The 5th Suna Kıraç Workshop, "From Genetic Models of Neurodegenerative Disease to Therapies," was held at Koç University between February 20-23, 2024. The meeting with Brown University was scheduled as part of the NDAL structured collaboration with Brown University's Departments of Neuroscience and Molecular and Cell Biology/Biochemistry.
The first three days of the four-day scientific program were held at KUH-AIMES. Academics from Brown University gave didactic presentations on "Model Organisms, New Technologies" and "Diseases and Developed Therapies". On the last day, they shared their research in detail with the students at Rumeli Feneri Campus.
Hasan Demirci from Koç University Structural Biology Laboratory and A. Nazlı Başak from NDAL also presented their research in the last session. In addition, on the second day of the meeting, Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation / Brown University PhD students Doruk Savaş and Ezgi Memiş discussed how to do a PhD at Brown University, USA, in an interactive session with the students. 120 people attended the workshop, and certificates were presented to those who attended regularly.
On October 11, International Day of the Girl, Suna’nın Kızları organized the “Girls Stronger Together Forum” in Hatay, where girls shared their ideas on making their city safer, more accessible, and more inclusive.
Pera Museum introduces two new publications accompanying its current exhibitions: Swedish glass artist Åsa Jungnelius’ first solo exhibition in Turkey, A Verse, Written with Earth, Fire, Water, and Air and Feelings in Common: Works from the British Council Collection.
The exhibition “The Photography Studio of an Adventurous Architect: Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982”, held at the Istanbul Research Institute of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, is now accessible through an online 3D tour.