A seminar on "Occupational Health and Laboratory Biosafety Rules" was held on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, for students conducting their projects in the research laboratory of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBİGEN). In the seminar given by İKÜ Occupational Health and Safety Specialist Cumhur Gültekin and Assist. Prof. Sinan Meriç from MOBİGEN, the working conditions of research laboratories and the rules that are to be followed when working in a laboratory were explained in detail.

Aleyna Ekinci and Muhammed Dereci, our students of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, participated in the international congress titled "Plant Evolution in a Changing World" organized by Justus-Liebig Giessen University in Giessen-Germany between 23-26 August 2023 with two poster presentations.

The project titled "Research on the role of the anti-obesity drug orlistat in tumor microenvironment and lipid metabolism-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transformation and apoptosis in a co-culture model created with pancreatic cancer and mature adipocyte cells", conducted by Assist. Prof. Pelin Özfiliz Kılbaş from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBİGEN) has been entitled to receive funds by “TÜSEB 2023-A4-02” callsign. We congratulate our academic and wish her continued success.