Sabancı University students Doğukan Kaygusuz and Sümeyra Vural, under the guidance of Sabancı University Faculty Member Meltem Elitaş, developed a biosensor that enables consumers to conduct DNA-based tests such as GMO analysis and identification at home.

Sabancı University Electronic Engineering Program 2009 alumni and University of Boston professor Rabia Tuğçe Yazıcıgil’s studies in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were featured in Nature Symposium and IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference - ISSCC 2020.  

Presented and implemented by the Sabancı University Research and Graduate Policy Directorate (RGP) Industry Cooperation and Technology Licensing Office (ILO) team, the 21-month AToMIC project having a budget of TL 750,000 is to receive support under the Mentor Interface (BİGG+) call.

The results of the 2019/1 call period of the TÜBİTAK Individual Young Entrepreneur Program (BiGG), which provides grants up to TL 200,000 to entrepreneurs with technology-based business ideas, were announced. The first stage of the TÜBİTAK BiGG program is being implemented by 30 implementers across Turkey, and Sabancı University Inovent became the most successful implementer of 2019 with 70% success rate in the 2019/1 call.

Sabancı University took first steps towards Istanbul Defense and Aerospace Cluster Association – SAHA Istanbul membership.

Established by Sabancı University and Kordsa in Teknopark Istanbul as a trendsetting business model in composite technologies, the "Composite Technologies Center of Excellence" (KTMM) was visited by a high-ranking government delegation.

Sabancı University was the top Turkish institution in the Emerging Economies University Rankings this year. 

Developed in Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences nanotechnology labs, "Antimic: Sustainable Hygiene" protects people against microbial contamination, and improves lives by providing effective hygiene over a long period of time.  

Sabancı Holding donated 10 tons of next-generation disinfectant to the Ministry of Health to help with the fight against Covid-19. The donation is enough to disinfect an area of 1.5 million square meters. Developed by Sabancı University, the disinfectant Antimic is effective against bacteria and viruses for up to 3 months from application, and is expected to relieve the workload of medical professionals.

The Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Center (SU Gender) and the Association for Migration Research (GAR) co-published an e-book on "Migration Studies from Gender Perspective in Turkey"!