MassBio, representing the Massachusetts State Health Sciences Cluster, is a non-profit organization comprised of over 650 biotechnology companies, universities, academic institutions, and other related organizations.

This agreement with MassBio, which aims to accelerate advancements in science, technology, and medicine for the public good worldwide, strengthens international cooperation between the US and Turkey, particularly in the field of biotechnology.

http://www.massbio.org

Vision2020: The Horizon Network is a collaboration platform for research institutions and companies funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. Vision2020 acts as a hub connecting universities and research institutions participating in Horizon 2020.

Our participation in Vision2020: The Horizon Network will contribute to increasing the research and innovation capabilities of individuals, institutions, and organizations within our ecosystem.

http://www.2020visionnetwork.eu

The European Union Clinical Research Networks (ECRIN) is a non-profit organization that supports multinational clinical research projects and their sustainability in Europe. It provides information and consultancy services to researchers and sponsors in the preparation and execution of clinical trials. In Turkey, ECRIN is represented by the Turkish Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (TUCRIN), which operates as a center affiliated with Dokuz Eylül University.

The agreement with ECRIN includes cooperation with TUCRIN on designing sub-processes to determine strategies for achieving European equivalency for projects, research, and initiatives carried out in Turkey; supporting, coordinating, and managing multinational clinical research independently and transparently; expanding the clinical research network; and in this context, integrating the TUCRIN national contact point with Bioİzmir.

http://www.ecrin.org

Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. A collaboration agreement has been signed with the Fraunhofer Institute, which conducts research in areas of great importance to human life, such as health, safety, communication, energy, and the environment, and makes significant contributions to shaping the future.

http://www.fraunhofer.de/en.html

The International Sleep Science and Technology Association (ISSTA), founded in Germany, aims to integrate different disciplines into sleep science and promote modern research supported by new technologies in sleep science.

The collaboration agreement with ISSTA will contribute to research and studies related to the development of technologies concerning sleep and consciousness, and the development of devices and testing methods for human performance.

http://www.issta-sleep.org

A collaboration agreement has been signed with the Illinois Regional Health Commission, a regional clustering organization providing 24/7 service to medical research facilities, laboratories, biotechnology incubators, raw material development areas, universities, and more than 40 healthcare organizations.

http://www.imdc.org

Establishing a collaboration network with ESFRI, whose aim is to support strategy and policy makers on research infrastructures in Europe and to develop initiatives that will improve research infrastructures and make better use of them, is of strategic importance.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm?pg=esfri

Turkey’s representation in the International Consortium of Biological Resource Banks (Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)), established in the health sector with the support of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union, is through the biobank located within the Izmir Biomedical and Genome Center. Turkey has been integrated into the Biobank Infrastructure Network, considered one of the most important projects in the European Union’s Health Research Infrastructures. The biobank, planned to serve the entire country, is a critical infrastructure for all health technologies.

http://bbmri-eric.eu

Translational medicine can be defined as the transformation of laboratory research to improve the health of millions of people worldwide and develop new methods in diagnosis and treatment. EATRIS provides researchers and companies in need of support to advance biomedical innovation by offering new methods. Our collaborative network with EATRIS, which encompasses over 70 leading academic institutions in Europe, is of critical importance to our national researchers and companies.

http://www.eatris.eu