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Ayhan Ulubelen
Ayhan Ulubelen (20 August 1931 – 29 November 2020) was a Turkish analytical chemist. She was a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences. Ulubelen contributed to the isolation and testing of natural products from Turkish plants relevant to spontaneous abortion, cancer, HIV, and diabetes. Life and career Ulubelen was born August 20, 1931, in Istanbul, Turkey. Her father was an army officer, and her mother was a housewife. In high school, she saw a movie about Madame Curie and soon wanted to be a chemist. She sought a position in chemical industry, but became analytical chemist at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Istanbul University, partly through her having passed the language examination. She received her degree in analytical chemistry at Istanbul University in 1956, followed by two years of postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota under Dr. Ole Gisvold (head of the Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry) and then by four years of cancer research at the University of Arizona. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
