Our Vision and Practices on Partnerships & Collaboration

Our Vision and Practices on Partnerships & Collaboration
Near East University DESAM Research Institute operates as an institute that attaches great importance to international collaboration and manages large-scale projects within this framework. The projects we are conducting cover different fields and research and development studies, especially for the benefit of society, are among our primary goals.

DESAM Research Institute cooperates with foreign institutions and organizations in many fields with its laboratories and expert researcher portfolio. Within the framework of collaboration , the development of researchers, product-oriented research, studies that affect social welfare and public health are targeted.  As a result of the collaboration carried out to date, R&D products such as diagnostic kits and protective sprays that guide the way especially in pandemic conditions have met with the public and thus had a direct impact on public health. Our Institute also contributes to studies for the benefit of society by collaboating in food safety, energy, environment, technology and many other fields.

Such collaboration can accelerate the development of new products, the improvement of existing technologies and the search for solutions to social problems. At the same time, through international collaboration , scientists and experts from different countries come together to share their knowledge and experience, enabling more effective solutions to be found. This is of great importance for the prosperity and progress of societies. With this vision, Near East University DESAM Research Institute is open to both local and international collaboration .

HİBRİGEN BIOTECH COMPANY (25/11/2021)


A partnership agreement has been signed with HİBRİGEN BİYOTEKNOLOJİ AR-GE SAN. TİC. AŞ. located in the Republic of Turkey for the promotion, marketing and sales of the SARS-CoV-2 VARIANT REAL TIME PCR KIT, which we developed within the Near East University, in all countries outside the TRNC. In this way, countries outside the TRNC will also be able to benefit from this kit, which will guide them in pandemic conditions.

ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY DESAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL (09/05/2023)


Istanbul University Institute of Child Health and Near East University DESAM Research Institute have a protocol aiming to cooperate to carry out joint projects, conduct joint scientific research and publications, exchange graduate students and faculty members, organize joint scientific and technical trips and scientific meetings in the fields of education, science and all fields of education and training. As an outcome of the protocol, the prenatal diagnosis kit project on rare diseases is carried out jointly by the two institutes. This kit would enable the diagnosis of prenatal rare diseases in the near future.

Research Collaboration
Our institute members collaboration with respected scientists and institutions abroad. Some of the on going international research collaboration are listed below.

Researcher Name Collaborator /Network Institution Project Starting / Endingdate
Dr. Ferdiye Taner Assoc. Prof. Steve Petrovski Latrove University (Victoria /Australia) Isolation of Bacteriophages Targeting Pseudomonas Aeruginosa July 2023 / ongoing
Dr. Ferdiye Taner Dr. Sam Manna Murdock Children’s Research Institution (Victoria / Australia) Streptococcus PneumoniaeCarriage in Children 2022 / Ongoing
Prof. Dr. Pınar Tülay Magi Grup Araştırmacıları Magi Group (Italy) PCOS Syndrome 2022 / Ongoing
Dr. Gülten Tuncel
Dr. Gökçe Akan
Prof. Dr. Seda Vatansever Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversity (Manisa / Turkey) HDV Diagnosis Kit Research and Development 2023 / Ongoing
Dr. Gülten Tuncel
Dr. Gökçe Akan
Dr. Hasan Huseyin Kazan
Prof. Dr. Fatma Gülden Gökçe İstanbul University (İstanbul / Turkey) Oxford Nanopore-Based Sequencing Kit for Rare Inherited Metabolic Diseases 2023 / Ongoing
Prof. Dr. Dilber Uzun Özsahin Prof. Dr. Ayşe Kalkancı Gazi University (Ankara / Turkey) Using Machine Learning in Analyzing Biocide and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida auris 2022 / Ongoing

Collaborations with Non-Governmental Organizations

COOPERATION PROTOCOL SIGNED WITH THE TURKISH CYPRUS DIABETES ASSOCIATION (14/11/2023)
Near East University DESAM Research Institute and Turkish Cypriot Diabetes Association; signed a cooperation protocol with the aim of increasing diabetes awareness in society by conducting scientific research on diabetes. Within the scope of the protocol, training and social events will be organized for diabetic patients and their relatives.