Please join Bilkent University’s Psychology Department on Wednesday for the visit of Prof. \u00d6zlem \u00c7evik.<\/p>\n
Speaker: \u00d6zlem \u00c7evik, TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji \u00dcniversitesi<\/p>\n
“Modulation of sensory processing and action selection by genes, learning, and behavioral states in fruit flies”<\/p>\n
Date: Wednesday, 7 December 2022
\nTime: 17:00
\nLocation: room A130<\/p>\n
Abstract:
\nAnimals show variable responses to similar stimuli, and sources of behavioral variation are popular research topics in translational neuroscience. Inter-individual variation stemming from the genetic background or neurodevelopment tends to be stable across life span and constrains the range of modification by experience. Intra-individual variation in behavior can be observed across different time scales, from sub-second effects of attention to relatively permanent effects of learning. Behavioral states are prominent sources of intra-individual variation that change sensory processing and action selection, typically in the range of minutes to hours. In this talk, I will present data from our lab to show how the collision anticipatory response of fruit flies is modulated by genetic background, learning, and competing behavioral states across different time spans.<\/p>\n
About the speaker:
\nI received my MS from METU Psychology in 1993, and PhD from Indiana University, in Bloomington – Program in Animal Learning & Behavior and the Center for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior in 2000. I worked with Bill Timberlake, Armando Machado, Joe Farley and George Rebec as a graduate student. I was working on the dopaminergic modulation of temporal perception & discrimination, so I moved on to join Warren Meck’s lab at Duke University to study timing with monoamine-receptor knockout mice, which then was a novelty \ud83d\ude42 I started working with fruit flies when I started my own lab in Bolu, Turkey in 2002. I’ve been working on how dopamine mediates behavioral state-driven changes in sensory processing and response selection in fruit flies for 20 years now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Please join Bilkent University’s Psychology Department on Wednesday for the visit of Prof. \u00d6zlem \u00c7evik. Speaker: \u00d6zlem \u00c7evik, TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji \u00dcniversitesi “Modulation of sensory processing and action selection by genes, learning, and behavioral states in fruit flies” Date: Wednesday, 7 December 2022 Time: 17:00 Location: room A130 Abstract: [\u2026] <\/p>\n