New Jersey\u2019in Bergen \u015fehrinde Malatya k\u00f6kenli ebeveyni ve iki karde\u015fi ile ya\u015fayan \u00d6zkan, hen\u00fcz 16 ya\u015f\u0131nda, kanser ve obezite ili\u015fkisi \u00fczerine yazd\u0131\u011f\u0131 kitap ile Amazon\u2019da, alan\u0131nda en \u00e7ok satan ilk 5 kitap aras\u0131na girmeyi ba\u015fard\u0131.<\/p>\n
New Jersey’in Hackensack semtinde, okudu\u011fu Bergen Bilim ve Teknoloji Akademisi (BCA) Amerika’n\u0131n bir numaral\u0131 devlet lisesi se\u00e7ilen ve s\u0131navla girmeye hak kazand\u0131\u011f\u0131 okulda lise son s\u0131n\u0131f \u00f6\u011frencisi olan \u00d6zkan, birden fazla ara\u015ft\u0131rma laboratuvar\u0131nda kanser ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131 ekibinde yer al\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
“Kaynak s\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131s\u0131 \u00e7ekince, lise \u00f6\u011frencileri i\u00e7in bir kitap yazmaya karar verdim”<\/h3>\n
\u00d6zkan, AA muhabirine yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131klamada, 14 ya\u015f\u0131nda ba\u015flay\u0131p 2 senede bitirdi\u011fi “RNA S\u0131rlamas\u0131” isimli kitab\u0131n\u0131 yazma nedeni hakk\u0131nda, “\u00c7al\u0131\u015fma yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131m biyoloji ve data analizi konular\u0131nda kaynak s\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131s\u0131 \u00e7ekince, bu alanda ba\u015flang\u0131\u00e7 seviyesindeki lise \u00f6\u011frencileri i\u00e7in bir kitap yazmaya karar verdim.” \u015feklinde konu\u015ftu.<\/p>\n
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\u00d6zkan, “Amazon\u2019da Bio-Medikal M\u00fchendislik ve Bioistatistik alanlar\u0131nda en \u00e7ok satanlar listesine girmek do\u011frusu benim hi\u00e7 beklemedi\u011fim bir \u015feydi. Sadece kaynak ama\u00e7l\u0131 yazd\u0131\u011f\u0131m bu kitap bekledi\u011fimden fazla ilgi g\u00f6rd\u00fc. \u00d6zellikle Bioinformatik profes\u00f6rlerinden ald\u0131\u011f\u0131m yorumlar beni \u00e7ok mutlu etti.” s\u00f6zleri ile duygular\u0131n\u0131 ifade etti.<\/p>\n
Kitab\u0131 yazarken hi\u00e7bir gelir beklentisi i\u00e7inde olmad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 belirten \u00d6zkan, sat\u0131\u015ftan toplanan gelirin tamam\u0131n\u0131 Amerikan Kanser Ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131 Enstit\u00fcs\u00fcne ba\u011f\u0131\u015flad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 belirtti.<\/p>\n
Hen\u00fcz lise son s\u0131n\u0131fa giden ve 4.0 tam puan ortalamas\u0131 ile okulun onur listesinden hi\u00e7 inmeyen Lara \u00d6zkan\u2019\u0131n gen\u00e7 ya\u015fta kitap yazmas\u0131 ve en \u00e7ok satanlar listesine girmesi b\u00f6lge y\u00f6neticilerinin de takdirini toplad\u0131.<\/p>\n
