Instructor, Department of Psychology
Office: T-273
Phone: +90 530 112 2868
E-mail: habibe.ucpunar@bilkent.edu.tr
Education
- 2011-2017 MPI of Neurobiology Munich – PhD student at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in the lab of Prof. Dr. Ilona Grunwald Kadow on neuromodulation of chemosensory systems in Drosophila.
- 2010-2011 Ludwig Maximilians University Munich – Fast-track training year of the Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN) and the International Max Planck Research School for Life Sciences (IMPRS-LS) graduate programs.
- 2007-2010 International University of Sarajevo Sarajevo – BA in Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Publications
Ashiq Hussain*, Atefeh Pooryasin*, Mo Zhang*, Laura F. Loschek, Marco La Fortezza, Anja. Friedrich, Catherine-Marie Blais, Habibe K. Üçpunar, Vicente A. Yépez, Martin Lehmann, Nicolas Gompel, Julien Gagneur, Stephan J. Sigrist, Ilona C. Grunwald Kadow (2018). Inhibition of oxidative stress in cholinergic projection neurons fully rescues agingassociated olfactory circuit degeneration in Drosophila. Elife.(2018) Jan 18;7.
Ashiq Hussain*, Habibe K. Üçpunar*, Mo Zhang, Laura F. Loschek, and Ilona C. Grunwald Kadow. Neuropeptides modulate female chemosensory processing upon mating in Drosophila. PLoS Biol. 14(5): e1002455
Ashiq Hussain*, Mo Zhang*, Habibe K. Üçpunar, Thomas Svensson, Elsa Quillery, Nicolas Gompel, Rickard Ignell, and Ilona C. Grunwald Kadow. Ionotropic chemosensory receptors mediate the taste and smell of polyamines. PLoS Biol. 14(5): e1002454
* These authors contributed equallyAwards and Fellowships
- Amgen Scholar Mentorship Award 2013
- Amgen Scholar Mentorship Award 2012
- International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Fast-track PhD Fellow 2010-2017
- Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Graduate School of Systemic Neuroscience (GSN) Fast-track PhD Fellow 2010-2017
- Amgen Scholar Summer Research Program Scholarsip 2009