Project Launch Meeting was held at Üsküdar University

Üsküdar University R&D and Innovation Policies Department held a 'Project Launch Meeting'. At the meeting, where innovative projects came to the fore and attracted great attention, President of Üsküdar University Psychiatrist Prof. Nevzat Tarhan pointed out that the projects were shaped by imagination and teamwork.
Üsküdar University Rector Prof. Nazife Güngör touched upon the contribution of scientific production to humanity, while R&D and Innovation Policies Director Assoc. Prof. Müge Ensari Özay emphasized that there was a 150 percent increase in student projects. Her project presentations, which attracted attention in the field of science and social sciences, were highly appreciated.

The 'Project Launch Meeting' was held at Üsküdar University NP Health Campus İbni Sina Auditorium. The meeting was also attended by members of the Senate.

Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: "People who manage to dream can produce projects"

President of Üsküdar University, Psychiatrist Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, who made the opening speeches of the project launch meeting, drew attention to the importance of the probability climate and project culture. Tarhan stated that "First, people who manage to dream can produce projects. Once you have an idea, it has an incubation period. The idea is incubating. We also have an incubation center. Incubation in minds is important here. Incubating. After incubating, it shows up when you least expect it, while you are busy with something else. For example, Archimedes found his principle while taking a bath. Newton found the gravitiy under the apple tree. In the bright idea, there is a burst birth, an incubation. At the same time, teamwork is important. The person remains me, but at the same time it becomes us. It is important to be able to be us while remaining me. In other words, it will be in a team, but it will also have its own private space, its own autonomy. We need to be able to perform teamwork in that way."

Prof. Nazife Güngör: "We enjoy as we produce"

Mentioning that the work done will touch humanity when it is transformed into production, Üsküdar University Rector Prof. Nazife Güngör stated that "The more we go forward in scientific production, the more we disseminate it, the more we transform what we talk about here, what is done and done at the university, into production, the more we will touch humanity. We also strengthen our mission to serve humanity. We enjoy it as we produce, and as we produce, the production energy increases. As we turn the results of this into some awards, some results, this turns into a greater production energy."

Assoc. Prof. Müge Ensari Özay: "We have a 150 percent increase in student projects"

R&D and Innovation Policies Director Assoc. Prof. Müge Ensari Özay drew attention to the increasing number of project applications in the last 3 years. Özay stated that "Together with student and academic projects, we see that the number is 265. We observed that the number of academic projects was 79. Especially in 2023, we had a 150 percent increase in student projects. This year, we have another 150 percent increase. Currently, we see that more than 150 project applications have been made. 15 of our trademarks have been registered, and 12 patent applications have been registered in the 2023-24 academic year. In utility models, we see that we have 4 registered utility models."

Remarkable project presentations were made

Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine (English) Department of Medical Biochemistry Prof. Nesrin Kartal Özer shared her presentation on her project titled "Cholesterol-induced in vitro lipid accumulation and the effect of NRF-2 activation in in vivo NASH models" with the participants.

Üsküdar University TRGENMER Director Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan made a presentation of his project titled "In Vitro and Ex Vivo Investigation of Intron 7 Targeted New Generation Antisense Xeno Nucleic Acid Approaches to Increase Smn2 Gene Participation in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)".

Interesting projects from science and social sciences...

Üsküdar University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Asst. Prof. Özgün Deniz Yoldaşlar explained the presentation of his project titled "Murad Molla Collection: Formation Process and Its Paratextual Elements" to the participants.

Üsküdar University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English) Prof. Sevim Işık made a presentation on her project titled "Investigation of the Treatment Efficacy of Human Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Overexpressing Topoisomerase llbeta in a 5XFAD Transgenic Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model".

Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Mental Health and Diseases, Asst. Prof. Elvan Çiftçi presented her project titled "Evaluation of the Genotype-Phenotype Relationship in Autism and Bipolar Disorder, which are Neuropsychiatric Diseases".

Emre Kaan Şanverdi, a 3rd year student of Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Computer Engineering, and Mustafa Şanverdi, a 6th year student of Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine, made a presentation of their project titled "Virtual Anatomy and Surgical Simulation Metamedicine Laboratory in the Meta World".

After the completion of the project presentations, the meeting ended with a group photo.

 

Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)