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?”
Olaf Kruse
Plenary lecture
“Bioengineering Microalgae for Their Application as Green Cell Factories”
Prof. Dr., Bielefeld University
Utkan Demirci
Plenary lecture
Prof. Dr., Stanford University
Güleda Engin
Plenary lecture
Prof Dr., Yıldız Technical University
“Sustainable Management Approaches for Microplastic Pollution”
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