Day 1: October 17

October 17, Thursday

Main Hall / Irfan Gunsel Congress Center, Hall 1

Time	Event
08:30 - 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 10:00	Welcoming Speeches
10:00 - 10:45	“Biotechnology related research infrastructures landscape across Europe” OPENING LECTURE: Prof. Dr. Murat Özgören Near East University, Head of NERITA; Chair Brain and Conscious States Research Center Chair Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine Chair: Prof. Dr. H. Seda VATANSEVER
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00	Oral Presentations 11:15 - 11:30: ‘Development of a qRT-PCR Kit for Detecting Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) That Recently Caused Numerous Cat Deaths in Cyprus’ - Gulten Tuncel Dereboylu, Gokce Akan, Melis Kalayci, Cenk Serhan Ozverel, and Tamer Sanlidag 11:30 - 11:45: ‘Revolutionizing Hepatitis D Diagnostics: Developing an In-House qRT-PCR Kit for Exceptional Detection of HDV’ - Kıvanç Günhan, H. Seda Vatansever, Tamer Şanlıdağ, Murat Sayan, Sinem Akçalı, Hilal Kabadayı Ensarioğlu, Ferdi Çetin, Gökçe Akan, Gulten Tuncel Dereboylu, and Melis Kalaycı 11:45 - 12:00: ‘Development of RP-HPLC Method for Simultaneous Estimation of Combinations of Metformin and Curcumin’ - Bahareh Noshadi, Emine Vildan Burgaz, and Leyla Beba Pozharani
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:40	Session 1: Medical Biotechnology
14:00 - 14:40	‘Chemically Generated Singlet Oxygen as a Potential Therapeutic Agent’ - Prof. Dr. Engin Umut Akkaya, Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye
14:40 - 15:40	Oral Presentations 14:40 - 14:55: ‘Synthesis and cytotoxic effects of various thiosemicarbazide compounds on primary and metastatic breast cancer cell lines’ - Hilal Kabadayı Ensarioglu, Eda Becer, Faika Basoglu, Nuray Ulusoy-Güzeldemirci, and Hafize Seda Vatansever 14:55 - 15:10: ‘Protocol for Obtaining Stem Cells from Menstrual Blood’ - Aslınur Aktaş, Hilal Kabadayı Ensarioğlu, Yıldız Uyar, and Hafize Seda Vatansever 15:10 - 15:25: ‘Critical Parameters in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing of Biosimilars’ - Yildiz Ozalp and Motunrayo Mayowa Onayo 15:25 - 15:40: ‘Evaluation of Taurodont and Pyramidal Mandibular Molars Prevalance in a Group of Turkish Cypriot Population by CBCT’ - Dilan Kırmızı, Umut Aksoy, Seçil Aksoy, Nildem İnönü, and Kaan Orhan
15:40 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45	Oral Presentations 16:00 - 16:15: ‘Influence of Prefabricated Auxiliary Device Design and Intraoral Scanner Type on the 3D Trueness of Intraoral Scans’ - Özay Önöral, Selin Çakır, and Sevcan Kurtulmuş Yılmaz 16:15 - 16:30: ‘Biological Network Analysis of Genes and Non-coding Genes in PCOS’ - Bita Ostad Hasanzadeh, Zahra Lotfi Sousefi, Parham Ostad Hasanzadeh, and Pinar Tulay 16:30 - 16:45: ‘Stimulation by Exosomes Under Hypoxia Enhances Tumorigenic Properties of Primary and Metastatic Colon and Breast Cancer Cells’ - İbrahim Halil Gürçınar, Hilal Kabadayı Ensarioğlu, Remziye Kendirci-Katırcı, and Hafize Seda Vatansever
17:00 - 18:00	Poster Sessions
18:30 - 20:00	Welcome Reception (Location: NEU Car Museum)

