Mert Gezek

Vefa High School | Yıldız Technical University-Bioengineering | UMass Lowell - BMEBT Doctoral Program

[YTÜ Biyomühendislik @YTUBiyomuh]

Sevgili Öğrencilerimiz,
Sizinle aynı sıralardan geçmiş, bugün ise dünyanın saygın üniversitelerinde doktora çalışmalarını sürdüren çok özel iki mezunumuzla harika bir online seminer organize ettik!

[De Marke Sports @demarkesports]

Cumhuriyet tarihimizin yetiştirdiği en kıymetli tarihçilerden biri olan İlber Ortaylı hayatını kaybetti.

Ortaylı’ya Allah’tan rahmet, kederli ailesine ve tüm sevenlerine başsağlığı dileriz.

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

Agreed. Universal income is coming.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

There will be universal high income, not basic, in a positive AI future.

No scarcity, except that which we define to be scarce.

In that scenario, everyone can have whatever goods & services they want.

It is less clear how we will find meaning in a world where work is optional.

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

@ScholarshipfPhd Hi! 😅

[Publishing with Integrity @fake_journals]

Predatory publishing didn’t corrupt academia on its own, it just brought attention to a system that was already coming under pressure.

When researchers chase metrics instead of meaning, when universities reward volume over value, and when funders do not really know what is happening to their money, predatory journals and exploitive publishers will fill the gap. Predatory publishing is not the disease. It is another symptom of a system that does not care where papers came from, as long as the numbers "go up"

[Jason Locasale @LocasaleLab]

The majority of PhDs I’ve seen at top schools showed little true passion for research. Most were there for other reasons - immigration pathways, career credentials, networking, or simply a comfortable position with modest responsibilities. Increasingly, many drifted into campus activism instead of scientific inquiry. The American PhD system has strayed from its purpose and now trains far too many people for too few meaningful jobs. The result is a generation of disillusioned graduates and declining morale - while university administrators profit, using inflated student numbers to justify expansion.

[Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado]

Longevity gene therapy paper retracted. First retraction for George Church. Situation involved BioViva, co. headed by unlikely longevity figure Liz Parrish.

Best quote from co-author: “I have retired and I am in Greenland. I do not have to talk to you.”

https://t.co/aAizHc5X6G

[MONALISA ❤️ @naytholo]

On my way to HR again for nicknaming my coworker "Mastercard" because they take credit for other people's work.

[Akademik Ahlak Türkiye @AcademikAhlak]

Hindistan, Nijerya, Pakistan gibi üçüncü dünya ülkelerinde parayla yayın yapan akademik dergilerde makale bastırıp, bununla unvan sahibi olanlar da sahte diplomalılar kadar sahte akademisyendir.

[Tarik Guney @atarikguney]

Çalışacağınız yöneticinin duygusal zekâsını mülakatta anlamaya çalışın.

İyi yönetici düzgün yoldur: yolun tadını çıkarır, hızla ilerlersiniz.

Kötüsü çamurlu patikadır: ileriden başlasan bile batarsın, yavaşlarsın, çamur içinde kalırsın.

[Tarik Guney @atarikguney]

Kendim bunu mükemmel yapıyorum diye söylemiyorum ama iyi yöneticiliğin ilk şartı yönettiğiniz insanları önce insan görmek, sonra çalışan olarak görmektir.

İnsan olarak görmek, onların da korkularının, hayallerinin, umutlarının, sevgilerinin, alınabileceklerin farkında olmaktır.

[Akademik Ahlak Türkiye @AcademikAhlak]

Torpille akademiye giren kişi, önce yetersizliğinin bilinciyle bir aşağılık psikolojisi yaşar; ardından bu duyguyu bastırmak için zamanla kibir ve sahte bir ego geliştirir; ve son olarak, kendisinden daha yetenekli insanlarla karşılaştıkça, bu yapay özgüven öfke ve hasede dönüşür

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

Excited to see UMass Lowell highlight the Art in Science Image Competition and include my first-place image in its official news story!

Huge thanks to UMass Lowell and Brooke Coupal for covering the story and spotlighting the winning images. It was such a surprise (and a bit surreal) to see my face on campus TVs as part of the announcement!

Opportunities like this are a great source of motivation for students and a reminder of the value of creativity in research. Grateful to the Core Research Facilities (CRF) for organizing such an inspiring event.

Check out the article here: https://t.co/9V406l8j9c

[Alex Vacca @itsalexvacca]

BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying.

Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt.

Here's what 4 months of data revealed:

(hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

@CBUstundag @JEOLUSA Thank you so much Cem hocam!

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

🎉🥇I'm incredibly honored to have won 1st Place in the first-ever Art in Science Image Competition hosted by UMass Lowell’s Core Research Facilities (CRF) and sponsored by @JEOLUSA !

My image, “Eye of the Hurricane,” captures the beauty hidden in science through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) — where art and research meet in the most unexpected ways.

This SEM image, captured at 140× magnification with an accelerating voltage of 5 kV, reveals a striking “eye of the hurricane”-like structure that naturally formed within a gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA)-based tissue engineering scaffold.

Huge thanks to the CRF team and JEOL for organizing this celebration of science through imagery.

I’m especially grateful to Dr. Ada for her guidance during my initial SEM training, and to Anna Maria Routsi for organizing this wonderful event and always being so supportive. I also want to sincerely thank Miguel Matos, who introduced me to SEM in the very beginning and has been incredibly helpful and supportive with imaging across many of my research projects. Grateful to be guided by true masters of focus — of both the beam and the researcher.

I'm still excited by the creative potential of imaging techniques and eager to produce even more inspiring visuals that blend science and art.

Check out the official post to see all the stunning winning entries and the research that inspired them!
https://t.co/foJd2j0Ccp

#ArtInScience #Microscopy #ScientificImaging #SEM #CRF #JEOL #UMassLowell #STEM #ScienceCommunication #ResearchThroughArt #TissueEngineering

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

🎓 A small but meaningful update—albeit a bit late—as the semester comes to a close:

I'm honored to have been inducted into Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha), the National Honor Society for First-Generation College Students at UMass Lowell. Tri-Alpha is more than just an academic distinction—it’s a celebration of perseverance, community, and the journey many of us take as the first in our families to navigate higher education.

Although I couldn’t attend the induction ceremony due to a medical emergency, I’m proud to be part of this inspiring network of first-gen scholars.

Grateful for the recognition and excited to serve within this community.
#FirstGen #TriAlpha

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

@NeeBozkurt9 @GuldenCU @sanjeev_manohar Çok teşekkür ederim hocam! :)

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

Excited to share that I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation proposal and passed the qualifying exam today!

I'm incredibly grateful to my committee members — Dr. Camci-Unal (@GuldenCU), Dr. Manohar (@sanjeev_manohar), Dr. Wilson, and Dr. Park — for their thoughtful questions, valuable insights, and continued support throughout this process.

Thank you also to everyone who attended in person and via Zoom — your presence truly meant a lot.

Looking forward to the next steps in this research journey in tissue engineering and biomaterials!
#biofabrication #PhDProposal #TissueEngineering #Biomaterials

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

@CBUstundag @GuldenCU @sanjeev_manohar Thank you so much, hocam!

[Mert Gezek @romapeme]

@GuldenCU @sanjeev_manohar Thank you so much professor!