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Congress Program

Meet The Speakers

Søren Husted

Plenary lecture

Prof. Dr., University of Copenhagen

“How do we unleash the potential of nano-fertilization to improve nutrient use efficiency in modern crop production?”

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Olaf Kruse

Plenary lecture

“Bioengineering Microalgae for Their Application as Green Cell Factories”

Prof. Dr., Bielefeld University

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Utkan Demirci

Plenary lecture

Prof. Dr., Stanford University

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Güleda Engin

Plenary lecture

Prof Dr., Yıldız Technical University

“Sustainable Management Approaches for Microplastic Pollution”

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9.00-18.00

Workshops

Day 1: Oct 21, 2025

  8:30-9:30

Registration

  9:00-10:30

Opening ceremony

10:30-11:10


Plenary lecture 1

11:10-11:30

Coffee break

Session 1

11:30-12:10


Plenary lecture 2

12:10-12:30

Oral Presentation 1

12:30-12:50

Oral Presentation 2

13:00-13:30

Lunch break and poster hall visit

Session 2

13:30-14:10


Plenary lecture 3

14:10-14:30

Oral Presentation 3

14:30-14:50

Oral Presentation 4

14:50-15:10

Coffee break and poster hall visit

15:10-15:30

Oral Presentation 5

15:30-15:50

Oral Presentation 6

15:50-16:10

Oral Presentation 7 

16:10-16:30

Oral Presentation 8

Day 2: Oct 22, 2025

  8:30-9:30

Registration

  9:00-10:30

Opening ceremony

10:30-11:10

Prof. Dr. Levent Kurnaz
"The Interconnected Impact: Exploring How the Climate Crisis Affects Biodiversity"
Plenary lecture 1

11:10-11:30

Coffee break

Session 1

Sustainability
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Melek Ozkan

11:30-11:55

Oral Presentation 1: Oral Presentation 1: Prof. Dr. Melek Ozkan
"Sustainable and Renewable Energy from Biomass"

11:55-12:20

Oral Presentation 2 - Oral Presentation 2 - Prof. Dr. Nevin Gul Karaguler
"Exploring Novel Proteins for Sustainable Industrial Processes"

12:20-12:45

Oral Presentation 3 - Prof. Dr. Ozge Karadag
"Promoting Health Equity in the Age of Biotechnology"

12:45-13:30

Lunch break and poster hall visit

Session 2

Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Moderator: Assist. Prof. Bahar YILDIZ KUTMAN

13:30-14:10

Prof. Dr. Hakan Ozkan
“Modern Crop Breeding for Global Food and Nutrition Security”
Plenary lecture 2

14:10-14:25

Oral Presentation 4 - Assoc. Prof. Ceyhun Kayihan
"Single-cell transcriptional profiling in root tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to boron toxicity at seedling stages"

14:25-14:50

Oral Presentation 5 - Dr. Nihal Oztolan Erol
"Nanoparticle-mediated gene editing: A path towards tailored crop improvement"

14:50-15:00

Short Presentation 1 - Assoc. Prof. Birsen Cevher Keskin
"Comparative proteomic analyses revealed the response mechanism of drought-tolerant and susceptible olive cultivars (Olea europaea L.) under drought stress and recovery"

15:00-15:10

Short Presentation 2 - Abdelhameed Hamdan
"Exploring  aquaporins and dehydrins in barley under drought and salt stresses during early seedling development"

15:10-15:20

Short Presentation 3 - Rifat Bugra Bildiri
"Valorization of steel slag as a safe soil amendment for sustainable crop production"

15:20-15:30

Short Presentation 4 - Aysenur Bayrak
"Lettuce biofortification with selenium and its interactions with sulfur nutrition in an indoor vertical NFT system"

15:30-15:40

Short Presentation 5 -Halis Batuhan UNAL    "Cloning the SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins for transient expression of a VLP-based vaccine candidate in Nicotiana benthamiana"

15:40-16:30

Sponsored Talk by Gübretaş - Oral Presentation 6- Elif Ozlem Guncaldi
"Evaluation of plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria isolated from soils of Turkiye for microbial biofertilizer production"

16:30-17:00

Coffee break and poster hall visit

Day 2: May 8, 2024

Session 3

HÖAD Session “Exosome: New Biotechnological Tool"
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Seda Vatansever

17:00-17:25

Prof. Dr. Seda Vatansever
“Exosomes: The Rising Star in Medicine”

17:25-17:50

Prof. Dr. Ozge Cevik
"New advances in exosome-based targeted drug delivery systems"

17:50-18:15

Dr. A. Caglar Ozketen
“Exosomes as smart delivery systems for nanotheranostics: opportunities and challenges”

Day 3: Oct 23, 2025

Session 3

9:30-10:10

Plenary lecture 4

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break and poster hall visit

10:30-10:50

Oral Presentation 9

10:50-11:10

Oral Presentation 10

11:10-11:30

Oral Presentation 11

11:30-12:30

Poster Hall Session

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

Session 4

13:30-14:10


Plenary lecture 5

14:10-14:30

Oral Presentation 12

14:30-14:50

Oral Presentation 13

14:50-15:10

Coffee Break and poster hall visit

15:10-15:30

Oral Presentation 14

15:30-15:50

Oral Presentation 15

15:50-16:10

Oral Presentation 16

16:10-16:30

Oral Presentation 17

Session 5

9:30-10:10

Plenary Lecture 6

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break and poster hall visit

10:30-10:50

Oral Presentation 18

10:50-11:10

Oral Presentation 19

11:10-11:30

Oral Presentation 20

11:50-13:00

Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks

Day 4: Oct 24, 2025

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