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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Dear Friends
of TASSA,
Since the
last issue of The Bridge in September, TASSA committees have
undertaken a number of activities. First, TASSA was invited by the
State Department officials to take an active role in the USA-Turkey
Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology Cooperation
that was "supposed" to be held in Istanbul. I say
"supposed" because the Sandy storm spoiled the planned
sessions. But a select group of scientists was able to meet and
exchange ideas in Ankara and Istanbul. TASSA Vice President Candan
Tamerler represented TASSA in these meetings and you should read her
column to be more informed about what went during the JCMs...
Prof. Haluk
Ünal
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CROSSING THE BRIDGE
by Nilay Papila Ph.D.
A New Call From the European Research Council (ERC)
and TUBİTAK's First Call to Support TTO's in Turkey
The first
call for ERC Consolidator Grant (CoG) is now open. This program is an
excellent opportunity for researchers/ scientists, who want to be
employed or spend up to five years in Europe, while doing research. Consolidator
grant is for researchers who have been awarded their first PhD over 7
and up to 12 years prior to the publication date of the
call.
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YOUNG SCIENTIST
OF THE MONTH
"The
Greatest Young
Inventors in
America"
Inanc Ortac won the grand prize in the Collegiate
Inventors Competition 2012 for what he calls Nano-Wiffle-Balls for
Cancer Therapy. The winners were mentioned in the Forbes magazine on
11/13/12 under the title "The Greatest Young Inventors in America"
TASSA Board congratulates Inanc Ortac on his great achievement.
TASSA had the pleasure to interview Inanc ORTAC. You can read this
interview on our website.
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Dr. Bahri Karacay and his band TURKANA performs
"Sari
Cizmeli Mehmet Aga"
Dr Karacay is
a scientist, writer, and a musician. We invite you to listen to a
superb presentation of one of the most loved song of Barıs Manco
by Dr. Karacay and his band TURKANA at youtube.
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TASSA 2012
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
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Contact TASSA
Please submit news and announcements that you would like to be
included in the future issues of The Bridge by sending an
email to ed@tassausa.org
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The Bridge
Editorial Team:
Aylin Sağay Editor
Tuğba Güntay Managing Director
Hasan Ayaz Vice President,
Web Committee Chair
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USA-TR Joint Commission
Meeting
on S &T Cooperation
 
By Prof. Candan Tamerler
Sandy left absolute devastation in the Nation. Sandy`s
flight impacts not only felt in the US but also overseas for days.
After months of preparation for the Nov 1st and 2nd
Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology
Cooperation between USA-Turkey, the meeting has been cancelled and
it will be rescheduled in the New Year. The meeting is planned to
host the first high level official meeting between the two
countries. As the meeting plans were shaping up in the USA site,
TASSA actively started to play a key role to build up strong and
lasting ties in the new initiatives...
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TASSA
report on Turkish Council of Higher Education Legislation
Turkish
Council of Higher Education (YOK) released a draft legislation for
public discussion at the http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/ website. The new legislation will govern
administration of higher education in Turkey.
On the
request of the Council of Higher Education, TASSA completed a
summary report on the
legislation draft to provide feedback.
Both the
legislation and TASSA report can be downloaded from the following
links (in Turkish):
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Kemal Dervis Lecture:
"Turkey on the way to the 100th
Anniversary of the Republic"
On the evening of November 13, 2012, Dr. Kemal
Dervis, Executive Board Member at Istanbul Policy Center and the
Vice President of Brookings Institution delivered a lecture titled
"Turkey on the way to the 100th Anniversary of the
Republic" at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C. Dr.
Dervis's speech was part of a succession of events that are
traditionally organized around November 10 to observe the passing
of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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President Obama Selects
Professor
Altan-Bonnet for
Prestigious
Award
The following information was released by Rutgers
University
Fewer than 100 researchers nationwide are chosen
each year to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for
Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and this year Dr. Nihal Altan-Bonnet
is one of the 96 to receive this honor.
TASSA Board congratulates Dr. Altan-Bonnet.
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A unique study by
Postdoctoral Fellow Betül Kacar and Associate Professor Eric
Gauche: Placing 500-million-year-old gene in modern organism
Excerpt
and the photo taken from Georgia Tech Website
It's a
project 500 million years in the making. Only this time, instead of
playing on a movie screen in Jurassic Park, it's happening in a lab
at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Using a
process called paleo-experimental evolution, Georgia Tech
researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from
bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli (E. coli)
bacteria. This bacterium has now been growing for more than 1,000
generations, giving the scientists a front row seat to observe
evolution in action.
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TASSA
Seminar by
Professor
Ümit V. Çatalyürek
TASSA is
pleased to launch a research seminar series in Engineering to bring
together TASSA community members who have interest in various
fields in Engineering through regional activities. The first of the
seminar series will be held at the Ohio State University campus on December 6th, 2012.
The
workshop is a free event. Pizza and soft drinks are served after
the seminar. We expect to see as many of you as possible and
recommend registration.
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the 4th contest for
academIc studIes
The
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey will organize "The
Fourth Contest for Academic Studies" with a view to
supporting academic studies in the field of the Turkish economy,
central banking or monetary policy, and making these studies
accessible to a larger audience.
More
information about the contest can be found on their website
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NSF database shows 64 US-Turkey Currently Active
Awards totaling to over $25 million
National
Science Foundation (NSF) has 64 active awards totaling over $25
million awarded to US-led research collaboration with Turkey. The
largest number of awards was made by the Directorate for Social,
Behavioral & Economic Sciences (18), followed by the
Directorates for Geo-sciences (15) and Engineering (12). The
remaining awards were distributed among the Mathematical &
Physical Sciences (6), the Biological Sciences (6), the Office of
the Director (4), and the Computer Science & Engineering (3).
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NSF Directorate
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Awarded Amount
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BIO (Biological Sciences)
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$1,834,685
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CSE (Computer Science & Engineering)
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$1,052,300
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ENG (Engineering)
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$1,654,135
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GEO (Geosciences)
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$6,150,722
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MPS (Mathematical & Physical Sciences)
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$11,277,763
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O/D (Office of the Director)
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$1,123,677
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SBE (Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences)
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$2,172,707
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Total
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25,265,989
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For a full list of awards please follow this link
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES IN TURKEY
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December 2012
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1st
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Web Technologies in ELT Classrooms - Evaluating
Current & Future Practice Istanbul, Turkey
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1st
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The Centrality of the Holy Qur'ān in Imam
Abdessalam Yassine's Theory of the Prophetic Method
[al-Minhāj an-Nabawi] Istanbul, Turkey
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4th
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1st American Diabetes Association Middle Congress
Istanbul, Turkey
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7th
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1st International Aviation Management Conference
Ankara, Turkey
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12th
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12th International Sports Sciences Congress
Denizli, Turkey
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12th
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12. International Sport
Sciences Congress
Denizli, Turkey
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13th
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International Conference on Value Chain
Sustainability Izmir, Turkey
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13th
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The 20th METU British Novelists Conference: Salman
Rushdie and His Work Ankara, Turkey
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20th
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International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and
Leadership Ankara, Turkey
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