Lara\u2019n\u0131n ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131 b\u00f6lge olan Bergen’de \u0130l\u00e7e Komiseri Tom Sullivan, T\u00fcrk k\u0131z\u0131n\u0131n ba\u015far\u0131s\u0131n\u0131 sosyal medya hesab\u0131nda payla\u015f\u0131rken, “16 ya\u015f\u0131nda kitab\u0131 yay\u0131nlanm\u0131\u015f bir yazar olan Lara \u00d6zkan\u2019\u0131n hikayesini duyal\u0131m. ‘RNA S\u0131ralamas\u0131: \u0130lkeler ve Veri Analizi\u2019 adl\u0131 kitab\u0131 okuyuculara geneti\u011fin temellerini \u00f6\u011fretiyor ve Amazon\u2019un en \u00e7ok satanlar\u0131 listesinde ilk 5’e girdi. Tebrikler.” ifadelerine yer verdi.<\/p>\n
Diyet ve kanser ili\u015fkisi \u00fczerine ara\u015ft\u0131rmas\u0131 Yale’den \u00f6d\u00fcl ald\u0131<\/h3>\n
Hen\u00fcz lise e\u011fitimi g\u00f6rmesine ra\u011fmen Amerika’n\u0131n en iyi kanser ara\u015ft\u0131rma merkezleri aras\u0131nda yer alan Cold spring Harbors Laboratuvar\u0131’n\u0131n ara\u015ft\u0131rma ekibine girmeyi ba\u015faran gen\u00e7 bilim insan\u0131 aday\u0131 \u00d6zkan, Molek\u00fcler Biyoloji, Bioinformatik ve Genetik ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131s\u0131 olarak beslenme al\u0131\u015fkanl\u0131klar\u0131 ve kanser ili\u015fkisi \u00fczerine \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131, bu alanda haz\u0131rlad\u0131\u011f\u0131 projelerle Amerika’n\u0131n en prestijli e\u011fitim kurumlar\u0131 aras\u0131nda bulunan Yale ve John Hopkins \u00fcniversitelerinden de \u00f6d\u00fcl ald\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 s\u00f6yledi.<\/p>\n
Uluslararas\u0131 alanda da ba\u015far\u0131lara imza atan \u00d6zkan, d\u00fcnyan\u0131n en b\u00fcy\u00fck \u00fcniversite \u00f6ncesi bilimsel ara\u015ft\u0131rma fuar\u0131 olan Uluslararas\u0131 Bilim ve M\u00fchendislik Fuar\u0131 (ISEF) \u00e7er\u00e7evesinde d\u00fczenlenen yar\u0131\u015fmada, Matematik, Bilgisayar Bilimi ve Biyoinformatik alanlar\u0131nda birincilik \u00f6d\u00fcl\u00fcne lay\u0131k g\u00f6r\u00fcld\u00fc.<\/p>\n
Gen\u00e7 ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131, kanser alan\u0131n\u0131 se\u00e7mesindeki nedeni \u015f\u00f6yle anlatt\u0131:<\/p>\n
“Modern t\u0131p biliminin geli\u015fmesine ra\u011fmen, kanser tam tersine bir \u00e7izgi izlemekte ve katlanarak artmakta. Bu art\u0131\u015f\u0131n ve \u00f6l\u00fcmlerin modern \u015fehir ya\u015fam\u0131 ile ilgili oldu\u011fu konusunda bir\u00e7ok ara\u015ft\u0131rma mevcut, fakat tam olarak ve nas\u0131l bir ba\u011flant\u0131 oldu\u011fu konusu hen\u00fcz netlik kazanmam\u0131\u015f. Bu konudaki en \u00f6nemli etkenin ya\u015fam tarz\u0131 ve yanl\u0131\u015f beslenme kaynakl\u0131 obezite oldu\u011funu d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcyorum. \u00d6zellikle insan geneti\u011fi veri analizi ile bu konudaki ili\u015fkileri ayd\u0131nlatabilece\u011fimizi d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcyorum.”<\/p>\n
ABD’nin en iyi \u00fcniversiteleri teklif i\u00e7in s\u0131raya girdi<\/h3>\n
Erken ya\u015fta yazd\u0131\u011f\u0131 bilimsel i\u00e7erikli kitap ve ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00f6d\u00fcllerle Amerika’n\u0131n en zeki ve ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 \u00f6\u011frencilerinin kabul edildi\u011fi \u00f6nde gelen \u00fcniversitelerden tam burslu e\u011fitim teklifi alan \u00d6zkan, iyi bir \u00fcniversitede e\u011fitim al\u0131p bir an \u00f6nce insanl\u0131\u011f\u0131n sorunlar\u0131na \u00e7are bulmak istedi\u011fini s\u00f6yledi.<\/p>\n
