Meeting will be featuring thought-provoking speeches from world-renowned scientists in the field of neuroscience with esteemed speakers such as Prof. Dr. Agustin Ibanez, Prof. Dr. Bahar Güntekin, Prof. Dr. Claudio Babiloni and Prof. Dr. Görsev Yener. Each expert will unravel insights into global approaches to dementia, cognitive functions, and brain rhythms, fostering a deeper understanding of these complex neurodegenerative conditions.
Our first speaker, Prof. Dr. Agustin Ibanez, will begin the symposium with an enlightening talk titled “Allostatic Interoception in Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders.”
Continuing, Prof. Dr. Görsev Yener will share invaluable perspectives on the neurophysiological aspects of the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, with her talk “The Resting State Gamma Connectivity Alterations are Associated with Brain Atrophy and CSF P-Tau in Early-Onset AD”.
Moving forward, the symposium will also feature Prof. Dr. Claudio Babiloni, with his captivating talk “Abnormal Cortical EEG Rhythms of Consciousness Level in Alzheimer’s and Other Diseases”.
Additionally, Prof. Dr. Bahar Güntekin will offer a profound exploration into the modulation of brain oscillations in dementia, particularly through gamma entrainment, with her talk “EEG Event-Related Oscillations in Dementia and their Modulation with Gamma Entrainment”.
Join us for this exceptional event, where these distinguished speakers will share their knowledge, advancing our collective understanding of dementia, cognitive functions, and brain rhythms.
Dr. Agustin Ibanez an esteemed Argentinean neuroscientist, has made significant strides in the fields of dementia, social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience. He earned his reputation through his roles as a full professor and the Director of Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat) at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. His academic journey extends to being a Senior Atlantic Fellow at GBHI-UCSF and a Research Associate Professor at GBHI-Trinity College Dublin. Additionally, he leads the Predictive Brain Health Modelling Group at Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Ibanez’s scholarly achievements are remarkable, with over 350 publications, including articles in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Lancet Neurology, and JAMA Neurology. His research has garnered substantial international funding from esteemed bodies like NIH/NIA, Alzheimer’s Association, and the Rainwater Charitable Foundation. Beyond academia, Dr. Ibanez’s expertise in digital biomarkers and global approaches to dementia has made him a sought-after consultant for numerous startups and companies in the neuroscience field.”
Prof. Dr. Görsev Yener completed her behavioral neurology fellowship at UCLA, USA, in 1993, and is now a full professor at Izmir School of Economics, Faculty of Medicine. She is also a guest researcher at Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, located in Dokuz Eylül University Campus, Izmir, Turkey. Notably, Dr. Yener is a co-founder of one of Turkey’s first dementia clinics at Dokuz Eylul University, established upon her return from the USA. Her leadership in the field was further recognized when Dokuz Eylül University Brain Dynamics Multidisciplinary Center, which she chaired from 2006 to 2020, was honored as a dementia excellence center by European Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium (EADC) in 2010. Additionally, she served as the founding chairperson of the Neuroscience Department in Health Sciences Institute at Dokuz Eylül University since 2004. Her contributions extend to the Turkish Alzheimer’s Association, where she was among the founding Executive Committee Members and later established and chaired the Izmir branch. Currently, she actively contributes to the field and has been elected as Vice Chair of the Electrophysiology PIA Executive Committee of Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) for a two-year term.
Prof. Dr. Claudio Babiloni completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at Aalborg University, Denmark in 2001. He served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at University of Foggia, Italy from 2007, and was later appointed as a Full Professor in Physiology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy in 2022. His research primarily revolves around exploring brain rhythms and their role in regulating vigilance, consciousness, and cognitive functions in aging and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. His methods include quantitative EEG and neuroimaging. He is the founder and leader of The PDWAVES Consortium, which is dedicated to this area of research. His other notable positions include serving on the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Advisory Board, as Senior Chair of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) Working Group for “IFCN Guidelines on EEG”, and as a Co-leader of the Dementia Workgroup in the Global Brain Consortium. His scholarly contributions are reflected in his Scopus Metrics, which include 384 documents, over 17,000 citations, and an H index of 72.
Prof.Dr. Bahar Güntekin completed her Ph.D. in biophysics at Dokuz Eylül University in 2006. She worked as the vice director of Istanbul Kültür University Brain Dynamics Research Center between 2006-2016. She was appointed Professor of Biophysics in 2016 at Istanbul Medipol University School of Medicine. Her research area mainly focuses on analyzing cognitive functions using EEG-Event Related Brain Oscillations in healthy controls and patients with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. She is the chair of ISTAART Electrophysiology Professional Interest Area of Alzheimer’s Association and a board member of International Organization of Psychophysiology. She served as the advisory board member of Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Health Sciences Research Group between 2019-2022. She is an Editorial Board member of Scientific journals like Scientific Reports, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Aging Brain and others. She was awarded Outstanding Young Scientist by Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) in 2015, METU Parlar Foundation in 2016, and Roy John Award by the Electroencephalography and Clinical Neuroscience Society in 2023. She is an associate member of Turkish Academy of Sciences.