Students from the Bytes 4 Food Lab team participated in IFIS2026 with two poster presentations.

📌 Presented poster studies:

Techno-functional Properties of Brewers’ Spent Grain Flour and Potential Food Applications
👩‍🔬 Ezgi Pajo, Esra Tunçer

Effects of Rice Protein Isolate and Gum Concentration on Rheology and Emulsion Stability of Vegan Mayonnaise
👩‍🔬 Berna Gürsoy, Duygu Güler, Esra Tunçer

Congratulations to our students for their efforts and presentations. 👏

Looking forward to new studies and scientific exchanges! 🌱🔬

We came together with our laboratory team and undergraduate students on April 21st as part of our "Open Science & Coffee Hour." We would like to thank all the students who joined us for this wonderful gathering, where we discussed our ongoing projects, computational approaches in food science, and the journey of graduate education. 

We always welcome all students who are curious about our work and laboratory facilities 💻 & 🧪.

We invite all undergraduate students who are curious about the future of food, passionate about research, and eager to shape their careers to an exciting meeting! As the Bytes 4 Food Lab team, we are organizing our "Open Science & Coffee Hour" event to share our scientific activities and guide you through your graduate education journey.

What awaits you in this event?

🧪 The World of Laboratory: What do we do at Bytes 4 Food Lab?

🎓 Career Guide: Master's and PhD application processes, important considerations, and tips.

💬 Q&A: A chance to ask everything you're curious about over a friendly coffee chat.

Grab your coffee and join us!

At our final gathering of the year, we listened to the last presentation of the year and the semester, enjoyed our coffees, and welcomed the new year together. While briefly reflecting on the year, we also discussed our goals and plans for 2026 ✨

The project we submitted within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 3501 – Career Development Program has been awarded funding and will officially start as of December 30.

Within the project titled “Optimization of Protein Recovery from Duckweed Using Deep Eutectic Solvents and Molecular Dynamics Simulation-Based Analysis of Solvent Systems”, experimental and computational studies will be conducted together in the coming period.

We will continue to share updates on the progress of the project 🌱

Ezgi Pajo, a member of our research group, delivered an oral presentation at the 15th National Food Congress of Türkiye as part of a study conducted in our lab.

In the study entitled “An Approach to Increasing Protein Recovery Yield from Brewers’ Spent Grain Using Alcohol Solutions”, findings related to the valorization of food industry by-products were presented.

The presentation took place at the congress held in Sakarya in October 2025. The study was carried out with the support of a comprehensive research project funded by TÜBAP. We congratulate our student on this successful presentation and look forward to her future work 🌱

Miray Kulaksız from our research group has been awarded the opportunity to study abroad within the scope of the Erasmus exchange program.

During the exchange period, she is planned to take part in educational and research activities at West Pomeranian University of Technology – Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries. The Erasmus mobility is expected to last for 6 months.

We congratulate Miray on this wonderful achievement and wish her an Erasmus experience that will contribute to both her academic and personal development 🌍

Our project has received support within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 1812 – BİGG Program.

With this support, we founded our start-up Vegami Gıda A.Ş. at Trakya Technopark, focusing on sustainable food systems and plant-based products.

Vegami is an initiative aiming to bring ideas that sprout in the laboratory into real life, with a strong emphasis on sustainability-driven food systems and plant-based innovations. This journey—where academia, R&D, and entrepreneurship meet at the same table—is incredibly exciting for us.

Moving forward in collaboration with TÜBİTAK and witnessing the growth of a research-based idea is a major source of motivation for our team 🚀