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The journal articles by UMRAM researchers published in October 2026.
- Understanding Older Adults’ And Caretakers’ Attitudes Toward Social Robots Using Natural Language Processing and Thematic Analysis, International Journal of Social Robotics. Authors: Begüm Çonka, Burcu Aysen Urgen, Yasemin Afacan
- A recurrent neuronal model for the effect of predictions on sensory processes, Scientific Reports. Authors: Buse Merve Ürgen, Hilal İrem Baştürk, Hüseyin Boyacı

The project entitled 'The Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Thyroid glands with a purpose built 4 channeled surface coil' by Yıldıray Gökhalk has been rewarded in the competition called 'Innovation Think Tank, Be…


UMRAM has hosted guests from important Universities, Institutes and Research Centers of the USA such as University of Drexel, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University and Duke Translational Research Institute on a visit…


An official agreement was settled between ‘Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital’ and UMRAM to study on the project entitled as ‘ Comparative Assessment of Pain Perception at the Cortical Level in…

Dr. Kader Karlı Oğuz participated in 2012 meeting of American Society of Neuroradiology, held in 21-26 April 2012. Two of all her five studies were performed at UMRAM. Title and contributing authors…
Dr. Kader Karlı Oğuz participated in 2012 meeting of American Society of Neuroradiology, held in 21-26 April 2012. Two of all her five studies were performed at UMRAM. Title and contributing authors are as follows:
DTI in Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS). Kader K. Oguz, Rahsan Gocmen, Sueda Turk, Goknur Haliloglu, Katja Doerschner.
Tract-Based Spatial Statistics of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia with Thin Corpus Callosum. Kader K. Oguz, Eser Sanverdi, Cagrı Temucin, Sueda Turk, Katja Doerschner.

UMRAM's former PhD student Yigitcan Eryaman earned 2012 Serhat Ozyar Honor Prize. This year 3 scientists received the Young Scientist Award, three others earned Honor Prize and Jury Special Prize was given…

Esra Abaci Turk, a PhD student at UMRAM, received the Magna Cum Laude Merit Award for the abstract entitled "Analysis of B1 mapping by Bloch Siegert Shift" that is submitted to be…

Prof. Dr. Kader Karli Oguz and her research team won a poster award with their work entitled "Assessment of Alteration in White Matter Integrity in Schizophrenia Following Administration of Clozapine: Tract-Based Spatial Statistics of Diffusion…


Collaborative research between Bilkent, Yale, Bogazici, Hacettepe, Baskent and Cukurova Universities revealed a link between quadrupedal locomotion and chromosome 17p13.1-13.3. UMRAM researchers have contributed to this research by investigating the brain of…


UMRAM Researcher Davud İbrahim Mahçiçek leaves UMRAM to work on his Ph.D. degree in Middle East Technical University. Funda Yıldırım is working towards her Ph.D.degree in Groningen University where she has been…

UMRAM Researcher Davud İbrahim Mahçiçek leaves UMRAM to work on his Ph.D. degree in Middle East Technical University.
Funda Yıldırım is working towards her Ph.D.degree in Groningen University where she has been granted acceptance, Gizem Küçük is now in University of New York with the same purpose.
Our Post Doctoral Fellow Özgür Yılmaz starts in ASELSAN as an engineer.
Aslıhan Ors who also worked in UMRAM in a postdoc position, is to continue her academic carrier in Bilecik University as an Assistant Professor.
Begüm Erten also choose to leave UMRAM to concentrate more on her master degree in METU.
We would like to thank them for their contributions to UMRAM and we wish them all good luck on their chosen path.
We celebrated their achievements and farewell them with a cosy party.
Ergin Atalar has been nominated to the executive board of European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology by its board.


Bilkent Laboratory and International School students visited UMRAM with their Psychology teach to learn more about investigations on how brain works.


In the 16th annual meeting of the Turkish Magnetic Resonance Society, UMRAM researchers presented 11 scientific studies. Presenters were Oktay Algın, Aslıhan Örs, Davut İbrahim Mahçiçek, Mehmet Can Kerse, Ergin Atalar (as…
