Seminars

May 14, 2025Modeling Humans: Adaptive Control, Neural Networks, and Cyber-Physical Human Systems

Associate Professor Yıldıray Yıldız Bilkent University Date/Time: Thursday, 15 May 2025, 16:30 Place: SC106 Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room Understanding and modeling human behavior is key to building smarter,…

April 7, 2025UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2025 Seminars: “Cognitive Brain Imaging in the Age of AI”

Dr. Bertrand Thirion University of Paris Saclay Date/Time: Thursday, 10 April 2025, 16:30 Place: SC106 Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room TBrain imaging helps us to understand how the brain…

April 7, 2025UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2025 Seminars: “Neuroanatomical Networks of the Aversive Signaling Hub and the Potential Treatment of Insomnia by Modulating the Adenosine System.”

Dr. Mustafa Korkutata Harvard University Date/Time: Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 16:30 Place: SC106 Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room The parabrachial nucleus (PB), located in the dorsolateral pons, relays sensory…

July 10, 2024UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2024 Seminars: ”Complex computations in tiny brains – stereoscopic vision in insects”

Dr. Ronny Rosner Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Date/Time: Thursday, 30 May 2024, 16:30 Place: SC106 (UMRAM) Most insect brains surpass any man-made control system in their ability to autonomously orient within 3D space.…

April 18, 2024UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2024 Seminars: “Zero to ultralow-field NMR and MRI with optically pumped magnetometers”

Dr. Deniz Aybas Tumturk Bilkent University Date/Time: Thursday, 18 April 2024, 16:30-17:30 Location: SC-106 Abstract: We use optically pumped alkali atoms near room-temperature to measure perturbations in the local magnetic fields. These perturbations can be…

March 26, 2024UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2024 Seminars: “Intelligent Physics-Driven Technologies for Inverse Problems in MRI”

Dr. Mehmet Akcakaya University of Minnesota, USA Date/Time: Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 17:30-18:30 (Time in Türkiye) Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/94655579979 Abstract: Lengthy data acquisition remains a major bottleneck in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), often necessitating tradeoffs in resolution…

March 5, 2024UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Spring 2024 Seminars: ”Soft and Flexible Bioelectronics for Brain-Computer Interfaces”

Dr. Siyuan Zhao Date: February 8, 2024 Time: 16.30 Place: Zoom https://zoom.us/j/3750698016?pwd=YXhhNWNsUHBCdXJvMWI0R201ZGo0QT09&omn=92639551011 Zoom ID: 375 069 8016 Pass: 505709 Abstract: Stably recording the electrical activity of the same neurons across all relevant timescales is important for understanding the neural activity…

March 5, 2024UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Fall 2023 Seminars: ”Small Animal Imaging with Clinical Scanners: Experience With 3T MRI”

Dr. Meltem Karataş Date: December 12, 2023 Time: 16.30 Place: UMRAM, SC106 Abstract: Translational studies, primarily involving rodent models, have been the mainstay of biomedical sciences. Rodent experiments allow understanding of physiological processes, deciphering pathological…

March 5, 2024UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Fall 2023 Seminars: ”Enhancing MRI Performance through Computational Imaging”

Mariya Doneva, Ph.D. Philips Research, Germany Date/Time: Thursday, Nov 23rd, 2023, at 17:30PM Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98924400569 Abstract: Over the past two decades, the significance of MR image reconstruction has tremendously increased, enabling reduced scan time,…

March 5, 2024UMRAM/NSC-ASBAM Fall 2023 Seminars: ”Processing and representation of decision variables across interacting brain regions in a complex spatial task ”

Uğurcan Mugan Date: October 25, 2023 Time: 12.30-13.30 Place: Seminar Room, SC 106 Decisions in naturalistic environments take place in dynamic, temporally extended, and topologically complex environments. A broad range of research into neural and behavioral…

March 5, 2024UMRAM/ASBAM Spring 2023 Seminars: “High-definition MRI: tailored encoding and reconstruction across scales and field strengths”

Dr. Berkin Bilgiç Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Date/Time: Thursday, Aug 3rd, 2:00 pm PLACE: UMRAM SC106 (SEMINAR ROOM) About the Speaker: Dr. Berkin Bilgiç is an Assistant Professor in Radiology at the Martinos Center for…

March 5, 2024UMRAM/ASBAM Spring 2023 Seminars: “Pushing the Limits of MRI Reconstruction through Physics-Guided Deep Learning Approaches”

Dr. Ömer Burak Demirel University of Minnesota Harvard University Date/Time: June 22, Thursday, 10:30 am Place: Seminar Room, SC 106 Abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic tool used in clinics to evaluate…