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TUBITAK support for the projects of our Faculty of Pharmacy students.

Faculty of Pharmacy Lecturer Ayşegül Çalışkan İşcan's article titled "Novel molecular signatures and potential therapeutics in renal cell carcinomas: Insights from a comparative analysis of subtypes" was published in the journal "Genomics".

Dr.Cenk Andaç's article "Facile microwave synthesis of a novel phenothiazine derivative and its anticancer activity" has been accepted for publication in the journal "Organic Communications".

The book "Basic Biochemistry for Health Sciences" contributed by our lecturer Elif Yavuz Dokgöz as the author of the chapter titled "Electron Transfer Chain and Oxidative Phosphorylation" was published by Ankara Nobel Medical Bookstores in November 2020. Edited by Dr. Lecturer Ebru Nur Ay, a member of the book, has been presented as a resource book for students studying in the field of Health Sciences to benefit from the field of Basic Biochemistry. Congratulations to all the teachers who contributed to the book.

Our faculty member, Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK's review article titled "Advancements and future directions in the antibacterial wound dressings - A review" was published in the journal of "Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials".

At Istinye University Faculty of Pharmacy, Sara Nafisi's article titled "Repurposing Anti-Depressants and Anti-Psychotics for SARS-Cov2 Infection: A Mini-Review of Current Evidence" was published in EC Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Universities working in cooperation to develop Covid-19 vaccine were received by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The technical infrastructure of our Pharmaceutical Technology Laboratory is supported by Polifarma İlaç San.Tic. A.Ş and Bayfar Medikal Trade and Consultancy Ltd. under the coordination of our lecturer Levent ALPARSLAN; We thank the managers on behalf of Istinye University Faculty of Pharmacy.

Prof. Dr. Abdullah OLGUN's project on 'AGING' has been accepted within the scope of CALL FOR COLLABORATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL MEDICINE APPLIED PROJECT COLLABORATION CODE 2020-BT-02 by the TÜSEB

The coronavirus epidemic, which is affecting the world, is steadily growing, Professor Dr. Semra Şardaş pointed out that the vaccine will be available after the third phase of clinical studies. Professor Dr Şardaş said: “So far, a drug or vaccine that provides full immunity to the virus or can definitely cure the disease has not been revealed. The release of the coronavirus vaccine may take the end of 2020,” she said.

Our Faculty of Pharmacy professor. Dr. Semra ŞARDAŞ appeared in the magazine "OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology" with the review article "Digging Deeper into Precision / Personalized Medicine: Cracking the Sugar Code, the Third Alphabet of Life, and Sociomateriality of the Cell".

Our Faculty of Pharmacy member Professor Dr Semra ŞARDAŞ and our research assistant Ayşe Şeyma BÜYÜK’s review paper titled as "It Is Time to Revitalize the Antibiotic Pipeline: Systems Ecology Can Help" got published in the magazine "OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology".
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/omi.2020.0008?rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed&url_ver=z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3arid%3acrossref.org&journalcode=o
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32073984

Faculty Of Pharmacy, Department Of Pharmaceutical Technology Head Dr Faculty member Levent Korkmaz gave a speech at Burapha University in Thailand as invited speaker.

Our Faculty of Pharmacy member, professor Dr. Özer Bekaroğlu and Ph.D. student Sema Şenoğlu’s paper titled as “Synthesis, characterization, DFT study, conductivity and effects of humidity on CO2 sensing properties of the novel tetrakis- [2- (dibenzylamino) ethoxyl] substituted metallophthalocyanines“, got published in “Sensors and Actuators: B Chemical" journal.

Dr. Öğr. 14 May Pharmacists ' Day message by Dogan Üvey

The research article of Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK, our faculty member of the Faculty of Pharmacy, named "Design of an amphiphilic hyperbranched core / shell-type polymeric nanocarrier platform for drug delivery" has been published in the journal "Turkish Journal of Chemistry".

The Covid-19 March Report prepared by Professor Dr Abbasoğlu, Faculty Member of the Faculty of Pharmacy, was published

Prof. Semra Şardaş's article was published in the Journal of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.

Professor Dr Semra ŞARDAŞ, faculty member of the Faculty of Pharmacy, appeared in the magazine "Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology" with the review article "Challenge-comet assay, a functional and genomic biomarker for precision risk assessment and disease prevention among exposed workers".

Our faculty member at Istinye University Faculty of Pharmacy Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK's research article "Chitosan / collagen composite films as wound dressings encapsulating allantoin and lidocaine hydrochloride" has been published in the International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials Journal.

Faculty Of Pharmacy Head Of Department Of Pharmaceutical Technology Dr.Öğr.Member Levent Alparslan gave an interview about the Covid-19 virus.

The section titled “Tissue Adhesives: Current Status and New Trends” by Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK, Faculty Member of Istinye University Faculty of Pharmacy, has been published in the book "New Generation Technologies in Health".

Our faculty member at Istinye University Faculty of Pharmacy Dr. Ayça BAL ÖZTÜRK's research article "Silk Fibroin / Polyvinyl Alcohol Based Drug Carrier Wound Dressings" has been published in Süleyman Demirel Institute of Science Journal.

Dr. Levent Alparslan Held a Seminar at the 1st Symposium on Integration of Pharmaceutical Knowledge

Students from Istinye University participated in the all-day Farmakogenomiks Workshop organized by the Faculty of Pharmacy.

After taking theoretical knowledge on basic topics such as system biology, pharmacogenomics and statistical analysis of transcriptom data; they learned how to analyze the data using excel, programs such as cytoscape and the use of various data banks.
We would like to thank Assoc. Prof. Kazım Yalçın Arğa and his team for their comprehensive training.

The second year students at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Istinye University were entitled to receive support within the scope of the “TUBITAK 2209-B Industry Graduation Thesis Support Program” with the projects prepared by our faculty member Dr. Lecturer Ayça Bal Öztürk.

On 5 April 2019, the second year students of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Istinye University visited the Pathology Laboratory of GOP FT Training and Research Hospital and information was given about the applications.

Vice Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy at Istinye University Dr. Prof. Dr. Semra ŞARDAŞ and Dr. Lecturer Member Aslıgül KENDİRÇİ’s article "Panvigilance: Integrating Biomarkers in Clinical Trials for Systems Pharmacovigilance", published in the international OMICS journal; New York and Washington as a global press release published in the AAAS.