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"In life, we need to be one of those who either learn, teach or support these acts"At the handover ceremony of the Rectorate, Prof. Mehmet Zelka, who has been serving as the Deputy Rector since 2019, took the floor first. Expressing his feelings and thoughts about his academic years, Zelka talked about the process of starting the academy. Prof. Zelka said that "When we decided to start this academic life 45 years ago, a committee gathered and asked us questions to evaluate our decision. There were very appealing alternatives. They asked why you prefer academic life when those alternatives are there. Since we believe that we can provide better service in the institution you are here, and if we are in this institution, we will contribute to the training of people who will perform their duties there. Of course, there is advice that sheds light on us in a way during this life process. This advice was: 'In life, you should either learn, teach or support these acts.' Don't be the fourth one. We tried to follow this advice. We tried to learn. There is no end to this. We will continue as long as our life lasts long enough. They first offered me to wear the robe about sixteen years ago. It was fortunate to perform the duty of rector there in Skopje between 2007-2010. The Balkans are places where each of us can find a part from ourselves. In this respect, we felt like we were in our hometown there again. I returned from there at the end of 2010. In late 2010, some group of friends visited us on one occasion. When they offered to work together, we considered it a natural duty for us. We started to work at this Üsküdar University at the beginning of 2011 before the university was officially established. We are now in March, and 12 years have passed. Time passes very quickly. It was such a fortune."."The alms of knowledge are given by teaching knowledge to those who do not know"Prof. Mehmet Zelka said to the students that the aim of education and training was not to get a diploma and stated that the spiritual dimension of the work done was very strong. Prof. Zelka said "Your goal should not be to get a diploma and place it on a wall. As emphasized in our culture, the important thing is to be useful to people. To strive to be useful is to work. When this is the case, this is one of the greatest responsibilities of scientists when contributing to the teaching process. That is, to teach knowledge because the alms of knowledge are given by teaching knowledge to those who do not know. Otherwise it is a burden. With an original analogy, that is, people who have knowledge but do not transfer their knowledge to their surroundings and do not benefit from their surroundings… I ask for your forgiveness and I’ll share the example as the original version. They liken it to a book-laden donkey. Of course, we need to get rid of it, we need to make efforts to be useful. I used to recommend this to my students. I would make this advice to myself. Definitely do not measure and evaluate the cost of your work with the three or five cents you receive. The cost of the work done here is too great to be measured in terms of matter because the person you are addressing and contributing to raise is equivalent to the universe. If it can be measured, it is an asset of value. The service rendered to it should never, ever be measured by the three or five cents received. When this happens, the heart is also involved"."If the heart is involved in the work done, it is possible to achieve more profound and beautiful results"Emphasizing the participation of the power of heart in every work, Prof. Mehmet Zelka expressed his gratitude to Üsküdar University for the contributions it made to him. Prof. Zelka said that "People are often talked about muscle strength and brain power. There is a third power of man that I have not seen in almost any of the economics books but that I have seen in other works. This power is the 'power of the heart'. If the heart is involved in a job, it is in everything. If the heart is involved in every work, it is possible to achieve more profound and beautiful results. The presence of dear professor Tarhan during the performance of this duty is an extraordinary convenience for us. It has been a remarkable opportunity. I would like to express my gratitude to them for their contributions. Furkan Tarhan, the chairman of the Board of Trustees, and his members are again admirable in every sense of their approach to this issue and that they constantly follow their own approach. Thank you, as well. I would like to express my gratitude to all of our fellows we work with, our deans, directors, academic friends and administrative staff. During this time, they have made significant contributions to the performance of our duty. I thank you all individually for your contributions and express my gratitude. Thank you.".Prof. Nazife Güngör: "Our primary task is to make the world a much more humane world"Prof. Nazife Güngör, who started her speech at the Rectorate handover ceremony by referring to the challenging period our country has been going through, stressed the importance of producing and putting forward values suitable for people. Prof. Güngör said "We are in a beautiful university, a university whose system has been established, whose university structure has been completed to an important extent and which is coming to a certain place in Türkiye and even in the world. It is an honor for me to be able to serve in the next period with such a valuable duty. Of course, humanity is going through challenging days, in fact, humanity is giving its own difficult test. Humanity is actually facing a tough test of not producing properly. Working and producing are the most important condition of being human, and it is my most sacred value. The reason is that it is production that makes man human. We are born into a world, if we cannot influence the life we are born into in this world as human beings, if we do not try to change it, if we try to move forward in it by adapting and struggling in it, it means not being able to be the subject of our own life as an individual, as a human being. Therefore, it is due to the fact that man does not attach human value to themselves and cannot carry out the production processes effectively. If we are human, if we have come into this world, if we are born into this world, our primary task is to take that world towards a much more human world. The primary way to do this is to work, to produce, to produce value. There it is the production of both material and intangible value that produces value. When all of them are synthesized, human value is produced.".“The most fundamental value of a university is science”Defining the most fundamental value of a university as science, Rector Prof. Nazife Güngör highlighted the production of human equity in ensuring institutional continuity. Güngör said, “As a University, we are a university that is encouraged constantly to product under the leadership of Prof. Nevzat Tarhan. Remember that, Professor Tarhan mentions project in all the meetings. The reason behind this is actually to produce. If we are within a university, a structure, that structure must produce its resource to reinforce that structure and to sustain it. The most fundamental value of a university is science. It will produce its scientific equity, it will produce its material equity resources through scientific value, it will have presence in the world and in Türkiye in terms of academia by producing scientific value and it will continue its path by getting stronger. One of the most important activities of a university is education. Education is an important service, the most valuable thing is to contribute to human capital, to increase and strengthen human capital. Thus, this is achieved through educational institutions. We, as a university, must ideally provide education in the highest quality. One of the most important tasks of a university is to produce its own human equity. If we cannot prepare our assistants and young academicians for the future under the roof of this university, then we will not have a strong structure with continuity going forward. Therefore, institutional continuity and the academic strengthening of the institution for the continuation requires that those who grew up, should give effort to those who are growing, and those who are growing up should do their best to carry them to their own level and even beyond their own levels."."The university should serve the society and humanity in which it exists"Stating that one of the important functions of the university is to 'serve the society and humanity in which it exists’, Güngör said that a campus that are isolated within itself are degenerating and moving away from social problems. Güngör said, "Every value we create and produce at the university has social reflections. It must be transferred to society. Therefore, a university is a scientific institution, an educational institution, but at the same time an institution that produces a social value. Therefore, as it has always been important here and will always be emphasized in the future, it is necessary to give great importance to university-society collaborations, to produce value for the society, and to reflect the knowledge to be produced here to the society. If you keep a campus isolated within itself, it makes no sense. It has meaning in itself, but if it has no reflection, it degenerates within itself. Those isolated structures are doomed to contract, shrink and explode inward over time. Therefore, we have to open up to the outside, spread to the society, touch the people and listen to the problems, and produce some solution proposals and make contributions outside the campus.".Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: "We make the work valuable because we attach meaning to the work we do."Speaking in the context of the establishment stages, goals and principles of Üsküdar University in his speech at the Rectorate handover ceremony, President of Üsküdar University, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Directors, Psychiatrist Prof. Nevzat Tarhan pointed out that one of his biggest goals is to progress by adding meaning to high goals. Tarhan said, "Since the actual establishment of the University in 2011, we have handed over the flag of the Rectorate to Prof. Mehmet Zelka in 2019. In 2023, Prof. Nazife Güngör is now taking over the flag. Since the foundation of the university, we have done a lot in a really short time, we have achieved better and faster results than I expected, both in terms of the quality of the students and the competence of the lecturers and our brand value in the society. It is necessary to continue to develop and continue to do so. What is important here is that it is in accordance with the vision, mission and quality standards, that these are not only on a piece of paper, but are actually put into practice and that it is teamwork. We have four principles; criticizability, libertarianism, pluralism and participation. We have used these principles as our core values and we continue to do so. To those who ask, we say that as a university, we are like the United Nations because universities have certain goals. The values we attach importance to, competence, merit, diligence and justice can only be achieved with people who care about these four concepts and those who care about this and this as a management philosophy. Since we attach meaning to the work we do up to our capillaries, we make this work valuable, we succeed in overcoming ourselves. There are 24 most important golden values of human, one of those golden values is that transcendence, that is, one can move forward by adding meaning to goals higher than themselves. We have determined this as a vision.".“The most important production of a university is to train human”Pointing out that the most important production of a university is to train people, Prof. Tarhan emphasized that they have achieved good results in this regard. Prof. Tarhan said "There is a global competition that we can compete with in the world, there are global trends that need to foresee some things in advance. By foreseeing global trends, we can do some things if we are proactive. Thus, we tried to establish behavioral sciences, engineering sciences and neurosciences, biological sciences and social sciences within a certain philosophy as the founding theme when the university was first established. There is a rule in innovation. According to that rule, if a person has 100 hours, if they spare 85 hours to that work, they should devote 15 hours to thinking about that job, to separate the thought about the thought, and if one does this, they will make their job better. We emphasized this as a vision, and we gave importance to teamwork as a mission. The important production of a university is to train people, to train good professionals. We have achieved good results in this regard, and then being restorative is very important. We cannot solve people like this by dividing them into groups. We need to build horizontal coalitions, not vertical ones, which is why Türkiye needs this. As the university administration, we think that we can only move forward by communicating, and we can solve the problems between them through communication. Most of the problems stem from a lack of communication, therefore, it is very important to be able to keep communication alive, and it is quite important to be able to reflect that on even our capillaries like this. For this reason, I think that Nazife Güngör will continue the good services she has done in the Faculty of Communication within these vision, mission and quality standards, so I wish that her period will be well, fortunate and fruitful.".Prof. Mehmet Zelka was presented with a plaque of appreciationFollowing the speeches, President of Üsküdar University Prof. Nevzat Tarhan presented a plaque of appreciation to Prof. Mehmet Zelka, who has been serving as the Deputy Rector since 2019.Prof. Nazife Güngör was dressed in the Rector robe by Prof. Nevzat Tarhan...In the last stage of the ceremony, President of Üsküdar University Prof. Nevzat Tarhan attire the rector's robe to the new Rector Prof. Nazife Güngör. At the ceremony, Prof. Nazife Güngör's autobiography was shared with the participants.Those who attended the ceremony are as follows; Üsküdar University Chairman of the Board of Trustees Furkan Tarhan, NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital and Üsküdar University Board Member Fırat Tarhan, Vice Rectors Prof. Sevil Atasoy, Prof. Hikmet Koçak, Prof. Muhsin Konuk, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Osman Çerezci, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Arif Aktuğ Ertekin, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Prof. Haydar Sur,  Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry Prof. Yumuşhan Günay, Director of the Vocational School of Health Services, Director of the  Graduate School of Sciences Assoc. Prof. Mesut Karahan, Director of the Institute for Sufi Studies Prof. Elif Erhan, Advisors to the Rector Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan, Prof. Tayfun Uzbay, Prof. Sırrı Akbaba, Prof. İsmail Barış, Prof. Şefik Dursun, Asst. Prof. Serdar Karagöz and Emine Dönmez, Secretary General Selçuk Uysaler, Deputy Secretary General Ayşe Öztürk and Asil Barış Bağ.In addition, all department heads and administrative staff of Üsküdar University as well as many academicians attended the ceremony.The ceremony ended after a group photo shoot.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

