Awards

• Sezai Bedrettin Tumay Foundation 2005 Award, Turkey. ‘Immunomodulatory effects of chitin microparticles on lung histopathology in a murine model of chronic asthma’.
• ANKEM Congress Best Poster 2005 Award, ‘Protective effect of BCG vaccination in latent tuberculosis’.
• European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology-EAACI Exchange Research Fellowship Award 2004, Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Harald Renz in Marburg University, Germany.
• Sezai Bedrettin Tumay Foundation 2004 Award, Turkey. ‘Mycobacterium vaccae induces IL-10 and prevents airway histopathology in murine asthma model’.
• Sezai Bedrettin Tumay Foundation 2001 Award, ‘Impact of Mycobacterium vaccae immunization on lung histopathology in a murine model of chronic asthma’.
• Best Research Award of 2nd National Asthma and Allergic Diseases Congress. 30 October-2 November 2001, Ankara, Turkey. ‘Impact of Mycobacterium vaccae immunization on lung histopathology in a murine model of chronic asthma’.