Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This 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... 000
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Her zamanki gibi harika bir yayindi. Emeginize, zamaniniza saglik! Nice mutlu saglikli ve guzel yillar dilerim. Yolunuz hep acik olsun. Sevgi ve selamlarimla. 000
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 14/12/2025A 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. 000
Reposted by Alper UzunWIRED @wired.com · 12/10/2025A 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...wired.comA New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest PathsA 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. 215736
Reposted by Alper UzunWafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP @weldeiry.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Great 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 021
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 07/06/2025An AI’s Journey: From Analog Confusion to Digital Comfort Sometimes it’s not about intelligence…it’s about input. 000
Reposted by Alper UzunJason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Indeed… remember when you had retract a paper with an incorrect finding? What about hundreds of incorrect findings? 032
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 01/06/2025New comic at Biocomicals “Cell Division” See at www.biocomicals.com 000
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 #ScienceCommunicationbiocomicals.comBiocomicals 000
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 11/05/2025This 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 010
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Latest 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 000
Reposted by Alper UzunNature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 18/04/2025Turn cold tumors hot by reprogramming the tumor microenvironment - @mdanderson.bsky.social go.nature.com/42Bo9lTgo.nature.comTurn cold tumors hot by reprogramming the tumor microenvironment - Nature BiotechnologyThe identification of novel targets together with technological advances is transforming our ability to effectively modulate the tumor microenvironment. 0213
Reposted by Alper UzunNature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 15/04/2025Engineering innate immune cells for cancer immunotherapy go.nature.com/3E9NbjZgo.nature.comEngineering innate immune cells for cancer immunotherapy - Nature BiotechnologyThe 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... 0288
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 03/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown UniversityThe administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses. 000
Reposted by Alper UzunSen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 03/04/2025Half 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 119830
Reposted by Alper UzunSen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 03/04/2025Even 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. 112114
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 28/03/2025New 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. 000
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025New Biocomicals Cartoon “Lights Off” www.biocomicals.com 000
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research ArmMore than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development. 000
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 17/03/2025My #commodore64 story at from Life and Tales at Biocomicals www.biocomicals.com/LT2.html?car...biocomicals.comFrom Life and Tales 100
Reposted by Alper UzunScience Magazine @science.org · 16/03/2025Can 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 19924
Reposted by Alper UzunSTAT @statnews.com · 15/03/2025As the NIH expects staff cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.buff.lyAt NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized controlAs the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said. 14324
Reposted by Alper UzunJAMA @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 12013
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Today is Pi Day!!! New comic from Biocomicals “Irrational Insomnia” #piday HAPPY Pi Day!!!!!! 000
Reposted by Alper UzunEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Just 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/... 622679
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I 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...browndailyherald.comHow one Brown professor makes biology comicalAlper Uzun, an associate professor at Warren Alpert Medical School, merges biology and comedy in his research-inspired cartoons. 021
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 011
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 08/03/2025This 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... 000
Reposted by Alper UzunScience Magazine @science.org · 08/03/2025Currently, 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/3QP0FUGscim.agNIH will eliminate many peer review panels and lay off some scientists overseeing them 1112973
Reposted by Alper UzunMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 06/03/2025NEW: 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...nature.comExclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grantsStudies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature. 391305889
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 07/03/2025New 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. 🥶 011
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 02/03/2025www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduatesMany participants are from groups underrepresented in science 000
Reposted by Alper UzunStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/02/2025The 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.reddit.comFrom the NIH community on RedditExplore this post and more from the NIH community 511758
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 27/02/2025My new cartoon at Biocomicals A request from cell lines “scientists, assemble!!!” #standupforscience 000
Reposted by Alper UzunScience Magazine @science.org · 26/02/2025In 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/40l2z3Jscim.agSimulating 500 million years of evolution with a language modelMore 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... 09920
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Neurologists 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...abcnews.go.comTrump administration fires workers at NIH's Alzheimer's research center, including incoming directorThe center's incoming director was among those terminated. 011
Reposted by Alper UzunDr. Don S Dizon @drdonsdizon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025What could possibly be gained? So much at stake, so many careers in jeopardy. So much progress stalled. 264
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025New 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 000
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Stand 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 011
Alper Uzun @biocomicals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Stand up for #SCIENCE. #Rhodeisland March 7th 12-4 pm 010