MEDICINE AT ITS CUTTING EDGE:
TRANSLATING SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE II
MEDIPOL MEDICAL BIOLOGY
ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
TUESDAY, OCT 27
08.15-09. 15
Registration
09.15-09.30
Opening Ceremony
Sabahattin Aydın
Rector, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
9.30-10.15
Chair: Ülkan Kılıç
Keynote Lecture
Martina Muckenthaler, Heidelberg University, Germany
Iron in health and disease
10.15-10.30
Coffee Break
10.30-12.00
Session I – Chair: Bayram Yılmaz
Max Gassmann, University of Zurich, ZIHP, Zurich, Switzerland
Oxygen and iron in the ascending mountaineer
Ülkan Kılıç, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Effects of melatonin on brain plasticity after focal cerebral ischemia.
Damian Bailey, University of South Wales, Wales, UK
Oxygen, evolution and our radical brains
12.00-13.30
Lunch Break
13.30– 15.00
Session II- Chair: Orhan Gazi Yiğitbaşı
Deniz Atasoy, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Functional dissection of hunger circuits
Thomas Lutz, University of Zurich, ZIHP, Zurich, Switzerland
Banding your stomach
Mustafa Güzel, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Importance of organic chemistry in drug discovery development
15.30-18.00
Explore & Visit REMER
WEDNESDAY, OCT 28
9.30-10.15
Chair: Ertuğrul Kılıç
Keynote Lecture
Fahrettin Keleştemur, TUSEB, Istanbul, Turkey
Traumatic brain injury induced hypopituitarism; new insights into an old disease
10.15-10.30
Coffee Break
10.30-13.00
Session III – Chair: Gürkan Öztürk
Oliver Ullrich, University of Zurich, ETH Neuroscience, Zurich, Switzerland
Gravity-dependent regulation of cell function: The ISS experiments CELLBOX and TRIPLE LUX A
Ertuğrul Kılıç, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
The role of P2X7 receptors in the ischemic brain damage
Steffen Gay, University of Zurich, ZIHP, Zurich, Switzerland
Epigenetics regulating our cells and mind in health and disease
Renate Gay, University of Zurich, ZIHP, Zurich, Switzerland
Mentoring in the global world of science in medicine: chances and pitfalls
For any additional information please feel free to contact Yasemin Yozgat, Symposium secretary:
E-mail address: yyozgat@medipol.edu.tr
For further information please visit the website:
www.medipol.edu.tr/Announcements
