The Rare Diseases Application and Research Center team hosted a team from the Office of the Research Dean of Ankara University – one of the leading research universities in the country based on the guidance it provides to the development of new ideas, research and scientific pursuits, and its organization and coordination of the research and development activities of the University’s academic and administrative units. Views on the coordination of research and the creation of interdisciplinary working network structures were exchanged between the academic units of our university and our center during the visit.