28 projects among 41 project applications of the TÜBİTAK 2209-A 2022/2nd Period Student Projects Support Program were deemed worthy to be supported according to University Students Research Project Support Program 2022/1st Period Scientific Results.Undergraduate students had a chance to meet academic world with TÜBİTAK support by acquiring research culture, Project developing, developing projects in cooperation with the industry, application and management competence.The names of students and their projects to be supported within the scope of TÜBİTAK 2209-A 2022/2nd Period Student Projects Support Program are as follows:Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan and his team draw attention with their studies and works within the TRGENMER.Lastly, the team published the vitro laboratory studies in the field of rare diseases of the transgenic CAR-T cell therapy being developed against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) cancer in the field of Cancer Immunotherapy supported by the Turkish Health Institutes Presidency (TÜSEB) on the CAR-T cell. special issue of the SCI indexed Vaccines journals. The study is supported since the opening of the TRGENMER center in the period July 2021-July 2023.Scientists who attract great interest with their studies paid a visit to President of Üsküdar University Prof. Nevzat Tarhan in his office.President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan who inspires prestigious and world-standard studies and manufacturing products, and also who is among the authors of the published article, expressed his thanks to Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan and TRGENMER team.Taştan informed Prof. Nevzat Tarhan on the project Üsküdar TRGENMER carries out andAsst. Prof. Cihan Taştan and his TRGENMER team presented the study published on the CAR-T special issue of the SCI indexed Vaccines journal to Prof. Nevzat Tarhan as a certificate by framing it.The visit ended with a collective photo shoot.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Those who participated in the exhibition are as follows; Head of the Industrial Engineering Department Prof. Mehmet Savsar, Asst. Prof. Murat Anlı, Asst. Prof. Nigar Kantarcı Çarşıbaşı, Asst. Prof. Münire Berna Beşkese and Asst. Prof.  Orkun Kozanoğlu. ‘Salad Cafe Exhibition’ was realized within the scope of an entrepreneurship movement, which has been started with the aim to strengthen the immune system of people with right and healthy nutritional values after the pandemic. In the project developed with the purpose of creating a high nutritional salad with affordable costs, students drew attention to the important of salad consumption with the best design.Students, who highlight the importance of the salad consumption with high nutritional value, expressed their goal, “we try to make people gain salad consumption habit with affordable costs.”.In the exhibition with great attention by academicians and students, various salad tasting has done and the exhibit ended with the photo shoot.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Assoc. Prof. Khallef Messaouda and Dr. Khacha Nadjet, who work in Earth and Universe Sciences departments within the Faculty of Natural, Life Sciences at Guelma University that is one of the important universities of Algeria, visited Üsküdar University Vice Rector and Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Muhsin Konuk in his office.Assoc. from Khallef Messaouda and Dr. Khacha Nadjet coming from Algeria paid some visits to Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences for two weeks to observe the ongoing projects and to create joint project ideas.Prof. Muhsin Konuk expressed his happiness for the visit and thanked to Assoc. Prof. Khallef Messaouda and Dr. Khacha Nadjet for their kind visits. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Under the consultancy of Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Asst. Prof. Nigar Kantarcı Çarşıbaşı, Chemical Engineering (English) Master Student Münteha Girgin was accepted to the project carried out by the TÜBİTAK Scientist Support Programs Presidency (BİDEB). Within the scope of 2210-National Master Scholarship Program and 2210-C National Priority Areas Master Scholarship Program, the project covers the title “Investigation of natural origin and FDA approved molecules for the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase enzyme in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease by in silico and in vitro techniques" in the field of "Biotechnological Pharmaceutical Technologies".2 projects were accepted within the scope of TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2210-D!Under the consultancy of Üsküdar University Faculty of Health Sciences faculty member Assoc. Prof. Müge Ensari Özay, Occupational Health and Safety Program Master Student Kerem Topal was accepted with the project titled “Examination of EKED Procedure Applications in Casting Machines” within the scope of TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2210-D Industrial Master Scholarship Program. Onur Şahin was the industrial consultant of the project.In another study, Occupational Health and Safety Program Graduate Student Mustafa Gençtürk was accepted within the scope of TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2210-D Industrial Graduate Scholarship Program for the project titled “Ergonomic Analysis of Working Posture Positions in the Construction Industry” under the consultancy of Faculty of Health Sciences faculty member Assoc. Prof. Müge Ensari Özay. The industrial consultancy of the project is given by Şükrü Barış Büyük from İstanbul Teknik İnşaat San. ve Tic. Inc. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Steps have been taken to deepen the relation between both universitiesThe Committee from University of Mataram (UNRAM) was hosted in Üsküdar University. By representing UNRAM, Dean of Faculty of Medicine within University of Mataram MD Hamsu Kadriyan, Neurosurgery Specialist Rohadi M. Rosyidi, Chairperson of Clinical Internship Ilsa Hunafi have paid a visitBy representing Üsküdar university, those who attended the meeting are as follows: Vice Rector Prof. Muhsin Konuk, Head of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department within the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Prof. Tunç Çatal, Head of Software Engineering Department Assoc. Prof. Türker Ergüzel, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan and International Relations Director Sezen Kaptanoğlu, International Relations Exchange Program Specialist Yasemin Özbaş, Exchange Program Assistant Pınar Dokgöz and two Indonesian students.Cooperation between the universities are providedPotential cooperation with Üsküdar University were discussed with the committee from University of Mataram'dan (UNRAM) in Indonesia. After a brief introduction to the university in the meeting, works and studies carried out by the faculties within the universities were emphasized.The meeting ended by signing the mutual agreement Memorandum of Understanding Üsküdar University and UNRAM and with the presentation of presents.The committee, later, toured Üsküdar University.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure Perception (EREP) Research drew attention with its interesting resultsÜsküdar University conducted a research entitled "Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure Perception" with 1187 participants in Türkiye. Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Prof. Osman Çerezci and Faculty of Communication, Department of New Media and Journalism, Lecturer and Scale Development Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Aylin Tutgun Ünal carried out the research.1187 people participated in the researchIn the study, data were collected with the "Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure Perception Scale (EREP-S)". 1 thousand 187 people between the ages of 18-72, who were formed by random sampling and according to the principle of voluntarism, participated in the research electronically.The perception level of the younger generation is lowÜsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Prof. Osman Çerezci stated that the research was analyzed with the thematic meanings of "awareness", "consciousness" and "concern" and said, "From the research report, different perceptions of EMR exposure have emerged, especially according to age and education level. It is noteworthy that the perception level of the young generation regarding electromagnetic radiation exposure is low.”.Prof. Osman Çerezci: “Electromagnetic radiation pollution threatens humanity”Stating that technological developments make people addicted to many electronic devices due to the convenience they provide to life, Prof Osman Çerezci said, “Electromagnetic radiation pollution emitted to the environment while using electrical devices is rising towards a new environmental problem that can affect human health. People enter the atmosphere of electromagnetic pollution, which is the environmental waste of the digital world, depending on the frequency of use of mobile phones, base stations and other communication tools.”.Prof. Osman Çerezci: “An epidemic spreading from the digital world”Noting that the sensitivity approaches of countries that apply limit values against electromagnetic field pollution, are different, Prof. Osman Çerezci said and warned that “It is discussed whether the electromagnetic radiation exposure limits can give the same level of confidence to all segments of the society. The World Health Organization has determined electromagnetic fields as class 2B carcinogens. In order not to experience health problems caused by long-term electromagnetic radiation exposure, it is important to be a conscious technology user, that is, to take individual precautions. It should not be forgotten that electromagnetic pollution is an epidemic spreading from the digital world.”.Prof. Osman Çerezci: Awareness work should be done for the younger generationProf. Osman Çerezci emphasized that the fact that the younger generation will be more affected by EMA throughout their lives in parallel with the rapid development of technology is a risk that should be considered for our young people in education age. Prof. Çerezci said, “For this reason, it is important to carry out awareness work for our children in their education age. This survey study can be considered as a call to cooperate with the Ministry of National Education to contribute to the growth of healthy generations. Where is EMR? At school, at home or in our office? EMR is everywhere. It is time to become aware of EMA exposure, to be aware of it and to take the right practical action to protect the health of ourselves and our families.”.Assoc. Prof. Aylin Tutgun Ünal:Faculty of Communication, Department of New Media and Journalism, Assoc. Prof. Aylin Tutgun Ünal stated that they have discussed the use of digital technologies, mobile phone usage habits and the effects of social media in terms of disciplines such as communication, sociology and psychology, and said:“This perception study, in which communication technologies are examined in terms of electromagnetic radiation exposure, was an important step in raising awareness. Within the scope of this research, we developed a valid and reliable EREP Scale with which we can measure the Perception of Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure in cooperation with social sciences and engineering science. In this research, the low perception of electromagnetic radiation and exposure of the Z generation, which we call the social media generation revealed that they must be aware of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by technological tools such as mobile phones and air pods, which are frequently used by young people. On the other hand, the research data can provide a road map for new studies to be carried out.”.The average age of the participants in the study is 29.61,187 people which consist of 61.1% women (725 people) and 38.6% men (458 people), participated in the research. The average age of the participants, whose ages ranged from 18 to 72, was 29.6. 31.5% of the participants were married and 67.8% were single. Their educational status was determined as 62.8% university, 5% graduate, 4% college, 5.1% high school, and 1.6% primary education.Questions were asked about the usage of technologyIn addition to the EREP Scale developed in the research, demographic questions were also asked about the purposes of mobile phone usage, usage habits of mobile phones, headphones and other electronic devices, time spent on social media and awareness of electromagnetic radiation.The average score of the participants was 34.9The average score of 1,187 participants from the "Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure Perception Scale" attended the study was found to be 34.9. Scores obtained from the scale are evaluated as “Low Level” in the range of 11-25, “Mid-Level” in the range of 26-40, and “High Level” in the range of 41-55 points. Accordingly, 34.9 points obtained in the study revealed a "moderate" perception.When the scores obtained from the dimensions in the scale were examined, the average score obtained from the "Awareness" dimension consisting of four items was found to be 13.23. The average score obtained from the "Consciousness" dimension consisting of the other four items was found to be 13.57. The score range of both dimensions evaluated as “Low Level” in the range of 4-9, “Intermediate Level” in the range of 10-15, and “High Level” in the range of 16-20. Accordingly, the awareness of 1,187 people participating in the study about electromagnetic radiation exposure is at a moderate level; therefore, consciousness was found to be moderate. It was asked how the base stations feltWhen the items related to awareness in the scale are examined, expressions, such as “I think that electromagnetic radiation emitted from base stations near my house will affect my family”, “I would be worried if there was a high voltage line very close to my house”, “Electromagnetic pollution is an environmental problem that I always worry about”, “I stay away from devices emitting electromagnetic radiation as much as possible” were included in the scale.Moderate anxiety detectedWhen the items related to consciousness in the scale are examined, expressions, such as “I think that children should not play in parks with high voltage, base stations and transformers”, “I use hair dryer less to protect myself from electromagnetic radiation”, “I do not want to buy or rent a house near high voltage lines and base stations”, “Air pods (wireless) on my mobile phone I prefer wired headphones instead” were included in the scale. On the other hand, the average score obtained from the "Worry" dimension was found to be 8.15. Accordingly, the score obtained is evaluated as “Low Level” in the range of 3-6, “Mid-Level” in the range of 7-11, and “High Level” in the range of 12-15. Accordingly, 8.15 points taken from the anxiety dimension in the study showed that there is a moderate level of anxiety and there is a moderate perception of taking precautions due to this anxiety.It showed that women are more conscious while men are more anxiousElectromagnetic Radiation Exposure Perception was also examined according to various variables. In the examination based on gender, the consciousness score of women was found to be higher than that of men. Accordingly, it was revealed that women were more conscious of electromagnetic radiation exposure than men. However, it was concluded that men were more anxious than women according to the anxiety dimension and their perceptions of taking precautions were higher. It has been observed that women's electromagnetic awareness, consciousness and perception levels in general are higher than men's, and perceptions of anxiety and taking precautions are higher in men.As the age increases, the level of perception also increasesIn the examination based on age, participants’ age was divided into three generations as 18-29 (Social media generation); 30-45 (Television belt) and 45-72 (Radio generation) and it was compared. It has been revealed that the level of perception of electromagnetic radiation exposure increases with increasing age. In the comparison, the generation with the highest level of perception was found to be people over the age of 45, which is called the radio generation. Then, the perception level of the television generation, that is, the people in the 30-45 age range, was found to be high.Generation Z is not worriedThe generation with the lowest level of Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure Perception was found to be the social media generation (18-29 years old). It was observed that awareness of electromagnetic radiation exposure, consciousness, level of anxiety and perception of taking precautions increase as age increases. Since the social media generation is the most worry-free, perception levels for taking precautions were lower than other generations.Exposure perception increases as education increasesPerception of electromagnetic radiation exposure (EREP) by education level was found to be the highest among the participants at the graduate education level. When the participants with postgraduate education and the participants with university education were compared, a significant difference was found. The level of awareness and perception of people with graduate education was found to be higher than those at university. In the ranking, the highest EREP level was postgraduate, the second was high school, and the third was college. It was determined that university students were in the last place at the EREP level.Most attendees keep their cell phone at bedsideThe question “Do you keep your cell phone at your bedside?” was also asked in the research.  More than half of the 1,187 participants (55.8%) answered "often". Those who said sometimes were found to be 29.7%, while those who said never were found to be 2%. In the comparison made according to the scale, the perception of electromagnetic radiation exposure decreased as the frequency of keeping the mobile phone at the bedside increased. It was observed that the people with the highest level of perception, namely awareness, consciousness and anxiety, answered "never" to this question.Use of wireless headphones was also askedWhen the question “Do you use air pods (wireless) headphones on mobile?” was asked, 31.1% of the 1,187 respondents said “often” to the question. Those who said sometimes were 27.6%, while those who said never were 41.1%. In the comparison made according to the scale, it was found that the EREP perception level and related awareness, consciousness, and anxiety-related precaution perception were the highest in those who used wired headphones on their mobile phones, and those who preferred air pods (wireless) were found to be lower.When the question “Is there a high-voltage line very close to your house?” was asked, the most common answer was “I do not know” with 47.2%. In the second place, “no” was said with 44%. 8.5% of the participants said “yes”. In the comparison made according to the scale, the awareness of those who stated that there was no high voltage line near their house was found to be high. Those who said "I do not know" or "yes" had significantly lower levels of awareness, consciousness, and anxiety.Half of the participants pull the plug on their way outWhen the question “Will you unplug electronic devices when you go out?” was asked, 51.1% of the respondents said “yes” to the question. 28% said "sometimes" and 20.8% said "no". In comparison to the scale, it was seen that the level of awareness increased as the frequency of unplugging electronic devices while going out increased. Compared to those who said yes and sometimes, those who said no had lower levels of awareness, consciousness and anxiety.Those who suffers from headache has the low exposure perceptionWhen the question “How often do you have headaches?” was asked, 67.6% of the respondents said “sometimes” to the question. 16.3% answered “often”. Accordingly, the rate of participants who had headaches sometimes and often was 83.9%. Only .2 percent of respondents said “never”. It was determined that those with frequent headaches had the lowest score on the scale, that is, their perception of electromagnetic radiation exposure was lower. Especially in the dimension of concern, those who have frequent headaches have a low score, in other words, low anxiety, and accordingly, their perceptions of taking precautions are also low. On the other hand, it was determined that those who said "never" to headache frequency had a high level of anxiety and high precautionary perceptions.Half of the participants in the study connect to social media for 1-3 hoursThose who answer the question “How long do you connect to social media per day?” 1-3 hours are 49.2%. Those who were connected for 4-6 hours a day were 28.2%, and those who were connected for less than 1 hour were determined as 5%. Those who connect to social media for more than 7 hours a day were found to be 6.8%. In the comparison made according to the scale, the level of electromagnetic radiation exposure decreased as the daily social media usage time increased. Those who used less than 1 hour a day had the highest perceptions of awareness, consciousness and anxiety-related precautions. The lowest level of awareness, consciousness and anxiety was seen in those who used it for more than 7 hours. It was then followed by 4-6 hours.Mobile phones are used to connect to social mediaWhen it is asked which device is used to connect to social media, the highest rate (92.9%) was said to be mobile phone. Only 4.4% answered portable computers and 2.2% desktop computers. The mobile phone was found to be the most preferred device for connecting to social media.What are mobile phones used for?For what purposes and how often the mobile phone is used was also examined. It was found that frequency of making calls as 62.2% frequently; 25.6% sometimes; 7.6% rarely and 3.5% never.Texting frequency was found as 57.9% frequently; 20.1% sometimes; .8 rarely and as 4.2% never.Frequency of taking photos was found as 41.5% frequently; 33.9% sometimes; ,3 rarely and 3.5% never.Frequency of taking a video was found as 33.7% rarely; 29.1% sometimes; 26.1% frequently and 4.8% never.Frequency of listening to music was found as 51% frequently; 21.3% sometimes; ,1 rarely and 7.2% never.Frequency of watching movie was found as 27.9% rarely; 23% frequently; 22.2% sometimes and 2% never.Frequency of attending online meeting was found as 35.4% rarely; 22.7% sometimes; 21.8% never and 9.2% frequently.Frequency of texting/video calling on WhatsApp was found as 55.8% frequently; 25.3% sometimes, 8% rarely and 4.2% never.Frequency of using social media applications was found as 65.4% frequently; 20.6% sometimes; 7% rarely and 4.6% never.Alarm setting (Alarm clock) frequency was found as 62.5% frequent; 1% sometimes, 9.1% rarely and 6.1% never.Frequency of using for e-mail was found as  42% frequently; 25.5% sometimes; ,3 rarely and 8.1% never.Therefore, it has been determined that the mobile phone is mostly used for basic use (making calls, writing messages), as well as for listening to music, messaging / video calling on WhatsApp, using social media applications and using alarm clock applications.Details of the researchThe Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure Perception Scale (EREP-S) is a valid and reliable 11-item and 3-factor scale developed by researchers. A score between 11 and 55 can be obtained from the scale. Accordingly, as the score increases, the risk perception of electromagnetic radiation exposure also increases. The first four items in the scale measure the level of perception in the "Awareness" dimension, the following four items in the "Consciousness" dimension and the last three items in the "Anxiety" dimension. Thus, the EREP Scale, which can be used to determine the level of perception towards awareness, consciousness and anxiety, was developed for the first time in Türkiye by combining the fields of Engineering and Social Sciences, and it has participated in the literature as a scale that can measure risk perception for electromagnetic radiation exposure.  Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

According to the World Health Organization, 10 million people died of cancer worldwide in 2020, and about one in six deaths occurred due to cancer.New method against cancer: CAR-T cell therapyCAR-T cell therapy is being seen as a groundbreaking method in the fight against cancer. Many centers in the world and in Türkiye continue to work to develop this treatment, and Üsküdar University Transgenic Cell Technologies Center (TRGENMER) is one of them.TRGENMER Director Dr. Cihan Taştan said, "Instead of the classical chemotherapy medications used against cancer for many years, the methods we call smart drugs or living drugs have been developed with the development of genetic studies. These methods have become applicable to humans in recent years by obtaining FDA or EMA approval.".Personalized cancer treatmentTaştan says the following about the CAR-T cell therapy they have developed:"The Car-T cell therapy we have developed against cancer is personalized and has the ability to recognize and kill cancer cells. It has the potential to kill the patient's entire cancer cells at once due to its more specific, targeted killing than conventional cancer treatments. This raises hope that the patient will be able to completely get rid of cancer."How is CAR-T cell therapy applied?CAR-T cells are actually genetically modified immune system cells. We talk to Taştan about how this method is applied. The broadest framework that emerges is as follows:Healthy immune cells in people's bodies are taken: T cells are separated, the cells are genetically developed, T cells, which have been genetically modified and have now become living drugs, are multiplied and given to the patient. Then, the CAR-T cells start their job.In which types of cancer can it be applied?CAR-T cell therapy can be applied to dozens of different types of cancer. Taştan explains:"The medication approved in the first stage were developed on hematological cancers, which we can call blood cancer.  More than 80 percent and sometimes up to 100 percent success rates were achieved on hematological cancers.The first hero of CAR-T cell therapy technology is a lady named Emily. Although this lady has received many classic treatment methods, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she is now receiving CAR-T cell therapy and has been living completely cancer free for 10 years, while all hope has been lost in the final stage. Already with this study, smart living drugs have started to be developed in dozens of different types of cancer all over the world."Taştan and his team are working on many types of cancer, especially blood cancer:"The first soldier cells that we developed as a laboratory are against what we call acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL blood cancer type. Apart from that, we have developed new genetic designs especially for diseases, such as solid tumor cancers, glioma, brain cancers. These will be new treatment methods that will enter the clinic one after the other."Increasing the memory of the cellOne of the main goals is that cancer does not recur in the studies conducted. Therefore, the 'memory cell potential' is increased in the developed cells."We can normally produce soldier cells and we know clearly we can kill cancer cells. When giving these cells to the patient, we paid attention to the fact that they were both soldiers and memory cells. Thus, after completely eradicating the cancer from the patient in the early stages, we intend to create a patient potential that has been cleared of cancer for many years by increasing the memory cell potential so that the patient does not receive a treatment again in the following years."Clinical trials will begin in July 2023Taştan says that after a year of study, they were able to kill cancer cells clearly by producing smart, living cells. The second phase of the study is being applied on animals. The third phase will begin in 2023:"We are planning the third phase in July 2023. We will enter the clinical stages and enter a period in which Turkey can use smart living drugs, that is, what we call CAR-T cells, in certain types of cancer."Why is it important to produce this treatment in Türkiye? Taştan explains:"In Türkiye, especially genetically transmitted diseases are very numerous. Cancer is one of them. they buy the equivalents of these treatments at prices up to millions of dollars in abroad. We are able to make them much cheaper and promise to apply them to patients. This will make Türkiye one of the leading countries in the field of health, personalized treatment and genetic therapies in the coming years."TRT HABER Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

17 projects among 25 projects that is applied for the TÜBİTAK 2209-A 2022/ First Period Support Program for Student Projects, were deemed worthy to be supported according to 2022/ First Period Scientific Evaluation Results by the Support Program for University Students Research Projects.Moreover, one projects will be supported within the TÜBİTAK 2209-B program according to 2022/ First Period results of Support Program for University Students Projects on Industry.Undergraduate students had opportunity to acquire research culture, develop a project, develop a project in cooperation with the industry and to meet academic world by improving their competence in application and management thanks to the support of TÜBİTAK.The consultancy of students whose projects are supported was carried out by Üsküdar University Faculty Members Prof. Tunç Çatal, Prof. Korkut Ulucan, Assoc. Prof. Mesut Karahan, Assoc. Prof. Aylin Yalçın Sarıbey, Assoc. Prof. Vildan Enisoğlu Atalay, Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan, Asst. Prof.  Üyesi Salih Tuncay, Asst. Prof. Özlem Oğuz, RA. Göksu Yılmaz.Names of students and Project names that are supported within the Scope of TÜBİTAK 2209-A, 2209-B Support Program for University Students Research Projects are as follows (in Turkish):Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Students who carry outs studies that can be a treatment solution to rare disease based on genetics, have gathered together in the RaDiChal22 contents.RaDiChal (Rare Disease Challenge) contest is established by undergraduate students under the leadership of Üsküdar University TRGENMER and RaDiChal Coordinator Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan and this year, 19 teams consisting of 95 students participated in the contests including semi-final and final stages.  This year’s goal of the RaDiChal beginning in 2020 is determined as Williams syndrome (WS), LGMD (Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy) and MS (Multiple Sclerosis) which are among the often-seen rare diseases.  The projects developed to find solution for these diseases showed great effort to compete in the final.  When the evaluation process is completed for the projects which deemed worthy for the final, will be supported and rewarded to be actualized.President of Üsküdar University Nevzat Tarhan, TÜBİTAK President Prof. Hasan Mandan, Prof. Arif Mardinoğlu from London King’s College and Vice President of Üsküdar University participated as speakers in the 3rd RaDiChal22 final program which was held in NP Dentistry and Health Campus İbn-i Sina Odditorium by Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan and his team. Türkiye Cancer Institute President Assoc. Prof. Burcu Yücel and Prof.  Nabbout Rima from the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium shared their presentations online in the program and Prof. Mahzar Adlı from Northwestern University participated online as well and gave and “Honorary Course” in the program.Prof: Nevzat Tarhan: “We should provide the necessary motivation towards science for the youth.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan stated that they launched a ‘Science and Ideas Festival” towards high school students in Türkiye for the first time in 2013 and continued: “We searched if there is a similar contest around the world in that time. There was no such content organized by a university in Türkiye. However, around the world, there was a similar contest which was organized by a university in Oklahoma. There were tomato festival and cherry festivals however, there was no festival for science when you searched. It is only possible for humans to learn only if it is realized in an entertaining and disciplined environment according to neuroscience.  We, then, began that to provide this. ‘Science and Ideas Festival’ still continues. High school students prepare serious projects. When we see their excitement and gleam in their eyes, we thought an ideal must be provided to them. To provide motivation towards science for the youth, we started the festival with supports by İstanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education and with our idea to help the youth to produce mid-long-term projects by saving them current events’ effects.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “If we do not attach importance to R&D, we will be object of the science.”Stating that “Science can be only science if it is done with love, motivation and enthusiasm” Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that “A scientist must see a laboratory like a garden of heaven.  They will not understand how time passes when they are in the laboratory. Actually, the project idea of Technofest belongs to us. TÜBİTAK also should spare their budget more than the festival. When I researched the success of Amazon, I realized that the importance they gave to R&D. If we do not attach importance to R&D, we will be object of the science. If we want to the subject of the science, we must prioritize R&D.”.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “A Science’s Got Talent must be organized.” Indicating that similar projects done in Science and Ideas Festival are also carried out in RaDiChal Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said “If we can support the studies done, excellent results can be emerged. Talent management is very important in science.  RaDiChal coordinator Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan works harmoniously with the youth. One of the most important aspects in managements is knowing well to discover a talent and to manage it. I wish it would be possible to develop this more by turning it into a bigger organization like ‘Science’s Got Talent’.  Talented young people can be gathered together among universities. A support can be provided by TÜBİTAK regarding this. We can raise the future’s Nobel candidates. We must create a climate of possibility to spread the love for science among young people. Well, scientific substantiality is requited today to prove the factuality of information.”.Prof. Hasan Mandal: “Türkiye has an amazing potential.”Stating that Technofest reached 5 thousand visitors when it started in 2018 TÜBİTAK President Prof. Hasan Mandal said “It became it biggest technology festival of the world in 2019 and 1 million 721 people participated. In 2022, our 600 students participated as contesters. This shows that Türkiye has an amazing potential regarding our youth. Our 600 students say ‘I am candidate for solving today’s and future’s problems by using science and technology as a tool.’. Technofest means our future. That’s why, we thank to Prof. Nevzat Tarhan as he refers this the most.”.Prof. Hasan Mandal: “We invite the RaDiChal to the Teknofest.” Emphasizing that the increase in the ratio is towards young people Prof. Hasan Mandal said “I would like to express the amount we budgeted. It is only 1% of our budget.  Unfortunately, it is a low percent. This is not only a scientist support program, it is a contribution we provide within a science community. Of course, we organize 15 contents that various institutions attend within the scope of Technofest. There is also ‘Biotechnology Innovation Contest’ held by our professor Cihan but there are also many other contests within this scope. If it is demanded, we would like to have RaDiChal within Technofest and we would have pleasure to organize the 4th ‘Biotechnology Innovation Contest’.  We can manage the budget for it easily, as well.”.RaDiChal reached 400 students in 6 countriesÜsküdar University TRGENMER Coordinator Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan expressed that they named the contest as RaDiChal emphasizing they work on very rare diseases and he said:“It was very important that our students of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programs concern the rare diseases which very few people work on, and it was also important that they organize social awareness events on social media or within society while working in the laboratory. We call rare diseases if the disease is seen in 1 person every 2 thousand people. We encourage our students to create projects regarding treatment by choosing 2 different rare diseases within the scope of RaDiChal since 2020. 89 university teams consisting 400 students from 6 countries have attended the contest until now.  This year, we chose Williams syndrome (WS), LGMD (Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy) and MS (Multiple Sclerosis) among rare diseases. 10 teams are in the final among 19 teams. When the evaluation process is completed, winners will be announced and their projects will be supported and rewarded.”.RaDiChal Coordinator Asst. Prof. Cihan Taştan presented plaquets to TÜBİTAK Present Prof. Hasan Mandal and President of Üsküdar University Prof. Nevzat Tarhan due to their participation and support.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

