Speaker: Marion Silies Time: February 19, 2026,16:30 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Our research aims to understand how the nervous system performs behaviorally relevant computations. In the human brain, billions of neurons are connected via even more connections. To reduce this complexitiy we study the brain of […]
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Send your summer internship applications by e-mail to ferdi.akkaya.edu.tr with your CV and personal contact information. In order for your application to be evaluated, please specify the faculty member you would like to work with. Application dates: February 9, 2026 – March 9, 2026. Thanks.
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This article, based on recent research by Prof. Dr. Oktay Algın and his colleagues, identifies the connections between the auditory cortex and brain regions involved in cognitive and emotional processing. The study employs retrograde fluoro-gold (FG) tracers in mice and 3-tesla high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in human adults. While the neural mechanisms underlying acoustic […]
Read More Emine Eren Koçak Hacettepe University Date/Time: Thursday, 22 January 2026, 16:30 am Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: One of the most fundamental questions in psychiatry is why certain individuals develop mental disorders after exposure to stressors while others don’t. This talk explores the neurobiological basis of stress susceptibility. Dendritic […]
Read More Bilge Mutlu University of Wisconsin–Madison Date/Time: Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 11:00 am Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Human-robot interaction is often framed in terms of interfaces, autonomy, or task performance. In this talk, I argue that HRI is more productively understood as the study of distributed cognitive systems where […]
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