Career
He defined four genetic syndromes in the medical literature: the “”, “”, “Scoliosis, Blindness and Arachnodactyly Syndrome” and “”. He has taken part as project coordinator and assistant investigator in many research projects and has prepared articles published in international journals since 1995. He is president of the EBTNA (European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association), and representative from Turkey.
Research Interest: Basic Principal in the Genetic Diseases and Clinic Applications, Basic Principal in the Medical Genetics, Mendelian and Nonmendeilan Inheritance, Population Genetics, Dysmorphology, Chromosomal Diseases, Genetic Counseling, Prenatal Diagnosis Methods, Transgenic Mouse Generation and Biotechnology, Cytogenetics, Molecular Cytogenetics.
Dundar et al. described patients with Mental Motor Retardation, ocular abnormality, dysmorphic facial appearance, long fingers, and distal arthrogryposis with severely adducted thumbs and clubfeet in Turkish family in 1997. In 2001 family with a distal limb and sternal abnormalities were reported by Dundar et al.This autosomal dominant disease signs which are syndactyly, preaxial polydactyly prominent and upper sternum were established in affected individuals.
Dundar et al. (2001) noticed similarities with F syndrome but significant differences proved otherwise.OMIM 605967 In 2008 Dundar et al. described Turkish family with dominantly-inherited blindness, scoliosis and arachnodactyly.
Two brothers with abnormal neurological development, short height, pylorus stenosis, pectus excavatum, craniosynostosis, large ears, thin upper lip and bilateral cryptorchidism were reported by Dundar et al. in 2012. While investigating these symptoms were concluded that the summary of findings is not seen in known syndromes and because of non-affected parents who are siblings, this is an autosomal recessive inherited new syndrome.