Metin Bilgin and his wife, Damla, bought a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 435 Glan Tai Drive in Manchester from Donald J. and Rhonda Guilliams for $260,000 on Feb. 8.

The Guilliams acquired the property for $282,000 in Oct. 2007. The 2,470-square-foot, two-story house in Manchester West was built in 1968.

Ms. Bilgin is soybean pathology and discovery lead at Monsanto, an agricultural and biotech company. Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at Yale University.

She is a graduate of Middle East Technical University, Jozsef Atilla University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mr. Bilgin is a research scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously, he served the university as a post doctoral research associate.

Before joining the University of Illinois, he was an assistant professor at Sabanc University, post doctoral research associate at Yale University, research scientist at Hungarian Academy of Sciences, visiting researcher-EMBO fellow at John Innes Centre for Plant Science and research assistant at Middle East Technical University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 263 home sales in Manchester during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $180,000.

Address: 435 Glan Tai Drive
Buyer(s): Metin Bilgin (and wife) and Damla Bilgin (and husband)
Seller(s): Donald J Guilliams (and wife) and Rhonda Guilliams (and husband)
Sale date: Feb. 8, 2011