Dr. Atakan Ekiz receives the Barlan Award from the Turkish Society of Immunology
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Owing to his contributions to the field of immunology, Dr. Ekiz is awarded with the Isil Berat Barlan award by Turkish Society of Immunology. Some of the works that led to this award include characterization of the roles of miRNA-155 in skin cancer immunity 1, investigating the RON kinase signaling in the context of breast cancer immunoevasion 2 3, and identifying metabolic regulators of the macrophage functions 4. Dr. Ekiz’s award acceptance speech was given remotely during the 26th Congress of the Turkish Society of Immunology.