“Learning only technical skills leads to do wrong things”Enthusiasm and excitement were experienced at the same time during the 9th Graduation Ceremony held in the Ataşehir Ülker Sports and Event Hall.  Vice Rector and Graduation Organization Coordinator Prof. Sevil Atasoy and Vice Rector Prof. Hikmet Koçak were among academicians who participated in the ceremony where Üsküdar University Head of Board of Trustee and Member of TARHAN – IDER Foundation Management Council Fırat Tarhan also attended.Üsküdar University President and President of Supreme Council of Management Prof. Nevzat Tarhan gave some advices to our new graduates in his opening speech.Stating that we are gathering in this first graduation ceremony of Üsküdar family after the pandemic, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said “I would like to call those who were students during the pandemic as veterans. They went to university under difficult conditions. Sometimes they have been to the university and sometimes they have taken online course and they have followed lessons online. During the pandemic, we gave a very rapid reaction to it as university. Without doing any video lessons, our professors showed great example of sacrifice. We continue lessons online as live and we tried to continue education without decreasing the quality of education. Thankfully, process about the pandemic is going in a controlled way. We are almost in the stage of being able to hold a grand meeting on this matter.  That’s why I would like to say to all of us and humanity that we have recovered from this process.”.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan indicated that university education is just like a marathon and said “This graduation ceremony is one of the most important milestones for our young fellows. Now being student is over. Being student have an aspect of leisure time and the aspect of responsibility is seen less. After graduation, this leisure time will be limited little bit and responsibilities will be more occurred. That’s why, I would like to welcome our new graduates to the reality of life because the dynamics after graduation is not the same as the dynamics before the graduation.  Those who can adapt to this, those who are successful at school, can be successful at life; they can be successful at their professions, and they can be successful at their family life. “.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan stated that our aims as a university are not to teach only technical and academic skills but also to tech life skills at the same time and he continued “By teaching you social skill and emotional skills, we developed a strategy that you can be graduates who will be happy and successful in life and who will do good things. We put an effort to apply this strategy and there are skills of the 21st Century within this strategy. There are skills of innovation and entrepreneurship. Just I have said it shortly before, there are life skills. We established these life skills by creating a course named Positive Psychology in 2013 during the first years of university. Later, Harvard University started this course in 2015. Later, Yale University began to teach it in 2018. Now, this course is given in secondary schools and high schools in developed countries. Mindfulness is thought as a course not only in universities but also in those schools.”.Emphasizing the importance of life skills Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said “If we do not teach life skills, young people who learned only technical skills do wrong things. When we examine the content of these courses on life skills, what does it teach? It teaches to know yourself, empathy, forgiveness, helping and sharing.”.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan continued with his words and said “These are already the reality of our Anatolian wisdom. We tried to present this within a scientific methodology and we presented a positive psychology course. We contributed greatly to the literature on this matter and we achieved first results of this in the academy. We experienced an interesting event. Within that program, there are 17 labels. Üsküdar University was deemed worthy 2 labels of those 17 labels. That’s why 2021-2022 brought good luck to us.”.Stating that one of the labels is Quality Education, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that “We proved that we provide a world-class education.  In last years, Time Higher Education (THE) that is an organization using standards of United Nations, officially gave us this label within the international standards in last April.  The other label is Good Health and Well Being.  The main reason that we earn this label is that we teach life skills to the youth since the first grade. We obtained this label when we documented this. This is not an easy label to get.”.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that being able to foresee the state of the world on certain topics contributed a lot to this by being proactive and also stated that Üsküdar University ranked on top 500 foundation universities among world universities. Tarhan continued his words by saying:“This year we experienced another surprise. There is an organization for institution and university ranking called SCIMAGO. It is other than THE organization. SCIMAGO also ranks world universities within the research index of Scopus database. In ranking of world universities, there are four foundation universities in Türkiye within top 500 universities. We are one of that four universities. We are a university that has a high research index score and is among top 500 universities in the world.  We ranked among top 500 universities by an international ranking organization among 5 research indexes in the world. Even our ranking is 398, you can find it on our website.”Moreover, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan also informed about another good news from UNESCO and said “There is a UNESCO TWAS program.  UNESCO determined excellence centers. The UNESCO Representative visited our university. They announced us as an excellence center for neuroscience field and they published it.  We are the only university with an excellence center in Türkiye.  It is defined by UNESCO TWAS and they decided to send us students for postdoc education, that is, post doctorate education in the field of neuroscience.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that we received another good news from Ministry of Industry and Technology and he continued “Our esteemed Minister Mustafa Varank announced it. They published a list of universities with patent applications in Türkiye.  We ranked second with 12 patents among foundation universities this year.  We ranked second in patent applications among 200 universities, foundation universities in Türkiye. Here, I would like to thank to our academicians and those who applied to patents and here there is a technology transfer office and incubator center that we founded. As you know it is before the Technopark. There one coordinator who is responsible for patents in our incubator center. There is one coordinator who is responsible for projects. We have responsible departments for subject on R&D. This is one of the first results that is yielded from establish a technology transfer office in according to standards by TUBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye). This incubator center is carried out by our technology transfer office and labors of our academicians.  That is, it is not possible to achieve these results if our academicians do not look after it. Here, I thank to all our academicians who raised our students on behalf of them. Their labor is very important. Moreover, I would like to express my gratitude to all esteemed and honorable mothers, fathers and seniors who trust their children to us and support them constantly.  Thank you and may you live long!”.Stating that as university, they gave about 30 thousand students and now they have 23 thousand students within the university, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that “There are 6 faculties, 1 vocational school and 5 institutes. We have over 600 academic staff, 39 undergraduate program, 59 associate degree programs, 46 postgraduation programs, 14 doctorate programs and 86 laboratories. We have officially recognized application partner NPISTANBUL Hospital which is the second neuroscience hospital in the Europe and the first one in Türkiye. This hospital continues its services intensely in the international area. Now, it is in service of our students as a hospital that carried out with international patients occupying one-third of capacity.  Both interns and fourth grade students of Faculty of Medicine will have internship here and then they will be interns.”.Emphasizing that as a university, they aim to be not in the world standards but to be above the world standards Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that “World standards is a small goal for us. The big goal is to be above the world standards. Therefore, I would like to tell an example to our students since our goals are big. In 1960s, American President Kennedy, visits NASA. He see a cleaning personnel there. He has the broom in his hands and he jokingly asked him ‘What are you doing?’. Can you believe the vision of the cleaning personnel? He says ‘I help in preparation of spaceships to be sent to the space.’  Vision. When Architecture Sinan was building Süleymaniye Mosque, he visits 1 or 2 workers there. He asks about that they are doing. One of them says ‘I work for a daily wage.’ And the other worker says ‘I am building the biggest sanctuary of the world.’ Both of them are doing the same job but the vision is really important here.”.Stressing the importance of having a vision, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said “My young fellows, let your vision to be bigger than yours. Let your vision to be bigger than Türkiye. Let your Vision to be bigger than universe.  In that way, only you can make the right decisions and go forward in the right way.  This is one of the most matters that we give importance the most and it is the matter that we aim to reach with positive psychology course…  Yale University made this course open to public with the title of goodness science and 3.5 million people registered to this course in a short time and New York Times published a news about this.  Why? Because people need goodness science. That’s what the world leads to right now.  These knowledges are produced by our Anatolian culture. It is the culture of east. This is our social capital. We need to enrich our social capital. The capitalist system that focused on mainly financial capital now crashed against the wall and now it is working on social capital, working more on the psychological capital.”.Indicating that it is understood that a human being is a psychological creature, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that “All economists were desiring a Homo Economicus in the 2000s. Daniel Kahneman who is economist psychologist, received the 2002 Nobel prize. His thesis was on psychological factors in buying behavior. After that, it is understood that a person is not Homo Economicus but is a Homo Psychologicus. A human being is a psychological creature. When investing, they do not invest for money, they invest in things they love, they do it for appreciation, for trust. That’s why, we need to improve ourselves in this field.  To summarize, I would like to say that to our young fellows, you should have ego ideals and goals when you realizing your ideals.”.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan also warned young graduates and said “I would like to warn them on one matter. Believe me that social media is a very dangerous and troubled place. If you make one mistake, your relatives will forget it but social media does not. When you do a mistake, your loved ones will forgive it but social media does not. That’s why, I resemble the social media with a backslider. It is not possible to know their intentions truly. It has proven by experience. I wish success to you all.” Prof. Nevzat Tarhan chatted with a graduateGamze Önder who graduated from Üsküdar University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Social Work chatted with Prof. Nevzat Tarhan Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan chatted for a while. Tarhan congratulated and wished success to Gamze Önder who received her diploma by joining the ceremony with a wheelchair.Students ranking the highest were presented with plaques and they received their giftsIn the ceremony, students ranking the highest were presented with plaques and they received their gifts.  Graduates who ranked in top 3 in under graduation programs are as follows: Huriye Sude Ceşen, Rabia Duman, Sıla Kulaç, Seba Alturkmanı and Mohammad Al-Hammad. Their plaques and gifts were presented by Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Deputy Rector of Üsküdar University Prof. Mehmet Zelka, Üskükdar University Chairman of Board of Trustees Furkan tarhan and Tarhan Foundation Board of Management Member Fırat Tarhan.Graduates who ranked in top 3 in associate degree programs are as follows: Ebru Güneş, Ülkü Dilli and Sinemiz Kaçar. Their plaques and gifts were presented by Vice Rector and Graduation Organization Coordinator Prof. Sevil Atasoy, Vice Rector Prof. Hikmet Koçak and Rector Advisor, 22nd, 23rd, 24th Deputy Halide İncekara.He presented diploma to his daughterHappy memories were experienced during the ceremony. Üsküdar University Department of Industry Engineering Asst. Prof. Hasan Çiçek presented diploma to his daughter Cansu Çiçek who graduated from Clinical Psychology Post Graduation Program.Dr. Osman Coşkun became a part of joy of her daughter’s graduationThe Presidency of Republic of Türkiye, Council of Science, Technology and Innovation member Dr. Osman Coşkun also became a part of the joy of his daughter’s graduation. Neva Coşkun who graduated from Üsküdar University, Department of Psychology, received her diploma by her father Dr. Osman Coşkun.Our successful sport teams were presented their plaquesIn the ceremony, the sports teams of Üsküdar University, which achieved significant success in their branches, were also presented with plaques. University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Deputy Rector Prof. Mehmet Zelka, Üsküdar University Chairman of the Board of Trustees Furkan Tarhan and Tarhan Foundation Board of Trustees Member Fırat Tarhan presented plaques to teams of football, futsal, female and male basketball, female volleyball and korfball.At the ceremony where the graduates were invited to the stage in order to receive their diplomas, some graduates received their diplomas with their babies and children.Graduation oath was recited and caps were thrownÜsküdar University, Faculty of Medicine Dean Prof. Haydar Sur made graduates recite the graduation oath. Later, graduates threw their caps. The ceremony where exciting and joyful moments were experienced ended with a DJ performance.  Graduation ceremony was broadcasted live on ÜU TB and Üsküdar University YouTube channel.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Molecular Biology and Genetics department 2017 graduate Betül Bıyık made a breakthrough thanks to her observations during the fair that she attended when she was a student and she had a chance to actualize the idea that she came up with. Betül Bıyık became pioneer by establishing one and only medical e-market Medicoa.com and Medicoa Logistics in 2022.She realized an ecosystem where both customer and supplier gainIn the period when Betül Bıyık was a student, she was interpreting for a foreign company that sells dental tools, in the Dental Health Devices and Equipment Exposition. She said “I realized that their dental products are different than the equipment that we use in our laboratories. However, there were similar needs such as sterilization, medical textile. As a molecular biologist, it did not occur to us to get autoclave from a dentistry storage but the same product was there too. Similarly, I would not be the target audience for a dentistry storage whereas I am indeed its customer too. I realized that there is an ecosystem here where both supplier and customer gain meanwhile cost of marketing is reduced.  Then, I established one and only medical e-market in the world where all kinds of health sector can exhibit their products. Since it is launched, my aim was to find a solution to a problem. Now, it motivates us that every single day we are getting closer to solve the problem of firms and health of society with our services MediCoa.com and Medicoa Logistics to ease the transport of medicalMediaCoa.com expanded during the pandemic Betül Bıyık states that MediCoa.com is a company that expanded during the pandemic and added: “As we all have a close experience, in this pandemic, the digitalization became a more important tool in order to sustainability of the work in both private and governmental sectors. 60% of people who have never shopped online, have changed their habits and started to shop online. Therefore, the health sector is also affected by this progress.  According to the Stacline e-commerce statistics, single-use gloves ranked first with 180%, and medical monitoring devices with 182% and laboratory and science products with 90% followed the list in the top 100 categories that have the biggest growth rate.”.Medical companies were able to serve without interruption during the pandemicBetül Bıyık indicated that hospitals were caught unprepared in supply of the products although health sector is experienced in crisis management, and adds “when there was a lockdown and entries to the hospitals were forbidden, field team had difficulties to promote their products to the hospitals since they were not able to apply traditional visit methods and it became one of the units that were affected the most by the pandemic. Therefore, we exhibited products by the companies in a platform that is specific to their needs as MediCoa.com and we help sales to continue without interruption. Also, our Vision and Cesna Biotechnology companies helped people to take measures in order to prevent spreading the pandemic by producing first domestic Covid-19 and monkeypox diagnosis kits. During this trying times, MediCoa Logistics worked devotedly.”.Betül Bıyık mentioned that MediCoa.com serves in 43 countries and added “Each country is our natural expansion field. The products we produce are common need for every each, gender, nation and different income groups. They are inelastic products of which demand does not change according to esthetic choice or cultural codes, geographical factors or different demographics. All people in the world consist our target audience and everyone can be our customer individually or with a government support.  We can be at the stage where we export much more products than UN countries. Our experience and future strategies become one at this point and our infrastructure allows this as well. Mainly, this forms our vision and that is our main motivation.”.They operate in 25 branches of the health industryBetül bıyık states that MediCoa.com is the first and only medical e-market in Türkiye and in the World and they provide service for health professions within the framework the regulation and said they provide sales in an economic and fast platform which has over a thousand medical store in 32 categories of 25 different medical branch with its over 500 members. Bıyık said that “Within health professions, we contribute to the suppliers in aspects of payment within a short time and increase of their potential customers and we support sale officials in saving of time and product range.”Betül Bıyık expressed that they achieved successful businesses with 14 companies including MediCoa.com based on biotechnology and said “Our Vision Biotechnology and Cesna Biotechnology companies operate R&D and production aspects of Covid-19 and Monkeypox diagnosis kits. Our Mission Biotechnology company operates in domestic production of laboratory devices and equipment. MediCoa Logistics supports in the transport aspect. MediCoa Dent is our company that will begin to serve soon.  With MediCoa, we perform sales of products within our company and also within other medical companies.”.Test Kits were found successful in GermanyBetül Bıyık stating the kits they developed were found successful in Germany said “When an independent German organization collected and inspected all the kits developed by the all the countries, Cesna Biotechnology within our group companies was in the top 5 with their two products. Our R&D and P&D laboratories that update their product content with every variant, will continue their work in a possible pandemic or its variants.”.We changed shopping habits in medical sectorBetük Bıyık touched upon their intuitional future goals and said “We have a dream. Initially in Türkiye then in the world, we aim to create a reliable platform that over 10 thousand health and medical companies combine their forces with the benefit of the latest technology, where their voice can be heard, where medical products are sold only in pharmacies and medical company, and where customers do not have to wait to pay.  We changed shopping habit in the medical sector. Of course, there were people who told us that we cannot do it or it is impossible. Yes, we knew that it would not be easy to change the system but we did it. We believe in ourselves, and we were raised with the field itself. We love our job and we care for it. We work day and night to provide the best service possible.”.During my student years, I participated in many works abroadStating that there are valuable contributions to her success thanks to the education she received in Üsküdar University, Betül Bıyık said: “Üsküdar University is a university that supports its students both academically and in terms of activities.  When I was in the third grand in university, total 5 universities including Üsküdar University launched an Erasmus+ program. The common goal of this program was to create and joint budget to support students who wants to do internship program in abroad.  A monthly scholarship was given to the students who are within top 30 students from each university.  I had an opportunity to be accepted by Liverpool John Moores University, Department of Sport and Genetics and to have 3-month internship. There, we analyzed genetics of Liverpool football platers and Manchester rugby players. I played an active role by participation studies by my advisor and doctorate students.  Indeed, I was one of the writers in an internationally valid journal as I participated in a scientific research.  Therefore, I had advantage of following closely current studies within our country and abroad. Besides academic studies, I also participated in social events. I established Student Dance Club.  I had a chance to rehearse my future company while I was combining my hobby and work life. My friends and I organized dance courses for students that they can learn from dance instructors. In that way, I have a first look into customer relations, sales, persuasion, staff managements, crisis management and financial cycle.”.Pay attention to these advicesGiving advices to university candidates on profession choice Betül Bıyık said: “Preferring a department and university start with discovering our sets of skill and competence during secondary school and high school years because preferring a department means determining a field that you will work in willingly for 20 to 30 years. That’s why, it is important to think thoroughly and then you should decide on department choice.  After you discover yourself, you should examine whether the chosen profession is suitable your character and skills. Lastly, it should be considered whether the profession which meets both your skills and character, is sustainable in future and what facilities it provides. University preference must be examined as a different subject.  You should search universities that can prepare you for the future instead of its name. I personally believe that it is actually up to the students themselves although considering elements such as internship, opportunities of studying abroad, biography of the academics and international recognition of the university brand, can provide significant advantages.  Today, it is easy to access the information but it is important to realize the information by applying it.”.Discover areas that you can work passionately and improve yourselves on that areaAs a woman entrepreneur, Betül Bıyık gave some advices to future woman entrepreneurs and said: “It makes me happy to see that women take place in working life more and more recently despite of all the cliché attitudes towards women. Discover the areas that you can work passionately. The only rule to succeed in a profession is to love it and to improve yourself. Follow closely the agenda.  If you want to start your own business you should follow the sector closely and observe the needs or new trends in the sector. Doing regular research in the field, being disciplined, working heard and making the right decision is an outcome of a good analysis. Utilize the technology. The world is getting more globalized every passing day.  Developed countries are aware of that the power is not physical but it is within the educated human mind. That’s why it is necessary to be part of information societies by following closely new technological developments. Create a network. Obtain new connections that will improve, contribute and expand your horizon. Your vision will be improved, your point of view will be clear and your ideas will get stronger.”.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology and Genetics (English) Assist. Prof. Cihan Taştan received a positive reply from his application with the project with the title of “In Vitro and Ex Vitro Study of New Generation CRISPR-Prime Editing that targets Exon 7/Intron 7 of SMN2 Gene Regulation in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Approaches in SMN1 Encoding Motor Neuron Cell Specific Neural Lentivirus” within the scope of TÜSEB B Group R&D Project Call held in March.“In Vitro and Ex Vitro Study of New Generation CRISPR-Prime Editing that targets Exon 7/Intron 7 of SMN2 Gene Regulation in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Approaches in SMN1 Encoding Motor Neuron Cell Specific Neural Lentivirus”Taştan said that we developed original and one and only gene therapy methods in the world since we have started to develop domestic gene therapy methods for Spinal Muscular Dystrophy (SMA) in 2021 and continued: “we are so glad to receive an approve with full support by Health Institutes of Türkiye (TÜSEB) with our application to raise candidates of prototype of SMA gene therapy that we will develop as a result of our project. We will have determined our candidates of prototype gene therapy that we aim to use on SMA model animals as a result of our project supported for 24 months. I owe a sincere gratitude to our University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan and all of our directors who enable us to establish the Transgenic Cell Technologies and Epigenetics (TRGENMER) where we carry out our prominent studies of Türkiye on Gene Therapy and Cancer Immunotherapy R&D, which provides to constitute our expert researcher staff to realize our research.”.Taştan was in charge as a Project Coordinator and those who were in his team are as follows:  INTERGEN Genetics and Rare Diseases Diagnosis Research & Application Center Researcher Assoc. Prof. Serdar Ceylaner, TRGENMER (Transgenic Cell Technologies and Epigenetics) post graduate scholarship holder Enes Bal, Sibel Pınar Odabaş, Gamze Yelgen, Ayşenur Kurt, Bahar Çandur and under graduate scholarship holder Görkem Akgül.ÜSKÜDAR NEWS AGENCY (ÜNA)

