Assoc. Prof. M. Cengiz Onbaşlı, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, has been awarded funding from the European Partnership on Metrology for his project titled “Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect Materials and Devices for Metrology (QuAHMET).” QuAHMET project aims to advance beyond the limitations of traditional Quantum Hall effect (QHE) devices, which rely on low temperatures and high magnetic fields. These constraints restrict their use outside of national metrology institutes. The Quantum Anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) offers a promising alternative, maintaining the high accuracy of the primary resistance standard (PRS) without the need for extreme conditions. This project focuses on growing, characterizing, and evaluating thin films for QAHE, and developing devices from them. It includes comprehensive metrological assessments spanning temperatures from sub-Kelvin to above 1 Kelvin, currents ranging from below 100 nanoamps to above 1 microamp, and magnetic fields up to several Tesla.

Asst. Prof. Levent Beker from our Department of Mechanical Engineering has been honored with the prestigious ERC Proof of Concept Grant for his pioneering project, "Wearable Ultrasound for Continuous Bladder Monitoring." Dr. Beker, the sole recipient of this esteemed support from Türkiye, is at the forefront of developing an innovative solution that enables patients to monitor their bladder volume outside the hospital setting continuously. In this 18-month project, with a budget of 150,000 Euros, Dr. Beker will collaborate with Prof. Tufan Tarcan and Assoc. Prof. Ersin Köseoğlu from the School of Medicine.

Koç University has ranked first in Turkey in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings. We are proud to have held the top position for four years.

Professor Aylin Küntay, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, has been honored with a prestigious Membership at the Academia Europaea. The Academia Europaea, established in 1988, stands as a distinguished European Academy of Humanities, Letters, and Sciences, comprising esteemed individual members dedicated to advancing knowledge and education throughout Europe. Professor Küntay's elevation to this esteemed position underscores her significant contributions to the fields of language and communication development, sociocognitive development, social interaction, gesture studies, child-directed input and interaction, as well as her pioneering work in the realms of social robots and education.

A groundbreaking study, recently published in Nature Communications, sheds light on a newly identified subtype of muscular dystrophy, revealing an unsuspected role of SNUPN gene in muscle cell function.

A new paper, "The Functions of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future during the COVID-19 Pandemic," by graduate students Zeynep Adıgüzel, Demet Ay, Ezgi Bilgin, Selin Buse Coşkuner and Prof. Sami Gülgöz from Koç University Psychology Department (KURAM Lab), has been published in Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Imagine a thin sheet, akin to a band-aid, crafted from your cells.

The article "Mechanical characterization and torsional buckling of pediatric cardiovascular materials" written by Prof. Kerem Pekkan and his team.

The article "Assessing dietary considerations in hidradenitis suppurativa: a critical examination of existing knowledge" authored by Assoc. Prof. Seçil Vural, Department of Dermatology at the School of Medicine, and her team investigate how diet might affect the progression of a chronic skin condition called Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) published in the International Journal of Dermatology.

Prof. Yüksel Peker from the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Medicine has been elected as a Fellow Member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).