The Senior Management Review Meeting of the Health Biotechnology Excellence Joint Application and Research Center (SABİOTEK) was held on Friday, December 5, at the Sultanahmet Campus of Marmara University. Hosted by Marmara University, the meeting focused on the center’s future priorities and planned strategic initiatives.

The meeting was attended by Marmara University Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Okur, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (İÜC) Rector Prof. Dr. Nuri Aydın, Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ) Rector Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, Marmara University Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Gül Üstün, Prof. Dr. Ümit Süleyman Şehirli, and Prof. Dr. Yaşar Kabataş; Rector’s Advisor Prof. Dr. Yusuf Kaynak; Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry Prof. Dr. Korkut Uluca, Director of the Innovation and Technology Transfer Center Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şengör, YTÜ Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Yılmaz, İÜC Vice Rector and SABİOTEK Director Prof. Dr. Emine Elif Güzel Meydanlı and SABİOTEK Deputy Directors Prof. Dr. Bülent Mertoğlu and Prof. Dr. Cem Bülent Üstündağ.

The meeting focused on evaluating the 2025–2026 strategic roadmap of SABİOTEK and addressing topics such as strengthening the research infrastructure, identifying priority R&D themes in health biotechnology, developing joint funding application mechanisms, and enhancing researcher mobility.