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A Cosmetics Workshop was held with the participation of Croda company, organized by Dr. Ece Özkan Bülbül who is Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology at İstinye University Faculty of Pharmacy. Our students successfully completed their anti-aging, glass skin or special gel creams for dark circles around the eyes with perfumes of their own choice.

Our Faculty of Pharmacy member Assoc. Prof. Dr. İnci Kayın has been selected to the Top Reviewer 2024 list in the journal "Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy".

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça Bal Öztürk and Dr. Betül Giray's research article titled "Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles: Bioactivity Insights" has been published in the journal "ChemistrySelect".

Manuscript access link:

https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.202404483

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça Bal Öztürk and Dr. Betül Giray's research article titled "Biocompatible silver nanoparticles from apricot kernel skin: a green synthesis approach to antibacterial and antiangiogenic therapies" has been published in the journal "Chemical Papers".

Manuscript access link:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11696-024-03793-9

The webinar was organized together with ISUPA Club under the leadership of İstinye University Health Literacy Club and was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. İnci Kayın, Istinye University 2023-2024 graduate Pharmacist Psychologist Elif Kaya and Health Literacy Club President Nil Müftüoğlu successfully shared their phenomenological research experiences, ethics committee and TUBİTAK 2209A application processes with the participants through their presentations. We congratulate them.

EUROTOX (European Society of Toxicology) has established a scientific committee with toxicologists selected from European countries who have education, skills, experience and superior professional standards and has appointed our faculty of pharmacy, head of the department of Toxicology, Prof. Dr. Semra Şardaş, as a member of the EUROTOX scientific committee to represent Turkey.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anmar AL-TAIE participated in the international congress "52nd conference of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP)" held in Kraków, Poland, with his study "Implementing and scaling of sustainable Clinical Pharmacy".

Congress access link:
https://escpweb.org/escp_events/escp-krakow-symposium-2024/

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled " Mitoxantrone Release from Fmoc-Protected Amino Acids Coated Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes: Computational and Experimental Study for Cancer Treatment" has been published in the journal “Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology".

Article access link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1773224724009602

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled " Preparation and In Vitro Evaluation of Montelukast Sodium-Loaded 3D Printed Orodispersible Films for the Treatment of Asthma" has been published in the journal “AAPS PharmSciTech".

Article access link:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1208/s12249-024-02938-z

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled " Developing multifunctional pectin-based hydrogel for wound dressing: In silico, in vitro and in vivo evaluation" has been published in the journal “European Polymer Journal".

Article access link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001430572400541X

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled " Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Healing Potential of Wound Dressings Utilizing Cranberry Extract in Combination with Methacrylated Polyvinyl Alcohol and Methacrylated Sericin" has been published in the journal " Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine".

Article access link:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40883-024-00346-0

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled "The comparison of contribution of GO and rGO produced by green synthesis to the properties of CMC-based wound dressing material" has been published in the journal "International Journal of Biological Macromolecules".

Article access link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813024033269

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s review article titled " Hydrogel Biomaterial in Bone Tissue Engineering" has been published in the journal " Biomaterial-based Hydrogels".

Article access link:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-8826-6_14

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s review article titled "Molecular Separation by Using Active and Passive Microfluidic chip Designs: A Comprehensive Review" has been published in the journal "Advanced Materials Interfaces".

Article access link:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/admi.202300492

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled " Innovative approaches in skin therapy: bionanocomposites for skin tissue repair and regeneration" has been published in the journal " Materials Advances".

Article access link:
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/ma/d4ma00384e

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled "Mikroakışkan Çiplere Kök Hücre ve Doku Mühendisliği Perspektifinden Bakış" has been published in the journal "Politeknik Dergisi".

Article access link:
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/politeknik/issue/83819/1094010

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled "Biocompatibility and toxicity challenges of nanomaterials" has been published in the journal " Functionalized Nanomaterials for Cancer Research ".

Article access link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443155185000197

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled "Microwave-assisted hydrothermal green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles incorporated with hyaluronic acid methacrylate/gelatin methacrylate hydrogels for wound healing applications" has been published in the journal "Polymer Engineering & Science".

Article access link:
https://4spepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pen.26549

İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty Members of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK’s research article titled " Gellan gum/guar gum films incorporated with honey as potential wound dressings " has been published in the journal "Polymer Bulletin".

Article access link:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00289-023-04763-z

Dr. Selin AKTAR KİREMİTCİ, Vice Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy, has been appointed to the Working Group of COST Action CA22109 “Medicinal plants for animal health care: Translating tradition into modern veterinary medicine (MedPlants4Vet)”.

