Bilkent \u00dcniversitesi Fen Fak\u00fcltesi Dekan\u0131 Prof. Dr. Tayfun \u00d6z\u00e7elik ve \u00fcniversitenin molek\u00fcler biyoloji ve genetik b\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fc, Amerikan \u0130nsan Geneti\u011fi Toplulu\u011funca “\u00e7\u0131\u011f\u0131r a\u00e7\u0131c\u0131” genetik ara\u015ft\u0131rmalara verilen “D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnce Lideri” \u00f6d\u00fcl\u00fcne lay\u0131k g\u00f6r\u00fcld\u00fc.<\/p>\n
Tayfun \u00d6z\u00e7elik, \u00f6d\u00fcl\u00fcn\u00fc Washington’da d\u00fczenlenen American Society of Human Genetics’in (ASHG) 75. kurulu\u015f y\u0131l\u0131 kutlama t\u00f6reninde ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
Bilkent \u00dcniversitesinin ve \u00d6z\u00e7elik’in ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131n\u0131n anlat\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 belgesel, 8 binin \u00fczerinde bilim insan\u0131n\u0131n kat\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 oturumda g\u00f6sterildi.<\/p>\n
\u00d6z\u00e7elik ve \u00fcniversitenin molek\u00fcler biyoloji ve genetik b\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcne verilen “D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnce Lideri” \u00f6d\u00fcl\u00fcn\u00fcn gerek\u00e7esinde, “\u00d6z\u00e7elik ve Bilkent Molek\u00fcler Biyoloji ve Genetik B\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fc, kal\u0131tsal hastal\u0131klar ve T\u00fcrkiye Geneti\u011fi (Variome) alanlar\u0131nda \u00e7\u0131\u011f\u0131r a\u00e7\u0131c\u0131 katk\u0131lar\u0131 nedeniyle ‘D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnce Lideri’ se\u00e7ilmi\u015ftir. Bu \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar biyomedikal ara\u015ft\u0131rmalara devrimsel nitelikte katk\u0131lar sa\u011flamakta, insan hayat\u0131n\u0131 iyile\u015ftirmekte, t\u0131p alan\u0131n\u0131 d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcrmekte, e\u011fitim, inovasyon, ara\u015ft\u0131rma ve sa\u011fl\u0131k politikalar\u0131n\u0131n olu\u015fturulmas\u0131na liderlik etmektedir.” ifadelerine yer verildi.<\/p>\n
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Prof. Dr. \u00d6z\u00e7elik’ten AA’ya de\u011ferlendirme<\/h3>\n
Prof. Dr. \u00d6z\u00e7elik, AA muhabirine yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131klamada, “D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnce Lideri” se\u00e7ilmesinden dolay\u0131 b\u00fcy\u00fck gurur duydu\u011funu ifade etti.<\/p>\n
\u00d6z\u00e7elik, \u015funlar\u0131 kaydetti:<\/p>\n
“\u00d6zellikle vurgulamam gerekir ki bu paye d\u00fcnyada genom tabanl\u0131 biyomedikal ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131 ve sa\u011fl\u0131k d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015f\u00fcm programlar\u0131n\u0131 en ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 d\u00fczeyde y\u00fcr\u00fcten kurum ve \u00fclkelere verilmektedir. Nitekim daha \u00f6nceki y\u0131llarda se\u00e7ilmi\u015f olan \u0130ngiltere, \u00c7in, Danimarka, Finlandiya gibi \u00fclkeler ve Stanford \u00dcniversitesi gibi kurumlar aras\u0131na 2023 y\u0131l\u0131nda Bilkent Molek\u00fcler Biyoloji ve Genetik B\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcn\u00fcn kat\u0131lm\u0131\u015f olmas\u0131 son derece anlaml\u0131d\u0131r. “<\/p>\n
ABD’de ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131n\u0131n heykeli dikilmi\u015fti<\/h3>\n
Prof. Dr. Tayfun \u00d6z\u00e7elik, lise e\u011fitimini \u0130talya ve T\u00fcrkiye’de tamamlad\u0131ktan sonra \u0130stanbul, Cenevre, Londra, Oxford ve Yale \u00fcniversitelerinde t\u0131p e\u011fitimi ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
M\u00fcnih, Yale ve Stanford \u00fcniversitelerinde fizyoloji ve t\u0131bbi genetik alanlar\u0131nda uzmanl\u0131k ve doktora sonras\u0131 ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131n\u0131 y\u00fcr\u00fctt\u00fc.<\/p>\n
Ment\u00f6r\u00fc Profes\u00f6r Uta Francke ile \u0130nsan Genom Projesi’nin ba\u015flang\u0131c\u0131 ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131na kat\u0131lan \u00d6z\u00e7elik, T\u00fcrkiye’de DNA analizine dayanan ilk kimliklendirme \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n\u0131 \u0130stanbul \u00dcniversitesinde ment\u00f6r\u00fc merhum Prof. Dr. Sevim B\u00fcy\u00fckdevrim ile ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirdi.<\/p>\n
ASHG \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc’n\u00fcn gerek\u00e7esini olu\u015fturan Prader-Willi Sendromu \u00fczerine ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131n\u0131 merhum Prof. Dr. \u0130hsan Do\u011framac\u0131’n\u0131n destekleri ile y\u00fcr\u00fcten \u00d6z\u00e7elik, ASHG’nin Bilimsel Program Komitesi \u00dcyesi, European Society of Human Genetics’in Y\u00f6netim Kurulu \u00dcyesi ve E\u011fitim Komitesi Ba\u015fkan\u0131 olarak g\u00f6rev yapt\u0131.<\/p>\n
\u00d6z\u00e7elik’in ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131 Avrupa Birli\u011fi, NIH (National Institutes of Health), WHO (World Health Organization), TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences), HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) ve T\u00dcB\u0130TAK (T\u00fcrkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Kurumu) taraf\u0131ndan desteklendi.<\/p>\n
Rockefeller, Harvard, Cambridge \u00fcniversiteleri ve Mount Sinai T\u0131p Merkezi ile ortakla\u015fa ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar y\u00fcr\u00fcten ve T\u00dcBA \u00fcyesi de olan \u00d6z\u00e7elik, 2012 T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Bilim \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc’n\u00fcn de sahibi.<\/p>\n
L\u00f6semiye neden olan genlerden ilkini ke\u015ffetti<\/h3>\n
\u00d6z\u00e7elik, \u00fcyesi oldu\u011fu ekiple 1998’de \u00e7ocuklarda l\u00f6semiye neden olan ailesel kaynakl\u0131 genlerden ilkini ke\u015ffetti\u011fi \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmas\u0131yla d\u00fcnyada geni\u015f ilgi uyand\u0131rd\u0131.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye’deki ilk babal\u0131k testini yapan \u00d6z\u00e7elik, ekibiyle beraber “UNERTAN (\u00dcner Tan) Sendromu” olarak da bilinen, insanlarda el ve ayak \u00fczerine y\u00fcr\u00fcmeye neden olan geni ke\u015ffetti.<\/p>\n
Bilkent \u00dcniversitesi Fen Fak\u00fcltesi Dekan\u0131 \u00d6z\u00e7elik, ABD’deki Stanford \u00dcniversitesinde “\u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n\u0131n heykeli” dikilen 22 bilim insan\u0131ndan biri oldu.<\/p>\n