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Alper Uzun

@biocomicals.bsky.social
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#Scientist and #Cartoonist. Assoc. Prof. of Pathology and Pediatrics. #Bioinformatics,#Genomics,#cancer,#ComputationalBiology, #MachineLearning My comics portal; www.biocomicals.com

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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is completely ANONYMOUS. If you are part of academia, share how you are feeling today. Map your mood here Visit the link biocomicals.com/moodsmaps/ac...
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Her zamanki gibi harika bir yayindi. Emeginize, zamaniniza saglik! Nice mutlu saglikli ve guzel yillar dilerim. Yolunuz hep acik olsun. Sevgi ve selamlarimla.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
A tragic event occurred at Brown University on Saturday, December 13, 2025. As a faculty member of Brown University, I am deeply saddened. This is a heartbreaking day not only for the Brown community, but for humanity as a whole. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.
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WIRED @wired.com · 12/10/2025
A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks. www.wired.com/story/new-me...
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A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths
A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Confused AI
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Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP @weldeiry.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Great to meet with our #LegorretaCancerCenter Director of Cancer Bioinformatics Shared Resource to discuss exciting progress with visualization tools for our catchment area. @ShiOnaCo @rwsobol @bcarneiro7 @DrSGraff @SeanLawler20 @HinaKhanMD @SenduraiMani @SheRiseRogersMD
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Ladder to the moon
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
#Happy #Father’s #Day
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
An AI’s Journey: From Analog Confusion to Digital Comfort Sometimes it’s not about intelligence…it’s about input.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Indeed… remember when you had retract a paper with an incorrect finding? What about hundreds of incorrect findings?
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
New comic at Biocomicals “Cell Division” See at www.biocomicals.com
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
🚀 Biocomicals has a new look! We just launched our redesigned main page www.biocomicals.com 🎨 New sections like Artificial Life, From Life and Tales, and Cell Lines are now more accessible. #ScienceCartoons #ScienceCommunication
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
New comic from Biocomicals
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This Mother’s Day, let’s celebrate one of the many gifts we carry from our moms, our mitochondria! These tiny powerhouses of the cell are passed down maternally only and stay with us for life, fueling everything we do. #MothersDay #Biocomicals #Mitochondria #ScienceHumor
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Latest Biocomicals cartoon at www.biocomicals.com | ©2025 "How’s it going, guys?" Academia in one panel. When I asked my colleagues how they are doing, this is the unanimous reply: “Hangin’ there!” #Academia #Science #Scientist
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 18/04/2025
Turn cold tumors hot by reprogramming the tumor microenvironment - @mdanderson.bsky.social go.nature.com/42Bo9lT
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Turn cold tumors hot by reprogramming the tumor microenvironment - Nature Biotechnology
The identification of novel targets together with technological advances is transforming our ability to effectively modulate the tumor microenvironment.
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 15/04/2025
Engineering innate immune cells for cancer immunotherapy go.nature.com/3E9NbjZ
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Engineering innate immune cells for cancer immunotherapy - Nature Biotechnology
The unique attributes of innate immune cells position them as attractive candidates for cancer immunotherapy, with engineering strategies to enhance their antitumor potential, offering notable therape...
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
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Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.
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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 03/04/2025
Half the reason I've been able to live off my comic since 2007 is because I've always made sure I own and host my own work. Social media can offer you money sometimes, but it's inherently volatile, and you're at the mercy of invisible algorithms. Use it as advertising first, anything else is a bonus
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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 03/04/2025
Even if you're not trying to go pro, having your own website with your own work on it means you have a stable place where you keep everything, plus a tangible copyright for when ghouls try to steal/scrape your work.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
New Biocomicals Cartoon! “I don’t just raise the H-index… I am the H-index.” In the world of academic publishing, the h-index often looms large, used (and misused) to gauge a researcher’s impact. This cartoon plays with that idea: the towering, overcited paper that overshadows everything else.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
New Biocomicals Cartoon “Lights Off” www.biocomicals.com
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
My #commodore64 story at from Life and Tales at Biocomicals www.biocomicals.com/LT2.html?car...
