Announcements and News from İSTisNA

11/12/2023

Pelin Ulca, ISTisNA Platform project coordinator, participated in the “Leadership and communication skills training for patient representatives and advocates” organized jointly by EURORDIS (Rare Disease Europe) and Gdansk Medical School in Poland on 26-27 October 2023.

Pelin Ulca, project coordinator of ISTisNA Platform, participated in the "Leadership and communication skills training for patient representatives and advocates" organized jointly by EURORDIS (Rare Disease Europe) and Gdansk Medical School and held in Poland on 26-27 October 2023...
08/12/2023

Health Economics Training on Orphan Diseases was Held at Acıbadem University.

Within the scope of İSTisNA project training activities supported by Istanbul Development Agency and carried out in partnership with Acıbadem University and Istanbul University, Health Economics Training on Rare Diseases was held on October 27, 2023 at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University...
07/12/2023

Strategies to be Used in the Solution of Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Genomic Approaches, and Data Analysis Training were Held at Istanbul University.

Within the scope of İSTisNA Project training activities supported by Istanbul Development Agency (İSTKA), “Training on Strategies, Genomic Approaches and Data Analysis for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases” event was held on October 12-13 at Istanbul University...
06/12/2023

The project, led by Associate Professor Dr. Emrah Yücesan, a participant of the İSTisNA Project, received support under the TÜSEB Group B R&D Project Support Program.

The project titled "Identification of genetic factors and functional characterisation in rare cases of childhood cerebral atrophy obtained from autopsy materials”, prepared under the direction of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah YÜCESAN...
21/06/2023

Acıbadem University bioBANK Unit is Lounched.

Acıbadem University bioBANK was launched on 21 June 2023 with the participation of Prof. Dr. Ahmet Şahin - Rector, Prof. Dr. Güldal Süyen and Prof. Dr. İrfan Güney – Vice-Rectors, faculty members, invited researchers, pharmaceutical industry representatives, patient association representatives, and students...
10/06/2023

We attended the 56th European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference in 2023.

Eylül Aydın, who continues her research at Acıbadem University Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs Application and Research Center (ACURARE), and Prof. Dr. Uğur Özbek, ACURARE center director and Head of the Department of Medical Genetics at Acibadem University School of Medicine, participated in...
01/06/2023

The LAL-D (Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency) Workshop was Held in Istanbul.

ISTisNA Platform project coordinator Pelin Ulca participated in the LAL-D (Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency) Workshop, which was organized jointly by ELPA (European Liver Patients Association), HEPYASAM and the Turkish Liver Foundation and held in Istanbul on 1-2 June 2023...
28/04/2023

Prof. Dr. Özden Hatırnaz Ng’s Speech Titled ‘Obstacles and Expectations of Rare Disease Patients and Their Families in Türkiye’.

Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Biology faculty member Prof. Dr. Özden Hatırnaz Ng's speech titled “Obstacles and Expectations of Rare Disease Patients and Their Families in Turkey” on Friday, 28 April 2023 at 13.30 as part of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Seminar series, can be viewed at Acıbadem University Kerem Aydınlar Campus in classroom C501 and online...
15/04/2023

İSTisNA Project Featured in TRT News Broadcast.

Prof. Dr. Uğur Özbek, the Director of the 'İstanbul Solution Platform for Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases-İSTisNA' Project, a comprehensive project designed in partnership with Istanbul University and led by Acıbadem University, and supported by the Istanbul Development Agency, made statements about the project during a TRT News broadcast...
04/01/2023

ISTisNA Project Survey Results” was published in the “FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH” journal.

ISTisNA Project Survey Results” was published in the “FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH” journal...