Day 2: October 18

October 18, Friday

Main Hall / Irfan Gunsel Congress Center, Hall 1

Time	Event
09:00 - 12:10	Session 2: Microbial Biotechnology
09:00 - 09:40	‘Organ-on-chips and Applications in Infectious Diseases’ - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buket Baddal, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
09:40 - 10:40	Oral Presentations 09:40 - 09:55: ‘In Silico Optimization of Antifungal Therapies: Exploring Biosurfactant-Antifungal Synergy Against Trichophyton Species’ - Cemile Bagkur, Cenk Serhan Ozverel, and Emine Erdag 09:55 - 10:10: ‘Triazole Derivatives as Potential MCR-1 Inhibitors: A Promising Approach to Overcome Colistin Resistance’ - Emine Erdag, Cenk Serhan Ozverel, and Cemile Bagkur 10:10 - 10:25: ‘Necessity of Alternative Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistant Strains Detected in Northern Cyprus’ - Elisabeth Opawoye, Emrah Guler, Kaya Süer, and Ayse Arikan 10:25 - 10:40: ‘Molecular Characterization of Newcastle Disease Virus Circulating in Pakistan’ - Uswa Siddique and Ijaz Ali
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	‘Opportunitises of Natural Fibers in Automotive Industry’ - Aytun Kazmaci, GUNSEL
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:30	Session 3: DESAM
14:00 - 14:40	‘DESAM’s Capabilities and Innovative Approaches’ - Assoc. Prof. Cenk Serhan Ozverel, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
14:40 - 15:40	Oral Presentations 14:40 - 14:55: ‘Does RAB31 Continue to Play a Role in Exosome Biogenesis of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in 2D and 3D Culture Conditions in Hypoxic Environment?’ - Hafize Seda Vatansever, Hilal Kabadayı Ensarioglu, Aslınur Aktaş, Burak Kutlu Aydın, Nadire Kıyak, and Mehmet Vatansever 14:55 - 15:10: ‘Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Prevent Testicular Torsion Injury Controlling Apoptosis and Necroptosis’ - Hilal Kabadayı Ensarioglu, Fatma Bilgecan Şimşek, Hafize Seda Vatansever, Hasan Çayırlı, and Aydın Şencan 15:10 - 15:25: ‘In vivo Evaluation of Microemulsion Formulation Containing Capsaicin For the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain’ - Rumooz Shayyah, Umay M G Bölgen, Ares Alizade, Serpil D Kayıran, Sonia Ebrahimi, and Fazilet Aksu 15:25 - 15:40: ‘Synthesis of Chitosan Functionalized Zinc Oxide Nanocomposite using Moringa Stenopetala Extract and Assessment of its Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Potentials’ - Huzaifa Umar, Natacha Usanase, Basil Bartholomew Duwa, and Dilber Uzun Ozsahin
15:40 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00	Oral Presentations 16:00 - 16:15: ‘Investigation of Behavioral Changes and Histopathological Changes in the Brain In Alzheimer’s Modelled Mice with Aluminium Chloride’ - Derya D Kanan, Işıl Aydemir, Ares Alizade, Fazilet Aksu, Sonia Ebrahimi 16:15 - 16:30: ‘Renal Artery Variations and Clinical Importance: CT Angiography Study in TRNC Population’ - Yasemin Küçükçiloğlu and Mehtap Yüksel Tiryakioğlu 16:30 - 16:45: ‘Does scan aid use improve the 3D trueness of digital implant impressions with different inter-implant distances?’ - Sevcan Kurtulmuş Yılmaz, Tezcan Muslu, and Özay Önöral 16:45 - 17:00: ‘Allelic frequencies of FSHR gene and biological network analysis of non-coding genes in PCOS’ - Sana Madhher, Bita Ostad Hasanzadeh, Burcu Ozbakir, Ali Cenk Ozay, and Pinar Tulay
17:00 - 18:00	Poster Presentations