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From Life and Tales
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Science Magazine @science.org · 16/03/2025
Can internet use become addictive? A #SciencePerspective discusses the addictive potential of the #internet and how it can be best conceptualized and evaluated. scim.ag/3R5Npv1 #BrainAwarenessWeek
Neural pathways in addiction: The hypothesized main neural circuits in human addictive behaviors are shown. The “feels better” path includes positive and negative reinforcement experiences and involves the ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens), and the dorsal striatum in later stages. The “must do” path includes primarily compulsive behaviors, involving the dorsal striatum (putamen and caudate nucleus). The “stop now” self-control process mainly involves the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
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STAT @statnews.com · 15/03/2025
As the NIH expects staff cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
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At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
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JAMA @jama.com · 14/03/2025
"Multiple recent US measles outbreaks, coupled with low vaccination rates, signal a growing domestic hazard." This Viewpoint discusses updating the existing MMR early third dose recommendation for infants aged 6 to 11 months. ja.ma/4kSNpw4 #MedSky
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Today is Pi Day!!! New comic from Biocomicals “Irrational Insomnia” #piday HAPPY Pi Day!!!!!!
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Just published @science.org On fixing the NIH 15% cap "The consequences of failing to do so—reduced research capacity, weakened scientific competitiveness, and increased financial strain on institutions—are simply too dire to ignore." science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I would like to share my recent interview with The Brown Daily Herald, where I talk about how I combine #science and humor through Biocomicals. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
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How one Brown professor makes biology comical
Alper Uzun, an associate professor at Warren Alpert Medical School, merges biology and comedy in his research-inspired cartoons.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Any explanation, why they did this?
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🧠 Spheres of Now – A reflection on Alzheimer’s. This From Life and Tales story explores how time and memory drift for those with Alzheimer’s. Moments exist in isolation, untethered from the past and future. link: www.biocomicals.com/LT2.html?car... #Alzheimers #Memory
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This International Women’s Day, “Rapunzel the Geneticist” from Life and Tales at Biocomicals is dedicated to all the brilliant women who are shaping the future. In this reimagined tale, Rapunzel doesn’t wait for a prince, she uses science to break free. www.biocomicals.com/LT2.html?car...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/03/2025
Currently, NIH's Center for Scientific Review reviews 66,000 grant applications a year, with panels run by NIH’s separate institutes reviewing the rest. Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG
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NIH will eliminate many peer review panels and lay off some scientists overseeing them
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics. At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New Biocomicals cartoon is online now! "🔬💰 Science Funding Freezer ❄️" In #research labs, the -80°C freezer isn’t just for storage—it holds years of work, valuable samples, and sometimes… the fate of an entire project. With #NIH #budget cuts looming, even the freezers are getting nervous. 🥶
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I will do it too.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/02/2025
The NIH summer internship program was cancelled today. www.reddit.com/r/NIH/commen... Another important summer program that allowed young researchers pathways into STEM, gutted.
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From the NIH community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the NIH community
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
My new cartoon at Biocomicals A request from cell lines “scientists, assemble!!!” #standupforscience
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Science Magazine @science.org · 26/02/2025
In a new Science study, researchers present ESM3, a protein language model that enables the programmed generation of protein structure and sequence in response to user prompts. Learn more: scim.ag/40l2z3J
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Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
More than 3 billion years of evolution have produced an image of biology encoded into the space of natural proteins. Here, we show that language models trained at scale on evolutionary data can genera...
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Neurologists say the downsizing at CARD could be a blow to the scientific quest for new Alzheimer's treatments. NIH scientists at CARD work with external scientists to turn early scientific discoveries into treatments and medicines. abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
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Trump administration fires workers at NIH's Alzheimer's research center, including incoming director
The center's incoming director was among those terminated.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Stand up for #science
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Dr. Don S Dizon @drdonsdizon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
What could possibly be gained? So much at stake, so many careers in jeopardy. So much progress stalled.
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
New cartoon from Biocomicals! "Frozen Grants" In labs across the country, scientists wait... and wait. Without #funding, groundbreaking discoveries are put on hold, brilliant ideas remain trapped in limbo, and #scientific #progress slows to a crawl. #ScienceFunding #ResearchGrants #NIH #Science
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Stand up for #SCIENCE (Since I’m creating these cartoons,If you like to use them, you can use all these “stand up for science” cartoons freely.) #science @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Stand up for #SCIENCE
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Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Stand up for #SCIENCE. #Rhodeisland March 7th 12-4 pm
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