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Yasemin Saplakoglu

Yasemin Saplakoglu

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In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
November 21, 2023
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Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand.

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Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
November 9, 2023
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The discovery that the brain has different systems for representing small and large numbers provokes new questions about memory, attention and mathematics.

evolution

Fossilized Molecules Reveal a Lost World of Ancient Life

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
October 23, 2023
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A new analysis of ancient sediments fills a gap in the fossil record — revealing a massive dynasty of ancient eukaryotes, which may have reigned for 800 million years and shaped the history of life of Earth.

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Nobel Prize Honors Inventors of ‘Quantum Dot’ Nanoparticles

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
October 4, 2023
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three researchers who harnessed the quantum behaviors of semiconductor nanocrystals.

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Nobel Prize Awarded to mRNA Vaccine Scientists

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
October 2, 2023
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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries leading to mRNA vaccines, such as those that protect against Covid-19.

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origins of life

Magnetism May Have Given Life Its Molecular Asymmetry

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
September 6, 2023
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The preferred “handedness” of biomolecules could have emerged from biased interactions between electrons and magnetic surfaces, new research suggests.

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evolution

Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
August 9, 2023
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By watching “minimal” cells regain the fitness they lost, researchers are testing whether a genome can be too simple to evolve.

developmental biology

Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
July 26, 2023
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The reshuffling of neurons during fruit fly metamorphosis suggests that larval memories don’t persist in adults.

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How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
June 20, 2023
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To buffer the brain against menaces in the blood, a dynamic, multi-tiered system of protection is built into the brain’s blood vessels.


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About the author

Yasemin is a staff writer covering biology for Quanta Magazine. Previously, she reported for three years on a wide range of fields for Live Science, with extensive coverage of neuroscience, health and COVID-19. She has also written for Scientific American and the San Jose Mercury News. She holds an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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