Zeynep Okur
@zeynepokur.bsky.social
•interneurons •synapses •optogenetics •memory
Postdoc in Dagliyan lab, Molecular Neurobiology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet @ki.se 🇸🇪
PhD in Neurobiology, Scheiffele lab, Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch🇨🇭
Postdoc in Dagliyan lab, Molecular Neurobiology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet @ki.se 🇸🇪
PhD in Neurobiology, Scheiffele lab, Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch🇨🇭
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Our latest collaboration with @rongfan8.bsky.social, spatial triomics to investigate myelin and cortical brain development, and demyelination, spearheaded by Leslie Kirby in our lab @ki.se and Di Zhang in Rong's lab! Check it out @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spatial dynamics of brain development and neuroinflammation - Nature
A tri-omic atlas of the mouse brain from postnatal day 0 to P21 reveals that layer-specific projection neurons have a role in coordinating axonogenesis and myelination.
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our latest collaboration with @rongfan8.bsky.social, spatial triomics to investigate myelin and cortical brain development, and demyelination, spearheaded by Leslie Kirby in our lab @ki.se and Di Zhang in Rong's lab! Check it out @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📣 We're hiring a postdoc to join our growing team @exeter.ac.uk!
Love developmental neurobiology, RNA regulation & cortical circuits? This might be for you 🧑🔬
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2d659uj7
Please share!
Love developmental neurobiology, RNA regulation & cortical circuits? This might be for you 🧑🔬
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2d659uj7
Please share!
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📣 We're hiring a postdoc to join our growing team @exeter.ac.uk!
Love developmental neurobiology, RNA regulation & cortical circuits? This might be for you 🧑🔬
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2d659uj7
Please share!
Love developmental neurobiology, RNA regulation & cortical circuits? This might be for you 🧑🔬
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2d659uj7
Please share!
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Interesting how companies and the financial world is racing to spend mindboggling amounts of money to build the infrastructure to train computers. But we are leaving the infrastructure to train and educate humans crumbling. The question is who will train who?
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October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Interesting how companies and the financial world is racing to spend mindboggling amounts of money to build the infrastructure to train computers. But we are leaving the infrastructure to train and educate humans crumbling. The question is who will train who?
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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
October 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
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Choose Europe for Science needs also strong postdoc fellowship funding.
This is a disaster if the EU doesn't follow up by doubling the budget 😬🧪
record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
September 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Choose Europe for Science needs also strong postdoc fellowship funding.
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Come and work with us 5-year position available for a University Researcher in Bioimaging 1.11.2025-31.12.2030
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abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
University Researcher in Bioimaging / Universitetsforskare med inriktning bioimaging, 1.11.2025-31.12.2030
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September 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Come and work with us 5-year position available for a University Researcher in Bioimaging 1.11.2025-31.12.2030
abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
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There's a very cool Buzsaki #neuroskyence paper out in Science this week, looking at hippocampal spatial information encoding by multiple interneuron subtypes in parallel. The brilliant @agonru.bsky.social and I wrote a wee perspective to go alongside it: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Do inhibitory interneurons encode information or just keep the rhythm?
Inhibitory interneurons may help encode the brain’s internal representation of space
www.science.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
There's a very cool Buzsaki #neuroskyence paper out in Science this week, looking at hippocampal spatial information encoding by multiple interneuron subtypes in parallel. The brilliant @agonru.bsky.social and I wrote a wee perspective to go alongside it: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Extremely excited to share the outcome of a fantastic collaboration with @erinduffyphd.bsky.social revealing how experiences reshape hippocamapl chromatin and gene expression.
Check out our searchable gene database and look up your favorite gene 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out our searchable gene database and look up your favorite gene 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Novel environment exposure drives temporally defined and region-specific chromatin accessibility and gene expression changes in the hippocampus - Nature Communications
Hippocampal neurons adapt to experience through changes in gene expression and chromatin accessibility. Here, authors show that novel environment exposure induces region- and cell-type specific transc...
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Extremely excited to share the outcome of a fantastic collaboration with @erinduffyphd.bsky.social revealing how experiences reshape hippocamapl chromatin and gene expression.
Check out our searchable gene database and look up your favorite gene 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out our searchable gene database and look up your favorite gene 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
August 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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Please RP.
We are thrilled to announce that our lab’s first preprint is out!
”Whole-genome single-cell multimodal history tracing to reveal cell identity transition”
We report HisTrac-seq, a multiomic single-cell molecular recording platform.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are thrilled to announce that our lab’s first preprint is out!
