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: [email protected]