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Shape D-Future Competition General 5 articles
2025

Shape D-Future Competition

YTU Food Club students achieved a significant success by placing 3rd in Turkey at the Shape D-Future competition organised by Döhler, one of the leading organisations of the food and beverage sector. Placing in this platform, where innovation and future-focused projects compete, the team combined their academic knowledge in food technologies with creative solutions.

SDG 2 SDG 8 SDG 9

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“From Literature to Innovation” R&D Meeting General 5 articles
2025

“From Literature to Innovation” R&D Meeting

The Yildiz Technical University Food Club conducted its first R&D meeting of the new term under the title 'From Literature to Innovation: Project Development Journey'. The meeting, organised on 16 October at 17:30 at the Chemistry and Metallurgy Faculty under the advisory guidance of Prof. Dr. Ömer Said Toker and the leadership of R&D Department Coordinator Muhammet Eren Karakaş, aimed at students taking the first step towards producing innovative works for R&D projects that will direct the f...

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FoodX: Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship Student Congress General 5 articles
2025

FoodX: Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship Student Congress

The Yildiz Technical University Food Club organised the 'FoodX: Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship Student Congress' event to address innovative approaches in the food sector and the entrepreneurship ecosystem. This organization, held on 29 April at the Yildiz Technical University Congress and Culture Centre, was designed as a visionary platform aiming to take the sector further. The event, where technological advances in the food field and student projects were centred, provided an innovat...

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Certified Basic HACCP Training General 5 articles
2025

Certified Basic HACCP Training

The Yildiz Technical University Food Club organised a 'Certified Basic HACCP Training' with the presentation of Timuçin İçöz to convey food safety standards and risk analysis methods to students. At this comprehensive training held on 3 November 2025 at the Chemistry and Metallurgy Faculty, 'Prerequisite Programmes', the foundation of food safety management systems, were addressed with real case analyses and examples. Food Sector Professional and Lead Auditor Timuçin İçöz shared his technical...

SDG 2 SDG 3 SDG 12

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SDGs Education Programme – Module 3 General 5 articles
2025

SDGs Education Programme – Module 3

YTU ÇEV, in collaboration with partner clubs through the Sustainable Development Goals Education Programme, conducted a strategic session focused on global hunger and food security issues. At the third module held at Yeditepe University on 13 March 2025, critical topics including the UN's 'Zero Hunger' goal, healthy living, and access to clean water were analysed in depth with expert guidance.

SDG 2 SDG 3 SDG 4 SDG 6

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Innovative Treatment Project under the TÜBİTAK 2232-B International Young Researchers Program General 5 articles
2025

Innovative Treatment Project under the TÜBİTAK 2232-B International Young Researchers Program

Following her research at Charité University Hospital Berlin, Dr. Duygu Elif Yılmaz Demirci joined Yıldız Technical University and began conducting the project entitled “Suppression of Effective Molecular Pathways in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Using Nanoparticle-Based Drugs.” Supported under the TÜBİTAK 2232-B International Young Researchers Program, the project focuses on developing nanoparticle-based targeted drug delivery systems for genetic kidney diseases. By aiming to ...

SDG 3 SDG 4 SDG 9 SDG 17

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Innovative Biomaterial Development Project Supported under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program General 5 articles
2025

Innovative Biomaterial Development Project Supported under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program

A research project led by Prof. Dr. Sevil Yücel from the Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, has been funded under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program. The project, entitled “Production of an Injectable Composite Dermal Filler Containing Triple-Ion-Doped Bioactive Glass (Se, Sr, and B) and Hyaluronic Acid,” aims to develop and characterize an innovative biomaterial for biomedical applications. The s...

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Bioprinting and Diabetic Wound Treatment Project Supported under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program General 5 articles
2025

Bioprinting and Diabetic Wound Treatment Project Supported under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program

A research project led by Prof. Dr. Rabia Çakır from the Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, has been funded under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program. The project, entitled “Bioprinting of Hydrogels Containing miRNA-Loaded Wharton’s Jelly Stem Cell Exosomes and Demonstration of Their Potential for Diabetic Wound Treatment through In Vitro and In Vivo Studies,” focuses on the development of advanced...

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TÜBİTAK 1001: Sustainable Microneedle Technology for Melanoma Treatment General 5 articles
2025

TÜBİTAK 1001: Sustainable Microneedle Technology for Melanoma Treatment

The project entitled “Design and Development of Microneedles for Melanoma Treatment Using Lycopene and Cellulose Derived from Tomato Waste,” coordinated by Associate Professor Özlem Doğan Aydeniz from the Department of Bioengineering, has been selected for funding under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Program. The project focuses on the design and fabrication of microneedles for cancer treatment using sustainable biomaterials such as lycopene and cellulose recovered from tomato processing waste. By tr...

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Transdermal Drug Delivery and Microneedle Technology General 5 articles
2025

Transdermal Drug Delivery and Microneedle Technology

The ownership rights of the patent entitled “Microneedle Fabrication for Transdermal Drug Delivery Using Dynamic Light Processing Technology,” invented by Prof. Dr. Cem Bülent Üstündağ, have been transferred to the Kazlıçeşme R&D Center, operating under İskefe Holding. Developed through TÜBİTAK 1001 and TÜBİTAK 1505 projects, this innovative invention encompasses not only the production method itself but also formulation knowledge and an extensive package of technical know-how. With both nati...

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TÜBİTAK 1002: Innovative Wound Dressing for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis General 5 articles
2025

TÜBİTAK 1002: Innovative Wound Dressing for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

The study entitled “Production of Wound Dressing Materials for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by Electrospinning and Investigation of Their In Vitro Therapeutic Effects,” in which Hilal Topuz, a PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering, serves as a researcher, has been selected for funding under the TÜBİTAK 1002 Rapid Support Program. The project aims to develop innovative and biocompatible composite wound dressings using the electrospinning technique. Through controlled drug...

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TÜBİTAK 1002: Innovative Nanoparticle System for Breast Cancer Treatment General 5 articles
2025

TÜBİTAK 1002: Innovative Nanoparticle System for Breast Cancer Treatment

The project entitled “Investigation of the In Vitro Anticancer Activities of Cationic Anticancer Peptide L-K6-Conjugated and Protocatechuic Acid-Coated Gold Nanoparticles on Breast Cancer Cells,” involving İrem Çoksu, a PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering, as a researcher, has been selected for funding under the TÜBİTAK 1002 Rapid Support Program. The project aims to develop an innovative cancer treatment platform by combining the advantages of anticancer peptides and gold nanopar...

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