, Tsai, Isheng Jason, Miyama, Atsushi, Chen, Anthony Fu, Hasegawa, Koichi, Antoshechkin, Igor, Kikuchi, Taisei, Sternberg, Paul W. (2022). Possible stochastic sex determination in Bursaphelenchus nematodes . Nature Communications.

Dayi, Mehmet, Suleiman, Mona, Kounosu, Asuka, Murcott, Ben, Pawluk, Rebecca, Yoshida, Akemi, Viney, Mark, Kikuchi, Taisei, Hunt, Vicky L. (2022). piRNA-like small RNAs target transposable elements in a Clade IV parasitic nematode . Scientific Reports.

Mehmet Dayi, Taisei Kikuchi, Vicky L. Hunt, Kenji Ishiwata, Atsushi Toyoda, Asuka Kounosu, Simo Sun, Yasunobu Maeda, Yoko Kondo, Belkisyole Alarcon de Noya, et al. (2021). Genome of the fatal tapeworm Sparganum proliferum uncovers mechanisms for cryptic life cycle and aberrant larval proliferation . Communications Biology.

Mehmet Dayi, Natsumi Kanzaki, Simo Sun, Tatsuya Ide, Ryusei Tanaka, Hayato Masuya, Kimiko Okabe, Hisashi Kajimura, Taisei Kikuchi (2021). Additional description and genome analyses of Caenorhabditis auriculariae representing the basal lineage of genus Caenorhabditis . Scientific Reports.

Mehmet Dayi, Simo Sun, Ryoji Shinya, Akemi Yoshida, Paul W. Sternberg, Taisei Kikuchi (2020). Telomere-to-Telomere Genome Assembly of Bursaphelenchus okinawaensis Strain SH1 . Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Mehmet Dayi, Simo Sun, Yasunobu Maeda, Ryusei Tanaka, Akemi Yoshida, Isheng Jason Tsai, Taisei Kikuchi (2020). Nearly Complete Genome Assembly of the Pinewood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Strain Ka4C1 . Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Mehmet Dayi, Shakhinur Islam Mondal, Arzuba Akter, Ryuichi Koga, Takahiro Hosokawa, Kazunori Murase, Ryusei Tanaka, Shuji Shigenobu, Takema Fukatsu, Taisei Kikuchi (2020). Reduced Genome of the Gut Symbiotic Bacterium “Candidatus Benitsuchiphilus tojoi” Provides Insight Into Its Possible Roles in Ecology and Adaptation of the Host Insect . Frontiers in Microbiology.