March 4th, 2022 – Our work titled “A behavioral paradigm for cortical control of a robotic actuator by freely moving rats in a one-dimensional two-target reaching task” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Neuroscience Methods.

February 9th, 2022 – Ahsan Ayyaz successfully presented his MSc Thesis titled “A new rodent behavioral paradigm for studying closed-loop cursor control”.

August 23rd, 2021 – Bashir Bwogi successfully presented his MSc Thesis titled “Design and optimization of a durable gold-based microelectrode for dopamine detection”.

April 17th, 2021 – Our new preprint is online today. We show a fast-scan cyclic voltammetry device enables online monitoring of dopamine fluctuations in behaving subjects. You may check out by clicking here! The work was partially supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No: EEEAG-117E286 and SBAG-118S072.

January 26th, 2021 – Our preprint is online today. We show a behavioral paradigm allows rats to reach two targets using a brain-machine interface. You may check out by clicking here. The work was partially supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No: EEEAG-117E286 and EEEAG-115E257.

November 8th, 2021 – In National Neuroscience Congress 2020 (USK2020) , we have presented our findings related to the changes in striatal dopamine concentration with varying proximities of rewards. You may check out our abstract here. The work was partially supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No: EEEAG-117E286.

December 22nd, 2020 – Syed Muhammad Talha Zaidi successfully presented this MSc Thesis titled “Design of a multichannel electrophysiology amplifier and rat behavioral paradigm for motor neuroprosthetic control”.

November 14th, 2018 – Tuition-free MSc/PhD positions with TUBITAK scholarship are available in our lab. Please check out Positions tab for the details.