By the decision of the President of the Republic published on the Official Gazette, Dr. Hızır Aslıyüksek who has been carrying out the duty of Vice President of Forensic Medicine Institution since 2011, was assigned to the duty of President.Aslıyürek hosted his visitors from Üsküdar University, today.Vice Rector of Üsküdar University, Manager of Institute of Addiction and Forensic Sciences, Prof. Sevil Atasoy, Secretary General Selçuk Uysaler, Vice Secretary General Ayşe Öztürk, Head of Department of Forensic Medicine Asst. Prof. Sait Cahit Alkış and Department of Forensic Sciences Asst. Prof. Nurettin Nezih Anolay visited Dr. Hızır Aslıyürek who has assigned recently to his new duty.Üsküdar University Committee conferred with Aslıyürek for a while and then wished success to the president Aslıyüksek on his new duty.Aslıyürek thanked Atasoy and those who visited him together on a visit for congratulations.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Bioengineering Department and Bioengineering Club organized an online symposium titled '9th Bioengineering Days'. The 9th Bioengineering Days Symposium, which was held online due to the pandemic conditions, brought together students studying in this field and experts within the field. The program was hosted by Bioengineering Club President Mehmet Akyıldız and Club Vice President Şeyma Türkan Koyun, who are third year students of the Bioengineering Department. The opening speeches of the program, which took place in two sessions, were made by President of Üsküdar University, Psychiatrist Prof. Nevzat Tarhan and Head of Bioengineering Department Dr. Tuba Sevimoğlu performed it.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Bioengineering also has a pillar of neuroscience”Noting that chemical bioengineering is especially important in medication production and various researches, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said: “Bioengineering also has a neuroscience pillar. In 2018 at Davos, the importance of neural network took off all over the world. The bioinformatics pillar of bioengineering and its use in conjunction with neurotechnology have opened a new field to bioengineering. At that time, of course, chemists were dominant in bioengineering. We attached importance to include some lessons regarding this and to consider it through research. Currently, it is not right to reduce bioengineering to medicine with the developments in science. At the same time, it is necessary to highlight the neuroscience aspect of bioengineering.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Bioengineering should also be in touch with the quantum”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that the brain system in humans works in three ways and continued as follows:“The brain generates electrical signals and works with chemical triggering. In these current studies, information flows as energy flows. There is electrical flow, chemical flow and simultaneous information flow. These are formed in the brain. In studies of the brain, bioengineering should now also be in touch with the quantum. When examining how the brain decides, it is seen in electrophysiological measurements that a P300 wave emerges 300 milliseconds after making a decision about an action. Then, it is not the brain that decides. There is a quantum brain above the brain, and we call this consciousness in new consciousness studies. Above the brain is a quantum brain connected to the universal energy. It also influences decision making. After making a decision, the electrical potential in the brain appears. After that, when the electrical potential continues, it undergoes a chemical transformation. and it becomes permanent when it undergoes chemical transformation, knowledge.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “We must invest in R&D in order to be the subject of science”“If a person repeats it or accepts it with a very strong emotional load, this time it is written to the brain in chemical letters, not electrically, and it becomes permanent. These findings are very important in studies on brain chemistry. Elon Musk performed brain-computer interface studies on experimental animals. He had a monkey play a game. Is this something a businessman actually do? Universities have to do it, however, they have the capital and we have the idea. It is not possible to bring this two things together in Türkiye. America is not like that. When Elon Musk decides on something, he brings together the people who know the job best and establishes a great R&D team. For example, the owner of Amazon invests 80 percent of his earnings in R&D. Unfortunately, it has only increased to 3 percent recently in Türkiye. If you do not invest in R&D, you become the object of science. If we are to be the subject of science, we must invest in R&D. Unfortunately, we are a country that invests in stone and soil. In agricultural societies, investments are made in stone and soil. In information societies, investments are made in designs. Unless we invest in knowledge, we brag about ourselves.” Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Covid-19 taught the importance of bioengineers”Stating that the Turkish science world does not yet familiraze with bioengineering very well and does not think that realizes importance is realized, Tarhan said, “Covid-19 has taught the importance of bioengineers in a very severe way. Our students in molecular biology and genetics and bioengineering will begin to be employed as soon as they graduate. There were even people who got a job without graduating. Currently, healthcare investments are ranked first in the world. A synthesis of these two will be made in Bioengineering. We are in a digital universe and there is a universal database. Information comes first on the universal databas and it is followed by mathematics, geometric design, energy, physics, chemistry, that is, matter and then biological life. These are  connectet to each other like a  chain and they are one within the other. There is no such thing as matter, in fact, matter is a concentration of energy.”.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “There will be always sub-disciplines in bioengineering”Stating that they check drug level on blood with Track monitoring, i.e. LCMS devices at NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital, Tarhan said: “One of them also measures toxicology, that is, substances. The other measures the drug level on blood for psychiatric drugs. For example, a piece of meat comes and shows which animal it belongs to by looking at the ion charge of its protein. It can show whether a honey is real or fake. It also shows that the drug is suitable according to the ion charge. It gives over 99% accuracy results. All of these fall within the scope of bioengineering. We can say that there are areas related to the common use of brain, chemistry and technology. Those who know these fields will be the engineers of the future now. Some will progress by focusing on chemistry, while others may progress by focusing on neuroscience. People will decide for themselves. There are always sub-disciplines.” said.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Sciences need multidisciplinary studies”Emphasizing that biological sciences and engineering sciences should work together in a multidisciplinary manner, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said, “At the moment, the pluralism and holism of the sciences are at the forefront, not the singularity of the sciences. Eclectic approach is in the foreground. Teamwork of sciences brings out new discoveries. In very developed countries, there are more engineers than doctors. They estimate, they present options, and they do it easier with less errors at work. That's why they need to be implemented, but as a humanity, we had to a dramatic phenomenon like Covid-19 to understand this. The Covid-19 has broken the minds. In their minds, they do not just look at engineering with a materialist perspective, but t has now revealed that all disciplines are together and that all branches of science should work as a team.”.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Students should definitely do projects”Stating that innovations should teach the society something, Tarhan said, “We need to rethink, restructure and explore some things. I think Covid-19 paved the way for bioengineering, molecular biology and genetics. It looks like it will pave the way even more. It should be evaluated from this perspective. Our future students should definitely do projects. Institutions such as TUBITAK support student projects. They will gain a lot of knowledge with those projects under the guidance of their instructors. Doing projects during the university undergraduate period makes it possible to look at the future in a different way. Being scientific is being objective. Objectivism is the greatest feature of science. We have to be objective towards everything.”.One of the spokespersons in the opening speeches, Üsküdar University Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Tuba Sevimoğlu stated that there were also participants from outside the city by participating online and wished the symposium to be productive and successful.2 sessions were held at the symposiumAfter the opening speeches, the sessions started. Asst. Prof. Hasan Demirci from Koç University with his presentation titled "Structural Biology", Prof. Tanıl Kocagöz from Acıbadem University with his presentation titled "Laboratory methods used in the diagnosis of COVID-19" and Asst. Prof. Christopher Mayack from Sabancı University with his presentation titled “Systems Biology” have participated in the first session and shared their presentation with the participants.In the second and last session of the symposium, 6 speakers participated. In the second session, Prof. Metehan Özen from Acıbadem University with his presentation titled "The Miracle of Microbiota", Asst. Prof. Ayça Zeynep İlter from Istinye University with her presentation titled “Cancer Biology”, Assoc. Prof. Emre Yörük Istanbul from Yeni Yüzyıl University with his presentation titled "Plant Pathology", Asst. Prof. Zeynep Büşra Bolat from Sabahattin Zaim University with her presentation titled "Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy", the founder and CEO of Omid Afarinan Majid Hajihosseinali   with his presentation titled "3D BioPrinting Technology" and Prof. Kayhan Erciyeş from Üsküdar University with his presentation titled “Bioinformatics Algorithms” have participated.The program ended after the presentations in the second session were completed. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA) 

Üsküdar University, which has created a solid technological infrastructure with significant investments, has implemented the concept of "Phy-gital University" in order to offer its students distance and uninterrupted education opportunities during the pandemic process. With this step, students benefit from both physical and digital education of the university in the most effective way. While Üsküdar University students were able to get online education synchronously (live) by entering the virtual classroom application Perculus via the ALMS program with the distance education courses and applications carried out on many digital platforms, a cooperation now has been made with Zoom. Integration studies for synchronous (live) education by entering Zoom via ALMS and recording and re-watching the lessons are also continuing.Interactive Participation has Become EasierTaking another important step in order for its students to get more efficiency from online courses, the university, together with its academic staff, purchased a total of 23 thousand Zoom licenses for each of its students. After the tests of giving Master's courses via Zoom software on the STIX program, which offers students easier interactive participation, there is no limit of interaction and time. Therefore, classes will now be held using Zoom software via ALMS with the Zoom licenses obtained. In Zoom classes, all students will be able to keep their cameras open without the limit of people. You will be able to participate instantly with the microphone. Thus, it is aimed to increase the learning efficiency and to increase the interaction in the lessons that will be made more interactive.Students will be able to receive a much more qualified education...Academicians and students, who can also benefit from online meetings and conferences via ZOOM, can also share information, documents and homework 24/7 by communicating with each other through the STIX program (stix.uskudar.edu.tr) developed by Üsküdar University Information Technologies Directorate. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Our students continue their field battles with Covid-19. Our undergraduate and also master student Orhun Karakuş has been working as a Specialist Genetic Engineer in the Project of Establishment of Covid-19 Diagnostic Centers since April within the scope of works by the Ministry of Health.Orhun Karakuş, undergraduate students in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics within the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences , is also a special student at the Post Graduation Program of Molecular Biology and Genetics within the Institute of Sciences.Karakuş, who received both theoretical and practical training from experts in the field, participated in the Project for Establishment of Covid-19 Diagnostic Centers which are carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Presidency of Health Institutes of Türkiye. Karakuş has been working as a Specialist Engineer at Ümraniye Education and Research Hospital since April. Stating that the Covid-19 Diagnostic Center was established in four days, Karakuş said, “Tests are done the most at the Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital Covid-19 Diagnostic Center throughout Türkiye.”Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA) 

Üsküdar University Neuropsychopharmacology Application and Research Center (NPFUAM) Inst. Asst. Ayşe Özçetin Şenöz graduated from Üsküdar University with a first degree in Neuroscience. Afterwards, she completed her doctorate without losing time and received the title of doctor.Üsküdar University NPFUAM Inst. Asst. Ayşe Özçetin Şenöz draws attention with her success in graduate field.“I did my experimental studies at Üsküdar University”Şenöz shard that after finishing her course, she got a job at Üsküdar University Neuropsychopharmacology Application and Research Center (NPFUAM). She stated that she used the facilities at the center at the thesis stage. Şenöz said, “During the thesis stage, I completed my experiments in NPFUAM. I carried out all of my experimental studies of both my master's thesis and doctoral thesis at Üsküdar University Neuropsychopharmacology Application and Research Center (NPFUAM). I did all my work using the devices and animals there. It made a great contribution to me in the experimental sense.”“It is a little difficult to study and work”Şenöz said that she improved herself both academically and academically. She also touched on master's, doctorate and business life. Şenöz said, “In 2013, I started the Master of Neuroscience at Üsküdar University. I finished my master's degree in 2015. I started a doctorate program at another university again in 2015 without a break. I did my doctorate in neuroscience and finished my doctorate in 4.5 years. I was not working while doing my master's degree, but when I started my doctorate, I also started working at Üsküdar University and completed my doctorate while I was working. It is a little difficult to study and work. But since I did all of my experimental work where I worked, it was not that difficult for me.”“Prof. Tayfun Uzbay was my master thesis advisor”Şenöz stated that Üsküdar University Neuropsychopharmacology Application and Research Center (NPFUAM) Director was her thesis advisor. She made important posts about master's and doctorate thesis studies. Şenöz said, “Prof. Tayfun Uzbay was my master thesis advisor. We worked on my thesis on schizophrenia. During my thesis phase, I carried out all my studies in the Neuropsychopharmacology Application and Research Center (NPFUAM). My work lasted about a year. I did my PhD thesis in Neuropsychopharmacology Application and Research Center (NPFUAM).”Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

The measurement results of “Bursa Nilüfer Municipality Electromagnetic Pollution Monitoring Project” conducted by Üsküdar University Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Osman Çerezci were announced. The values are above the European values.Üsküdar University Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Osman Çerezci, who carried out the project with the Mayor of Nilüfer Municipality Turgay Erdem, shared the obtained data with the public at the meeting held at the Nilüfer Municipality Public House Press Conference Room.Çerezci: "Values are much higher than Europe "Üsküdar University Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Osman Çerezci provided technical statements regarding the studies. He also emphasized that electromagnetic field pollution is an environmental problem that should be taken seriously.Prof. Çerezci stated that electromagnetic pollution Nilüfer Municipality struggling the most effective institution in Turkey. He followed by saying: “Nilüfer Municipality in Turkey is closing the gap on this subject given their work they do. Electromagnetic pollution has no taste, no smell, that is something unnoticed, and we are living our lives with it. Children and the elderly are affected by this. The World Health Organization included electromagnetic pollution in the list of cancer-causing factors. Europe is very sensitive on this issue. Since 2004, it has made it obligatory to make measurements in factories and institutions employing more than 5 people. Limit values are very low in Italy, Holland and Switzerland, but very high in our country. We have to pull the values down by making the correct planning.”Measurements are freeProf. Çerezci stated that they made 73 measurements this year as part of the project carried out with the Municipality of Nilüfer. He said, “The data obtained as a result of the measurements made are at higher levels compared to WHO and European averages. A maximum of 5.2 magnetic field levels were detected in the investigations of high voltage lines and transformers. While the average level is 1.32 according to 2019 measurement values in Nilüfer, Europe is 0.07 and this shows that our rate is many times higher. Also, in Nilüfer, the average level of 2019 is 1.12 V / m in the examinations made about the base stations. This is 2 times higher than Europe.”Studies of Nilüfer Municipality were explainedMayor Turgay Erdem stated that they, as the Municipality of Nilüfer, pay special attention to environmental problems on behalf of public health. He said, “Just as we monitor the air and water quality in our district, we are currently working to identify electromagnetic field pollution, which is an important environmental problem. We make free electromagnetic field measurements in line with the demands of our citizens and ensure that Nilüfer residents are knowledgeable about this issue. While the relevant institutions make these measurements for 750 lira, we carry out a completely free work for the public good. Since 2010, we have made approximately 2000 measurements. We view this issue as a social responsibility project on behalf of public health. Just as we share our measurements of air pollution with the public and warn the authorities to take action on alarming issues, electromagnetic pollution is among our works within this framework. These works at Nilüfer were presented at various scientific congresses and workshops, and were opened for discussion."