”Whole-genome single-cell multimodal history tracing to reveal cell identity transition”
We report HisTrac-seq, a multiomic single-cell molecular recording platform.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Please RP.
We are thrilled to announce that our lab’s first preprint is out!
”Whole-genome single-cell multimodal history tracing to reveal cell identity transition”
We report HisTrac-seq, a multiomic single-cell molecular recording platform.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are thrilled to announce that our lab’s first preprint is out!
”Whole-genome single-cell multimodal history tracing to reveal cell identity transition”
We report HisTrac-seq, a multiomic single-cell molecular recording platform.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@scheiffelelab.bsky.social and I discussed the unique properties of synapses onto parvalbumin interneurons, the current knowledge & future aspects of the molecular mechanisms regulating these synaptic inputs: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation
Parvalbumin-positive (PV) interneurons, a class of fast-spiking GABAergic interneurons, govern gain-control and the timing of neuronal signal propagat…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
@scheiffelelab.bsky.social and I discussed the unique properties of synapses onto parvalbumin interneurons, the current knowledge & future aspects of the molecular mechanisms regulating these synaptic inputs: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Postdoc positions available in my lab @ki.se Sweden - exciting science, fantastic environment and great quality of life. I take mentoring seriously - 7/7 postdocs that left my lab has faculty positions today. Existing datasets and funds to build new ones available. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc in Single Cell Genomics, Jens Hjerling-Leffler group, Karolinska Institutet
Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The position is located within The Division of Molecular Neurobiology in the lab of Professor Jens Hjerling-Leffler at the Department of Medi
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June 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Postdoc positions available in my lab @ki.se Sweden - exciting science, fantastic environment and great quality of life. I take mentoring seriously - 7/7 postdocs that left my lab has faculty positions today. Existing datasets and funds to build new ones available. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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For the 200 million women worldwide with endometriosis—a disease often misunderstood and underdiagnosed—this dedication to scientific discovery is a huge step in the right direction. #Endendo #EndoFound #Endometriosis
www.cshl.edu/endometriosi...
www.cshl.edu/endometriosi...
Endometriosis Foundation of America commits $10 million to CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
From being told that their pain is not real to facing the heartbreak of infertility and even the threat of death, women dealing with endometriosis face incredible, sometimes lifelong journeys that can...
www.cshl.edu
May 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For the 200 million women worldwide with endometriosis—a disease often misunderstood and underdiagnosed—this dedication to scientific discovery is a huge step in the right direction. #Endendo #EndoFound #Endometriosis
www.cshl.edu/endometriosi...
www.cshl.edu/endometriosi...
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ATLAS, a rationally designed transsynaptic tracer is out today! Plasmids will soon be available on
@addgene.bsky.social
addgene nature.com/articles/s41...
Many thanks to first authors Jackie Rivera and Haoyang Huang, and to collaborators @blsabatini.bsky.social @beherring.bsky.social
@addgene.bsky.social
addgene nature.com/articles/s41...
Many thanks to first authors Jackie Rivera and Haoyang Huang, and to collaborators @blsabatini.bsky.social @beherring.bsky.social
ATLAS: a rationally designed anterograde transsynaptic tracer - Nature Methods
ATLAS is a tool for circuit tracing, demonstrated here in rodents. It allows anterograde transsynaptic tracing, starting from genetically defined neurons.
nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ATLAS, a rationally designed transsynaptic tracer is out today! Plasmids will soon be available on
@addgene.bsky.social
addgene nature.com/articles/s41...
Many thanks to first authors Jackie Rivera and Haoyang Huang, and to collaborators @blsabatini.bsky.social @beherring.bsky.social
@addgene.bsky.social
addgene nature.com/articles/s41...
Many thanks to first authors Jackie Rivera and Haoyang Huang, and to collaborators @blsabatini.bsky.social @beherring.bsky.social
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1/10 Our latest research, led by @martijnselten.bsky.social, identifies a mechanism through which Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons regulate their activity in the #cortex. This is the story @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
April 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1/10 Our latest research, led by @martijnselten.bsky.social, identifies a mechanism through which Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons regulate their activity in the #cortex. This is the story @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
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❗Serious consequences for the Swiss economy and society – the SNSF urges the abandonment of the proposed cuts to research funding in "Relief Package 27," as they threaten the country's innovative capacity and competitiveness.
