Assoc. Prof. Atay Vural, faculty member of the Department of Neurology

Eczacıbaşı Scientific Research Support Award

Eczacıbaşı Scientific Research Support Award on Personalized Medicine

KOLT Teaching Improvement Grant program is a funding opportunity for advancing learning and teaching at Koç University. Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs), Virtual Exchange Projects, Teach-Research-Publish, Gender Inclusive Teaching and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Courses were the five priority areas for the Fall 2023 grants.

PhD Thesis of Dr. Cansel Vatansever, who currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at KUISCID, has been awarded as the best outstanding thesis by Council of Higher Education (YÖK) under Health and Sports Sciences. Dr. Vatansever’s thesis was supervised by Vice Director Prof. Füsun Can.

Project Funds Received by Faculty of Medicine Faculty Members Since June 2023

Assoc. Prof. Savaş Taşoğlu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Assoc. Prof. Atay Vural from the School of Medicine received the Medical Incentive Award, while Prof. Tuğba Bağcı Önder and Asst. Prof. Gözde Korkmaz from the School of Medicine received the Scientific Research Support Award.

We are pleased to present the EMBO Self-Leadership Workshop for women in science, making its debut in Türkiye. Organized by our Gender Equality Office in collaboration with EMBO, this workshop offers women scientists a unique platform to enhance their self-leadership skills.

Prof. Seda Kızılel, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and her remarkable team, Esra Yalçın Kaya, Kiyumars Jalili, Işılay Göktan, have receivedthe "Best Start-up Award" in the health and life sciences category at TEKNOFEST 2023.

Our professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics and former President (2009-2021) Prof. Umran S.İnan has been honored with the John Adam Fleming Medal by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), presented to one esteemed scientist every year since 1962.