This past month the honourable Professor Banu Onaral visited our main facilities in Kazan Ankara to share with us her enlightening knowledge and experience regarding Turkey’s orthobiologics and biomedical industry. A H.H Sun Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University, Professor Onaral graduated with her Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Boğaziçi University in 1974 and in 1978 received her PhD from Pennsylvania University in the area of Biomedical Engineering. Leading important research projects with the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Naval Research (ONR), DARPA and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Professor Onaral has been involved in several research projects and publications in the field of biomedical signals and systems. Having benefited tremendously from her visit, we would like to thank Professor Onaral for the honour of her company.