Biochemistry & Analytical Biochemistry

Ozlem Goruroglu Ozturk

Ozlem Goruroglu Ozturk

Biography

She is a consultant biochemist at the department of Clinical Biochemistry and she is co-director of the Central laboratory of the Medical Faculty of Cukurova University, Balcali Hospital, Adana, Turkey. Her particular interests include the cost-effective utilization of laboratory medicine as well as the reduction of analytical and non-analytical sources of error. She is also involved in the clinical interpretation of routine laboratory tests (chemistry, hematology, coagulation, blood gas, toxicology, molecular and immunological tests).Her recent studies were about transplantation immunology especially, detecting and quantifying the IgG subclass composition of HLA alloantibodies and to evaluate the risk of antibody mediated rejection in kidney transplants. In addition, she is interested in molecular tumor diagnostics and tumor immunogenetics.

Research Interest

Her particular interests include the cost-effective utilization of laboratory medicine as well as the reduction of analytical and non-analytical sources of error. She is also involved in the clinical interpretation of routine laboratory tests (chemistry, hematology, coagulation, blood gas, toxicology, molecular and immunological tests).