Seminars

September 24, 2026Building, Swimming, and Learning Together: Collective Behavior in Fire Ants

Title: Building, Swimming, and Learning Together: Collective Behavior in Fire Ants Speaker: Takao Sasaki Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026 Time: 16:30-17:30 Place: ASBAM–UMRAM Seminar Room(SC-106) Abstract: Collective behavior in social insects reveals…

May 5, 2026Beyond Motivation and Reward Seeking: Ventral Pallidum Contributions to Negative Affective States

Title: Beyond Motivation and Reward Seeking: Ventral Pallidum Contributions to Negative Affective States Speaker: Doç.Dr. Güneş Ünal Date: 7 May, Thursday 16:30 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106)…

April 9, 2026Blocking the RGMa–Neogenin Pathway Restores Vascular Integrity, Neuroregeneration, and Functional Recovery After CNS Injury

Title: Blocking the RGMa–Neogenin Pathway Restores Vascular Integrity, Neuroregeneration, and Functional Recovery After CNS Injury Speaker: Dr. Alireza Shabanzadeh Date: 9 April, Thursday 16:30 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: …

March 26, 2026Investigating Semantic Representation in the Brain via Naturalistic Neuroimaging

Title: Investigating Semantic Representation in the Brain via Naturalistic Neuroimaging Speaker: Dr.Emin Çelik Time: 26 March, Thursday, 16:30 Place: SC 106, ASBAM Abstract: How does a human brain represent meaning? How does it make sense of…

February 11, 2026Understanding Neural Computations Through The Eye of a Fly

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…

January 13, 2026The Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Stress Susceptibility

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…

January 2, 2026Human-Robot Interaction as Distributed Cognition: Joint Action, Embodiment, and Situated Interaction

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,…

December 5, 2025Keeping in Mind What’s Worth Keeping: How the Mind Reactivates What Matters

Eren Günseli Sabancı University Date/Time: Thursday, 11 December 2025, 16:30 pm Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Working memory is often described as a mental workspace that…

October 23, 2025Neural Mechanisms of Multisensory Behavioral Control

İsmail Uyanık Hacettepe Üniversitesi Date/Time: Thursday, 06 November 2025, 16:30 pm Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: The central nervous system (CNS) processes sensory information obtained through…

October 1, 2025Using Language Models to Explore Semantic Representation in the Brain

Emin Çelik Postdoctoral Researcher Max Planck Institute for Software Systems Date/Time: Tuesday, 09 October 2025, 16:30 pm Place: SC106 National Magnetic Resonance Research Center Seminar Room Abstract: Can language models help…

June 26, 2025The Evolution of MR Hardware: How Far Have We Come?

Prof. Dr. Mark Ladd Head of Division and Coordinator of the Research Topic Imaging and Radiooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Date/Time: Tuesday, 27 June 2025, 13:30 pm Place: SC106 National…

June 16, 2025Modeling Brain Processes to Understand Economic Behavior

Prof. Isabelle Brocas University of Southern California Date/Time: Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 14:00 pm Place: SC106 Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room This talk explores a neuroeconomic framework for modeling…