Nurunisa
@nneyzi.bsky.social
Research Associate at HMS Neurobiology
Inner ear mechanotransduction explorer 👩🔬
Investigating how we hear 🎶
Istanbul roots 🌍 Travels🏺
Inner ear mechanotransduction explorer 👩🔬
Investigating how we hear 🎶
Istanbul roots 🌍 Travels🏺
Did you know this is the world’s longest suspension bridge. It is spanning dardanelles in Turkey. We crossed the hellespont over it back in 2023, a year after it was built- the first bridge here, i think, since Xerxes’ pontoon bridges.
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Did you know this is the world’s longest suspension bridge. It is spanning dardanelles in Turkey. We crossed the hellespont over it back in 2023, a year after it was built- the first bridge here, i think, since Xerxes’ pontoon bridges.
i did not know about this imaginary novel at all. “keraban the inflexible” by jules verne- about the turkish tobacco merchant taking a guest home to uskudar for dinner - angry at the new tax he needs to pay to cross the bosphorus!
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
i did not know about this imaginary novel at all. “keraban the inflexible” by jules verne- about the turkish tobacco merchant taking a guest home to uskudar for dinner - angry at the new tax he needs to pay to cross the bosphorus!
Sound by friction (stridulation) ! Spiny lobsters have lost the large claws (chelae) of true lobsters. Instead, they rely on long antennae for defense and sensing. When the antennae move, a pad-like plectrum at the base rubs against a ridged file on the head producing a scary underwater sound!
August 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sound by friction (stridulation) ! Spiny lobsters have lost the large claws (chelae) of true lobsters. Instead, they rely on long antennae for defense and sensing. When the antennae move, a pad-like plectrum at the base rubs against a ridged file on the head producing a scary underwater sound!
Gobeklitepe vs. Stonehenge
July 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Gobeklitepe vs. Stonehenge
special fossilized leaves (at harvard natural history museum) - they hold moments from 300 million years ago, when they were photosynthesizing under a prehistoric sun long before dinosaurs even existed!!
July 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
special fossilized leaves (at harvard natural history museum) - they hold moments from 300 million years ago, when they were photosynthesizing under a prehistoric sun long before dinosaurs even existed!!
1897- excerpt from a speech by a recent graduate of the Mülkiye, the Ottoman Empire’s elite school for civil service (formally known as Mekteb-i Mülkiye), which trained bureaucrats and administrators.
June 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1897- excerpt from a speech by a recent graduate of the Mülkiye, the Ottoman Empire’s elite school for civil service (formally known as Mekteb-i Mülkiye), which trained bureaucrats and administrators.
For more than a decade I have passed by this carving on the walls of the HMS Quad nearly every day. It is a reminder that science and medicine take time. Opportunities are fleeting, experiments are risky, judgments are difficult. Despite all of it, we commit ourselves to this endless pursuit.
June 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
For more than a decade I have passed by this carving on the walls of the HMS Quad nearly every day. It is a reminder that science and medicine take time. Opportunities are fleeting, experiments are risky, judgments are difficult. Despite all of it, we commit ourselves to this endless pursuit.
How amazing that this document from Hellenistic Alexandria can be accessed online! The Berlin Papyrus 13044r (recto side) with the “Laterculi Alexandrini”: a fascinating catalog that includes
a “Who’s Who” of the Ancient World; the “Seven Wonders”; and a list of islands, mountains, rivers and lakes.
a “Who’s Who” of the Ancient World; the “Seven Wonders”; and a list of islands, mountains, rivers and lakes.
January 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
How amazing that this document from Hellenistic Alexandria can be accessed online! The Berlin Papyrus 13044r (recto side) with the “Laterculi Alexandrini”: a fascinating catalog that includes
a “Who’s Who” of the Ancient World; the “Seven Wonders”; and a list of islands, mountains, rivers and lakes.
a “Who’s Who” of the Ancient World; the “Seven Wonders”; and a list of islands, mountains, rivers and lakes.
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I am admiring these costume sketches for Hungarian dancers by Robert Perdziola for Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake
I am admiring these costume sketches for Hungarian dancers by Robert Perdziola for Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake
January 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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I am admiring these costume sketches for Hungarian dancers by Robert Perdziola for Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake
I am admiring these costume sketches for Hungarian dancers by Robert Perdziola for Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake
unexpected explorations. Franconia Notch / the Frost Place / Cannon Mountain
January 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
unexpected explorations. Franconia Notch / the Frost Place / Cannon Mountain
What an impressively rich, multilayered, and scientifically engaging book ! As we say in Turkish, ‘I finished it in a single breath, before I allowed myself to take another one’. Each story more intriguing than the last, making you reflect on our very human experiences and how our brains are wired.
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
What an impressively rich, multilayered, and scientifically engaging book ! As we say in Turkish, ‘I finished it in a single breath, before I allowed myself to take another one’. Each story more intriguing than the last, making you reflect on our very human experiences and how our brains are wired.
‘Tis the season for Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker! And whose little one will be wearing this costume designed by Robert Perdziola and participating in the show 🩰🎄
November 27, 2024 at 9:44 PM
‘Tis the season for Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker! And whose little one will be wearing this costume designed by Robert Perdziola and participating in the show 🩰🎄