Announcements

April
2026

Microplastic exposure reduces multi-trophic biomass yield in a freshwater integrated aquaculture system

In a project conducted by Prof. Dr. Nuray Erkan, Head of the Department of Food Safety within the Department of Fisheries and Seafood Processing Technology, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul University, and Dr. Gökhan Tunçelli, faculty member of ...
July
2025

Plastisphere The Ecosystem of Plastics Book Published!

AQUAPOLL researchers contributed to the book Plastisphere: The Ecosystem of Plastics (CRC Press), which has been published. In Chapter 9, the impacts of the “plastisphere” (microbial communities forming on plaes) on food safety in aquatic food produc...
February
2025

AQUAPOLL Araştırma Grubumuzdan 3 Yeni ADEP Projesi!

İstanbul Üniversitesi Su Bilimleri Fakültesi çatısı altında yürütülenAQUAPOLL Araştırma Grubu olarak, Araştırma Üniversiteleri Destek Programı (ADEP) kapsamında desteklenen üç yeni projemizi duyurmaktan büyük heyecan duyuyoruz!📢 İşte desteklenen pro...
September
2024

The AQUAPOLL Team Participated with Presentations at the 3rd International Aquatic Biotechnology Symposium..

As the AQUAPOLL Research Group, we are proud to announce that Dr. İdil Can Tunçelli took the stage at AquaBioTech2024 with her inspiring presentation titled "Exploring the Marine Bioplastics for Food Packaging: Challenges and Emerging Trends." The pr...
September
2024

The Book Aquatic Resources in Food Security and Sustainable Food Safety Has Been Published!

As the AQUAPOLL Research Group, we are delighted to announce the publication of our new book, Aquatic Resources in Food Security and Sustainable Food Safety, which focuses on the critical role of aquatic resources in food security and sustainable foo...
August
2024

The book Microplastics, Endocrine Disruptors, and Their Environmental Effects has been published!

As the AQUAPOLL Research Group, we are delighted to announce the publication of the book Microplastics, Endocrine Disruptors, and Their Environmental Effects, which sheds light on a topic of great importance in terms of environmental pollution and pu...
April
2024

New Project Acceptance from Our Research Group

İÜ Su Bilimler Fakültesi Gıda Güvenliği Anabilim Dalı Öğretim Üyesi Prof. Dr. Nuray ERKAN’ın yürütücülüğünü üstlendiği COST Bilim ve Teknolojide Avrupa İşbirliği Programı'nın "CA20101 (PRIORITY)-Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recoverY’" ak...
August
2023

TÜBİTAK 1002 Proje Kabulü

Yürütücülüğünü Prof.Dr. Nuray ERKAN'ın üstlendiği, Araş.Gör. İdil CAN TUNÇELLİ'nin araştırmacı olduğu "Taze ve Dondurulmuş Su Ürünlerinde Mikroplastiklerin Kızıl Ötesi ve Raman Spektroskopisi ile Karakterizasyonu" başlıklı proje TÜBİTAK tarafından de...
January
2022

Araştırma Grubumuzdan TÜBİTAK 1001 Proje Kabulü..

Fakültemiz Gıda Güvenliği Anabilim Dalı Öğretim Üyesi Prof. Dr. Nuray ERKAN’ın yürütücülüğünü üstlendiği "Mikroplastik ve Cıva Maruziyetinin Midyelerde (Mytilus Galloprovincialis, Lamarck, 1819) Oluşturduğu Hasarın Bor Katkılı Depurasyonda Gide...