Dr. Elanur Yılmaz holds a bachelor’s degree from Hacettepe University Department of Biology. Following her graduation, Dr. Yılmaz obtained her master’s degree from Aydın Adnan Menderes University on population genetics of a fish species. She earned her Ph.D. in Medical Biology and Genetics from Akdeniz University School of Medicine.

Selected Publications

1. Yilmaz, E., Nur, B., Mihci, E., Alper, O.M. Coronal craniosynostosis due to TCF12 mutations in patients from Turkey. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 2019; 179(11):2241-2245.
2. Arts, P., Simons, A., AlZahrani, M.S., Yilmaz, E., AlIdrissi, E., van Aerde, K.J., Alenezi, N., AlGhamdi, H.A., AlJubab, H.A. …. Zonneveld-Huijssoon, E., Veltman, J.A., van Zelst-Stams, W.A.G., Faqeih, E.A., van de Veerdonk, F.L., Netea, M.G., Hoischen, A. Exome sequencing in routine diagnostics: a generic test for 254 patients with primary immunodeficiencies. Genome Medicine, 2019; 11(1):38.
3. Yilmaz, E., Mihci, E., Nur, B., Alper, O.M., Tacoy, S. Recent Advances in Craniosynostosis, Pediatric Neurology, 2019; 99:7-15.
4. Bademci, G., Abad, C., Incesulu, A., Rad, A., Alper, O., Kolb, S.M., Cengiz, F.B., Diaz-Horta, O., Silan, F., Mihci, E., Ocak, E., Najafi, M., Maroofian, R., Yilmaz, E., Guzel Nur, B., Duman, D., Guo, S., Sant, D.W., Wang, G., Monje, P.V., Haaf, T., Blanton, S.H., Vona, B., Walz, K., Tekin, M. MPZL2 is a novel gene associated with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic moderate hearing loss. Human Genetics, 2018; 137(6-7): 479-486.
5. Beköz, A.B., Beköz, S., Yilmaz, E., Tüzün, S., Beköz, U. Consequences of the increasing prevalence of the poisonous Lagocephalus sceleratus in Southern Turkey. Emergency Medicine Journal, 2013; 30(11):954-5.