Contact

Dr. Sevim Isparta, DVM, PhD
Ruhr-University/LWL University Hospital Bochum
Experimental and Molecular Psychiatry
Zentrum für Klinische Forschung (ZKF) 1, 2.052
phone: +49 (0) 234-32-27044
sevim.isparta@rub.de
orcid.org/0000-0002-3667-5339

short CV

Since 2020: PhD Student
Research division Experimental and Molecular Psychiatry at the Ruhr-University/LWL University Hospital Bochum, Germany

2017-2018:  Visiting Doctoral Researcher
LLP Erasmus + EU Traineeship Program, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Biopsychology Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum

2016- present: PhD Student
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, (Under supervision: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bengi Cinar Kul & Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Onur Güntürkün)

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Publications

Kerman, K.; Salgirli-Demirbas, Y.; Atilgan, Durmus.; Isparta, S.; Saral, B.; Pereira, J.; Pereira, G.D.G. (2023).
Separation-related behaviours do not indicate the same construct in the domestic cat: a survey-based study.
Behavioural Processes, 210, August 2023, 104892.

Salgırlı-Demirbaş, Y.; Isparta, S.; Saral, B.; Keskin Yılmaz, N.; Adıay, D.; Matsui, H.; Töre Yargin, G.; Musa, S.A.; Atilgan, D.; Öztürk, H.; Cinar Kul, B.; Safak, E.; Ocklenburg, S.; Güntürkün, O. (2023)
Acute and chronic stress alter behavioral laterality in dogs.
Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4092.

Demirtas, A., Atilgan, D., Saral, B., Isparta, S., Ozturk, H., Ozvardar, T., & Demirbas, Y. S. (2023)
Dog owners’ recognition of pain-related behavioral changes in their dogs.
Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Salgirli-Demirbas,Y.; Kismali, G.; Saral, B.; Sareyyüpoğlu, B.; Habiloğlu, A.D.; Öztürk, H.; Baş B.;, Özvardar, T.; Alpay, M.; İnce, N.; Canbay, H.; Emeni, F.; Atilgan, D.; Isparta, S.; Büyükatalay, E.Ö.; Koru, C.; Yazan,S.; Sahin, I.; Pereira, G.D.G.; Özkul, A. (2022)
Development of a safety protocol for training and using SARS-CoV-2 detection dogs.  Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 16, 79-88.

Isparta, S.; Kaya, U.; Sahin, O.; Safak, C.E.; Yardim Ozer, I.; Heath, Sarah.;  Papadatou-Pastou, M.; Salgirli Demirbas, Y.  (2021)
The First Assessment of Dog Bite Prevention Programme for Pre-school Children in Turkey.
Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 46

Rook, N.; Tuff, M. J.; Isparta, S.; Masseck, O.; Herlitze, S.; Güntürkün, O.; Pusch, Roland. (2021)
AAV1 is the optimal viral vector for optogenetic experiments in pigeons (Columba livia).
Communications Biology, 4(1), 1-16.

Bilgen, N.; Bişkin Türkmen, M.; Çınar Kul, B., Isparta, S.; Şen, Y.; Akkurt, M. Y.; Bars, Z., (2020). Prevalence of PKD1 gene mutation in cats in Turkey and pathogenesis of feline polycystic kidney disease.
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 32(4), 549–555.

Isparta, S.; Salgirli Demirbas, Y.; Bars, Z.; Cinar Kul, B.; Güntürkün, O.; Ocklenburg, S. & Pereira, G.D.G., (2020)
The relationship between problem-solving ability and laterality in cats. 
Behavioural Brain Research, Aug 5, 391, 112691.

Demirbas, Y.S.; Isparta, S.; Ozturk, H.; Safak, E.; Emre, B.; Piskin, I.; Kaya, U.; Sagmanligil, V.; Akgul, B. Pereira, G.D.G. (2019)
Functional cerebral asymmetry in dogs living under different environmental conditions.
Behavioural Processes, 0376-6357, 165, 4-8.

Ocklenburg, S.; Isparta, S.; Peterburs, J. & Papadatou-Pastou, M. (2019)
Paw Preferences in Cats and Dogs: Meta-analysis, Laterality: Asymmetries of Body.
 Brain and Cognition, 24, 6, 647-677.