Dr Slavica Vaselek is a international postdoctoral researcher, with a PhD degree in Biotechnology, that has been granted a prestegeous fellowship of the „Co-Funded Brain Circulation2 Scheme (CoCirculation2)”.

Dr Vaselek project “Paratransgenesis as a weapon against leishmaniasis (PartoLeish)” is one of the 37 projects, among the 238 applications, that have received funding within CoCirculation2 2020 call. PartoLeish project will be implemented in the Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Biology Deartment, Vector Ecology Research Group (VERG) laboratory under the supervision of Professor Bulent Alten.

CoCirculation2 is a program aiming to provide fellowship for 100 experienced researchers, of any nationality, who wish to engage in incoming mobility and to implement their research projects in academic or non-academic organizations in Turkey. CoCirculation2 is a cofund program between Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK) and European Commission Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Grant agreement No 801509).

The CoCirculation2 program will be executed by TÜBİTAK-BİDEB, the Science Fellowships and Grant Programmes Department within TÜBİTAK. All information about the program are available on the web site of Cocirculation2 (//cocirc2.org.tr/) or at the web page of TUBITAK (https://www.tubitak.gov.tr/en/scholarship/postdoctoral/international-programmes/content-2236-co-funded-brain-circulation-scheme2-cocirculation2).