Day 3: October 19

October 19, Saturday

Main Hall / Irfan Gunsel Congress Center, Hall 1

Time	Event
09:00 - 11:11	Session 4: Molecular Biotechnology
09:00 - 09:30	‘Development of a Diagnostic Kit Using Two-Dimensional Multiplex RT-PCR Technique with Molecular Beacon’ - Dr. Onur Bilenoglu, Diagnotech Biotechnology, İstanbul, Türkiye
09:30 - 10:00	‘Oxford Nanopore MiniOn Sequencing Technology’ - Onur Yavuz, Project Specialist, Massive Bioinformatics, İzmir, Türkiye
10:00 - 10:30	‘ABC and AVITI – Opening a gateway to the next evolution of sequencing’ - Ferda Altaytas, ATQ Biotechnology, Ankara, Türkiye
10:30 - 11:00	‘Serum proteome profiling by deep parallel Multiplexing NGS’ - Prof. Dr. Kamil Onder, Procomcure Biotech GmbH, Salzburg, Austria
11:00 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00	“Fostering Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future with a Co-Creation and Succeeding Together Approach” - Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, Istanbul Technical University Rector, Former President of TUBITAK, Acting Chairman of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Policies Council of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Chair: Prof. Dr. Murat Ozgoren
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 17:00	Session 5: AI and New Era of Biotechnology
14:00 - 14:30	‘Unlocking the potential of Collective Intelligence in Medicine’ - Prof. Dr. Shadi Albarqouni, University of Bonn, Germany
14:30 - 15:00	‘High Resolution and High Sensitivity Molecular Imaging: Are We There yet?’ - Prof. Dr. Georges El Fakhri, Yale University, USA
15:00 - 15:30	Oral Presentations 15:00 - 15:15: ‘Early prediction of mortality due to carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infection in intensive care units using machine learning’ - Buket Baddal, Cemile Bagkur, and Bardia Arman 15:15 - 15:30: ‘Ensemble Learning for Diabetes Classification Using Voting Classifier on CDC Health Indicators Dataset’ - Bardia Arman, Kian Jazayeri, Erbuğ Çelebi, Kezban Alpan, and Kamil Dimililer
15:30 - 15:45	Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:45	Oral Presentations 15:45 - 16:00: ‘Voronoi-Based Data Augmentation Techniques in Supervised Learning’ - Bardia Arman, Erbug Celebi, Emre Ozbilge, and Raif Usal 16:00 - 16:15: ‘Detection of Keratoconus through YOLOV8 ROI Preprocessing and Pretrained Convolutional Neural Networks using 2D Images’ - Muhammed Sideeq Anwar and Emre Ozbilge 16:15 - 16:30: ‘Evaluating the Latent Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tests Using Fuzzy PROMETHEE: A Multi-Criteria Decision Approach’ - Declan Emegano, Nazife Sultanoglu, Efe Precious Onakpojeruo, Berna Uzun, Dilber Uzun Ozsahin, and Tamer Sanlidag 16:30 - 16:45: ‘Contribution of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach in Choosing the Most Appropriate Rapid Diagnostic Tests in an Outbreak’ - Ayse Arikan, Berna Uzun, Murat Sayan, Dilber Uzun Ozsahin, and Tamer Sanlidag
16:45 - 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:15	Session 6: Food Biotechnology
17:00 - 17:30	‘Effects of Climate Change on Nature and Bees’ - Prof. Dr. Nevzat Artik, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye
17:30 - 18:15	Oral Presentations 17:30 - 17:45: ‘Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Properties of Sarıulak Olive Fermented with Red Beetroot’ - Sebnem Guler, Perihan Adun, Mehmet Karagözlü, and Hüseyin Erten 17:45 - 18:00: ‘The cytotoxic activity of rosemary essential oil on PANC-1 cells’ - Mustafa Hoca, Eda Becer, Abdussalam Yakubu, and Hafize Seda Vatansever 18:00 - 18:15: ‘Examining the Resistance to Technological Process and In-vitro Probiotic Properties of Saccharomyces boulardii’ - Bornu Kabolobari Barielnu, Beyza Hatice Ulusoy, Fatma Kaya Yildirim, Kaynarca, and Markus
20:00 - 00:00	Gala Dinner

Day 4: October 20

October 20, Sunday

Main Hall / Irfan Gunsel Congress Center, Hall 1

Time	Event
09:00 - 10:30	Session 7: Future of Science Panel
09:00 - 10:30	Prof. Dr. Murat Ozgoren, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ozturk, Prof. Dr. H. Seda Vatansever, Prof.Dr. Murat Sayan, Prof.Dr. Beyza Ulusoy, Prof. Dr. Dilber Uzun Ozsahin Chairs: Prof. Dr. Tamer Sanlidag, Assoc. Prof. Cenk Serhan Ozverel
10:30 - 11:00	Conference Closing Ceremony