Teaching Assistant

KADER KUBAT
Teaching Assistant
  • Education
  • MSc., Neuroscience, 2022 - 2025
    Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
  • BSc., Biology, 2018 - 2022 
    Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Research Experience
  • Research Assistant, July 2025 - Present
    Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Graduate Researcher, September 2022 - September 2025
    Bilkent University, Department of Neuroscience, Ankara, Turkey
  • Undergraduate Researcher, December 2021 - August 2022
    Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Project Intern, June 2021 - November 2021
    Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Laboratory Student Assistant, August 2020 - May 2021
    Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Summer Intern, June 2020 - July 2020
    Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Teaching Experience
  • Teaching/Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2024 and Fall 2023
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University,
    Ankara, Turkey (Course: MBG101 Biology I)

Publications

PUBLICATIONS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
  1. Ge, R., Yu, Y., New, F., Kubat, K., Toulopoulou, T., Wagner, E., Yang, G., Zurita, M., Thompson, P. M., & Frangou,S. “Generalizability of normative models of brain morphometry across distinct ethnoracial groups.” PNAS (submitted).
  2. Toulopoulou T., Sahin-Cevik D., Kubat K., Arslan S. "Turkish Twin Study on Brain Development, Risks, and
    Protective Factors: Introduction to the Study, Participants, and Preliminary Findings" (manuscript in preparation)
  3. Kubat, K., Şahin-Çevik, D., Arslan, S., Sahin-Ilikoğlu, T., Vassos, E., & Toulopoulou, T. (2025). “Mapping Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia onto the Triple Network Across Adolescent Development: A Longitudinal Study” (manuscript in preparation)
  4. Kubat, K., Şahin-Çevik, D., Arslan, S., Sahin-Ilikoğlu, T., Vassos, E., & Toulopoulou, T. "Impact of Bullying on Salience and Sensorimotor Network: A Co-Twin Control Design", Poster Presentation; 2025 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society; Chicago, USA
  5. Kubat, K., Şahin-Çevik, D., Arslan, S., Sahin-Ilikoğlu, T., Vassos, E., & Toulopoulou, T. (2025). Polygenic risk score for schizophrenia predicts longitudinal changes in the visual network in healthy adolescents. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 99, 140.
    Poster Presentation; ISPG 2025 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Cancún, Mexico
Scholarships
  1. Early Career Award; awarded by Schizophrenia International Research Society, Chicago, USA - 2025
  2. M.Sc., Merit Scholarship; awarded by Bilkent University, Department of Neuroscience, Ankara, Turkey - 2022
  3. 2209A- Undergraduate Research Projects Scholarship; awarded by The Scientific and Technological
    Research Institution of Turkey (TUBITAK) - 2022
  4. 2247C STAR- Undergraduate Intern Researcher Scholarship; awarded by The Scientific and
    Technological Research Institution of Turkey (TUBITAK) - 2021