İstanbul Experimental Research Development and Education Center (İDEA)
idea.saglik.gov.tr
In Turkey, which allows the use of large animal experiments for the first time in our organization in GLP (Good Labrotory Practice) having the infrastructure in the standard Istanbul Experimental Research, Development and Training Center (IDEA) and the infrastructure that has been added to the hospital; It is planned to host international GLP standards projects which can meet the needs of other institutions and organizations in the procedures to be applied in our center.
In addition to large animals such as pigs, minipig, sheep and goats which are used for experimental purposes with their infrastructure, other experimental animals (zebrafish, axolotl, mouse, rat, guinea pig and rabbit) can also be used in research.
It has a project infrastructure that is compatible with national and regional priorities, takes the needs of public and private sectors, conducts multidisciplinary research activities, creates a working environment for qualified researchers and brings together the critical mass and ensures effective dissemination of research results.
In the project, the management model is transparent, to provide a qualified research infrastructure open to the use of all researchers, to attract more qualified personnel, to prevent the brain drain abroad, to provide more support from the project supports and international funds provided by other public institutions such as TÜBİTAK and Ministry of Industry. It is aimed to improve the researcher human resources in terms of quantity and quality and to contribute to industrial cooperation.