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Department of Forensic Sciences 3rd grade students have broken new grounds in Turkey. The 3rd grade students of the Forensic Sciences Department conducted an open field crime scene investigation.Director of the Institute of Addiction and Forensic Sciences Prof. Sevil Atasoy led the training. Head of Department of Chemical-Biological Engineering Asst. Prof. Kaan Yılancıoğlu, Asst. Prof. Tuğba Ünsal, Asst. Prof. Aylin Yalçın Sarıbey and Researcher Kemal Akın joined the training.Department of Forensic Sciences was in field applicationThe third grade students of the Forensic Sciences Department were given open-field case study training at the academic environment. One on one application was conducted with the students. Students found the evidence that the instructors placed in the course allocated to them in three teams during the training.Prof. Atasoy: “Crime scene investigation training was conducted for the first time in the academic environment in Turkey”The crime scene investigation in the academic environment is generated for the first time in Turkey and Prof. Sevil Atasoy stated that they will proceed to the collection of evidence in the following days.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Vice President, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department Head of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English) Prof. Muhsin Konuk, Vice Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty and PROMER Director Prof. Tunç Çatal, Advanced Protein Analysis Laboratory Specialist Rümeysa Cebecioğlu and Dilan Akagündüz attended the 8th International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.Prof. Tunç Çatal explained the research carried out in PROMER laboratoriesProf. Muhsin Konuk delivered the opening speech of the congress where new research and developments were shared on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Rümeysa Cebecioğlu and Dilan Akagündüz made the opening presentation of the congress. At the 8th International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Prof. Tunç Çatal made a presentation on the research carried out in PROMER laboratories.Üsküdar University Vice President, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department Head of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English) Prof. Muhsin Konuk, Vice Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty and PROMER Director Prof. Tunç Çatal, Advanced Protein Analysis Laboratory Specialist Rümeysa Cebecioğlu and Dilan Akagündüz attended the 8th International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.The participants showed great interest in the conference.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Mustafa Mert Topuz, senior student at Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, developed a QR code supported application for conservation of natural resources, reduction of paper usage and saving of paper as a graduation project. The first application of the software was conducted in two sessions in Turkish and English in Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall.Üsküdar University student supports environmental awarenessIt aims for Üsküdar University's first-year students to participate of the first-year curriculum in the University Culture course and the course reports can be generated and sent with QR code support application of natural resources conservation, and also to create awareness for the reduction of paper use.Kahoot test for studentsThe first application of the software developed by Mustafa Mert Topuz, a senior student of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, was held in two sessions in Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall in Turkish and English. Kahoot test was performed after the completion of the session.Üsküdar University Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Osman Çerezci presented the awards to the students who won the most points at Kahoot test.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 4th grade student Ahmet Faruk Şenormancı's 3D printer device was delivered to the Faculty of Health with a ceremony.Deputy President Prof. Mehmet Zelka, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Osman Çerezci, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Şefik Dursun, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Head of the Bioengineering Department Asst. Prof. Tuba Sevimoğlu and academics attended the ceremony.The attendees congratulated Ahmet Faruk Şenormancı and Head of Bioengineering Department Asst. Prof. Tuba Sevimoğlu.The program ended after taking family photos.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University academics came together with educators in 7 different conferences within the scope of “Teacher Professional Development Programs” during the break.Üsküdar University Founding President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan, Faculty of Health Sciences Department Head of Speech and Language Prof. Ahmet Konrot, Department Head of Software Engineering Assoc. Prof. Türker Tekin Ergüzel met with the teachers in respect of various subjects.Üsküdar University academics came together for the first time this year by the Ministry of National Education and gave seven different conferences to the educators.Educators gave special interest to each conference.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

The “Meetings with the President” event, which has been held since 2013 traditionally and that is organized by Üsküdar University, has started. Students have the opportunity to deliver their wishes, suggestions, needs and expectations to the authorized individuals concerned at Üsküdar University’s traditional event “Meeting with the President”, which is organized as a first in Turkey.Faculty of Communication’s “Meeting with the President” event was heldThe first event, which was held in the Main Campus Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall, was held with the students of the Faculty of Communication. Founding President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Deputy President Prof. Mehmet Zelka and Faculty of Communication Dean Prof. Nazife Güngör attended the event.Students showed great interest to the event and expressed their wishes, expectations and suggestions.“Meetings with the President” event at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences was heldAfter the Faculty of Communication event, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences had its own “Meetings with the President” program was held.Üsküdar University Founding President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Deputy President Prof. Mehmet Zelka, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Prof. Osman Çerezci answered students’ questions and shred their opinions.“Meeting with the President” events will be held at;Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall with international students on December 13,Medical Faculty students in Ibn-i Sina Conference Hall on December 17,Emirnebi - 1 Conference Hall with students of Faculty of Health Sciences on 18 DecemberEmirnebi - 1 Conference Hall with the students of Vocational School of Health Services on December 18Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall with preparatory students on 25 DecemberNermin Tarhan Conference Hall with the students of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences on 25 December.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Students who benefited from Erasmus internship and learning mobility within Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences shared their experiences in the “Erasmus Unknown” program.Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Vice Dean and Head of the Department of Bioengineering Prof. Tuba Sevimoğlu and Deputy Head of Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English) Dr. Shirin Tarbiat moderated the program and received great attention.Students told their storiesSome of the presentations were made in English and the other part was in Turkish at the event held in the Main Campus Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall.Foreign students also participated in the event and many questions of the students were answered. The stories of the students who shared different experiences also attracted great interest.Many students benefit from Erasmus internship and study mobilityDr. Sevimoğlu delivered the opening speech. Dr. Sevimoğlu stated that many students studying in Bioengineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics departments of Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences benefit from Erasmus internship and learning mobility. Dr. Sevimoğlu stated that Erasmus students wanted to share their experiences in this program and create incentives for students studying in other departments.Information about Erasmus was providedAt the beginning of the program, Özge Alacakoç from the Directorate of International Office explained the requirements for going to Europe with Erasmus, the periods of study and internship, the amount of grants given and how the amount of these grants vary from country to country. Alacakoç answered the questions from students who were curious during the program.Celil Eren Kalkan: “Course selection is important”Celil Eren Kalkan, a 3rd year Computer Engineering student who had studied in Lodz, Poland through Erasmus, presented her experiences to the participants. Kalkan said that the department is a branch away from engineering outside of our country, while expressing the differences caused by this and also stressed the importance of course selection.Kalkan, " The most important point of Erasmus is cultural interaction”Kalkan said that the most important experience when it comes to Erasmus is cultural interaction. Kalkan said, " The most important point of Erasmus is cultural interaction. During Erasmus I made friends by making friends from the furthest corners of the world from China to Brazil, It is not possible to find such an opportunity elsewhere. Such an organization in which everyone in your environment is from different nationalities is an opportunity that should not be missed.”Internship in Barcelona! Mehmet Yunus Çomar, 4th year Molecular Biology and Genetics student and Bioengineering student, told about his internship at Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca in Barcelona. Çomar explained that he did his internship at the research hospital instead of university and learned many techniques there. Çomar talked about Barcelona city life and Spain / Portugal culture by mentioning that they can do internships in these places instead of universities.Ebru Destan: “Cambridge was difficult but enjoyable”Ebru Destan, who is a 4th year Bioengineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics student, informed the rest of the students about her Erasmus internship at Cambridge University. Ebru Destan emphasized that this process is very challenging but enjoyable. Destan shared her experiences and methods she learned about the field by stating that she contributed to the future of her studies. She shared that there were many difficulties in this process, but that good things cannot be easily achieved.Özge Gül: “I've discovered beautiful places”Özge Gül, a graduate of bioengineering and a senior in Industrial and Systems Engineering, talked about South Bohemia University, where she worked, and shared her experiences of the field trips. She talked about her experiences abroad such as debit card, ISIC card usage. Gül stated that while the processes such as Erasmus exam, finding place for internship and accommodation, visa procedures are difficult and long,but nevertheless discovering new places is worth everything.Uğur Coşkun: “Don't give up, even if you don't get a positive response”4th Grade Molecular Biology and Genetics student Uğur Coşkun informed the students about his internship at "Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology" in Poland. Coşkun stated at the beginning of his speech as he talked about the issues to be considered in the process of finding an internship places. He said that they may not get a positive response from many professors in this process, but they should never give up. Afterwards, he gave detailed information about her project "Fear Memory Extinction in Mice". He drew attention to the possibilities of the Nencki Institute in the field of Neuroscience.“We visited many cities in the weekends”Grade 4 Molecular Biology and Genetics (English) students Özlem Özge Yılmaz and Tolga Polat gave information about their internships in Potsdam. Yılmaz completed the internship at Plan Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces ” and Pola at “Max Planck of Plant Physiology”. In his speeches, Yılmaz and Polat talked about the projects they have done during the internship process. They also used their weekends during their internship and visited many cities. They shared how they planned their trips and how the students going to Erasmus could make the cost of the trip convenient.Students who contributed to the program took photos with Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Head of Bioengineering Department Dr. Sevimoğlu.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University, Faculty of Engineering and Social Sciences, Computer Engineering Asst. Prof. Burcu Gürbüz delivered a lecture on “A numerical approach to solving SIR outbreak models” at Germany’s Johannes Gutenberg-Mainz University (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz).She shared information about her studiesAsst. Prof. Burcu Gürbüz is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Mathematics at Johannes Gutenberg-Mainz University upon their invitation. She delivered a lecture on “A numerical approach to solving SIR outbreak models” and shared important information about her studies.“Numerical solutions are very important in understanding dynamics of disease”The seminar, which included faculty members, PhD students and academicians from the Mathematics Institute, showed great interest. Gürbüz emphasized that numerical solutions of epidemic models are very important in understanding Dynamics of disease.Gürbüz answered the questions of the participants after the seminar. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University orientation programs for the students who are enrolled in 2019-2020 academic year are concluded with the participation of academic and administrative staff. The students were informed about all the functioning and activities of the university in the 5-day programs.Orientation days were held at Main Campus Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall and Çarşı Campus Emirnebi Conference Hall. The instructors of Faculties of Medicine, Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering and Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, Vocational School of Health Services, Preparatory School and International Office informed the students about every aspect.In the orientation programs; Directors of Corporate Communication, Student Affairs, Information Technologies; Health, Culture and Sports; Library Documentation, Career Center and International Relations introduced their units to students.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics 4th grade student Orhun Karakuş who conducted his study “Investigation of the Possible Effects of CD27 General Polymorphism in Gastric Cancer” and presented as a poster at the 7th International Molecular Medicine Congress.Karakuş’s study was carried out in collaboration with İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine Aziz Sancar Experimental Medicine Research Institute Molecular Medicine Department and Üsküdar University.The study was also supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK 2209 A).“Gastric cancer patients were included in the study”In this study, polymorphism studies were carried out to investigate the effects of genetic polymorphism and CD27 gene mutations on gastric cancer, which facilitates the diagnosis of diseases caused by genes and enable them to be diagnosed..rs2267966 that is one of the CD27 SNPs, was investigated for the first time in gastric cancer patients in the world and in the Turkish population. In this study, 67 gastric cancer patients (22 female and 45 male) who were diagnosed by İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Thoracic Surgery Department were examined..A total of 103 healthy volunteers (49 females and 54 males) were included in the study as the control group.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Head of Industrial Engineering Department Asst. Prof. Hasan Çiçek attended Fifth International Mediterranean Congress on Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Engineering -MENSEC 5 in Budapest, Hungary.Çiçek was the moderator at the conference and also delivered a lecture on “The Malfunctions in Supply Chain Management causes the remarkable reduction in company’s profile”. Asst. Prof. Hasan Çiçek gave detailed information about Üsküdar University to the attendees.On another note, Molecular Biology and Genetics Faculty Member Ayşe Özçetin Şenöz also gave a lecture at the conference.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Head of Software Engineering Department Assoc. Prof. Türker Tekin Ergüzel was a speaker at the conference organized within the scope of “Strong School Project with Teacher” by Beşiktas District Directorate of National Education. Assoc Prof. Türker Tekin Ergüzel gave important information on artificial intelligence technologies and future vision.The program was held in the conference hall of İstanbul Kabataş Boys’ High School and gave lectures under the title of “Artificial Intelligence and Future Vision” for teachers working in Beşiktaş District Directorate of National Education.Teachers’ showed great attention to the conference.Assoc. Prof. Türker Tekin Ergüzel answered teachers’ questions at the end of the conference.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

University Fair is organized at İstanbul Congress Center in which 105 universities attended. Üsküdar University once again received great interest from prospective students and their families. Üsküdar University academicians, students and consultants provide information on all issues to candidates and parents who will make a choice.Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan also attended the fair at İstanbul Congress Center. Tarhan and Arıboğan answered the questions from prospective students and their families.“The choice you make, will not be the last choice of your life”Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan gave a conference to prospective students within the scope of preference days. Prof. Arıboğan shared stimulating ideas in her conference that is entitled “Making the Right Choice and New Occupations in a Changing World”.Prof. Arıboğan reminded the candidates that they are at a very important point of their lives and also that the choice they make, will not be the last choice of their lives. Therefore, they should stay away from being stressed out.“Professions have to keep up with the new civilization” Arıboğan stated that a new plane of civilization has been formed in the changing world and she added, “The new level of civilization is destroying traditional occupations. Professions have to keep up with the new civilization. There shouldn’t be a doctor or lawyer who does not know about artificial intelligence. The future occupations should be directed in this plane.”“Everyone can be a doctor but not everyone can be a good doctor”Arıboğan emphasized the importance of leading young people to the professions in line with their abilities and she continued as, “All young people should be led to professions that are in line with their abilities. Everyone can be a doctor but not everyone can be a good doctor. Doing a job fondly brings advancement in that profession.”“You can shorten your way with the right choices” Prof. Arıboğan remarked and advised the following in her speech, “Let the students make professions compatible with their abilities. Let them be educated according to their fields. Let the guitarist play guitar, not to be an engineer. Whoever loves sewing should specialize in that. If you don't have any certain ability, you can go further to a point in an area. But you can shorten your way with the right choices”.The program ended after Prof. Arıboğan answered the students' questions.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

MIT and Harvard University Faculty of Medicine Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Ömer Yılmaz gave a conference at Üsküdar University entitled ‘Food and Intestinal Stem Cells’.The conference was held at Main Campus Ayhan Songar Conference Hall and Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Vice Presidents Prof. Mehmet Zelka and Prof. Muhsin Konuk, Advisor to President Prof. Tayfun Uzbay, Dean of Health Sciences Faculty Prof. Şefik Dursun attended the conference. Assoc. Prof. Ömer Yılmaz gave crucial information to the participants about fasting and intestinal stem cells.Intestinal stem cells were discussed in many waysAssoc. Prof. Ömer Yılmaz explained intestinal stem cells at the beginning of his speech and said: “Stem cells in the intestinal epithelium are characterized as Lgr5 + and it is located in the crypt section that is neighbor with Paneth cells. These stem cells can be isolated and used in the formation of mini-intestinal organoid in culture environment. Paneth cells play a role in assisting the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells. If they are included in the culture environment, they increase organoid formation. One of the most important findings obtained from the studies, is the increase of organoid formation even in cultures without Paneth cells as a result of High Fat Diet (HAG).”Effects of high-fat dietAssoc. Prof. Yılmaz went on to mention the effects of the high-fat diet. He continued his conference as following: “This effect is exacerbated in the presence of Paneth cells. The observed effect was thought to be shown to be related to PPAR-delta receptor activation and this hypothesis was confirmed by observing the same effect as a result of the application of PPAr-delta agonist GW501516. PPAR-delta activation increases intestinal stem cell number and proliferation and it is essential in these processes. Interestingly, non-stem cell progenitor cells can also be induced through the same pathway and cause organoid formation.Obesity-induced tumor formationAssoc. Prof. Yılmaz continued as: “In obesity-induced tumor formations, unlike other inducers, there is a composite structure of both intestinal stem cell origin and non-stem cell that is "progenitor" cell origin. As a result, it has been shown that intestinal stem cells become independent from niche and non-stem cells acquire stem cell character. HMGCS2 is the most important target in intracellular pathways that is activated via PPAR-delta receptor. Interestingly, in the case of fasting, the number of stem cells increased 20-fold compared to normal, and increased 5-fold as a result of HFD. Beta-HB levels, which are the main product of the ketogenesis pathway in which the HMGCS2 enzyme constitutes the rate-limiting step, are characteristic of very dense in stem cells and are seen the least in Paneth cells. Stem cells in HMGCS2 knockout mice have shown to be transformed into Paneth cells which act as secretions.” He also gave information about obesity-related tumor formations.Assoc. Prof. Ömer Yılmaz answered the questions after his presentation.Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan presented a plaque to Assoc. Prof. Ömer Yılmaz.The conference ended after a family photo was taken.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