“Yeni tip koronavir\u00fcs (Kovid-19) salg\u0131n\u0131 kar\u015f\u0131s\u0131nda bilim d\u00fcnyas\u0131n\u0131n \u00e7aresizli\u011fi, Genetik ve RNA ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131m\u0131n insanl\u0131k i\u00e7in ne kadar anlaml\u0131 olabilece\u011fi konusunda beni ayr\u0131ca motive etmekte.” diyen \u00d6zkan bu konudaki s\u00f6zlerini \u015f\u00f6yle s\u00fcrd\u00fcrd\u00fc:<\/p>\n
“Bu heyecan\u0131m\u0131 ve ba\u015far\u0131m\u0131 devam ettirecek bir ortamda bilimsel ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131ma devam etmek, hastalarla yak\u0131n ili\u015fki i\u00e7erisinde olmak istiyorum. Ayr\u0131ca hayallerimden birisi de T\u00fcrkiye\u2019de Amerika ile ba\u011flant\u0131l\u0131 bir laboratuvar kurmak. Bu sayede hem T\u00fcrkiye\u2019de zaman ge\u00e7irebilece\u011fimi hem de ABD’de e\u011fitim almak isteyen T\u00fcrk \u00f6\u011frencilere bir k\u00f6pr\u00fc kurabilece\u011fimi d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcyorum.”<\/p>\n
“Ailemin ba\u015far\u0131ma katk\u0131s\u0131 bana verdikleri \u00f6zg\u00fcven duygusu”<\/h3>\n
\u00c7ocuklu\u011fundan beri ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131 bir ruha sahip oldu\u011funu, hen\u00fcz ilkokul birinci s\u0131n\u0131fta M\u0131s\u0131r Piramitlerinin \u015fifrelerini \u00e7\u00f6zmeye \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 s\u00f6yleyen \u00d6zkan, “Ailemin s\u0131n\u0131r tan\u0131mayan deste\u011fi ve bana verdikleri \u00f6zg\u00fcven duygusunun etkisi \u00e7ok b\u00fcy\u00fck.” s\u00f6zleri ile yakalad\u0131\u011f\u0131 ba\u015far\u0131ya anne babas\u0131n\u0131n katk\u0131s\u0131ndan bahsetti.<\/p>\n
Yat\u0131r\u0131m dan\u0131\u015fman\u0131 bir anne ve bilgisayar m\u00fchendisi bir babaya sahip olman\u0131n avantaj\u0131n\u0131 e\u011fitim hayat\u0131nda her daim hissetti\u011fini ifade eden \u00d6zkan, ailelerin \u00e7ocuklar\u0131ndan beklentilerini y\u00fcksek tutmas\u0131n\u0131n \u00e7ocuklar\u0131n \u00f6zg\u00fcvenin geli\u015fmesinde \u00e7ok \u00f6nemli bir rol oynad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 belirtirken, Angela Lee Duckworth\u2019un “Grit” adl\u0131 kitab\u0131n\u0131n da \u00f6\u011frenme iste\u011fi ve ba\u015far\u0131s\u0131nda ayr\u0131 bir yeri oldu\u011funu ifade etti.<\/p>\n
Okuluyla ba\u011flant\u0131l\u0131 bir ila\u00e7 firmas\u0131nda patent ara\u015ft\u0131rma direkt\u00f6r\u00fc olarak da \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 belirten \u00d6zkan, Amerikan G\u0131da ve \u0130la\u00e7 Dairesi (FDA) ile ortak proje \u00fcreten bir firmada, \u00fccret kar\u015f\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 yar\u0131-zamanl\u0131 i\u015fe ba\u015flad\u0131\u011f\u0131 bilgisini payla\u015ft\u0131.<\/p>\n
