BİKÜME introduction and stakeholder meeting held at the Gebze Chamber of Commerce

The introduction and stakeholder development meeting of the Biotechnology and Bioeconomy Cluster (BİKÜME) project was held at the Gebze Chamber of Commerce (GTO), one of the project’s stakeholders. BİKÜME is coordinated by the Technology Transfer Office of Gebze Technical University and supported by the Ministry of Industry and Technology of Türkiye.

The meeting was attended by Prof. Dr. Elif Damla Arısan, GTÜ Vice Rector and BİKÜME coordinator, Prof. Dr. Ebru Menşur, General Manager of the GTÜ Technology Transfer Office, Prof. Dr. Müge İşleten Hoşoğlu, director of the Institute of Biotechnology, and our supervisor Ümit Barış Kutman, deputy director of the Institute, who gave a presentation. GTO Board Chairman Abdurrahman Aslantaş, Deputy Chairman Mikdat Aydın and local industrialists also took part. Two of our research assistants, Hande Mutlu Durak and Rıfat Buğra Bildiri, serve in the BİKÜME secretariat.

The GTÜ delegation presented the strategic goals and fields of activity of the platform and the collaboration opportunities it offers to industry. The meeting covered recent developments in health, industrial and agricultural biotechnology, and went through how joint R&D projects can be developed and how companies can reach national and international funding. It closed with questions and discussion of collaborations.

Source: GTÜ Institute of Biotechnology