Turkish Physicist Furkan Öztürk Illuminates 175 Years of Mystery

He continues his studies at Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Turkish physicist Furkan OzturkHe has done a job that will make us all proud. The 26-year-old has managed to solve a problem that scientists have not been able to understand for 175 years. Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jack Szostak describes the success of the Turkish physicist as “groundbreaking‘ commented.

The famous chemist Louis Pasteur wrote in 1848.homochiralityHe introduced the concept of “. must be in mirror image form was defending. However, scientists have not been able to understand the origin of this concept in their research to date. Here is Furkan Öztürk, who brought this discussion to an end. The work of Öztürk and his team, Science Advances was published in the journal.

An important step has been taken to solve the 4 billion-year-old mystery.

According to experts, life on our planet began 4 billion years ago, but how this came about has not been resolved to date. Because there is still a lot of unknown on the subject. Even experts 125 questions about natural sciences They say it needs to be answered. It is believed that the discovery made by Furkan Öztürk is the answer to one of these questions. Turkish scientist, global scientific community excited.

Furkan Öztürk made remarkable statements in an interview with Anadolu Agency. Regarding his work,My research is important on the origin of life, but in the dark on a problem. The name of this problem is homochirality, the right- or left-handedness of the molecules that make up life, a feature of life as we know it.Öztürk, who used the expression ” homochirality origin also announced.

scientist’s debated for 175 years. Here is his answer to the world on the matter: What we were looking for was a physical interaction that could break the chiral symmetry, the mirror symmetry. Our studies have revealed that magnetic minerals, which are abundant in nature, in a sense, stones with natural magnet properties can cause this symmetry to be broken. Our experiments show that magnetic surfaces interact very strongly with chiral molecules and that magnetism may have led to homochirality. The ‘origin of life’ problem is like a puzzle, and our results are a serious step towards solving an important part of this great puzzle. We made a breach in the wall, I believe there will be more.

With this discovery, we shed light on a very important mystery about the beginning of life that we did not know. How life originated one of the biggest mysteries. Think of this problem like a jigsaw puzzle. We don’t know exactly where the pieces of this puzzle will fit. Because we don’t have much direct evidence for 4 billion years ago. In fact, with the work we have done, we have put in place a very large part of the beginning of life. We don’t know yet what other information will form around it. But I’m sure this discovery will also enable us to answer other questions and provide interesting clues about the origin of life. Perhaps it will give information about possible life forms on other planets. So if we fully understand how life originated on Earth, then we’ll have more information about the conditions under which life could emerge. This information us In search of life outside Earth can direct. So understanding life on Earth could also help us discover another life form outside of Earth. It’s hard to say for sure, but it’s possible.

Furkan Öztürk wants to create a “proto-cell”, which is the basis of life!

The scientist who made Turkey’s chest swell, said that his future plans proto-cell Said to create. “I’m talking about the formation of progenitor cells that show the characteristics of life from things that show no signs of being alive, such as minerals, carbon-based molecules. In other words, let it be something that shows the basic features of life. Let it self-replicate and show metabolic activity. I’m talking about proto-cells, protocells, that are in contact with their environment, perhaps isolated in a cell membrane, have an RNA-based genetic code and can display simple metabolic activities. My dream is to create them.” the scientist says, for his ultimate goal “My goal conditions at the beginning of life to recreate it in a laboratory environment and to see with my own eyes how life came to be.‘ he said.

Matthew Meselson: “I’m so glad I lived and didn’t die without knowing the answer to this question”

Furkan Öztürk, one of the most famous biologists in the world and who wrote his name in history by detecting how DNA is copied. Matthew MeselsonHe said that he talked about his discovery as follows: Glad I lived to be 93. Finally, I found the solution to this problem.