Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Ran 15km and shipped a product at the same time. At RUN/HACK London you could only build while you were out running, so we dictated the whole thing to an AI agent mid-run. Serenetripity plans a walking route around how you feel: serenetripity.vercel.app 010
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Sang a Late Night Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. “Ultimate Calm": BBC Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, and a whole programme built around stillness. 010
Reposted by Emre YavuzSmooth Brain Society Podcast @smoothbrainsociety.bsky.social · 12/08/2026🎮 Can a video game help us understand the brain? We speak with computational neuroscientist Dr @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social about navigation, gaming and cognitive health. 🎧 Listen now! (links in thread) #Neuroscience #Gaming #BrainHealth #SciencePodcast 142
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 06/08/2026No one with speech impairment should have to repeat themselves to be understood. Building a tool to help & looking for 10-min feedback chats with stroke survivors, carers, or those with Parkinson’s/MND/CP. DM me! 💬 @parkinsonseurope.bsky.social @england.nhs.uk @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social 000
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I spent five days at the Francis Crick Institute pitching a startup. We didn't place. The most useful thing I did all week was stop listening like a founder and start listening like an investor. Seven things I'm taking away. 🧵 130
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Two weeks after winning the London hub, we found out we also took the overall Above and Beyond Award at Hack-Nation. Team: Josh Philipp Peters, Paula Juan Royo, Francesco Coccia. It was my ninth hackathon and my first win. 🏆 100
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 28/07/2026🥈 2nd of 100+ teams at the Juno × Anthropic healthcare hackathon in London. We built Heard in 24 hours: for the millions who still speak but aren't understood, it turns their words into a clear voice with one tap. 141
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Thrilled to be back at the Royal Albert Hall for tonight’s Prom, Afterlife: Visions of the Beyond, singing with the London Philharmonic Choir and BBC National Chorus of Wales. Boulanger and Szymanowski with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Ryan Bancroft. 🎵 000
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 19/07/2026My ninth hackathon. My first win!! 🏆 A physician-physicist, two neuroscientists, and a cybersecurity engineer, not one web developer among us. In ~21 hours at Hack-Nation's Global AI Hackathon we built BoneBot, a hormone-aware bone-health screener for postmenopausal women. 10 lessons 🧵 140
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 10/07/2026First time building an app entirely on a phone: no laptop, no IDE, ~3 hours in the Cursor app at last night’s Cursor iOS London Hackathon. I was sceptical it could produce anything real. It can. We shipped Wander, walking navigation that optimises for the human, not the machine. Links below 🧵 121
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My first hackathon abroad opened a door I didn't know I was looking for. Flew to Megathon, built Sounday (music to prep your for your week), shipped a working demo in hours. Biggest lesson: framing beats polish — "without us you lose X, with us you win Y." If you're unsure about doing one: go. 🚀 000
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Meet my Megathon teammate & co-founder, Hodo Elmi Aden! Pairing my background in human cognitive neuroscience & psychology with her experience building design-centred products, we're creating something at the intersection of music & psychology. More soon 👀 042
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 21/06/2026First time in Amsterdam, here for the Megathon — one of Europe's biggest hackathons. Here to meet new people, swap ideas, and learn as much as I can. If you're around, say hello 🚀 010
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A lovely day in Rotterdam with my friend Alessandra La Terra, whom I first met at RIKEN’s neuroscience summer school in Tokyo. The architecture struck me — the Cube Houses aren't just homes, they're built to bring people together. It echoes my work with Arup & RISE on how design shapes behaviour 🌱 010
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Arrived in Amsterdam for the Megathon — 500+ builders, the biggest hackathon I've done and my first abroad (and my first time in Amsterdam!). Here to absorb everything, build, and hopefully make lifelong friends. If you're in the city, drop me a message 🚀🌱 000
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The last night of the Lord of the Rings Weekenders at the Royal Albert Hall! Singing in all 9 of these concerts has been a blast. And a lovely last-minute surprise to see friends from my PhD watching the last concert. Until next time! 🌟🥰 #film #lordoftherings #music #choir #orchestra 020
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Back at Royal Albert Hall with London Philharmonic Choir and London Philharmonic Orchestra for a Lord of the Rings Weekender! Amazing to share the stage with Sir Ian McKellen! 🫶🌟🗡️ #music #performance #film #soundtrack #lordoftherings @lpchoir.bsky.social 000
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 05/05/2026With my lovely LPC’ers on another journey across Middle-earth! 🫶🫶🫶 #choir #singer #music #connection #love @lpchoir.bsky.social 041
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Night two of Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers 🌟 Let the journey to Mordor continue! 🗡️ #film #music #lordoftherings #choir #singer #thetwotowers #LPO #orchestra @royalalberthall.bsky.social @lpchoir.bsky.social 021
