From the University Agenda

The first award of 2024 came from UNIDO TUBITAK to Microhobist Biotechnology, one of the IGU-TEKMER companies!

Istanbul Gelisim University Technology Development Center (IGU-TEKMER), which aims to contribute to the production of new technologies, continues its work without slowing down. Istanbul Gelisim University Rector Prof. Dr. Bahri Şahin and TEKMER Director Hande Ceylan Dayan were presented a plaque to Microhobist Biotechnology, one of the IGU-TEKMER companies, for the international award they received.

İGUTEKMER, which was established to increase the interaction between entrepreneurs and companies aiming at product development and to create value-added products, offers entrepreneurs working in the fields of "basic science" and "engineering" the opportunity to work in a common field. Türkiye 2023 Global Cleantech Innovation Program (GCIP); In the global accelerator program in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and TÜBİTAK as the executive organization; It is aimed to transform solutions in the field of clean technology into enterprises, to increase the number of existing enterprises, and to prepare clean technology entrepreneurs for the national and global markets. In this context, the first award of 2024 came from UNIDO & TÜBİTAK to Microhobist Biyoteknoloji, one of the TEKMER companies. Microhobist, from the 2023 Türkiye GCIP Accelerator program; The Company returned with two awards in the GCIP Turkey 3rd Prize and Successful Female Entrepreneur categories.  The company will represent our country in the GCIP Global Competition, where the winners of 16 countries where GCIP is conducted will take part.

As part of the GCIP Turkey 2023 Accelerator Program, a ceremony was held in Ankara, attended by Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, President of TÜBİTAK Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, UNIDO Turkey representative Süleyman Yılmaz, ambassadors of GCIP countries, and representatives of stakeholder institutions. Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır emphasized Turkey's 2053 goals and emphasized the importance of projects developed within the scope of clean technology.