Science for Industry, Industry for Peace

TASSA - TOBB - WITSA Joint Symposium on Friday June 12, 2009 in Washington D.C. Live webcast of the event is available at http://vcg01.worldbank.org/vc/ more


apr 24.09
Engineering and Applied Sciences

UIG-TASSA Conference on Translational Research and Commercialization of Nanotechnologies

The National Innovation Initiative (UIG) in collaboration with Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) organized an international conference on December 22-23, 2008, in Sabanci Center, Istanbul, Turkey. The conference focused on translational research and commercialization of nanotechnologies. Scientific panels provided academic discussions and learning opportunities, while researchers had a chance to share their projects with industry, investors and financing institutions.

may 19.09
Health and Biomedical Sciences

Dr. Muge Gucsavas Calikoglu, a Turkish medical geneticist, was featured on “Mystery Diagnosis”

Dr Muge Gucsavas Calikoglu, an associate professor of pediatrics working in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism at the University of North Carolina (UNC), was featured on the national TV show “Mystery Diagnosis” on the Discovery Health Channel.

apr 29.09
Natural Sciences

What is Elementary Particle Physics Good for?

This question has been asked to me and to other physicists in the field on numerous occasions. It has been asked by friends, students, talk show hosts, as well as politicians. We tried to give an answer...

apr 29.09
Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities

Turkish American Scientists and scholars gather to Celebrate the life and work of Famous poet Nazim Hikmet

In a first of what promises to be an annual poetry fest, Turkish American scholars gathered at the first Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival held on April 19, 2009 in Raleigh, NC at Gregg Museum of Art & Design of NC State University.

Upcoming Events


The following events might be of interest:

- Mediterranean Medical Genetics Meeting, June 28 - July 1, 2009, Ankara. more info

- Fifth International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control, September 2-4, 2009, Famagusta, North Cyprus. more info

- BIOTECH METU 2009, September 27-30, 2009, Ankara. more info

- IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting October 4-8, 2009, Antalya. (Paper Submission Deadline: June 18) more info

- World Universities Congress at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University October 20-24, 2010 Canakkale. more info

TASSA 2008
Annual conference

Harvard University
April 11-13, 2008