5,943 students who graduated from associate degree, undergraduate and graduate programs received their diplomas with a magnificent ceremony at the Graduation Ceremony of Üsküdar University's 2018-2019 Academic Year. Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, who advised young graduates, said that “We want our students to have dreams for the society and humanity in addition to being successful and happy individuals.” Graduates of Child Development pointed out the problem of “child brides” and Hasan Wasfi Salman Dader, who graduated from computer engineering, had emotional moments when he watched the video of his family and relatives at Gaza, who could not attend the ceremony.5 thousand 943 students who graduated from Üsküdar University's associate degree, undergraduate and graduate programs, received their diplomas at the ceremony held at Ülker Sports and Event Hall in Ataşehir, Istanbul.Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan stated in his graduation speech that how proud they are that the first graduates were 230 students in 2014 and the number increased exponentially every year as this year it rose up to 5 thousand 943 students.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “We are a student-focused university”Prof. Tarhan stated that they work not only for students success but also for them to be good individuals and that they try to keep the quality high and to be a student oriented university. Prof. Tarhan continued as “We have a quality standard of being a student oriented university. We care about this because there is no efficient production where quality is not available. We aim to raise the quality bar even further as a university.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “You cannot change the world unless you change yourselves”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan continued as, “You were a spark when you came to college, now you're a flame.” What does the flame do? It starts to illuminate and heat its surroundings, but it must burn itself before it does so. You cannot change the world unless you change yourselves. If you are going to do something, it is important that you win your first success, your victory against yourself. It is important that you begin to correct the world starting from yourself.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Solidarity is essential, the struggle is an exception.”Prof. Tarhan said that “life is a struggle” motto is misunderstood. He continued, “There is competition in the sentence that ‘life is struggle’. However, cooperation is essential in life, struggle is an exception. Confidence is essential in human relations; doubt is an exception. Don't lose your relationship capital due to suspicion of insecurity.” Prof. Tarhan shared that unhappiness, loneliness and aimlessness are the main reasons of future anxiety.Advices from Prof. Nevzat Tarhan Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that the skills of the 21st century are innovation, entrepreneurship and most importantly, teamwork. He advised his students to have ego ideals, to plan for the future, to learn a foreign language, not to be addicted to technology, but to dominate technology. Prof. Tarhan remarked, “Having good intentions, being patriotic and religious does not protect the individual from mistakes. What protects people is accountability. You must not lose your sense of accountability.” Prof. Tarhan said, “In addition to being successful and happy individuals, we want our students to be individuals with dreams for the society they live in and for humanity.”Awards were given to the highest ranking studentsSign language instructor Ahmet Kerem Erkan also accompanied Prof. Nevzat Tarhan as he translated Tarhan’s speech to sign language. The awards were presented to the top three students. Firomsa David Osman, the International Student Representative and Tayfun Gözler, the President of the Alumni Association, each gave a speech at the ceremony. Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Üsküdar University Chairman of the Board of Trustees Furkan Tarhan and İDER Foundation Member of the Board of Trustees Fırat Tarhan gave diplomas to the highest ranking graduates. Vice Presidents, Deans of the Faculties, Director of Vocational School and other academic staff presented diplomas to the graduates.The athletes of football, futsal and basketball teams, who led Üsküdar University to success in the inter-university sports competitions, were also awarded at the ceremony.Presented diplomas to their daughters Üsküdar University Advisor to the President and the AK Party 22, 23 and 24 Term Istanbul Deputy Halide İncekara presented the diploma. To her daughter Ülkü İncekara who graduated from the psychology department. Üsküdar University Asst. Prof. Hasan Çiçek presented the diploma to her daughter who graduated from English Psychology Department. Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Prof. Muhammet Güzel Kurtoğlu also presented the diploma to his daughter Fatma Hacer Kurtoğlu who graduated from Molecular Biology and Genetics Department.Mother-daughter graduated together The mother-daughter graduated from the Department of Psychology and they experienced the joy of receiving a diploma together. Filiz Yılmaz and her daughter Zeynep Yılmaz, received great attention at the ceremony.Student got emotional with the video message of his parents from Gaza  Hasan Wasfi Salman Dader, who graduated from the computer engineering department at the ceremony, experienced emotional moments with the video message of his family and relatives from Gaza, who could not attend the ceremony. Dader got emotional by the words of his family, who said how proud they were of him.“Child Brides” attracted attention  The most interesting and remarkable message of the ceremony in which colorful banners were opened was the graduates of Faculty of Health Sciences, Child Development program. It stated “In every 7 minutes a child becomes a ‘bride‘ / In every seven minutes in the world, a child is devastated / In every seven minutes in the world, one more light fades away.”Caps were finally tossedThe graduation ceremony ended with the delivery of the pennant and the reading of the graduation oath. The ceremony, which was quite enthusiastic, ended with the graduation of new graduates. The graduation ceremony was broadcasted live from ÜU TV and Üsküdar University Facebook account. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bioengineering 4th year students Özge Gül and Sümeyye Çimen presented their theses at International Molecular Medicine Symposium by the Bosphorus congress. Only Üsküdar University students delivered their theses presentations at the undergraduate level in the congress.Özge Gül gave a presentation on ‘The Human Microbiota Analysis Techniques’ and Sümeyye Çimen presented her thesis titled ‘Neurodevelopmental Disorders and miRNA Association’ at the congress held at Bahçeşehir University.Only Üsküdar University students delivered their theses presentations at the undergraduate level Only Üsküdar University students delivered their theses presentations at the undergraduate level on 16-18 May 2019 at the International Molecular Medicine Symposium by the Bosphorus congress held at Bahçeşehir University. Üsküdar University Bioengineering students Özge Gül and Sümeyye Çimen presented their theses and represented Üsküdar University successfully. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

The experts discussed the disease molecularly, physiologically and neurologically at the Alzheimer’s Symposium organized by Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan stated that the brain is an organ that operation actively when it is used more. Prof. Tarhan said, “The brain produces growth factor in those who seek innovation. New connections are formed in the brain. Even though the person who uses the brain very actively, has genetic susceptibility, should not accept it as faith. The most emphasized factor on brain health is that the person should be open to new experiences and learning new things. Even when you're going home, don't try the same route. Nutritional style is also very important and all these are epigenetic factors.”The Alzheimer's Symposium was held at Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall in Üsküdar University Main Campus and brought together experts working in this field.Assoc. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan: “Different aspects of Alzheimer's will be addressed”Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Head of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Assoc. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan stated in her opening speech that valuable speakers will address Alzheimer's from a variety of aspects and continued as “Today, we will see different aspects of molecular, physiological and neurological aspects from a multidisciplinary perspective. We want you to be actively involved in discussions because every new question will initiate new ideas and projects.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Alzheimer's is accounted for 60% of the dementia group”Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan stated that Alzheimer's is one of the R&D focus of Üsküdar University. Prof. Tarhan said, “Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are among our priority research areas. There are molecular, genetic and neuropathological dimensions and there is a psychiatric area that reflect to the clinic the most. Alzheimer’s is accounted for 60% and there are other types of dementia, but Alzheimer's has been diagnosed by a German. The disease is also remembered by this person’s name and the result of an observation. Observation is very important in medicine. It is important to recognize the details that no one has ever seen, and that is how the discovery works. You have to think about innovation and make connections with discoveries.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Brain is an organ that operates as you use it”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan stated that Alzheimer's disease is related to the deterioration of the brain's memory related hippocampus region. Prof. Tarhan continued, “Amyloid accumulates plaques but the experience is reflected in the clinic related to Alzheimer's. A mathematics professor in California, was playing chess, and was thinking about the aftermath of the 8 moves and after a further 5 moves, he thought that he might have a problem with his memory and went to see a doctor for this. The controls did not show any signs of dementia or Alzheimer's disease but after professor died and they examined the brain and found massive Alzheimer’s plaque. The professor should have had Alzheimer's symptoms and memory disorders, but he had never experienced any. They found that the professor was a person who was using the brain very actively. Brain is an organ that operates as you use it. Alzheimer's plaques are formed in the brain but as one uses the brain, brain starts to form collateral pathways and forms sideways. Due to the new ways of using the brain, the new synaptic firing starts immediately. The brain produces growth factor in those who seek innovation. New connections are formed in the brain. Even though the person who uses the brain very actively, has genetic susceptibility, should not accept it as faith. The most emphasized factor on brain health is that the person should be open to new experiences and learning new things. Even when you're going home, don't try the same route. Nutritional style is also very important and all these are epigenetic factors.”There's a lot to discover in Alzheimer'sProf. Tarhan indicated that Alzheimer's is a new discovery site and said, “They asked Newton what he was planning to discover more; he said ‘We are just like kids playing by the sea.’ This is how I identify the discoveries made in Alzheimer's now. Metaphorically, we're on the edge of the Alzheimer's sea. There is a lot more to discover.”Prof. Scott Brady explained Axonal Transport in AlzheimerChicago Illinois University professor Prof. Scott Brady delivered a conference on “Axonal Transport in Alzheimer’s” and explained the relationship between age and Alzheimer's disease. Prof. Scott Brady also stated his studies on Alzheimer’s and shared that after the emergence of Alzheimer's, brain starts to change. He noted that there are clinical trials targeting plaques leading to Alzheimer's, but no results have been obtained.”Prof. Kemal Türker: “Thinking capacity decreases as tooth loss increases”Koç University Faculty of Medicine professor Prof. Kemal Türker gave a speech on “Motor Functions in Alzheimer’s Patients” and stated that the likelihood of Alzheimer's disease occurring while aging, is quite strong. He continued as, “Alzheimer's will increase more. Alzheimer's has to do with aging. Muscles weaken while aging. The longer we use it, the stronger it gets. Distortions begin at the intersection of nerve muscle. Fast muscle fibers are more affected. The characteristics of the motor units are changing. The pulse frequencies are decreasing and therefore it gets weakened.”Prof. Kemal Türker expressed that Alzheimer's patients had shorter, slower steps in the comparative studies. He continued, “They will wait longer between the steps. It was found that the elapsed times for waiting and stepping between the steps were more uncertain.” Prof. Kemal Türker mentioned that the studies have shown the connection between oral and dental health and Alzheimer's. He said, “There is evidence that there is a connection between Alzheimer's and the tooth being pulled. Paying attention to dental and oral health may help preventing Alzheimer's. There is a negative relationship between loss of teeth and loss of thought capacity. Many studies show that multiple tooth loss reduces the thinking capacity.Healthy dental and oral health reduce the rate of mental decline.”Explained the research with Alzheimer's patientsHead of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Assoc. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan delivered a conference on “Biomarker Potential of Micro RNAs in Alzheimer's Disease”. As Prof. Scott Brady moderated the session, along with Ümraniye State Hospital gave information about their research about Alzheimer's patients.Prof. Nihan Erginel Ünata: “ The rate of patients with dementia in Turkey is 2%”Prof. Nihan Erginel Ünata from İstanbul University Aziz Sancar Research Institute of Experimental Medicine, gave a speech on “Alzheimer’s and Genetics” and stated that the disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. She continued, “Neurons have progressive and irreversible loss. The number of dementia patients is expected to increase by 2 times every 20 years. The rate of patients with dementia in Turkey is 2%. Alzheimer is the most common form of dementia. This rate varies between 50-70%.”Prof. Nihan Erginel Ünata said the genetic causes of Alzheimer's are still unclear and the studies are ongoing.Üsküdar University Vice President Head of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English) Prof. Muhsin Konuk delivered a conference on “Cell Therapy in Neurodegeneration”, Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine, Head of Neurology Department and NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Neurologist Prof. Oğuz Tanrıdağ gave a lecture on “Early Diagnosis in Alzheimer's Patients”. NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Neurologist Assoc. Prof. Barış Metin delivered a speech on “Neuroimaging in Alzheimer's and Other Dementia”.The following lectures were also broadcasted on Üsküdar University Television;Asst. Prof. Mehmet Ozansoy “The Role of Astrocytes in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease”Assoc. Prof. Başar Bilgiç “Different Aspects of Alzheimer's Disease”Dr. Bedia Marangozoğlu, “Clinical Use of Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease”,Prof. Tamer Demiralp “Imaging of Neurocognitive Networks and Neurodegenerative Diseases”.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Bioengineering students met with Scientific Director and Chairman of the Brain Mapping and Treatment Association Dr. Babak Kateb.Bioengineering students met with Scientific Director and Chairman of the Brain Mapping and Treatment Association Dr. Babak Kateb in İstanbul under the leadership of Head of Bioengineering Department Asst. Prof. Tuba Sevimoğlu within the scope of the Nanoneurobioscience course.Students showed the posters they prepared for the 17th Annual World Brain Mapping Conference that will be held in California and Dr. Kateb expressed his gratitude.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Bioengineering students have interactive nanoneurobioscience lectures with Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) Scientific Director and Chairman of the Board Dr. Babak Kateb in 2018 – 2019 academic year under the guidance of Head of Bioengineering Department Asst. Prof. Tuba Sevimoğlu.In the interactive lecture, Dr. Kateb has the opportunity to talk to the students in person. In the last week, students learned nano-sized treatment and diagnostic methods. Dr. Vicky Yamamoto from South California University, Department of Otolaryngology gave a presentation on head and neck cancers and their diagnosis and treatment with nanotechnology. Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Founding President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan received 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Award by Brain Mapping Foundation. Prof. Nevzat Tarhan is the only Turkish individual to receive among the Leadership awards in Los Angeles. Same award was presented to 2018 Nobel Prize Winner American Neuropsychiatrist Eric Kandel.More than 800 scientists from all over the world gathered at the annual World Brain Mapping Congress organized by the US-based Brain Mapping Foundation.Within the scope of the 2019 World Brain Mapping Congress held at the Los Angeles Convention Center; Humanitarian Aid Award, Pioneer in Medicine Award, Pioneer in Technology Development and Golden Axon Leadership Award were presented.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan received Leadership Award 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Awards are presented to Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Dr. Jeff Wang, Harry Kloor, Actor, Director and Producer Sean Stone due to strategic programs, creating awareness about the foundation and its mission through global collaborations and partnerships. Dr. Deepak Chopra is the recipient of the 2019 Humanitarian award for his global humanitarian and philanthropic work. Dr. Katrin Amunts is the recipient of the Pioneer in Medicine award for her role as scientific director of the European Human Brain Project and for developing a 3D atlas of the human brain. California Senator Kamala Harris is the recipient of the Pioneer in Healthcare Policy award for her legislation in support for healthcare and medical research and the Pioneer in Technology Development Award is presented to The French Muscular Dystrophy (AFM) Telethon for their tireless effort in introducing lifesaving drugs, which have saved thousands of lives of patients with muscular dystrophy.                                                                        The awards are presented to individuals who are leaders and pioneersProf. Nevzat Tarhan Is the only Turkish individual to receive the leadership award. Same award was presented to 2018 Nobel Prize Winner American Neuropsychiatrist Eric Kandel.The Brain Mapping Foundation brings together scientists, physicians and engineers from many different disciplines. In addition, the care and treatment of civilians and wounded soldiers with neurological disorders are always at the forefront of the activities. In this context, life-saving multidisciplinary clinical trials are also carried out. This organization gives awards to individuals who are leaders and pioneers in their fields as well as philanthropists each year.Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan met with Los Angeles Vice-Consul of the Consulate General of Turkey Aylin Şenyüz Eleveld at the 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Awards ceremony.Click below to watch Prof. Nevzat Tarhan's acceptance speech;Click to watch Prof. Nevzat Tarhan's biography prepared for the 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Award ceremony;For more details on 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Awards;Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Solution Focused Women’s Issues Application and Research Center (ÜSÇÖZÜM) hosted an event “Being woman in my country” within the scope of 8 March Women’s Day at Üsküdar University with international students from 40 different countries. March 8, International Women’s Day was celebrated by the international students with an event titled “Being woman in my country”.Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science and International Relations students attended the event. International students from ten different countries such as Ethiopia, Palestine, Nigeria, Niger, India, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Syria told about the women, who made a name for themselves in politics, education and business life given their successful presentations.Üsküdar University International Student Counsel’s President Abdülmecid Çacabo hosted the event held at Main Campus, Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall. Abdülmecid Çacabo hosted the event in Turkish.Afterwards, the Director of ÜSÇÖZÜM Dr. Faculty Member Ayşenur Kurtoğlu pointed out the importance of social media literacy education by mentioning the main threat to women is the organization of their times by others. In addition, in the event was held as an example of full women's solidarity, Dr. Kurtoğlu thanked Department Head of Bioengineering Dr. Faculty Member Tuba Sevimoğlu on behalf of the academicians.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “Women stand out with the power of knowledge”Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan attended the event to honor the International Women’s Day and said that nowadays, arm and machine power is not in the forefront of the time but the power is in knowledge and science. He noted that the importance of the wise women rather than the sad woman increases rapidly and also emphasized the importance that Islam gives to women.Women's Day became the scene of colorful images with participation of men. One of them was the rap and dance performance by international students with their country-specific motifs.Üsküdar University students explained women in their countries during the event.The closing speech of the program was conducted by the Director of Globalization and Youth Problems Application and Research Center (KÜGEMER), Assoc. Prof. İsmail Barış. Barış, expressed that young people should work hard to get the rights and freedoms of women and celebrated the Women's Day.After the program completed in a friendly environment, different new activities were planned.Students who participated in the program were presented with cloves and the program ended with a family photo.

