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Graduate Education-Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Education

Master's Program

The aim of the program is to train individuals equipped in the areas of biomaterials, nanomedicine, tissue engineering, and the synthesis of drug lead molecules. The key feature that distinguishes the program from similar programs is that it trains people from different disciplines under this program's roof, producing individuals in the medical field who can follow scientific and technological developments. Students pursuing a Master's degree in this program have the opportunity to work in a technically well-equipped research laboratory. The language of instruction in the Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Program is Turkish.

Courses Offered in the Master's Program

Course Code and Name: ETB 611 Advanced Organic Chemistry
Course Type and Credits: Compulsory, 3-0-3 (ECTS credit: 7)
Course Content: The basic principles of organic chemistry and examples of their theoretical application; definitions and history; basic reactions in organic chemistry; structure and mechanism; concepts of acidity and basicity; examination of basic reaction types and mechanisms.
Course Objective: In this course, students are expected to learn how the basic principles of organic chemistry are used to establish the relationship between structure and reactivity. Students are also expected to gain skill in using the relationship between structure and reactivity to explain reaction mechanisms.

Course Code and Name: ETB 610 Introduction to Bioorganic Chemistry
Course Type and Credits: Compulsory, 3-0-3 (ECTS credit: 7)
Course Content: Basic concepts for understanding the chemical mechanisms observed in the in vivo synthesis and reactions of biomolecules; positional (proximity) effects, molecular adaptation, molecular recognition and the supramolecular level, and other basic concepts.
Course Objective: In this course, students are expected to gain the ability to evaluate and compare reactions that occur in biological systems using an organic chemistry approach.

Course Code and Name: ETB 601 Physicochemical Concepts in Pharmacy
Course Type and Credits: Elective, 3-0-3 (ECTS credit: 7)
Course Content: Basic theories of thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, solubility, the behavior of ions in aqueous solution, the solubility of drugs, and drug stability.
Course Objective: This course is designed to convey the basic concepts of physicochemical principles in pharmacy. Its aims are to review and deepen the physical principles governing the properties and behavior of chemistry- and pharmacy-related systems, to give students the physicochemical concepts that will help them address problems in their professional careers, and to enable them to understand and appreciate the nature of the physical universe.

Course Code and Name: ETB 607 Heterocyclic Chemistry
Course Type and Credits: Elective, 3-0-3 (ECTS credit: 7)
Course Content: The main methods for the synthesis of heterocyclic structures (nucleophilic attack at saturated carbon, nucleophilic attack at carbonyl carbon, nucleophilic attack at triple bonds, radical ring formation, ring formation with nitrenes and carbenes, ring addition (cycloaddition) reactions, ring contraction and ring expansion); heteroaromaticity; the synthesis, properties, and reactions of heterocyclic compounds (three-, four-, five-, six-, and seven-membered rings).
Course Objective: To provide knowledge and skill regarding the properties, synthesis, and reactions of heterocyclic structures.

Course Code and Name: ETB 608 Polymer Materials Science
Course Type and Credits: Elective, 3-0-3 (ECTS credit: 7)
Course Content: Chemical structure of polymers, structure-property relationships, characterization of polymers (thermal, chemical, physical, etc.), polymerization mechanisms, polymerization systems, production processes, industrial polymers, micro/nano-structured polymers, and their applications in the medical field.
Course Objective: Starting from knowledge of polymeric materials, this course aims to provide students with knowledge and experience regarding the selection, production, and characterization of polymers suitable for medical applications.

Course Code and Name: ETB 620 Seminar
Course Type and Credits: Compulsory, 2-2-3 (ECTS credit: 2)
Course Objective: This seminar course is planned for Master's students to present and discuss their thesis work within the Department.

Courses Offered in the Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Master's and Doctoral Program

NNT 749 Nanobiomaterials
Course Type and Credits: Elective, 3-0-3 (ECTS credit: 7)
Course Content: This course covers the design and applications of nanoscale materials in contact with biological systems. Topics include: approaches to and production methods for designing nanobiomaterials capable of controlling cell functions, and cell-nanomaterial interactions. Solving problems in diagnosis, therapy, tissue engineering, biosensors, and cell-guiding surfaces using novel nanobiomaterials.
Course Objective: Aims to teach the important elements of nanostructured biomaterials from the perspectives of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, the design and synthesis of multifunctional materials, and their applications in the biotechnology and biomedical fields.

NNT 706 Micro/Nano-scale Tissue Engineering
Course Type and Credits: Elective, 3-0-3 (ECTS credit: 7)
Course Content: Tissue engineering and its current status; the design of three-dimensional tissue scaffolds; micro/nano-structure–cell/tissue interactions; production methods and characterization of three-dimensional, micro/nano-structured tissue scaffolds that will control cell functions; micro/nano surface modifications of tissue scaffolds; micro/nano-scale tissue engineering applications (bone, cartilage, skin, vascular, nerve, etc.).
Course Objective: This course aims to teach new approaches in tissue engineering for producing functional tissues using three-dimensional, micro/nano-structured tissue scaffolds capable of controlling cell functions.