The project developed by Dr. Özkan Fidan and his students in the project category of the Teknofest Biotechnology Innovation Competition, organized by TÜBİTAK and TEKNOFEST, has been awarded the commercialization potential prize. Özkan Fidan and his students, Burak Çalış, Melisa Zülal Karaman, and Fatma Şener, competed in both the project and idea categories, making it to the final 50 teams out of thousands of participants. We congratulate our students and their advisor and wish them continued success.