Üsküdar University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics graduate Fehmi Kiğılı’s research within the scope of TÜBİTAK Project, is published in Pharmacognosy Magazine (SCI-E). Aforementioned research examines “The effect of carob extract on Androgen receptor (NR3C4) gene regulation mechanisms”.Üsküdar University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Turkish) graduate Fehmi Kiğilı’s research within the scope of TÜBİTAK Project is published in Pharmacognosy Magazine (SCI-E).Üsküdar University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Turkish) faculty member Assoc. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan provided consultation to Fehmi Kiğılı’s 2209-A TÜBİTAK Project “The effect of carob extract on Androgen receptor (NR3C4) gene regulation mechanisms”.In this study, the effects of carob extract on Androgen receptor (NR3C4) gene regulation mechanisms were investigated.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University continues to host TEDx, one of the platforms that the most important ideas and discussion are held. This year’s theme of Üsküdar University TEDx was “Changing Human, Changing World”, in which the experts from politics to psychiatry shared their opinions. Political scientist Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan stated that today a brand new wall system is introduced and she continued, “Our topics is no longer the fall of the Berlin Wall but building of Mexican Wall. This is a very important change. It shows that there are serious changes in the political structure and architecture in the world.”Üsküdar University TEDx was held at Main Campus, Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall and well acknowledged academicians were present in attendance.Our topic now is the Mexican wall Üsküdar University, Faculty Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan gave a speech titled “The walls surrounding our world” and pointed out that the canvases among the countries that have greatly influenced international politics, not only world politics but also the lives of people and societies. Prof. Arıboğan mentioned the fact that many things have changed in the world with the fall of the Berlin Wall and she said, “Today we talk about a brand new wall system. We define the new world paradigm, which we once associated with the fall of the Berlin Wall, in a whole new world through the construction of another wall in another world today. Our topic is no longer the fall of the Berlin Wall, but the building of the Mexican Wall. This is a sign of a very important change. It shows that there are serious changes in the political structure and architecture in the world. That optimist approach that started in the late 1980s is not so common in the world. Globalizators, global managers, liberalizers, libertarians have significantly reduced their voices as in today's world we are not talking about our planet that has no borders from human rights to prosperity and has transformed from the world into a global village. On the contrary, we are talking about the national boundaries whose borders are visible from space, fortified with walls higher than 3 meters and surrounded by electric barbed wires.”Immigrants became refugees after the wallsProf. Arıboğan who stated that all walls seen in history have been exceeded, also emphasized that the phenomenon of immigration since ancient times is continuing. Prof. Arıboğan added that all the walls are closed to the people living inside them, and for the people who live outside the wall is the biggest motivation source. She also shared the following:“The main motivation of people staying outside that wall is to overcome that wall. This is a matter of life or death situation, the main dynamic of their lives. Today, there are about 244 million immigrants in the world. We're talking about 65 million refugees and 10 million stateless people. This figure is higher than the outcome of World War II. People are trying to go somewhere. During the world whose borders were weakened, people tried to go from place to place. In the meantime, they did not migrate, but people began to form walls when they started to become refugee. Refugees are people who are concerned about their securities, who have to have shelters in order to save their lives, leave their home and leave their lives behind. There are new motivations for people living behind the walls, while some find shelters somewhere around the world to save their lives. They are in a position to protect their old lives, jobs and status. In fact, this conflict has turned into a very important motivation for the completion of the walls. No matter how liberal, libertarian and humane society is, it slowly begins to believe in the legitimacy of all these and the walled world begins to settle in.”Creative minds turn obstacles into opportunitiesÜsküdar University Institute of Social Sciences Director, NP Feneryolu Medical Center Psychiatrist Assoc. Prof. Gökben Hızlı Sayar gave a presentation titled “Developing creative minds” and gave examples from her husband who is cartoonist and pointed out that people with creative brains actually has an unusual way of thinking. Sayar who described the characteristics of people with unusual thinking style continued as “They get over the obstacles. Usually, when we encounter obstacles, our motivation diminishes but these people turn obstacles to opportunities. They know to look at the problems from different point of views. Their other trait is to have multiple interests. We find examples accordingly in the history. Einstein played violin. Churchill painted. In other words, people with extraordinary thinking style do not work in a single area.”The sources of psychological well-being are meaningful life, hope and gratitudeFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Vice Dean Assoc. Prof. Tayfun Doğan gave a speech titled “Sources of psychological well-being”. In his speech, he stated that it is important to make life meaningful as he continued “Meaningful life is something that we put as a result of our efforts. When we think in depth, we see that almost everything we do is done to make our lives meaningful. We want to have children and we want to make careers. We want to establish meaningful relationships. The purpose of all this is to make our lives more meaningful. If we fail to do so, we feel guilty of not living well.” Assoc. Prof. Doğan added that social support, hope and gratitude are also sources of psychological well-being.The relationship with parents in infancy affects the future of the individualÜsküdar University NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Psychiatrist Prof. Sermin Kesebir held a presentation titled “Psychiatric disorders are also physical diseases: Brain, Mind and Body”. In her speech, she talked about the relationship of diseases such as depression and Bipolar Disorder with metabolic diseases such as obesity, hypertension and diabetes.Üsküdar University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department Head of Child Development Prof. Nurper Ülküer did a presentation titled “A cup of love has lifelong deeds on people. Who drink it in their childhood years”. She drew attention to the effects of healthy relationship and communication of the individuals with their parents in early childhood between 0-3 years of age.Üsküdar University Department of Advertisement Design and Communication Dr. Faculty Member Dinçer Atlı gave a presentation titled “Talent Management”. Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Engineering Dr. Faculty Member Rüştü Murat Demirer held a presentation titled “Will there be revolutions in artificial intelligence and big data paradigms in the future?”. Üsküdar University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Health and Safety Dr. Faculty Member Esin Tümer’s presentation called “Istanbul! Every building is called residence & each room is separately smart in them! The mind transformation before the urban one!”. Üsküdar University Department of Psychology Dr. Faculty Member Hüseyin Ünübol did presentation titled “Unhappiness is the capital of happiness”.Science is changing and so we are Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Bioengineering Dr. Faculty Member Kaan Yılancıoğlu gave a presentation titled “Is mankind ready for the new-age without antibiotics? Can we survive?”. Üsküdar University GETIPMER Director Dr. Murat Ulusoy and GETIPMER Scientific Advisory Board Member Psychologist Nalan Eyin conducted their presentation that was entitled “Sexual mind, expanded sexual response and hypnosis”. They said stated that sexual brain should be included in the traditional treatment perspective in sexual therapy and they said “Traditional therapies are mechanical and repetitive. In fact, the repetitive homework returns to automatic behaviors after a while and the automatic behaviors do not allow us to think more, nor encourage us to secrete happiness and pleasure hormones. Science is changing and so we are. Today, the biggest obstacle in science is to ignore the imagination.”The participants took a souvenir photo together at the end of the program, which was coordinated by Üsküdar University Project Development Director, NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Neurologist Assoc. Prof. Barış Metin.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Turkish scientists were able to successfully turn cannabis metabolites into electricity. The study conducted in collaboration of Üsküdar University and İstanbul Technical University is published in Bioresource Technology Reports journal.Üsküdar University and İstanbul Technical University produce electricity from cannabis metabolites.The research conducted under the leadership of Üsküdar University Molecular Biology and Genetics Faculty Member and PROMER Founder Director Prof. Tunç Çatal, Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Department of Bioengineering Faculty Member Dr. Vildan Enisoğlu Atalay, KİMER Director Pharmacist Selma Özilhan, Physician Aykut Kul, Physician Murat Özdemir and Prof. Hakan Bermek from İstanbul Technical University also contributed to the study as researchers, is published in Bioresource Technology Reports journal.“THC, the primary compound from the cannabis plant that gets you "high"”These are bio-electrochemical tools that mix chemical compounds and select bacteria together to produce electricity. The molecule in question: COOH-THC (aka 11-Nor-9-carboxy-THC) is the primary metabolite of THC (delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the primary compound from the cannabis plant that gets you "high". A little biochemistry first: marijuana is metabolized to various small and mostly bio-active molecules through enzymatic reactions of cytochrome p450 in the liver. Among the major metabolites of the cannabis are Δ9-THC, 11-OH-THC, and 11‑nor‑9‑carboxy‑Δ9‑tetrahydrocannabinol (COOH-THC), the latter being the primary glucuronide conjugate found in human urine “Cannabis metabolites are mixed into the waste water because of the urine of the users”Prof. Tunç Çatal stated that the starting point of the study was to prevent the negative effects of cocaine metabolites in urine to natural life and ecosystem that are mixed in nature. Prof. Çatal continued, “While conducting the study, we found a significant correlation between the concentration of benzoylecgonine and the voltage production, which is the main metabolite of cocaine in urine and we have shown in our analysis that it is possible to biodrainage these metabolites from urine. The studies continue to increase the specificity of the analyte in the method developed by using microbial fuel cells.”Both the synthetic control (with added sodium acetate as carbon source) and the COOH-THC laced urine were compared in how much electricity each produced. The MFCs work like this: MFCs employs exoelectrogenic microorganisms to extract electrons from carbon-based compounds (hence the added sodium acetate). These electrons move to a cathode and produce electrical current. These exoelectrogenic microorganisms work by oxidizing carbon-based substrates such as polysaccharides. This oxidation removes electrons from the substrate, and those electrons can then be used as electricity.This technique is used in various fields successfully This technique has been used with such substrates as ammonia, hydrocarbons, ethanol, propanol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, cyclic alcohols, formic acid, and now, marijuana (well, okay, the THC metabolite COOH-THC). Researchers were able to extract over 62% of COOH-THC from samples. The goal of the study was to assess the feasibility of using COOH-THC. However, the researchers went after COOH-THC because there are a lot of people now out there to get samples from and it may be a good chemical to go after for future energy demands.“It is possible to produce electricity with using human urine”In the research conducted under the leadership of Üsküdar University Molecular Biology and Genetics Faculty Member and PROMER Founder Director Prof. Prof. Çatal emphasized that it is possible to produce electricity without any pretreatment by using urine, and by this study, cannabis metabolites that cause damage to nature by mixing with urine can be eliminated significantly.“Microbial fuel cells will be one of the indispensable technologies of the future”İstanbul Technical University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Hakan Bermek, who is one of the first people to introduce their study on microbial fuel cells in Turkey, stated the following:“Especially the damage caused by today's energy resources and their usage has made the use of new energy resources and technologies absolutely compulsory. The advantage of microbial fuel cells at this stage is that despite the fact that the energy level obtained is a little low at present and it will be one of the indispensable technologies of the future as it enables waste treatment with a harmonious approach to nature. For this reason, we have been focusing our studies more on the MFC (microbial fuel cell) for more than 10 years.”Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan shared the following assessment of the study:“Combining computational chemistry with computational psychiatry will be easier to combat addiction as the harms substance users give to themselves and nature can be measured and seen.Thus, our patients and relatives will be able to see the result of their doings without experiencing bad experience and the fight against addiction will be easier. This is a great chance for Turkey as this study could be conducted at Üsküdar University Laboratories.”Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

A new study is carried out in the detection of cocaine with the collaboration of Üsküdar University and NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital.  In the study, a new microbial biosensor is developed to detect cocaine metabolites in human urine.A new method was established in the detection of cocaine with the collaboration of Üsküdar University and NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital.A new microbial biosensor is developed for the detection of cocaine metabolites in human urine in collaboration of Üsküdar University, İstanbul Protein Research Development and Innovation Center (PROMER), Personalized Treatment Center (KİMER) and NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital.Research conducted under the leadership of Prof. Tunç Çatal In the research conducted under the leadership of Üsküdar University Molecular Biology and Genetics Faculty Member and PROMER Founder Director Prof. Tunç Çatal, Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Department of Bioengineering Faculty Member Dr. Vildan Enisoğlu Atalay, KİMER Director Pharmacist Selma Özilhan, Physician Aykut Kul, Physician Murat Özdemir and Prof. Hakan Bermek from İstanbul Technical University also contributed to the study as researchers.Starting point of the study: Preventing the damage cocaine causes to nature Prof. Tunç Çatal stated that the starting point of the study was to prevent the negative effects of cocaine metabolites in urine to natural life and ecosystem that are mixed in nature. Prof. Çatal continued, “While conducting the study, we found a significant correlation between the concentration of benzoylecgonine and the voltage production, which is the main metabolite of cocaine in urine and we have shown in our analysis that it is possible to biodrainage these metabolites from urine. The studies continue to increase the specificity of the analyte in the method developed by using microbial fuel cells.”PROMER Deputy Director and Faculty Member of Bioengineering Department Dr. Vildan Enisoğlu Atalay added “We solved cocaine detection mechanisms in urine by applying computational chemistry methods.”Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: "Combining computational chemistry with computational psychiatry will be easier to combat addiction."Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan shared the following assessment of the study:“Combining computational chemistry with computational psychiatry will be easier to combat addiction as the harms substance users give to themselves and nature can be measured and seen.Thus, our patients and relatives will be able to see the result of their doings without experiencing bad experience and the fight against addiction will be easier. This is a great chance for Turkey as this study could be conducted at Üsküdar University Laboratories.”The conclusions of the research are published in one of the Internationally acknowledged journals, the Journal of Power Sources and results regarding the metabolites of cannabinoid are published in Bioresource Technology Reports.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775318314290https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589014X19300039Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University continues to host TEDx, which is one of the most important ideas and discussion platforms in the world. In the program that will be conducted on February; Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan, Prof. Sermin Kesebir, Prof. Nurper Ülküer, Assoc. Prof. Gökben Hızla Sayar and many other academicians will present their speeches about the most interesting issues of their fields under the main concept of “Changing Human, Changing Science”. TEDx will be held at Üsküdar University Main Campus Termin Tarhan Conference Hall on 15 February, Friday in order to gather together the academics who are very familiar with the public.Üsküdar University Faculty Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan’s speech is titled “The Walls Surrounding Our World”. NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Psychiatrist Prof. Sermin Kesebir’s speech is titled “Psychiatric Disorders Are Also Physical Diseases: Mind and Body”. Üsküdar University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department Head of Pediatric Development Prof. Nurper Ülküer’s speech will be about “A Cup of Love Has Lifelong Deeds on People, Who Drink it in Their Childhood Years”.Journey to psychological well-formed, creative minds…Üsküdar University Institute Director of Social Sciences Assoc. Prof. Gökben Hızlı Sayar’s speech will be “Developing Creative Minds”. Deputy Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Assoc. Prof. Tayfun Doğan will give speech about “Sources of Psychological Well-Being” and Advertisement Design and Communication Dr. Faculty Member Dinçer Atlı will give a speech on “Talent Management’’.Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Industrial Engineering Dr. Faculty Member Rüştü Murat Demirer will give a speech on “Will There Be Revolutions in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Paradigms in The Future?”. Faculty of Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Safety Dr. Faculty Member Esin Tümer will present his speech on “Istanbul! Every Building is Called Residence & Each Room is Separately Smart in Them! The Mind Transformation Before the Urban One!”. Üsküdar University Department of Psychology Dr. Faculty Member Hüseyin Ünübol’s speech will be on “Unhappiness is the Capital of Happiness”.Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Bioengineering Dr. Faculty Member Kaan Yılancıoğlu’s speech will be on “Is Mankind Ready For The New-Age Without Antibiotics? Can We Survive?”.  TEDx – Üsküdar meeting will be concluded with Üsküdar University GETIPMER Director Dr. Murat Ulusoy and GETIPMER Scientific Advisory Board Member Psychologist Nalan Eyin’s speech on “Sexual Mind, Expanded Sexual Response and Hypnosis’ Why and How Necessary?”. For detailed information: https://tedxuskudaruniversity.com/en/2019Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Vice President Prof. Muhsin Konuk and faculty members Assoc. Prof. Türker Ergüzel and Assoc. Prof. Barış Metin visited General Secretary of Health Institutes of Turkey (TÜSEB) Prof. Bayram Yılmaz.TÜSEB Turkey Public Health and Chronic Diseases Institute President Prof. İlhan Satman and TÜSEB Department Heads and Consultants also attended the meeting.TÜSEB's work and support programs for R&D projects were discussed at the meeting.TÜSEB General Secretary Yılmaz stated that TÜSEB is planning to call for scientific research projects of the support programs in 2019 and emphasized the importance of establishing a scientific ecosystem in order to reduce the dependence of our country on foreign health and the role of TÜSEB in this area.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Positive Psychology, known as “Science of Happiness” aims to advance personal skills such as empathy, emotional intelligence, dealing with problems. Positive Psychology class that is being taught in Yale and Harvard Universities has been a mandatory class at Üsküdar University since 2012. Positive Psychology, known as “Science of Happiness” aims to advance personal skills such as empathy, emotional intelligence, dealing with problems.Positive Psychology class that is being taught in Yale and Harvard Universities has been a mandatory class at Üsküdar University since 2012.Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan emphasized that academic tools, professional knowledge, and experience are essential in life success, but human relations and empathy make a great difference.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan stated that as a university they target to train “good human being” and continued, “We provide Project Culture, Communication Skills and Positive Psychology courses to our students as mandatory classes. Harvard University's most preferred course is positive psychology.They announced it as a groundbreaking course on their website. Positive Psychology is also included in the curriculum at Yale University. We as Üsküdar University have been conducting the positive psychology course since 2012.We do not only give importance to academic success. we aim to teach social success, the science of happiness and human values through this way. Harvard and Yale Universities have just started this course.”Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

UNESCO TWAS selected Üsküdar University, where many international students carry out their doctorate scientific studies with the support of TÜBİTAK, as the only Turkish University assigned as the Center of Excellence. Üsküdar University has taken its place as the Center of Excellence along with China, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mexico, Philippines, and Taiwan. Üsküdar University, the first thematic University in Turkey in the fields of Behavioral Sciences and Health, has become the only Turkish University assigned as the Center of Excellence by UNESCO TWAS due to its studies in Neurobiology, Cognitive Medicine and Brain Research.Üsküdar University is the first and only University selected to be the Center of Excellence in Turkey by the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).TWAS is an organization established by UNESCO in order to enable the developing countries to advance to a substantial scientific level. For this purpose, the institutions and organizations are designated as “the center of excellence” with their own advanced infrastructure and choose young and bright minds of the developing countries themselves; also provide training in these centers of excellence.The journey of being the Center of Excellence Üsküdar University Vice President Prof. Muhsin Konuk assessed the Coordinator of the Academy of Sciences for the Emerging World Dr. Max Paoli’s visit made to Üsküdar University as well as the whole process.Prof. Muhsin Konuk stated that Dr. Max Paoli was very much impressed with Üsküdar University’s laboratories and research centers and TWAS has chosen Üsküdar University as Turkey’s Center of Excellence. He explained the visit and the developments as follows:“Dr. Max Paoli, the Coordinator of World Academy of Sciences and the Coordinator between UNESCO and World Academy of Sciences, came to Istanbul in order to attend a meeting organized by the World Academy of Sciences. Dr. Paoli shared with his Turkish colleague, who is a Turkish member of the World Academy of Sciences that he would like to deliver a speech to the academicians at Istanbul. His friend called me and we organized a meeting at our University. We showed our University’s laboratories to Dr. Paoli, as he is a protein engineer. He observed our laboratories and study environment. He made an offer to me after visiting our experimental animal units, Pharmacogenetics, molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience, and neurotechnology laboratories. He told me ‘We provide doctoral students in developing countries with the centers of excellence that we determine as the World Academy of Sciences. Would you accept our offer given your University’s studies in neuroscience, brain and cognitive processes?’ Our journey has started thereafter.”The first University at Turkey selected as the Center of Excellence by TWAS Prof Muhsin Konuk explained that the doctorate students and academicians in the emerging countries are accepted to the World Academy of Sciences, Centers of Excellence.Prof. Konuk said, “TWAS enabled the students to study at different places and continue their studies there. Therefore, we are the first University in Turkey that is selected as the Center of Excellence by TWAS.They will contribute with TÜBİTAK’s supportProf. Muhsin Konuk underlined that Üsküdar University is focused on training good human being from the different regions of the world. He continued, “This is not only prestigious for our University but a great prestige for Turkey also. We executed various meetings with TÜBİTAK in order to receive support programs for the students’ accommodation and nutrition. They have also extended the support period from 12 months to 36 months. Thus, a new support program was developed that all Turkish universities can benefit due to our efforts. We would like to extend our gratitude as Üsküdar University to particularly TÜBİTAK President, Vice Presidents, Department Heads, Specialists, Assistant Specialists, and all TÜBİTAK personnel, who have supported us within this process.”Prof. Konuk stated that a clause on TÜBİTAK’s support was added to the agreement. He said, “TÜBİTAK will provide financial support to Ph.D. students coming from developing countries. The international students, who will be under the supervision of our instructors at our laboratories and research facilities, will complete their studies.  They will model our research disciplines and methods, set up their own laboratories and will start to train people in their own countries.”You can see the full list of UNESCO TWAS Centers of Excellence at the link below.https://twas.org/sites/default/files/assoccentres.pdfÜNA (Üsküdar News Agency)

The Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mr. Binali Yıldırım pointed out that the people and institutions are motivated to make reference to the areas they have identified and continued “Üsküdar University is eager to apply a multi-disciplinary approach in diagnosis to treatment within this context to also be performed in neurology, psychiatry, psychology.”Üsküdar University, which is the first thematic University in the field of Behavioral Sciences and Health, held its 2018 - 2019 Academic Year Opening Ceremony with the participation by the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Mr. Binali Yıldırım. An Honorary Doctorate Degree is presented to the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Mr. Binali Yıldırım and was gowned by Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan during the ceremony.  The Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Mr. Binali Yıldırım, the Governor of Istanbul Vasip Şahin, Advisor to the President of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Prof. Erman Tunçer, District Governor of Üsküdar Murat Sefa Demiryürek, District Governor of Kadıköy Dr. Mustafa Özarslan, Head of Provincial Public Health Services Dr. Abdullah Emre Güner, Üsküdar District Health Director Dr. Yusuf Taşçı, Üsküdar University Member of the Board of Overseers Mustafa Ataş, Credit Institution Provincial Director Cemil Bağlama attended the 2018 - 2019 Academic Year Opening Ceremony at Üsküdar University Main Campus Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall.Prof. Tarhan: “We chose neuroscience as our R&D focus” Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan delivered the opening speech of the ceremony. Prof. Tarhan gave the first lecture on “Changing World and Youth”. During his speech, Prof. Tarhan stated in University’s 7th Academic Year Opening that Üsküdar University has 14 thousand graduates, 5 faculties, 1 vocational school of health sciences and institutes and currently has around 19 thousand students. Prof. Tarhan shared that they are trying to do their best as a foundation University and pointed out that the universities have 4 important functions. He continued, “We want to provide a profession, inform society, make R&D and ensure that information is transformed into products. We give importance to these four principles altogether. We, as a University, chose neuroscience as our R&D focus.”The neuroscience of intention is being researched Prof. Tarhan, who stated that the neurobiology of intention in the world is currently being researched, continued his speech as “The decision-making area of man is also the region of intentions. Whatever you intend to do is what your brain imagines as well. For example, when you think of eating, that part of the brain works as if you are eating. It is a known fact that the intended behaviour is the main behaviour in people's behaviour. This has led us to Positive Psychology and the neurobiology of morals. The brain's mirror neurons work when the person intends. Therefore, an intended behaviour is now a scientific category. This is not only an area of interest for teachers of literature and philologists, but also for the psychology branch. Harvard University currently provides Positive Psychology classes. Prof. Tarhan emphasized that Üsküdar University has made the Positive Psychology class mandatory since 2012. Prof. Tarhan continued his speech “We teach humanitarian values in this class. Positive psychology theory is as if taken from the Mawlana. It is systematized and transformed into a methodology as the scientific reasons are explained but unfortunately, they did not give a reference to Mawlana. This is our shortcoming.”Giving up on critical thinking has stopped the progression of thoughtProf. Nevzat Tarhan addressed the reasons why the Ottoman Empire missed the industrial revolution and said “theology, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy classes were removed from the madrasas in the 18th century. Ibn Sina, Ibn Rush, Farabi who was considered the second Aristotle, were removed from the syllabus. While Europe initiated the thought school in the Middle Ages, a protective approach was maintained in the madrasas as the thought-based approach was eliminated in the education system. This has stopped the improvement of thought.”Critical thinking should be instructed Prof. Tarhan addressed the importance of teaching critical thinking and continued, “It is crucial to provide religious education and positive sciences together. This is to ensure the advancement of thought. It is vital in this aspect to generate a generation that is capable to criticize and query.”Value-based education is importantProf. Tarhan said that the issue of artificial intelligence is a significant topic that is spoken around the world, and now there is a civilization crisis in both the West and the East. There is an evolving youth out there. Value-based education is important. It is also important to be able to teach charity, forgiveness, being a good person. This is how we can win over the new generation youth.”We should respond to the youth’s psychological needs Prof. Nevzat Tarhan expressed that there are 3 fragile points of today’s youth and continued, “The younger generation has a high expectation of justice. They hate the peremptory approach and have high expectations of freedom. If we do not respond to these expectations and psychological needs of the youth, it will be very difficult to communicate with them. Sultan Abdülhamid was a very good leader and sovereign. He did a great deal of work until a strong military structure was formed, but in doing so, he played into the other’s hands. A dialogue was not made between the youth. Therefore, the youth he trained, turned against him. For this reason, we need to be able to re-establish an emotional connection with youth.Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan read the Honorary Doctorate Degree justification The Honorary Doctorate Degree Ceremony started after the Dean of Üsküdar University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Advisor to the President Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan read the Honorary Doctorate Degree justification. It was stated in the justification that “Üsküdar University Senate cordially and unanimously decided to grant Mr. Binali Yıldırım the title of “Honorary Doctorate Degree” due to his significant contributions to the Turkish politics, our democracy and the Turkish public with his unifying personality and moral standing through obtaining a concept of social responsibility and conducting infrastructure studies.”Honorary Doctorate Degree presented to the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Mr. Binali Yıldırım Honorary Doctorate Degree was presented to the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Mr. Binali Yıldırım and Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan gowned Mr. Yıldırım. Mr. Yıldırım delivered a speech in the ceremony in which Üsküdar University’s The Feeler was also presented.Mr. Binali Yıldırım: “These young people are becoming a hope for our future”Mr. Binali Yıldırım stated that there have been more than 19 thousand graduates at Üsküdar University with 4 faculties, 5 institutes and 1 vocational school and which has the roots back to 1999, the founding of NP Group. Mr. Yıldırım said, “These young people are becoming a hope for our future due to the formation education they receive. Because Üsküdar University is a University that brings together good, beautiful and true social sciences with positive sciences seeking realities. Our friends have told me that Üsküdar University is Turkey's first behavioural and health thematic University.”  Üsküdar University tries to apply a multidisciplinary approach starting from treatment to diagnosis in TurkeyMr. Yıldırım shared that it is not possible to be good at every field in the current age and he continued as, “I can do any kind of job” era is now history:“People and institutions are now moving towards making reference to the areas they identify themselves with. Üsküdar University is eager to apply a multi-disciplinary approach in diagnosis to treatment within this context to also be performed in neurology, psychiatry, psychology. Therefore, I can also say that this is a University that has differs itself from other universities. It is a fact that it is trying to actualize the health sciences from the classical field to a computer-based education system. I can say that this qualification of the university addresses our young people who are interested in psychology and behavioural health sciences. The word university combines universe and city, which the gateway to reach universal from local. It is tried to reach a new synthesis with different beliefs, thoughts and interpretations by using the accumulation of humanity as a whole. At this point, it is very important not to be ideological and dogmatic. It is obvious that there is a need for universities in order to produce knowledge systematically, teach academic thought and obtain the power of analysis. We need universities in order to mature democracy through seeing differences as a richness and developing a culture of communication and consultation. In this sense, universities that produce knowledge and value in the fields such as health, engineering and social sciences contribute greatly to humanity.”Mr. Yıldırım thanked President Tarhan  The Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Mr. Binali Yıldırım said “I have seen and witnessed today that Üsküdar University, which expresses its principles as open to criticism, libertarian, pluralist and participant, offers you tremendous opportunities. I would like to thank once again everyone who has contributed starting with Prof. Nevzat Tarhan who put forward the idea of a university.”He appreciated the social responsibility projects Mr. Yıldırım also stated that he learned that Üsküdar University is not only engaged in academic education but also social responsibility projects. He said, “I appreciate the fact that you are extending your hand to our young children who need to be sheltered with the help of civil society organizations such as Hold My Hand, Happy Family Happy Life Organizations. This is the way to integrate with society and move from theory to practice. I also congratulate you on being actively involved in solving social problems.”These are your golden years, make the best of it Mr. Yıldırım advised, “Dear youngsters, without a doubt, you are our security and power in regards to protect Turkey's future and look to the future with hope. You absolutely need to learn a language while at the university. Learn to write, speak and every aspect of a language. These are your golden years. If you do not learn a language at these years, it becomes harder afterwards. When I was 45 years old. I left my family with children back home and went abroad for two years to learn a language. I also did a master’s degree. This is what we need. Whatever your occupation may be, you have to learn a language to open up to the rest of the world and know what is happening globally. Learn at least one language, whichever that will be.”Mr. Yıldırım: “Never give up on learning”Mr. Yıldırım, the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly said that there is no age limit in learning and continued as, “As soon as you give up on learning, you start to age. It does not matter if you are 60 years old or 20 years old, learning keeps people young. Therefore, we will read and learn more. Learning smooths ruffled feathers of people. It completely eliminates the combative identity. Learning brings everything to the point in which mutual understanding is accomplished.Prof. Sevil Atasoy presented the gowns Academic Upgrade Gowning was also actualized in the ceremony. New faculty members, associate professorships and professors were given their new gowns in the ceremony.Üsküdar University Vice President Prof. Sevil Atasoy presented the gowns who became Dr. Faculty Members.Merve Çebi from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Psychology (English), Zeynep Bahadır Ağce from the Department of Occupational Therapy in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Çetin Sayaca from the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sultan Mehtap Büyüker from the Pharmacy Services Program of the Vocational School of Health Services, Ebru Özkan Oktay from the Vocational School of Health Services Technology Program, Feride Kulalı from the Vocational School of Health Services Nuclear Technology and Radiation Safety Program, Miraç Kamışlıoğlu, Özge Kılıçoğlu, Tuğba Kaman from Medical and Aromatic Plants of Vocational School of Health Services wore their gowns.Prof. Mehmet Zelka presented the associate professorship gowns Üsküdar University Vice President Prof. Mehmet Zelka presented the gowns to the associate professors. Feride Zeynep Güder from Faculty of Communication - Department of Media and Communication, Özgül Dağlı and Dinçer Atlı from Department of Advertising Design and Communication, Çiğdem Yazıcı from Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Department of Philosophy, Işıl Göğcegöz Gül from Department of Psychology, Türker Tekin Ergüzel from Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences - Department of Software Engineering, Cemal Onur Noyan from Faculty of Health Sciences - Department of Occupational Therapy, Mesut Karahan from Biomedical Device Technology Program, Tuğba Altıntaş from Department of Health Management, Hüseyin Ozan Tekin from Radiotherapy Program received their new gowns.Prof. Nevzat Tarhan presented the professorship gowns Prof. Nevzat Tarhan presented the new gowns to the academicians who received the title of professor. Tunç Çatal from Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences - Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English), Nedret Hızel from Faculty of Health Sciences - Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Defne Kaya from Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Arif Şanlı from Department of Audiology, Abdullah Karatay and İsmet Galip Yolcuoğlu from Department of Social Services, Niyazi Beki from Institute for Sufi Studies received their new gowns.The ceremony was live streamed from ÜU TV and a family photo was taken at the end of the event.Mr. Binali Yıldırım stayed afterwards and had his lunch at Üsküdar University together with the Üsküdar University President, Vice Presidents and Advisors.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Psychology Turkish-English, Molecular Biology and Genetics Turkish-English Philosophy Departments’ FEDEK accreditation participation certificates are presented to the Deans of the faculties in a meeting held in Main Campus Senate Meeting Hall.Üsküdar University received FEDEK accreditations in 5 different programsIt was stated that the accreditation of the 5 different programs was given in April with the first formal education undergraduate programs which were evaluated for the first time by FEDEK.Within this context, Üsküdar University Molecular Biology and Genetics (Turkish) and Molecular Biology and Genetics (English) programs of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Psychology (English) and Psychology (English) programs of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences were awarded FEDEK Accreditation.Üsküdar University President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Üsküdar University faculty members, Board Members of FEDEK Prof. Kenan İnan and Prof. Figen Kadırgan attended the meeting in which the FEDEK accreditations were presented.Dean of Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Prof. Tayfun Uzbay and the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Prof. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan received the accreditation certificates by the FEDEK’s Board Members.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University Department Head of Industrial Engineering Dr Faculty Member Hasan Çiçek, attended the conference “8th International Conference on Information Communication and Management (ICICM 2018)” held in Edinburgh, Scotland.Çiçek was the only academician from Turkey to present an article in the conference attended by the scientists from 40 countries. He presented his article “Difficulties and Solution Proposals Relevant in the Application of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standards to Small and Medium Sized (SME) Companies”.Dr Faculty Member Çiçek, had the opportunity to introduce Üsküdar University in the conference and also had the chance to meet with various scientists from different countries.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

The study conducted in Üsküdar University, Istanbul Protein and Research and Innovation (PROMER) laboratories, is accepted to be published in the “Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology” journal.Üsküdar University, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Bioengineering graduate students Betül Zehra Karakuş, İlknur Korkmaz, Kübra Demirci, Kadir Sinan Arslan and Dr. Faculty Member Özge Ünlü conducted the study under the leadership of PROMER Director Prof. Tunç Çatal that lasted for a year and a half.Prof. Tunç Çatal indicated that Bacillus sp. Type microorganisms that are isolated and identified by the central infrastructure facilities were registered in the International GenBank database. Prof. Çatal stated, “Amylase enzyme production process which is widely used in industry has been investigated and enzyme production has been increased with the applied experimental method and optimization studies in the research”. A national product The study carried out with the support of the Istanbul Development Agency was designed as a national product that also includes the enzyme production method for field application and patent application supported by the Office of Technology Transfer Office, Üsküdar University Rectorate and Board of Trustees.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University, Turkey’s first thematic University in the field of Behavioral Sciences and Health, is selected by UNESCO as Turkey’s first center of excellence due to its studies within the scope of Neurobiology, Cognitive Medicine and Brain. Consequently, many doctorate students from all over the world will visit Üsküdar University.  Üsküdar University is Turkey’s first University to be selected as the center of excellence by Academy of Sciences for the Developing World– TWAS.Prof. Muhsin Konuk shares details of that visit Üsküdar University Vice President Prof. Muhsin Konuk stated that Dr. Max Paoli, Coordinator of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, visited Üsküdar University upon invitation. Prof. Muhsin Konuk explained Dr. Max Paoli’s visit to Üsküdar University’s laboratories and research centers and how amazed he was, declaring the reason why TWAS selected Üsküdar University to be Turkey’s center of excellence. Prof. Konuk said:“Dr. Max Paoli, the Coordinator of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, who coordinates between UNESCO and World Academy of Sciences, came to Istanbul to attend a meeting organized by the World Academy of Sciences. Paoli told his friend, who happened to be the Turkish member of the World Academy of Sciences, that he wanted to deliver a speech to the academicians. His friend called me and we organized a meeting. We met with Dr. Max Paoli at our University.Given the fact that Paoli is a protein engineer, we showed him our laboratories. He observed our laboratories and our work environment. He offered a proposal to me after seeing our experimental animal units, pharmacogenetics, molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience and neurotechnology laboratories. Paoli said ‘We, as the World Academy of Sciences, ensure that doctoral students from developing countries work in the centers of excellence that we have determined. Would you accept our offer that we would like to make, due to your University’s studies in neuroscience, brain and cognitive processes? Hereafter the process has started.”The first University in Turkey that is chosen as a center of excellence by TWAS Prof. Muhsin Konuk explained that UNESCO accepts selected doctorate students from developing countries into their Word Academy of Science Excellence Center. Prof. Konuk continued, “TWAS enabled students to send students to various countries to continue their studies. Therefore, we are the first University in Turkey to be the center of excellence selected by TWAS.”Üsküdar University will train good individuals Prof. Muhsin Konuk emphasized the fact that Üsküdar University, which is derived to train good individuals, will educate students from all over the world. He said, “This is not only important just for our University but also for Turkey as the prestige will increase concurrently. Due to our meetings with TÜBİTAK, TÜBİTAK developed a program that the students from all Turkish Universities can benefit from accommodational and nutritional opportunities. Actually, they have improved the previous version. TÜBİTAK will provide financial aid to students. In our laboratories, under the guidance of our scientists and our candidates, these students will complete their studies.”Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University, which has acquired the principle of quality in education, has successfully completed the FEDEK evaluation of 3 days. Psychology Turkish-English, Molecular Biology and Genetics Turkish-English and Philosophy departments are now departments that have FEDEK accreditation.FEDEK (Science, Literature, Science-Literature, Language, History and Geography) founded in 2009 to contribute to Science – Literature faculties in Turkish education, evaluated Üsküdar University.FEDEK evaluated Psychology Turkish-English, Molecular Biology and Genetics Turkish-English and Philosophy departments and accredited these departments.In the evaluation process in which heads of related departments, faculty deans, vice-deans and administrative directors were present, were carried out in 11 main subjects and sub-subjects.At the end of the evaluation, relevant departments of Üsküdar University are included in FEDEK accreditation.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Üsküdar University and İstanbul University researchers have synthesized a new substance at the end of their studies . This substance which has an antifreeze functionality/property; has the ability of preventing frost up to minus 80 degrees. It was announced that it is a non-toxic substance against living cells and could be used in cell freezing operations.Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Department, Molecular Biology and Genetics faculty member, Assoc. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan; head of Inorganic Chemistry Department of İstanbul University Chemistry faculty, Assoc. Prof.  Bahri Ülküseven and Faculty of Engineering Department of Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry faculty member, Prof. Tülay Bal Demirci applied for the patent of this invention.Asst. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan gave a description about the invention: "As a result of our study, we found that this substance does not have toxic effects in healthy cells and can be used to freeze live cells. This substance can be used to freeze live structures due to its lack of toxicity. It can also be used in motor vehicles, agriculture, refrigeration systems and devices that need to be prevented from freezing, as it prevents freezing at very low temperatures."Good news for car ownersIn winter, the car driver's most noticeable car maintenance thought is the addition of antifreeze to the vehicle engine. The use of vehicles without antifreeze causes rust in the engine and cracking of the cylinder block in winter. This situation can bring serious expenses. Scientists have now made a patent application for a new anti-freeze agent that prevents frost in very cold temperatures in harsh winter conditions.Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)

Turkish scientists have developed a new drug candidate molecule to be used in the treatment of Thalassemia known as Mediterranean Anemia. As the result of 3-year joint work of Üsküdar University and Sabancı University, a new chelating drug molecule from microalgae has been developed. European Patent is betaken in order to transform drug candidate molecule to drug that prevents iron overload which can lead to death in patients with thalassemia.Within the scope of the studies initiated in 2013 in partnership of Üsküdar University and Sabancı University within the scope of the treatment of Thalassemia, known as Mediterranean Anemia, a new drug candidate molecule has been developed.Within the scope of TÜBİTAK Project, Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department faculty member Asst. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan and Bioengineering Department faculty member Asst. Prof. Kaan Yılancıoğlu, and Dr. Ahmet Can Timuçin and Prof. Selim Çetiner from Sabancı University have developed a new chelating drug molecule from microalgae as a result of their 3-year research.European Patent is betaken in order to transform drug candidate molecule to drug. Through this patent, it is aimed to realize low-cost national pharmaceutical production that will be used for iron overload in many diseases including Thalassemia, and will also provide high added value for the country’s economy.  Asst. Prof. Belkıs Atasever Arslan stated that Mediterranean Anemia (Thalassemia) is a hereditary disease commonly seen in the Mediterranean region where our country is located, Middle East, India, Far East and Africa; and she continues, “Worldwide more than 300 children are born with this disease each year, there are several subgroups of this disease”.  Chelating drugs prevent iron overloadStating that chelating drug used in the treatment of the disease prevents iron overload, Arslan says, “Especially in beta thalassemia major, lifelong regular blood transfusions are required, however, this causes iron overload in the body. Iron overload leads to heart failure, cirrhosis, and endocrine abnormalities, and iron overload is one of the main causes of death in Mediterranean Anemia. For this reason, patients receive iron chelation therapy”.