The results of TÜBİTAK 2566- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Bilateral Cooperation Call of 2022 have been announced. In the scope of the program, the projects of our 2 faculty members (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Önder Metin from the Department of Chemistry and Asst. Prof. Mehmet Cengiz Onbaşlı from the Department of Physics) were granted. We congratulate our faculty members and wish them continued success. Asst. Prof. Mehmet Cengiz Onbaşlı: Project Title: " Exploring Kagome Superconductors with Symmetry-breaking Normal States for Topological Quantum Computation (SuperKAGOME)" Chinese Collaborator: Prof. Zhenyu Wang, University of Science and Technology of China Assoc. Prof. Dr. Önder Metin Project Title: "Fabrication of Covalent Organic Frameworks-Based Noble Metal Single Atomic Site Photocatalytic Materials for the Photo-Assisted Lithium-Oxygen Battery " Chinese Collaborator: Prof. Shaojun Guo, Peking University.

Assoc. Prof. Elif Nur Fırat Karalar from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics received her 2nd ERC starting grant to study Spatiotemporal regulation of centriolar satellite homeostasis. We wholeheartedly congratulate her exceptional achievement.

Asst.Prof. Safacan Kölemen from Chemistry Department has received TÜBA - GEBİP Outstanding Young Scientists Awards. We wholeheartedly congratulate Asst. Prof. Safacan Kölemen!

Prof. Halil Kavaklı, head of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has received the prestigious TÜSEB Aziz Sancar Science Award in 2022, for his outstanding research on DNA repair and circadian rhythm. We wholeheartedly congratulate Prof. Dr. Halil Kavaklı!

The scientists who will represent our country in the six different working groups (Division) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), of which our country has been a member since 1958, in the period of 2022 and 2023 have been determined. Assoc. Dr. Önder Metin was selected as the National Representative for Inorganic Chemistry Division (Division II).

Assoc. Prof. Elif Nur Fırat Karalar has received 2021 Sabri Ülker Science Award.