The research study titled ''Adherence to Medication in Hypertensive Patients Living Alone Over the Age of 65: A Phenomenological Study'' has been published in the Journal of Geriatrik Bilimler Dergisi.
The article, which emerged as a result of the interdisciplinary collaboration of Pharmacy and Social Work students, includes the results of the TÜBİTAK 2209 A project research and is the first joint study conducted by the Pharmacy and Social Work disciplines in Turkey.
http://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/geriatrik/issue/86843

The projects titled "TENTACLE (InnovaTivE in situ 4D bioprinting for regerarAtion of ColorEctal mucosa and submucosa)" and "STRONG-UR (STRategies for Optimised bioprinting of Next Generation tissues for URethral regeneration and translation)" proposed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayça Bal Öztürk, the Member at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Basic Pharmacy Sciences, a consortium partner together with AdBioInk Biyosistem Teknoloji A.Ş. have been awarded support within the scope of Horizon Europe Health Cluster's HORIZON-HLTH-2024-TOOL-11-02 (RIA) Call.

We congratulate Assoc. Prof. Ayça Bal Öztürk and wish her continued success.

Link:
https://ufukavrupa.org.tr/tr/haberler/ufuk-avrupa-programi-saglik-kumesi-2024-yili-tek-asamali-ve-iki-asamali-cagri-sonuclari

İstinye University Pharmacy Faculty Internship Committee Members Assoc. Prof. Dr. İnci Kayın and Dr. Meltem Güleç visited our students who are doing their internships at İstinye University Bahçeşehir Liv and Gaziosmanpaşa Medical Park hospitals and thanked the responsible pharmacists for the support they gave to the students.

Dr. Anmar Hasan Kashkool Al-Taie's review article titled "Clinically Approved Monoclonal Antibodies–based Immunotherapy: Association With Glycemic Control and Impact Role of Clinical Pharmacist for Cancer Patient Care" has been published in journal of "Clinical Therapeutics (IF: 3.2)".

Dr. Anmar Hasan Kashkool Al-Taie's research article titled "Pharmacists’s knowledge, attitude, and practices towards pharmaceutical and patient-centred care in asthma management: A national study" has been published in journal of "Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal (IF: 3.0)".

On May 22, 2024, in the Healthineering Idea/Project Development Event organized by İSÜ-CONNECTOM, sophomore students of the Faculty of Pharmacy Irmak Yelen and Şule Koç made our faculty proud by being deemed worthy of the first place award with the MigraTrack project they developed under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Dr. İnci Kayın, Assistant Professor Hüsdamettin Osmanoğlu and Yalçın Hızlı.
The MigraTrack project is an innovative solution that aims to help migraine patients manage their attacks more effectively.
We congratulate Şule Koç and Irmak Yelen on their success and wish them success in their future endeavors.

On May 18, 2024, the Departments of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, and Pharmaceutical Technology at the Faculty of Pharmacy organized an event for high school students as part of the "Spring Workshop for High School Students." During this event, Prof. Dr. Atilla Akdemir, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, briefly introduced "Computer-Aided Drug Discovery and Design." After this introduction, each student conducted a modeling study using the Flare Program on their computers. Following this, a "Plant Workshop" was conducted by Dr. Demet Akalgan Aklar, Head of the Pharmacognosy Department, and Dr. Meltem Güleç. In the final part of the event, Dr. Ece Özcan Bülbül, Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, provided brief information about the department. The students then prepared a nasal spray according to the provided prescription. By the end of the day, the high school students had gained knowledge about the theoretical and practical education offered by the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Prof. Dr. Semra Şardaş was an invited speaker at the International Cardiology Congress held in İstanbul on the subject of the intelligent use of cardiology drugs.

Istinye University’s Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Assist. Prof. Oğuzhan Aydemir, Assist. Prof. Betül Giray and students visited French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi recently. Sanofi Pharmaceuticals is renowned for its extensive product portfolio, sustainability policies, and social responsibility projects.

The event was organized by Sanofi to present students with an overview of career opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry and the career journeys of company executives. Managers in pharmacovigilance, drug licensing, and medical departments explained the importance of pharmacists in the industry. Students also learned about new units into which artificial intelligence is integrated.

The event also provided information to students about internship and job opportunities at Sanofi.

Research article of Süleyman BODUR, İstinye University, Faculty of Pharmacy Research Assistant, titled "Determination of phenytoin at trace levels in domestic wastewater and synthetic urine samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after its preconcentration by simple liquid-phase microextraction" has been published in the journal "Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (IF: 3.0)".

Article access link:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-024-12544-y