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Contact Us Login About TASSA Conferences Membership Institutional Members Sponsorship Newsroom TASSA-Connect Upcoming Events Job Openings Contact Us Next Inventors of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Drs. Tureci and Sahin received German's highest honor Turkish scientists Dr. Ozlem Tureci and Dr. Ugur Sahin, the inventors of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, receieved the highest honor of Germany. more Next Happy New Year Message by Professor Tamerler Dear TASSA Friends, With 2020 coming to a close, we can all agree that it has been an incredibly challenging year. 2020 will be remembered as a year of historical turmoil, from the terrifying pandemic to long-overdue demands for racial justice and economic distress for so many. more Next Turkish scientist teaming up with Pfizer is behind the leading vaccine for coronavirus Many news agencies worldwide released very exciting and promising information about the vaccine's effectiveness developed for COVID-19 by BioNTech and Pfizer team on Monday. more Next TASSA Elects Four New Board Members TASSA Board of Directors approved the election results of the Nominating Committee on October 3, 2020. more Next TASSA family lost a valuable member, Dr. Orhan Gurbuz On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, we announce with sympathy that Dr. Orhan Gurbuz, a previous board member of TASSA, has passed away peacefully on August 31, 2020. We would like to thank the late Dr. Gurbuz for his invaluable contribution to the TASSA and express our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. more Next New Board Chair and President, Dr. Candan Tamerler starts her term Dr. Candan Tamerler, who served TASSA as the vice president and board member since 2004, assumed the duties from the past chairman of the board and president, Dr. Haluk Unal, in April 2020. more Next TASSA Reorganizes Its Executive Committee The Executive Committee, which is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of TASSA, has been reorganized. more Next 196 Scientists from Turkish Universities are listed in Mendeley’s “100,000 top-scientists” Dataset Mendeley created a publicly available database of 100,000 top-scientists providing standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions for 22 scientific fields. more Next Google Doodle celebrated Turkish astrophysicist Dr. Dilhan Eryurt Google Doodle celebrated Turkish astrophysicist Dr. Dilhan Eryurt on June 20, 2020. Dr. Eryurt was the first Turkish woman to work as a scientist at NASA. She researched the evolution of stars leading to an unexpected discovery about the history of the solar system. more Next TÜBİTAK announced policy principles to maintain gender balance among researchers The Scientific and Technological Research Council, TUBITAK, published the basic policy principles to maintain gender balance among all R&D and innovation researchers. more Next Council of Higher Education (YÖK) of Turkey Invites Successful Students to Turkey to Resume Their Studies Council of Higher Education President Prof. M. A. Yekta Saraç announced a decision for Turkish students studying abroad who do not want to return to their universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and international students who wish to study in Turkey. more Aug 10.20 Engineering and Applied Sciences Dr. Ali Erdemir honored with 2020 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers International Award Dr. Erdemir, TEES Eminent Professor of Texas A&M University and an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, is given the STLE International Award, which is the Society's highest technical honor and bestows lifetime honorary membership. more Jan 15.21 Health and Biomedical Sciences Murat Gunel Wins 2020 Academy Prize in Health and Life Sciences from the Turkish Academy of Sciences Professor Murat Günel from the Neurosurgery Department of Yale University receives the 2020 TÜBA Academy Award in health and life sciences. more Jul 16.20 Natural Sciences Dr. Ivet Bahar became the first Turkish woman to be elected to the American National Academy of Sciences For the first time in the 157-year history of the American National Academy of Sciences, one of the most distinguished scientific institutions in the world, a Turkish woman scientist was selected as a 'member'. more Jul 11.19 Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities Dr. Daron Acemoglu named MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu, a honorary TASSA member received MIT’s highest faculty honor more TASSA Reports 2019 Annual TASSA Activity Report 2018 Annual TASSA Activity Report 2017 Annual TASSA Activity Report 2016 Annual TASSA Activity Report 2015 Annual TASSA Activity Report 2014 Annual TASSA Activity Report TASSA report on Turkish Council of Higher Education legislation Research: Patents from Turkey and European Union Turkish Science Diaspora in the United States 2013 Annual TASSA Activity Report 2012 Annual TASSA Activity Report Announcements Upcoming Events Past Events TASSA newsletter: The Bridge View all available issues of The Bridge online: communications and progress performed by the TASSA! Sign up for TASSA Bridge Newsletter 2021 News Inventors of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Drs. Tureci and Sahin received German's highest honor EURAXESS is organizing free webinars for publishing in academic journals Prof. Banu Onaral will be a keynote speaker at the live event on The Impact of Turkish Women in the US Dr. Ali Beskok and Dr. J.-C. Chiao developed a new and faster antibody test to detect COVID-19 Professor Mete Atatüre Wins "2020 Thomas Young Medal and Prize Recipient" Murat Gunel Wins 2020 Academy Prize in Health and Life Sciences from the Turkish Academy of Sciences 2020 News Confirm BioSciences founded by Turkish couple acquired by Clinical Reference Laboratory (CRL) Dr. Metin Sitti receives the Breakthrough of the Year Award at the Fallings Walls World Science Summit in Berlin Turkish scientist teaming up with Pfizer is behind the leading vaccine for coronavirus TASSA Elects Four New Board Members Remembering Orhan Gürbüz (1939-2020) TASSA family lost a valuable member, Dr. Orhan Gurbuz New Board Chair and President, Dr. Candan Tamerler starts her term TASSA Reorganizes Its Executive Committee Dr. Egemen Kolemen wins 2020 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award Dr. Umut Gurkan named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Dr. Ali Erdemir honored with 2020 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers International Award 2019 News National Academy of Medicine Elected 100 New Members Canan Dagdeviren is selected to participate in NAE's 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Science Cartoon Winter 2019 TUBITAK Calls Researchers for CoCirculation2 Program Research Outputs of Turkey Turkish Students Received 3 Gold and 2 Silver Medals in the European Physics Olympiad Octocopter Named Drone is Designed by Bursa Technical University Medical Nail for Femur Fractures is Developed by Turkish Doctors TASSA Board Elects the Next Chairman and President Dr. Daron Acemoglu named MIT Institute Professor Dr. Hayat Onyuksel is selected as an AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2019 The First-of-a-kind Research Center in the World Job Openings Acibadem University invites applications for Faculty Positions Academic Job Openings in Turkish Universities Faculty Position for Hacettepe University, Department of Chemical Engineering Hayat Kimya is looking for a R&D Manager Assistant/Associate and Full Professorship Positions at Beykoz Institute of Biology and Biotechnology Bezmialem Vakif Uni Atilim University invites applications for full-time faculty positions Bogazici University looks for an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry/Inorganic/Physical Chemistry Faculty Position in Mechanical Engineering at Bogazici University Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Calls for Applicants © 2018 Turkish American Scientists & Scholars Association. 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