“T\u00fcrkiye ile ili\u015fkilerimi koparmak istemiyorum”<\/h3>\n
Bilimsel projelerinde T\u00fcrkiye’deki e\u011fitim kurumlar\u0131 ile de ortak \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar y\u00fcr\u00fctt\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc belirten \u00d6zkan, “Ailemle her sene T\u00fcrkiye\u2019ye gitmeye \u00e7al\u0131\u015f\u0131yoruz. T\u00fcrkiye ile ili\u015fkilerimi koparmak istemiyorum. Bu \u015fekilde, \u0130zmir Y\u00fcksek Teknoloji \u00dcniversitesi Molek\u00fcler Biyoloji b\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcnde ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131ma devam f\u0131rsat\u0131 buldum. Bilimsel T\u00fcrk\u00e7e dilimin geli\u015fmesi ve T\u00fcrkiye’deki akademik \u00e7evreyi tan\u0131mamda bunun \u00e7ok faydas\u0131 oldu.” \u015feklinde konu\u015ftu.<\/p>\n
Amerika’da yerle\u015fmi\u015f T\u00fcrk ailelerin \u00e7ocuklar\u0131na da T\u00fcrkiye’deki akrabal\u0131k ve arkada\u015fl\u0131k ili\u015fkilerini devam ettirmelerini tavsiye eden \u00d6zkan, bunun, ileride kuracaklar\u0131 ya\u015famlar\u0131na anlam ve ba\u015far\u0131 kataca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 s\u00f6yledi.<\/p>\n
Yakla\u015f\u0131k 20 y\u0131ld\u0131r Amerika’da ya\u015fayan baba B\u00fclent \u00d6zkan ve Anne Nejla \u00d6zkan da Amerika’da \u00e7ocuk yeti\u015ftirmenin zor oldu\u011funu, bununla birlikte, bir g\u00f6\u00e7men T\u00fcrk ailesi olarak \u00e7ocuklar\u0131n\u0131n bu \u00fclkedeki ba\u015far\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n kendilerini gururland\u0131rd\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 belirtti.<\/p>\n
Lara’n\u0131n e\u011fitim hayat\u0131n\u0131n d\u0131\u015f\u0131nda g\u00f6n\u00fcll\u00fcl\u00fck esasl\u0131 \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131na zaman ay\u0131rd\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 belirten \u00d6zkan ailesi, k\u0131zlar\u0131n\u0131n okul b\u00fcnyesinde bir\u00e7ok organizasyonda sorumluluk ald\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131, ortaokul \u00f6\u011frencilerine Kimya, Biyoloji ve Bilgisayar Bilimleri alan\u0131nda \u00fccretsiz ders verdi\u011fini belirtti.<\/p>\n
Profesyonel i\u015f hayatlar\u0131 gere\u011fi, Kanada ve Hollanda’da da bir d\u00f6nem bulunduklar\u0131n\u0131 belirten baba B\u00fclent \u00d6zkan, “\u00c7ocuklar\u0131m\u0131n sadece Amerikan k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fc ile yeti\u015fmesini istemiyordum. Bunun i\u00e7in bir s\u00fcreli\u011fine farkl\u0131 \u00fclkelerdeki i\u015f tekliflerini de kabul ettim. Lara’n\u0131n 3 ayr\u0131 k\u0131tadaki deneyiminin ileriki ya\u015fam\u0131nda a\u00e7\u0131k g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fl\u00fc ve dengeli olmas\u0131 ad\u0131na \u00f6nemli oldu\u011funu d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcyorum.” dedi.<\/p>\n
Kaynak: AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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