Home
Announcements
Newton Fund Advanced Fellowship Project to Molecular Biology Department

Newton Fund Advanced Fellowship Project to Molecular Biology Department

December 24, 2019 Written by ttoweb

Dr. Onur Çizmecioğlu of Molecular Biology Department has been awarded Newton Fund Advanced Fellowship of the Royal Society for his project on “Phosphoproteomic elucidation of unique molecular targets of ubiquitious Class IA PI3K isoforms and their tumour mutants”.

This joint project proposal aims to identify ‘the accomplices’ (i.e. protein targets) of the PI3Ks in cancer and inactivate them instead. Hence, the project envisions to minimize the toxic side effects associated with direct PI3K inhibition by uncovering and targeting their ‘accessories to the crime’ specific for cancer cells (namely, proteins that receive signals from mutant PI3K but not wild-type enzymes). This will allow designing drugs that preferentially kill cancer cells while sparing normal cells thus minimizing side effects and increasing the drugs’ therapeutic window. This joint project together with Prof Pedro Cutillas at Queen Mary University of London, UK aims to bring together two research units specializing in molecular genetics and functional proteomics to thoroughly dissect unique and common functions as well as regulations of cancer related PI3K subtypes (p110α and p110β).

Similar posts

Bilkent Hosts International Researchers — The results of the TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2232-A / 2232-B International Leading/Young Researchers Program for the first term of 2024 have been announced. The aim of the program is to encourage qualified researchers who have made significant scientific and technological contributions in their fields and have experience working abroad, to return to Turkey. According to the [...]
Bilkent’s Success in the National Outstanding Researchers P... — The results of the TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2247-A National Outstanding Researchers Program 2023 application have been announced. This program, which has garnered significant attention nationwide, aims to support projects that contain goals for breakthrough developments, address critical gaps in various field, and hold the potential for important discoveries. It also provides researchers with the opportunity to [...]
“AI EDIH Turkey: AI-Enabled Manufacturing for Twin Tr... — Coordinated by the Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries (MESS) and established in collaboration with Bilkent University, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), ITU Teknopark, Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), ISO ETP, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM and Istanbul Development Agency (İSTKA), the “AI EDIH Turkey” consortium was granted support and entitled to join the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) [...]
TÜBİTAK 1001 Project Writing Training was held — TÜBİTAK 1001 Project Writing Training was held online on August 13, 2024. During the training, the program was discussed in detail, and information regarding the application and evaluation processes was provided. We thank our researchers for their keen [...]
“University-Industry Collaboration Interaction Meetin... — We have successfully held our event ‘The University-Industry Collaboration Interaction Meeting’. We thank our participants for their presence and contribution. We would like to thank Ms. Hanife Tuzcuoğlu, National Contact Point (TÜBİTAK) and Ms. Fatma Gökçe Emil, Coordinators Support Program Officer(TÜBİTAK) for their presentations. We have held more than 20 B2B meetings with more than 50 [...]