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TASSA
2014
INSTITUTIONAL
MEMBERS
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Turkey loses a great
mind:
Oktay
Sinanoğlu dies at age 80
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Oktay
Sinanoğlu, Professor emeritus of chemistry and molecular
biophysics and biochemistry and former Yale faculty died at age 80
on April 19, 2015.
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First
Step Towards Establishment of
Turkish
Institute of Health
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A law regarding the establishment of Directorate of
Health Institutes in Turkey was published on November 26, 2014
issue of the Turkish Government's official publication "Resmi
Gazete'. According to the law, the directorate will be
affiliated with the Ministry of Health of Turkey, and will have
scientific and administrative autonomy and its own budget. The
physical location of the directorate will be in Istanbul.
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TASSA
Women In Science and Engineering Session at 35th Annual Turkish
American Conference
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At the 35th Annual Turkish American Conference, an event organized each
year by the Assembly of Turkish American Associations(ATAA), TASSA
convened a Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) session. The
session was moderated by Candan Tamerler, Wesley G. Cramer
Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, with speakers
Canan Dagdeviren, postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Duygu Kuzum, postdoctoral researcher at
the University of Pennsylvania.
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Turkish
Physicists Meet at 2015 APS March Meeting
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American
Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, the largest gathering of
worldwide physics community, took place in San Antonio, TX between
March 2-6. During this wonderful week, a relatively small but
passionate group came together for an important initiative.
Approximately 40 Turkish physicists, from Turkish, American and
international institutions, gathered Tuesday night to discuss the
start of Turkish Physicists Network under APS. The network will
promote the connections within the Turkish physics community as
well as the connections of Turkish physicists with APS.
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Ziya
Gokaslan, MD, Named Chief of Neurosurgery at Rhode Island and The
Miriam Hospitals and Neurosurgery Chair at the Warren Alpert
Medical School of Brown University
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 Ziya
L. Gokaslan, MD, FACS, has been appointed chief of neurosurgery
at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, and chairman
of the department of neurosurgery at The Warren Alpert Medical
School of Brown University, effective July 1, 2015.
In
this role, Gokaslan, who comes to Rhode Island from Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, will lead all clinical,
research and teaching efforts in neurosurgery across the
entire Lifespan system. In addition, he will serve as the clinical
director of the highly regarded Norman Prince Neurosciences
Institute where he will be responsible for continuously enhancing
collaboration and advancement among the institute's neurosciences
faculty and the Brown Institute for Brain Science.
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TASSA
attended the Euraxess-North America Meeting
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On
March 11th, 2015 TASSA Managing Director Batuhan Osmanoglu attended
the Euraxess North America meeting, hosted at the Italian Embassy
in Washington, D.C.
The
meeting brought together the representatives of European science
diaspora from Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Slovakia, Portugal,
Belgium, Greece, and Turkey.
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ABOUT
Turkish
American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) is an
independent, non-profit and non-political organization established
in June 2004 in Washington, DC. READ MORE
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By Nilay Papila
ERC Advanced Grants
For
the researchers who plan to return to Turkey from the non-European
Countries such USA, Canada, and Japan, there is an extra 1 Million
Euro for their start-up activities in addition to 2,5 Million Euro
of European Research Council (ERC)Advanced Grant. Those who will
return to Turkey should spend at least 50% their working time in
Turkey, and at least 30% of working time for the project.
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Introduction
of the Board Members: Ayse Imrohoroglu
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On behalf of the editorial team of TASSA we are pleased to
introduce the members of our Board of Directors, who have agreed to
graciously share their thoughts on TASSA and its activities, as
well as information about themselves with our readership. In
this issue we feature Ayse Imrohoroglu, Professor of Finance
and Business Economics, University of Southern California, Marshall
School of Business.
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A
Conversation with Ali Hortaçsu
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In
every issue of The Bridge, we aim to introduce a member of our diaspora.
These individuals touched the lives of many by their research,
teaching or service activities.
Our
guest on this issue of The Bridge is Ali Hortacsu, Ralph and Mary
Otis Isham Professor of Economics, University of Chicago.
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Young
Scholar of the Month: Burhaneddin Sandıkçı
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In
every issue of The Bridge, we highlight a young scholar profile
from our diaspora. These accomplished and early career individuals
demonstrate the potential of next generation Turkish-American
scientists and scholars. The young scholar in this issue is
Burhaneddin Sandıkçı , PhD., Associate Professor of
Operations Management The University of Chicago Booth School of
Business
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Expert
opinion: Tamay Özgökmen
- Understanding the Next Big Oil Spill: Recent Research
at the University of Miami
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The
Deepwater Horizon Spill of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico underscored
the need for informed response to such events. An
integral part of that response is the prediction of the oil
and gas plume evolution from the wellhead all the way to the
beach.
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