Email: emre.yaksi@ntnu.no
- EDUCATION
2007 PhD, Max Planck Inst. for Medical Research, Uni. of Heidelberg, Germany
2003 MSc, dMax Planck Inst. for Medical Research, Uni. of Heidelberg, Germany
2001 BSc, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, METU, Turkey
- CURRENT POSITIONS
Since 2017 Professor, Kavli Inst. for Systems neuroscience, NTNU, Norway
Since 2017 Assoc. Investigator, Ctr. for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), Norway
- PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2015 – 2017 Associate Professor, Kavli Inst. for Systems neuroscience, NTNU, Norway
2011 – 2016 Assistant Professor, KULeuven, Belgium
2010 – 2016 Group Leader, Neuroelectronics Research Flanders, VIB, Belgium
2013 – 2014 Interim Dept. Director, Neuroelectronics Research Flanders, VIB, Belgium
2007 – 2010 Post-doc, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology, USA
- FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2021 The Research Council of Norway, FRIPRO BIOMED researcher project grant, Norway (12M NOK)
2016 Mid-Norway regional health authorities research grant, Norway (8 MNOK)
2015 The Research Council of Norway, FRIPRO BIOMED young talent grant, Norway (8M NOK)
2015 Assoc. for Chemoreception Sciences Young investigator award 2015, USA
2014 Selected for FENS/Kavli Network of Excellence, EU
2014 Federation of European Neuroscience Young Investigator Prize 2014, EU
2013 European Research Commission (ERC) starting investigator grant, EU (1,5M Euros)
2008-2010: Human Frontiers Science Program, Long-term Postdoc Fellowship, USA
2006 MBL, Neural Systems & Behavior Summer Course, USA
2003-2006 Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellowship, Germany
2001-2002 Msc Scholarship of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Germany
1996-2001 Scholarship of Turkish Science & Technology Association, Turkey
- SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS I have supervised 9 post-doctoral fellows, 10 PhD students and 15 MSc students. The first round of alumni from my lab have already obtained attractive positions in academia and in industry (please see below).Post-docs
- Since May 2019: Dr Francisca Acuna-Hinrichsen
- Since Nov 2018: Dr Kadir Mutlu
- Graduated Jan 2020: Dr Pradeep Lal (M. Sklodowska-Curie Fellow), now Senior Researcher, NORCE
- Graduated Dec 2018: Dr Laetitia Lalla, now data scientist in industry
- Graduated April 2018: Dr Florence Kermen (Fyssens Fellow), now PI, NTNU-Biology Dept, Norway
- Graduated Dec 2017: Dr Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi, now PI, NTNU-IKOM Dept, Norway
- Graduated March 2017: Dr Filip Janiak, now postdoc at University of Sussex, UK
- Graduated June 2015: Dr Cameron Wyatt (AXA Fellow), now core facility manager, U. Edinburgh, UK
- Graduated June 2013: Dr Elena Dreosti (Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowships), now PI, UCL, UK
PhD Students
- Since February 2021: Anna Maria Ostenrath
- Since April 2018: Christa Ringers (Boehringer Ingelheim Fond Fellow)
- Since January 2017: Sverre Myren-Svelstad (Helse-Midt Norge Fellow)
- Since June 2017: Fabrizio Palumbo
- Since January 2015: Ewelina Bartoszek
- Graduated October 2020: Stephanie Fore, now clinical trials specialist
- Graduated September 2020: Carmen Verdugo Diaz, now postdoc at Novartis, USA
- Graduated October 2016: Luis Mendez Franco (VIB Fellowship), now postdoc at UCSB, USA
- Graduated November 2015: Suresh Kumar Jetti (Boehr. Ing. Fond Fellow), now postdoc at MIT, USA
- Graduated March 2015: Nuria Vendrell Llopis, now postdoc at UC Berkeley, USA
- SELECTED TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2020 – Coordinating and Teaching “Introduction to Neuroscience” undergraduate course, NTNU, Norway
2017 – 2019 Director of the NTNU Master program in Neuroscience
2016 – 2017 Coordinator, Systems Neuro. course at NTNU Msc program in Neuroscience
2016 Summer school of Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience, organizer
2013 Teaching at Marie Curie initial training network FLIACT, Germany
2012 – 2013 Organizing and teaching at VIB/NERF/KULeuven PhD School, Belgium
- ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (if applicable)
2022 Zebrafish Neural Circuit and Behaviour Meeting, organizer
2017 FENS/Kavli Network of Excellence Symposium, co-organizer
2016 Kavli Prize Neuroscience Symposium, co-organizer
2012 – 2014 NERF, Neuro-technology Symposium, organizer
- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (if applicable)
2017 – 2018 FENS/Kavli Network of Excellence Board member
2013 Interim Department Director for 1 year, NERF, Belgium
- REVIEWING ACTIVITIES (if applicable)
Referee service: Cell, Nature, Nature Methods, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Nature Communications, Current Biology, eLife, Cell Reports, Development, Journal of Neuroscience, PLOS Biology, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS One, EMBO Reports, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Behavioral Brain Research, Journal of Comparative Neurology, BMC Neuroscience, Journal of Physiology, European Journal of Neuroscience,
Grant reviews: ERC, HFSP, DFG(Germany), WWTF(Austria), FRC(France), IRF(Iceland), Wellcome Trust (UK)
- MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Since 2015 FENS/Kavli Network of Excellence
Since 2015 Federation of European Neuroscience
Since 2015 Norwegian Neuroscience Society
Since 2016 Society for Neuroscience
