GEMSTONE Project Researcher Elif Tugce Erdeve's PhD thesis was granted TUBITAK support

Our university, in collaboration with Lund University (Sweden), a leading academic institution in Europe, and the non-profit organization Fondazione ICONS in Italy, is conducting the GEMSTONE project. Our researcher Elif Tugce Erdeve, who leads the project titled “Investigation of the Role of the Orexinergic System in the Pathophysiology of Absence Epilepsy,” was granted support within the scope of TÜBİTAK 2214-A International Doctoral Research Scholarship Program.

Thesis advisors:

Prof. Filiz Onat

Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Institute of Health Sciences-Neuroscience Doctoral Program

Assoc. Prof. Nihan Carcak Yılmaz

Acıbadem University Health Sciences Institute Neuroscience Doctoral Program and Istanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology

Assoc. Prof. My Andersson

Lund University Brain Repair and Imaging in Neural Systems (BRAINS) Research Team

We congratulate our researcher and her advisors and wish them continued success.