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The SNSF urges against cuts
In its statement on "Relief Package 27", the SNSF speaks out against the proposed annual cuts of 10 percent.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
❗Serious consequences for the Swiss economy and society – the SNSF urges the abandonment of the proposed cuts to research funding in "Relief Package 27," as they threaten the country's innovative capacity and competitiveness.
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🍁🚨 WE'RE HIRING!🚨🍁 Our baby lab at the University of Toronto is expanding, many many thanks to funding from #CIHR and @hfspo.bsky.social. We are in search of a technician, postdoc, and PhD students! Further details on our website (sawhlab.netlify.app/people/), please share!
April 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🍁🚨 WE'RE HIRING!🚨🍁 Our baby lab at the University of Toronto is expanding, many many thanks to funding from #CIHR and @hfspo.bsky.social. We are in search of a technician, postdoc, and PhD students! Further details on our website (sawhlab.netlify.app/people/), please share!
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Thrilled to share new work from the lab, led by Adam Ramsaran:
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April 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thrilled to share new work from the lab, led by Adam Ramsaran:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kva73QW8S...
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Alert! Postdoc positions available - at least two. Interested in coming to Karolinska and work on adolescent development/schizophrenia? Have a background in neuroscience, functional genomics, computational analysis or spatial transcriptomics? Large data sets available for analysis. Get in touch!
April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Alert! Postdoc positions available - at least two. Interested in coming to Karolinska and work on adolescent development/schizophrenia? Have a background in neuroscience, functional genomics, computational analysis or spatial transcriptomics? Large data sets available for analysis. Get in touch!
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Postdoc opportunity in the heart of Europe! Check out the flyer below.
Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.
Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Postdoc opportunity in the heart of Europe! Check out the flyer below.
Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.
Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.
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"How are memories formed and stored in the brain?...Long-term memory acquisition was found to be associated with a selective increase in multisynaptic boutons..". Groundbreaking new study from my friend and colleague Anton Maximov's lab: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bonus: My son Luca's first pub
Bonus: My son Luca's first pub
Synaptic architecture of a memory engram in the mouse hippocampus
Memory engrams are formed through experience-dependent plasticity of neural circuits, but their detailed architectures remain unresolved. Using three-dimensional electron microscopy, we performed nano...
www.science.org
March 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"How are memories formed and stored in the brain?...Long-term memory acquisition was found to be associated with a selective increase in multisynaptic boutons..". Groundbreaking new study from my friend and colleague Anton Maximov's lab: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bonus: My son Luca's first pub
Bonus: My son Luca's first pub
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📣 Postdoc opportunity !
Our lab is hiring a funded postdoc to explore the development of fear circuits using slice electrophysiology. If you have expertise in this area and are interested about cutting-edge neuroscience, reach out ! 🤗
klinglerlab.org
Please share with your network 🙏
Our lab is hiring a funded postdoc to explore the development of fear circuits using slice electrophysiology. If you have expertise in this area and are interested about cutting-edge neuroscience, reach out ! 🤗
klinglerlab.org
Please share with your network 🙏
March 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📣 Postdoc opportunity !
Our lab is hiring a funded postdoc to explore the development of fear circuits using slice electrophysiology. If you have expertise in this area and are interested about cutting-edge neuroscience, reach out ! 🤗
klinglerlab.org
Please share with your network 🙏
Our lab is hiring a funded postdoc to explore the development of fear circuits using slice electrophysiology. If you have expertise in this area and are interested about cutting-edge neuroscience, reach out ! 🤗
klinglerlab.org
Please share with your network 🙏
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Congratulations to Nesibe Temiz on successfully defending her PhD thesis last week! During her PhD, she explored how the brain's ability to process sensory information changes during development and learning 🧠✨
March 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Congratulations to Nesibe Temiz on successfully defending her PhD thesis last week! During her PhD, she explored how the brain's ability to process sensory information changes during development and learning 🧠✨
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Apply now for the prestigious and independent #BiozentrumPhDFellowships. Great science. Unique rotation-based selection of research group and other incentives. The summer call is open until May 18, 2025. bit.ly/4caiqqX @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibasel.ch
#fellowship #PhD #Switzerland #lifesciences
#fellowship #PhD #Switzerland #lifesciences
March 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Apply now for the prestigious and independent #BiozentrumPhDFellowships. Great science. Unique rotation-based selection of research group and other incentives. The summer call is open until May 18, 2025. bit.ly/4caiqqX @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibasel.ch
#fellowship #PhD #Switzerland #lifesciences
#fellowship #PhD #Switzerland #lifesciences