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Prof. Umut Bulut Professor of Analytical Chemistry; Functional Chemistry Research Group (ACU-FUNCHEM)

Biomaterials

TÜBİTAK backs a point-of-care nanosensor for kidney injury after heart surgery

Prof. Umut Bulut and Asst. Prof. Elçim Elgün Kırımlı join a TÜBİTAK 2515 project led from Necmettin Erbakan University within the PerMediK Action on personalised medicine in chronic kidney disease.

ACU-FUNCHEM — Functional Chemistry Research Group 21 Sept 2026 1 min read

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Awards & appointments 1 Oct 2026 Biomaterials

Prof. Serap Arbak appointed to two working groups of the COST vascular liver disease network

Prof. Serap Arbak of the Department of Histology and Embryology joins WG-2 and WG-6 of EURO-VALDI-NET, the European Vascular Liver Diseases Network, under the COST programme.

Prof. Serap Arbak Professor of Histology and Embryology; Chair of ACU-HADYEK 1 min read
Grants & funding 28 Sept 2026 Rare diseases & genomics

ADEP funds TCR-MAP, a project mapping T-cell receptor signatures in autoimmune disease

The project TCR-MAP, with Prof. Günseli Bayram Akçapınar of Medical Biotechnology as a researcher, is selected for funding under the Research Universities Support Programme.

Prof. Günseli Bayram Akçapınar Professor of Medical Biotechnology 1 min read
Grants & funding 23 Sept 2026 Drug discovery

TÜBİTAK 2515 funds a study of Toxoplasma gondii in atherosclerotic plaques

Prof. Zühtü Tanıl Kocagöz of Medical Microbiology leads the project, funded under the COST Action Members R&D Support Programme within the AtheroNET Action.

Prof. Zühtü Tanıl Kocagöz Professor of Medical Microbiology 1 min read

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Why I stopped counting errors and started counting recoveries

“A hospital learns more from the thousand recoveries that went to plan than from the one that did not.”

Prof. Günay Yetik Anacak Professor of Pharmacology; chair of the Pharmaceutical Research, Development and Education Group (FAR)

ACU Talks Episode 3

Can a brain recording warn you before a seizure?

With Prof. Güldal Süyen and Dr. Marie Laurent

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Can medical AI be trusted on a real ward?

Prof. Eda Tahir Turanlı

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FEG-SEM and 120 kV TEM imaging down to 1 nm, with EDS elemental analysis and correlative MAPS imaging.
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An AAALAC-accredited animal facility of about 700 m² with five research laboratories, breeding and full veterinary care.
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