KUISCID July 2022 Newsletter
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KOÇ UNIVERSITY İŞBANK CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
JULY 2022
This is a monthly newsletter from KUISCID. We present our research output and news about our activities.
RESEARCH

TUBITAK Project

KUISCID research project titled “Pyoverdin sideforunun The alteration of pyoverdine siderophore and macrophage inflammatory response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST235 high-risk clone” was approved as TUBITAK 1001 project under the supervision of KUISCID Vice Director Prof. Füsun Can. We congratulate our researchers.
 
PUBLICATION

Omicron Shedding and Its Relation with Disease Symptoms

Assoc. Prof. Şiran Keske and KUISCID researchers have published their study “Duration of infectious shedding of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant and its relation with symptoms” in the Clinical Microbiology and Infection Journal. We congratulate our researchers.

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PUBLICATION

Rapid anti-persister Activity of Amikacin Against Persister Bacteria

Our PhD student Cansel Vatansever’s study “Efficacy of Amikacin and Meropenem on Colistin-Induced Klebsiella pneumoniae Persisters” was published in Microbial Drug Resistance Journal. We congratulate our researchers.

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PUBLICATION

Promising Treatment Approach Against SARS-CoV2

KUISCID and TBO-Lab researchers have published their study “Protein Scaffold-Based Multimerization of Soluble ACE2 Efficiently Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Vitro and In Vivo” in Advanced Science Journal. We congratulate our researchers.

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PUBLICATION

Antibiotic Susceptibility Tests for Bloodstream Infections

KUISCID researchers have published their study “Comparison of ceftazidime-avibactam susceptibility testing methods against OXA-48-like carrying Klebsiella blood stream isolates” in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Journal. We congratulate our researchers.

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NEWS

Is science possible in Turkey?

KUISCID Director Prof. Önder Ergönül evaluated the underlying reasons of physician migrations, the current situation of scientific research in Turkey regarding the publications in “Science in Turkey” broadcast of Medyascope in collaboration with Science Academy.

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