Symposium One Health & Animal Research

Start Date: 08/05/2026 09:00

End Date: 08/05/2026 12:30

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SYMPOSIUM One Health & Animal Research

09:00–09:30 – Maya Saraçoğlu – Registration & Opening
Nisan Esmer, ACUMSA, Bioethics Club Opening Address

09:30–10:30 – First Session

Moderator: Aksel Amiroğlu & Dilce Göksoy
Kaan Biçici, MSc. – Animal Experiments in the Grip of Anthropomorphism & Anthropodenialism: A Methodological & Philosophical Criticism
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Kolagazi – Do We Really Need Animal Models?
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ekin Döngel – Use of Aquatic Animals as Experimental Models: Scientific and Ethical Perspectives

10:30–10:45 – Break

10:45–12:00 – Second Session

Moderator: Irmak Şeheri & Rüzgar Öci
Moderator: Özge Özdemir – Poster Exhibition (30 minutes)
Prof. Dr. Yeşim Işıl Ulman, with Gamze Kaya MSc, Kaan Biçici MSc, Assist. Prof. Dr. Gülşah Başkavak – Early Career Researchers’ Thoughts, Feelings, and Attitudes About Animal Experiments, A Qualitative Study
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deniz Yücel – Non-Animal Models in Biomedical Research: Emerging Alternatives and Applications

12:00–12:30 – Nisan Esmer, ACUMSA, Bioethics Club & Yeşim Işıl Ulman – Wrap up and Closing