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About Me

I am a dedicated researcher and 5th-year medical student with a deep fascination for the evolutionary dynamics of proteins and their genomic impact. Specifically, understanding the structure and function of proteins, their evolution, and also their role in human diseases. I am open to new technological developments and addressing emerging medical challenges. I bring a creative and medical perspectives to projects, introducing new ideas and providing help to research interns on computational methods and genomic tools.

My skill set includes a comprehensive understanding of diverse methodologies, including structural topology, variant analysis, homology, ab initio molecular modeling, signal transduction, alternative splicing, protein-protein interactions, molecular mimicking, ancestral protein analysis. Moreover, I have experience in editing medical-structural databases and working with neural transporters. I possess experience in conducting statistical tests and correlation analysis. Through my involvement in different labs, I am acquainted with at least three distinct statistical analysis computer programs. My skills extend to performing Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Multimer Predictions for both globular and membranous proteins. For intricate calculations, I am familiar with various supercomputer infrastructures.

Beyond my academic pursuits, I am actively engaged in advocacy work, focusing on mostly planetary health, the climate crisis, and open science. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I actively participated in translation projects to share crucial information. In my perspective, public health significantly benefits from open societies.

Taner Karagöl old

Recent Experience

2022 Aug - current

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2023 Sept - current

University College London

2023 Jan- Aug

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Research Collaborator - Part Time

Laboratory of Molecular Architecture, Media Lab

> Isoforms and alternative mRNA splicing of neurotransmitter transporters
> Heteromerization and contemporary modulator design 
> MSA-based protein structure prediction and computational analysis
> Extensive form games and ESS aplications in molecular evolution
> Structural topology and alpha helices of neuronal transporters 
> Evolutionary Profiling and Natural variants analysis, 
> Protein Secondary Structure Assignment, Helical structure analysis in neuronal transporter proteins

Research Collaborator - Part Time

Structural Immunology Group- Darwin Building UCL

> Alternative mRNA splicing and structural alterations in coagulation factors
> Mutational dynamics and epistasis in disease evolution
> Phenotypical profiling and structural prediction

Guest Scientist - Full Time Visitor

Darwin Building in University College; visitor at UCL Medical School

> Evolutionarily-related proteins in Homo sapiens (Human)
> Genetic variants analysis and molecular mechanisms of related diseases
> Protein Structural Assessment of the effects of genetic variants
> Alternative splicing, and mRNA processing
> Database design with MySQL and HTML programming

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