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Experiments and Sanity
Sometimes our experiments get very complicated and there are some tricks that can help prepare better. Today I want to share with you...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 18, 20251 min read


Can We Prevent Cancer? 🛡️🧬
In my last post, we talked about what happens when a cell becomes a cancer cell. Today, let’s talk about environmental and preventable...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 18, 20252 min read


🍖 The Hidden Danger of AGEs in Food
We often talk about ultra-processed foods, but how they’re cooked matters too! 🍗🔥 When foods undergo high heat processing—like frying,...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 18, 20251 min read


🥐 Ultra-Processed Foods – How Much Are We Really Eating?
Did you know? A recent NIH study found that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) make up 70% of the American diet! 🍔🥤 🔬 This study, led by Dr....
Gamze Bulut
Mar 18, 20251 min read


What Happens When a Cell Becomes a Cancer Cell? 🧬🔬
You may recall my recent post where I talked about “What a Cell Does in a Day?” 🕰️Today, let’s talk about cancer cells. At their core,...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 18, 20252 min read


🧬 What Do Your Cells Do in a Day?
Ever wonder what your cells are up to? 🤔 The first lecture in Molecular Cell Biology always starts with just how small cells are. A...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 18, 20252 min read


Hitch hiking Through the Subconscious: A Journey with t-SNE and Logistic Regression
Yesterday in My Dream… I told the driver of a car that I hitchhiked that I was doing a PhD in Computer Science. (What kind of...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 18, 20252 min read


How does tSNE work?
A Deep Dive into Stochastic Neighbor Embedding Introduction In high-dimensional data visualization, t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 17, 20252 min read


Famous Swiss Roll example
Understanding Dimension Reduction: PCA vs. t-SNE vs. UMAP with the Swiss Roll When dealing with high-dimensional data, it is often...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 17, 20253 min read


What is "Dimension Reduction"?
Today I am trying to understand the logic behind dimension reduction (DR). I wanted to read and write about some simple examples to...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 17, 20253 min read


Joy of Life
Trying to beautify the place you are in, shows your joy of life. Joy of life does not pour as rain. You have to cultivate it in...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 17, 20251 min read


Questions, Questions
We tossed out our Ninja coffee maker because it was burning the coffee. I’d almost say my husband felt a wave of pleasure dumping it and...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 13, 20252 min read


Why Are Some Things Expensive?
While shopping for a shirt for my husband, I noticed something strange—one shirt costs $20, while another (same fabric, same function)...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 10, 20252 min read


Confidence and Women
Confidence and Women: A Seedling That Grows This Women’s Day, I found myself reflecting on confidence—why do women, on average, have...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 10, 20253 min read


Autopilot
Today was a rainy day. As I drove to work, I found myself singing: This morning There is rain in RVA My eyes fill with tears, for no...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 5, 20252 min read


Keep Paddling
Do you enjoy water sports like kayaking or rafting? My only experience with rafting was a mild one—Beaver’s Bend State Park in Oklahoma....
Gamze Bulut
Mar 5, 20252 min read


The Hawk, Missed Chances, and Finding Balance
Yesterday, I tossed two pieces of chicken bones with some meat on them into the backyard. Today, I saw a big hawk circling above. It...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 5, 20253 min read


The Elasticity of Time: A Ramadan Reflection
Today is the first day of Ramadan, and I’ve noticed something striking—time feels extended. Of course, in a practical sense, fasting...
Gamze Bulut
Mar 5, 20252 min read
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