 TASSA NEWS
|
New Year Message by Professor Tamerler
Dear TASSA Friends,
With 2020 coming to a close, we can all agree that it has been an incredibly challenging year. 2020 will be remembered as a year of historical turmoil, from the terrifying pandemic to long-overdue demands for racial justice and economic distress for so many. It seems an appropriate time to reflect and to share gratitude for our community.
|
TASSA Elects Four New Board Members
TASSA Board of Directors approved the election results of the Nominating Committee on October 3, 2020.
The new elected members to serve between 2020-2024 are: * Dr. Serap Aksoy
* Dr. Ercan Alp
* Dr. Utkan Demirci
* Dr. Asu Ozdaglar
|
TASSA Reorganizes Its Executive Committee
The Executive Committee, which is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of TASSA, has been reorganized. Per TASSA Bylaws, the Executive Committee includes the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Managing Director, the Treasurer, and the Editor of the Bridge.
|
TASSA family lost a valuable member, Dr. Orhan Gurbuz
On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, we announce with sympathy that Dr. Orhan Gurbuz, a previous board member of TASSA, has passed away peacefully on August 31, 2020. We would like to thank the late Dr. Gurbuz for his invaluable contribution to the TASSA and express our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
|
New Board Chair and President, Dr. Candan Tamerler starts her term
Dr. Candan Tamerler, who served TASSA as the vice president and board member since 2004, assumed the duties from the past chairman of the board and president, Dr. Haluk Unal, in April 2020.
|
|
TASSA 2019 Annual Report
Please see our 2019 Report in this link.
|
|
|
TURKISH SCIENCE DIASPORA
|
Many news agencies worldwide released very exciting and promising information about the vaccine's effectiveness developed for COVID-19 by BioNTech and Pfizer team on Monday. The world became familiar with the life stories of Turkish scientist, Dr. Sahin, and German Scientist Dr. Tureci with Turkish immigrant parents, and the background of their project started in January.
|
Founded in 2008 by Turkish immigrants Zeynep Ilgaz and Serhat Pala, Confirm BioSciences acquired by Clinical Reference Laboratory (CRL), one of the most prominent clinical testing laboratories in the U.S.
|
A Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Sitti is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of physical intelligence. He is a pioneer in several areas of research, among them wireless tiny medical robots, gecko-inspired adhesives, and bio-inspired miniature robots.
|
Dr. Umut Gurkan named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Dr. Umut Gurkan, Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor of Case Western Reserve University, has been elected a senior member of the August 2020 class of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
|
Dr. Ali Erdemir honored with 2020 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers International Award
Dr. Ali Erdemir, TEES Eminent Professor of Texas A&M University and an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, is given the STLE International Award, which is the Society's highest technical honor and bestows lifetime honorary membership.
|
Dr. Ivet Bahar became the first Turkish woman to be elected to the American National Academy of Sciences
For the first time in the 157-year history of the American National Academy of Sciences, one of the most distinguished scientific institutions in the world, a Turkish woman scientist was selected as a 'member'.
|
Google Doodle celebrated Turkish astrophysicist Dr. Dilhan Eryurt
Google Doodle celebrated Turkish astrophysicist Dr. Dilhan Eryurt on June 20, 2020. Dr. Eryurt was the first Turkish woman to work as a scientist at NASA.
|
Dr. Can Geylani is announced to be the recipient of AACR-CRUK Fellowship
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Cancer Research UK (CRUK) announced Dr. Can Geylani as the recipient of the Transatlantic Fellowship. Dr. Geylani, a researcher at the Medical School of Harvard University, has been awarded $400,000 over four years to establish his postdoctoral research program at the Medical School of Harvard University.
|
Dr. Egemen Kolemen wins 2020 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award
Dr. Egemen Kolemen, assistant professor of Princeton University has won a prestigious 2020 Excellence in Fusion Engineering award presented by Fusion Power Associates.
|
Dr. Umut A. Gurkan developed a portable diagnostic platform to test sickle cell disease
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Cancer Research UK (CRUK) announced Dr. Can Geylani as the recipient of the Transatlantic Fellowship. Dr. Geylani, a researcher at the Medical School of Harvard University, has been awarded $400,000 over four years to establish his postdoctoral research program at the Medical School of Harvard University.
|
Dr. Betul Kacar has been named the fellow for a new Scialog initiative, Signatures of Life in the Universe
Dr. Betul Kacar has been named the fellow for a new Scialog initiative, Signatures of Life in the Universe, co-sponsored by Research Cooperation for Science Advancement (RCSA), and the Heising-Simons Foundation and with additional program support from the Kavli Foundation in 2020.
|
EXPERT OPINION
|
In the future, we can have hyper-realistic dynamic paintings in our homes. These paintings will be able to change based on the existing illumination from the environment. Traditional painters needs easy to use tools to create such painting.
|
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the infectious disease named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization in February 2020.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is known to spread from person to person, and the primary means of transmission is through respiratory droplets generated by coughing, sneezing, throat clearing and talking (CDC, 2020 and FDA, 2020).
|
196 Scientists from Turkish Universities are listed in Mendeley's "100,000 top-scientists" Dataset
Mendeley created a publicly available database of 100,000 top-scientists providing standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions for 22 scientific fields.
|
Council of Higher Education (YÖK) of Turkey Invites Successful Students to Turkey to Resume Their Studies
Council of Higher Education President Prof. M. A. Yekta Saraç announced a decision for Turkish students studying abroad who do not want to return to their universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and international students who wish to study in Turkey.
|
TÜBİTAK announced policy principles to maintain gender balance among researchers
The Scientific and Technological Research Council, TUBITAK, published the basic policy principles to maintain gender balance among all R&D and innovation researchers.
|
|
