Scientific Network Management

Key Expert profile

Scientific Network Management is led by Pascal Kahlem, PhD in human genetics, who has served as Key Expert and Team Leader on European Union technical assistance contracts for the establishment of biotechnology research centres in Türkiye.

Scientific Network Management is led by Pascal Kahlem, PhD in human genetics, who has served as Key Expert and Team Leader on European Union technical assistance contracts for the establishment of biotechnology research centres in Türkiye.

Key Expert assignments

AnkaTheraHub — Ankara Innovative Theranostics Development Center

Key Expert · Team Leader

AnkaTheraHub — Ankara Innovative Theranostics Development Center

May 2023 – June 2026Contract TR14C2.1.14-04/001

Design and establishment of a theranostics development centre of ten technical service units and an incubator: scientific capabilities, equipment specification, staffing structure and operational model. The centre is coordinated by the Ankara University Cancer Research Institute and financed under the Competitive Sectors Programme, co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.

BULifeSci — Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Key Expert · Team Leader

BULifeSci — Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

November 2021 – April 2023Contract 140551/IH/SER/TR

Establishment of three biotechnology units within the university, from technical specification through to operational readiness. The infrastructure, instrument park and activities of the Life Sciences and Technologies Centre have since been restructured into the Boğaziçi University Center for Targeted Therapy Technologies (Boğaziçi CT3). Both assignments were delivered under the Competitive Sectors Programme of the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology, financed within the framework of financial cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.

Design and establishment of a theranostics development centre of ten technical service units and an incubator: scientific capabilities, equipment specification, staffing structure and operational model. The centre is coordinated by the Ankara University Cancer Research Institute and financed under the Competitive Sectors Programme, co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.

Both assignments were delivered under the Competitive Sectors Programme of the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology, financed within the framework of financial cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.

Related publication

Kahlem P. et al. (2024). Theranostics-enabling high-tech centers: the value of centralizing resources in countries in development. F1000Research 13:283.

Scope of expertise

Working languages

English, French, German and Spanish.

Enquiries

Enquiries from consortia, contracting authorities and institutions preparing technical assistance tenders are welcome through the contact page. A CV in the European Commission format is available on request.