The evaluation process for the Bilateral Cooperation Program between 2543 - Morocco National Scientific and Technological Research Center (CNRST) and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) has been concluded. It was decided to support ten projects in total by both organizations.

The project entitled "Genome Mining of Actinobacteria around Lake Sebkha Naïla as a Road Map to Biodiscovery," led by Dr. Hayrettin Saygın, a faculty member at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU), was decided to be supported by both organizations.

Among the Turkiye partners of the project, OMU Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Nevzat Şahin is also a researcher.

As Ondokuz Mayıs University, we congratulate our academicians and wish them continued success.