A First Time Project From Research-Centered Medical Faculty, BAU-TIP

Embracing an approach to education based on collaboration between students and faculty members as a research-oriented School of Medicine, BAU Medicine has achieved a first in its field.

At BAU Medicine, which offers medical students the opportunity to work from their first year with faculty members who serve as "Science Mentors" in the field they wish to study, the first results of the importance placed on science have begun to emerge. As a reflection of the "Student – Science Mentor Program", the study conducted by Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine Department of Biophysics faculty memberAssoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar Durdağıand BAU School of Medicine first-year studentMert Mestanoğlu, titled"Kinetic and in silico studies of hydroxy-based inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase isoforms 1 and 2", was published in the Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, an international peer-reviewed journal.

Conducted at the Computational Biology and Molecular Simulations Laboratory of Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine, the research aims to contribute to "Computer-Aided Drug Design" studies, which have gained increasing importance in recent years and are developed so that drug research and development processes can be completed faster, more safely and at lower cost in the future.

NO NEED TO WAIT FOR ASSISTANTSHIP TO PUBLISH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine Department of Biophysics faculty member and BAU School of Medicine Vice DeanAssoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar Durdağıstated that they launched the student – science mentor program in line with the importance they place on basic sciences, the driving force of scientific research, and said: "At BAU Medicine, we aim for our students not only to become physicians but also to be trained in the fields they choose in terms of scientific research and to excel. To this end, we make every effort to help our students develop their academic activities in this direction."

Also mentioning the poster presentations made at congresses in addition to scientific publications,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar Durdağısaid:

"The studies our students have carried out within the scope of research projects have begun to be published in peer-reviewed scientific journals with high international impact factors. Our students also present these studies at prestigious national and international congresses. Our first-year studentsEbru GökdemirandMert Mestanoğlupresented the results of their work on the project titled "Discovery of Next-Generation Molecules by Rehabilitating the Side Effects of Chemotherapeutic Drugs with High Cardiotoxicity"with two poster presentations each at the3^rdAnticancer Agent Development Congressheld in İzmir on 18-19 May 2015. We will also soon submit the article containing the results of these studies to a prestigious scientific journal."