“Biz genetik bilimciler de içinde bulunduğumuz genetik metaryelin ne kadar uzaya adapte olup olamayacağını araştırmak zorundayız. Bir filmde kansere yakalanmış bir milyarder düşük oksijen ve yerçekimsiz ortamda yaşıyor, ‘kanserin beni bitirmesini engelleyecek tek şey diyor. Ben de tamamıyla aynı şeyi araştırıyorum. Kendi genetik metayelimiz sıfıra yakın sıfır yer çekimi ortamında nasıl etkilenir?" Cihan Taştan graduated from METU Molecular Biology and Genetics department in 2011 as a "High Honor" student. In the same year, he was awarded a full scholarship to pursue a PhD in Microbiology-Immunobiology at New York University. He completed his Ph.D. thesis in September 2017, especially on the relationships between human immune system cells and bacterial species in our body. He received his (PhD) title. In January 2015, he continued his research with the title of Pre-Doctoral Associate at The Jackson Laboratory-Genomic Medicine Institute. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx