GÖKER ARPAĞ

Assistant Professor
 GÖKER ARPAĞ

D 2. KAT 202

+90 (212) 533 65 32 / 1348

goker.arpag@khas.edu.tr

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Education

Doctorate

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Physics

Bachelor's Degree

İstanbul Technical University
Engineering Physics

Research Areas

  • Computational and Experimental Molecular Biophysics

Work Experience

2016 / 2022 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

  • "Molecular Biology of the Cell",
    Arpağ, Göker; Cassidy, Anna; Farmer, Veronica; Zanic, Marija; , The GTP-tubulin cap is not the determinant of microtubule end stability in cells, (2024) Vol.35, No.10, mbc.E24-07-0307 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E24-07-0307
  • "The GTP-tubulin cap is not the determinant of microtubule end stability in cells",
    Cassidy, Anna; Farmer, Veronica; Arpağ, Göker; Zanic, Marija; , Molecular biology of the cell, (2024) Vol.35, No.10, br19 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E24-07-0307
  • "Ssna1 stabilizes dynamic microtubules and detects microtubule damage",
    Lawrence, E. J.; Arpag, G.; Arnaiz, C.; Zanic, M.; , eLife, (2021) Vol.10, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.67282
  • "Xmap215 promotes microtubule catastrophe by disrupting the growing microtubule end",
    Farmer, Veronica; Arpağ, Göker; Hall, Sarah L.; Zanic, Marija; , Journal of Cell Biology, (2021) Vol.220, No.10, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202012144
  • "Microtubules regulate pancreatic β-cell heterogeneity via spatiotemporal control of insulin secretion hot spots",
    Trogden, Kathryn P.; Lee, Justin; Bracey, Kai M.; Ho, Kung Hsien; McKinney, Hudson; Zhu, Xiaodong; Arpag, Goker; Folland, Thomas G.; Osipovich, Anna B.; Magnuson, Mark A.; Zanic, Marija; Gu, Guoqiang; Holmes, William R.; Kaverina, Irina; , eLife, (2021) Vol.10, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.59912
  • "Collective effects of XMAP215, EB1, CLASP2, and MCAK lead to robust microtubule treadmilling",
    Arpag, Göker; Lawrence, Elizabeth J.; Farmer, Veronica J.; Hall, Sarah L.; Zanic, Marija; , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, (2020) Vol.117, No.23, 12847-12855 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003191117
  • "Microtubule minus-end stability is dictated by the tubulin off-rate",
    Strothman, Claire; Farmer, Veronica; Arpag, Göker; Rodgers, Nicole; Podolski, Marija; Norris, Stephen; Ohi, Ryoma; Zanic, Marija; , Journal of Cell Biology, (2019) Vol.218, No.9, 2841-2853 DOI: 10.1083/JCB.201905019
  • "Motor Dynamics Underlying Cargo Transport by Pairs of Kinesin-1 and Kinesin-3 Motors",
    Arpağ, Göker; Norris, Stephen R.; Mousavi, S. Iman; Soppina, Virupakshi; Verhey, Kristen J.; Hancock, William O.; Tüzel, Erkan; , Biophysical Journal, (2019) Vol.116, No.6, 1115-1126 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.01.036
  • "Human CLASP2 specifically regulates microtubule catastrophe and rescue",
    Lawrence, Elizabeth J.; Arpag, Göker; Norris, Stephen R.; Zanic, Marija; , Molecular Biology of the Cell, (2018) Vol.29, No.10, 1168-1177 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E18-01-0016
  • "Phosphoinositide-mediated ring anchoring resists perpendicular forces to promote medial cytokinesis",
    Snider, Chloe E.; Willet, Alaina H.; Chen, Jun Song; Arpag, Göker; Zanic, Marija; Gould, Kathleen L.; , Journal of Cell Biology, (2017) Vol.216, No.10, 3041-3050 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201705070
  • "A Perspective on the Role of Myosins as Mechanosensors",
    Greenberg, Michael J.; Arpaǧ, Göker; Tüzel, Erkan; Ostap, E. Michael; , Biophysical Journal, (2016) Vol.110, No.12, 2568-2576 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.05.021
  • "Force generation by membrane-associated myosin-I",
    Pyrpassopoulos, Serapion; Arpaǧ, Göker; Feeser, Elizabeth A.; Shuman, Henry; Tüzel, Erkan; Ostap, E. Michael; , Scientific Reports, (2016) Vol.6, DOI: 10.1038/srep25524
  • "Transport by populations of fast and slow kinesins uncovers novel family-dependent motor characteristics important for in vivo function",
    Arpaʇ, Göker; Shastry, Shankar; Hancock, William O.; Tüzel, Erkan; , Biophysical Journal, (2014) Vol.107, No.8, 1896-1904 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.009
  • "An ensemble approach to the evolution of complex systems",
    Arpaǧ, Göker; Erzan, Ayşe; , Journal of Biosciences, (2014) Vol.39, No.2, 259-280 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9394-8

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
Introduction to Biostatistics MBG214 2024/25 Spring
Probability and Statistics FENS200*1 2024/25 Spring
Molecular Biology and Genetics II MBG322*1 2024/25 Spring
Virtual Basic Lab MBG208*2 2024/25 Spring
Molecular Biology and Genetics I MBG321 2024/25 Fall
Just Out of Molecular Curiosity: Experiential Learning and Adapting GE205 2024/25 Fall