According to TurkStat data, the budget allocated to the import of pharmaceutical products has been increasing every year, and imports of this item amounted to around USD 4.5 billion in 2017. Therefore, in order to contribute to the national economy by producing biotechnological products that can be imported to our country in the future within our borders, it is clear that there is a need to establish centers that will support medical research in our country, develop national products, and reduce foreign dependency at this point.
In our country, transgenic cell technologies and epigenetics are newly developing fields and the importance of these fields is increasing in the world. In our center, transgenic cell technologies and epigenetic mechanisms will be investigated, new transgenic cell lines will be created, stem cell research will be conducted, recombinant protein production will be realized, new diagnostic kits will be developed, and peptide and peptidomimetic-based drug candidate molecules will be designed. Thus, it is aimed to reduce foreign dependence in biotechnology.
Within Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, our Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bioengineering, Chemical-Biological Engineering, Forensic Sciences departments, which provide undergraduate education in the field of life sciences, and our Neuroscience, Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bioengineering, Forensic Genetics, Forensic Molecular Biology programs, which provide graduate education, continue their research and development activities with a strong infrastructure, especially in the field of cell technologies. In order to take this infrastructure of our university one step further and to transfer the scientific and technological developments in this field to our country, it is planned to establish a center focused on epigenetics, including a transgenic cell technologies unit.
I wish it to be beneficial for our country, I present my regards.
Prof. Dr. Lecturer Member Cihan TAŞTAN
TRGENMER Manager