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A tremendous first night performing the soundtrack for the first Lord of the Rings movie – The Fellowship of the Ring – with the @lpchoir.bsky.social and @londonphilharmonicorchestra, under the baton of Ludwig Wicki at the Royal Albert Hall! 🏰🎻 #music #performance @royalalberthall.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Emre YavuzSCANN Lab @scannlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Why do some people never get lost while others rely on GPS? A new review, written by @hugospiers.bsky.social and @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44... argues that navigation ability is shaped by both fixed factors (age, genetics) and modifiable ones (sleep, exercise, experience).nature.comDeterminants of individual navigation ability - Nature Reviews PsychologyThere is substantial variation across people in navigation ability, which is shaped by multiple factors. In this Review, Yavuz and Spiers organize these factors into lifetime, lifestyle and personal a... 2227
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A fun challenge to lead this project throughout my PhD! So grateful to my colleagues for making this happen 🚀 1205
Reposted by Emre YavuzHugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 20/04/2026New preprint! Prefrontal brain-to-brain synchrony during human group hunting: Evidence from fNIRS hyperscanning Heroic work from @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social and team fNIRS & minecraft combined to reveal PFC synchrony during human group hunting www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 47719
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 07/04/2026📣 So happy to share with you the results of my main PhD study, where two human predators worked together to hunt a human prey in Minecraft, and had their brains scanned simultaneously using fNIRS 🎮🧠 We find that the brains of the predators are synchronised in the prefrontal cortex during hunting! 💡 2329
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Epic night with Tan Dun conducting the UK premiere of his Choral Concerto: Nine + Beethoven’s 9th! London Philharmonic & London Chinese Philharmonic Choirs, incredible soloists. Loved every minute 💫🎵 030
Reposted by Emre YavuzLea Schenk (she/her) @schenkl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Such a fun to read and well written review; can really recommend for anyone new to or already proficient in spatial navigation research! 242
Reposted by Emre YavuzHugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 10/03/2026New review from our group out in Nature Reviews Psychology: Determinants of individual navigation ability with my excellent co-author: @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social 25619
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 10/03/2026My first-author review ‘Determinants of individual navigation ability’ is out in Nature Reviews Psychology, co-authored with the inspiring @hugospiers.bsky.social!!!! 🎉🧠 ➡️ rdcu.be/e7KxG #Neuroscience #Navigation @nature.com @natrevpsychol.nature.com @sfn.org @fens.org @ucl.ac.uk 24018
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Some tunes from me and my sister to start 2026! 🎻 Wishing everyone a beautiful year ahead ✨ 💕 #siblings #music #violin #cello #2026 @ucl.ac.uk @edinburghup.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 030
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Dr. Yavuz!!!! Delighted to share that I have passed my PhD viva today 🎓✨ A heartfelt thank you to Prof. Isabella Wagner (University of Vienna) and Prof. Caswell Barry (University College London) for an extremely enjoyable and stimulating viva. 180
Reposted by Emre YavuzHugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Its been an honour to have been @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social's PhD supervisor for he last 3 years. His hard work as created 3 published articles on Sea Hero Quest, one review manuscript with revisions resubmitted & a final article on fNIRS and group hunting behaviour about to be submitted/preprinted 0221
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 07/10/2025📘 Submitted my PhD last week! Over 3 years, I explored what makes us good at spatial navigation using behaviour, brain imaging & VR. Grateful to my supervisors @hugospiers.bsky.social and @antoniahamilton.bsky.social, collaborators, friends & family! ♥️ Excited for what’s next! 🚀 #PhDCompleted 5332
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 07/08/2025✨ My first Prom! What a joy to sing Mahler’s Das klagende Lied with the BBC Symphony Chorus, Constanza Chorus & Orchestra under Hannu Lintu. Grateful for the magic, the mentors, and the music. 🎶 #BBCProms #Mahler #FirstProm 010
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Today I was officially told I’m cancer-free. After treatment for Hairy Cell Leukaemia at UCLH & Macmillan, I’m so grateful to be on the other side. It’s tested me in every way, but I’ve grown in strength, resilience & perspective. Thankful to all who were by my side throughout ♥️ 120
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Amazing Neuroscientists and life-long friends - grateful to grow, learn, and laugh alongside such brilliant minds! ♥️ 000
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Had so much presenting my poster ‘Dorsolateral prefrontal involvement in prey tracking during group hunting behaviour: Evidence from fNIRS and a Minecraft World’ at the FENS Regional Meeting in Oslo! Can’t thank enough my wonderful supervisors and collaborators who helped me make this happen 🙌🧠♥️ 040
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 19/06/2025For those of you at FENS, poster location 79! Looking forward to seeing you there 🙌🧠 000
Reposted by Emre YavuzHugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Great to see more of my lab join Bluesky Welcome Emre Yavuz! 0241
Emre Yavuz @emre-yavuz-21.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Hello Bluesky! 👋 I’m a human cognitive neuroscientist and final-year PhD candidate at UCL, supervised by Prof. Hugo Spiers and Prof. Antonia Hamilton, using fNIRS, fMRI, and behavioural data to explore why we get lost and how our brains help us know where others are in space. 🧠✨ 5292