I'mEnes Dasdemir
Computational Biologist • Spatial Multi-Omics Researcher • Data Scientist
Exploring the spatial universe of cells from Istanbul to Houston
Education & Career
From the historic shores of Istanbul to the cutting-edge research facilities of Houston, each step shaped my path in computational biology.
Undergraduate Studies
Istanbul University
Five years in the Biology program on the shores of the Bosphorus. This was a wet lab education built on the core molecular biology techniques and bench work, long before any computation entered the picture.
Beyond the Lab
Featured Landmark: Maiden's Tower
Erasmus Exchange
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
A semester under the White Tower, trading the Bosphorus for the Thermaic Gulf, and learning how much of science is built between cultures.
Beyond the Lab
Featured Landmark: White Tower of Thessaloniki
Undergraduate Research Fellow
Koç University
Back in Istanbul, finishing my degree and joining a summer research fellowship on biomolecular systems through the lens of quantum biology, under Dr. Özgür Müstecaplıoğlu. We studied how quantum information phenomena play out inside living systems, and it grew my footing in both physics and computation. The coding that followed, I taught myself.
Featured Landmark: Taksim Tünel
Ph.D. in Biochemistry
University of Houston · Gunaratne Lab
Doctoral research in genomics and computational biology in the Gunaratne Lab, building the sequencing, single cell, and spatial pipelines that turn raw reads into biology. Alongside the PhD, I worked as a bioinformatician for the university's Seq N Edit Core.
Featured Landmark: Turkish Airlines · The Crossing
Graduate Researcher
MD Anderson Cancer Center · Abbas Lab
Mapping the leukemia microenvironment with spatial multi-omics in the Abbas Lab, bridging computation and the clinic to understand how acute myeloid leukemia survives and resists therapy.
Featured Landmark: Texas Medical Center
My Work
Peer-reviewed and in-progress work in spatial multi-omics, computational biology, and the leukemia microenvironment.
Integrative spatial multi-omics reveal niche-specific inflammatory signaling and differentiation hierarchies in AML
My flagship study, resolving how the acute myeloid leukemia niche shapes inflammatory signaling and differentiation hierarchies through integrative spatial multi-omics.
DYRK1A controls CD47 endocytic degradation and cancer immune surveillance
Identifying DYRK1A as a regulator of CD47 turnover and the “don’t-eat-me” axis in cancer immune surveillance.
CALM: A Comprehensive Atlas of Leukemia and its Microenvironment
Building CALM, a comprehensive single-cell and spatial atlas of leukemia and its microenvironment.
Let's Collaborate
Interested in spatial multi-omics, bone marrow research, or computational biology? I'm always open to discussing new ideas, collaborations, or opportunities.
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SPATIAL MULTI-OMICS • COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY • DATA SCIENCE