Four TÜBITAK 2209-A applications for the first semester of 2022 were accepted, in which İrem İnce, Arda Güney, Sude Danışman, Miray Nur Aksalih, Emir Gönç, Seda Nur Özer, Eray Kalabalıkoğlu, Hamza Kadir Tamirci, Mehmet Eren Yorulmaz and Berkay Kahraman of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics took part as coordinators and Assist. Prof. Özge Rencüzoğulları, Assist. Prof. Alp Ayan, Dr. Burcu Ayhan Şahin, and Assist. Prof. Pelin Özfiliz Kılbaş were the advisors. We congratulate our advisors and students and wish them continued success.

The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN) held a “Department Orientation Meeting” on Monday, October 3, 2022 to prepare the newly registered students for the 2022-2023 Academic Year. At the meeting where the academic staff of the department was introduced, Assist. Prof. Alp Ayan made a presentation about registering to the courses, how to use the CATS website, about the regulations and the life at the campus.

A detailed information seminar on "Occupational Health and Laboratory Biosafety Rules" was held on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, for students working in the research laboratory of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN). At the seminar given by IKU Occupational Health and Safety Specialist Cumhur Gültekin and one of the academicians in MOBIGEN Res. Assist. Sinan Meriç, the working conditions of research laboratories and the rules to be observed while working in the laboratory environment were explained in detail.