Alper Akay
@alperakay.bsky.social
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow / Group Leader. RNA (epi)Genetics of C. elegans. Views are my own. Likes and re-posts are not necessarily for endorsement. www.theakaylab.com
Congratulations to Aykut Shen, one of my first PhD students, who has successfully passed his viva yesterday. Many thanks to examiners @conradn.bsky.social and @adamcribbs.bsky.social and co-supervisor/collaborator. @whaerty.bsky.social. @nrpdtp.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Congratulations to Aykut Shen, one of my first PhD students, who has successfully passed his viva yesterday. Many thanks to examiners @conradn.bsky.social and @adamcribbs.bsky.social and co-supervisor/collaborator. @whaerty.bsky.social. @nrpdtp.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
The @molbiosystems.bsky.social was an absolutely fantastic meeting. So many amazing people doing so much amazing research. I learned many new things, made new friends and hopefully will have new collaborations and more excuses to return in two years. Big thanks to organisers and everyone else!
October 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The @molbiosystems.bsky.social was an absolutely fantastic meeting. So many amazing people doing so much amazing research. I learned many new things, made new friends and hopefully will have new collaborations and more excuses to return in two years. Big thanks to organisers and everyone else!
Can’t tell I am in Chile looking at the food I am eating.
September 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Can’t tell I am in Chile looking at the food I am eating.
Ready for the @molbiosystems.bsky.social conference at amazing Puerto Varas, Chile. What a wonderful location.
September 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ready for the @molbiosystems.bsky.social conference at amazing Puerto Varas, Chile. What a wonderful location.
Our crab apple tree fruits every 2 years and we make yummy jelly! I’m not sure if anyone found C. elegans on rotting crab apples though.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Our crab apple tree fruits every 2 years and we make yummy jelly! I’m not sure if anyone found C. elegans on rotting crab apples though.
It was great catching up with past and present @miskalab.bsky.social members to celebrate 20 years of Miska Lab. Thank you, Eric!
September 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It was great catching up with past and present @miskalab.bsky.social members to celebrate 20 years of Miska Lab. Thank you, Eric!
Looking forward to the @molbiosystems.bsky.social conference. First time visiting Chile and the meeting is in a fantastic location. Very exciting.
August 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Looking forward to the @molbiosystems.bsky.social conference. First time visiting Chile and the meeting is in a fantastic location. Very exciting.
RIP Chuck Mangione. As a budding trumpet player in middle school I have listened Children of Sanchez soundtrack over and over again wishing I could play like that.
July 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
RIP Chuck Mangione. As a budding trumpet player in middle school I have listened Children of Sanchez soundtrack over and over again wishing I could play like that.
ChatGPT’s cynical model Monday’s take on different fields of biology is amazing 🤣🤣🤣
July 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ChatGPT’s cynical model Monday’s take on different fields of biology is amazing 🤣🤣🤣
We had an amazing lab fun day at the beach in Cromer with the usual fish and chips and a kite flying competition. Winners chose the ice cream flavour for others. @biouea.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We had an amazing lab fun day at the beach in Cromer with the usual fish and chips and a kite flying competition. Winners chose the ice cream flavour for others. @biouea.bsky.social
I guess there was a Royal visit at the Norwich Research Park or the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social today.
June 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I guess there was a Royal visit at the Norwich Research Park or the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social today.
2/n we used the method to analyse the B12 levels in C. elegans microbiome. Although some of these bacteria have B12 synthesis pathways, they produce differing amount of B12. @biouea.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social #UKRIFLF #Celegans
April 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
2/n we used the method to analyse the B12 levels in C. elegans microbiome. Although some of these bacteria have B12 synthesis pathways, they produce differing amount of B12. @biouea.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social #UKRIFLF #Celegans
Message from OpenAI “Over the past week 100% of your users were leveraging capabilities and actively getting value out of ChatGPT Team. Fantastic work!” 😜 And the real work we are all doing using chatGPT 👇
April 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Message from OpenAI “Over the past week 100% of your users were leveraging capabilities and actively getting value out of ChatGPT Team. Fantastic work!” 😜 And the real work we are all doing using chatGPT 👇
And here is sister species of C. elegans, C. llmens, isolated from chat GPT island!!!
March 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And here is sister species of C. elegans, C. llmens, isolated from chat GPT island!!!
This is going to get quite messy. One can now generate gel and blot images using chatGPT. These kind of prompts were very messy like half a year ago or so. Now it looks very realistic.
March 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is going to get quite messy. One can now generate gel and blot images using chatGPT. These kind of prompts were very messy like half a year ago or so. Now it looks very realistic.
Had great time visiting Aberdeen and meeting people at the Institute of Medical Sciences. Thanks for the invite and amazing hospitality @genotripe.bsky.social, especially two sunny days in a row!
March 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Had great time visiting Aberdeen and meeting people at the Institute of Medical Sciences. Thanks for the invite and amazing hospitality @genotripe.bsky.social, especially two sunny days in a row!
We had an amazing UK RNA Splicing Workshop at Rydal Hall! Great place for meeting and catching up with colleagues. Big thanks to organisers Michael Ladomery and Cyril Dominguez.
January 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We had an amazing UK RNA Splicing Workshop at Rydal Hall! Great place for meeting and catching up with colleagues. Big thanks to organisers Michael Ladomery and Cyril Dominguez.
Birmingham covered in white after a successful PhD viva defence by @davidmcquarrie.bsky.social and fun evening with @matthiassoller.bsky.social lab. Congratulations!
November 19, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Birmingham covered in white after a successful PhD viva defence by @davidmcquarrie.bsky.social and fun evening with @matthiassoller.bsky.social lab. Congratulations!
UK Worm Meeting registration is now open! Can’t tag anyone because I don’t know who is on blusky and what their handles are but UK folk, please help spread the word! #UKWorm24
February 15, 2024 at 9:15 PM
UK Worm Meeting registration is now open! Can’t tag anyone because I don’t know who is on blusky and what their handles are but UK folk, please help spread the word! #UKWorm24
We have 3 fully-funded 4 year PhD positions with C. elegans in beautiful Norwich, UK. Open to UK and international students. Please share the info.
November 9, 2023 at 9:26 PM
We have 3 fully-funded 4 year PhD positions with C. elegans in beautiful Norwich, UK. Open to UK and international students. Please share the info.