My work
Dr. Alper Karagöl is a medical doctor and incoming MIT Postdoctoral Fellow. Physician-scientist (MD, Istanbul University) working at the interface of clinical medicine and therapeutic discovery. His research identifies and validates new drug targets and designs peptide-based therapeutic candidates for neurological, haematological, inflammatory and oncological disease. His foundational research focuses on developing environment-responsive therapeutics, supported by a portfolio of over thirty publications and featured cover articles that leverage his expertise.
Medical Doctor
Istanbul University
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine English Program
(settled with honors)
OR Observer 1
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess
Sabbatical
(Guest-Scientist)
University College London
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
OR Observer 2
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess
pre-MD Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medical Elective
King's College Hospital
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Research Experience
2026 Oct
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory for Translational Engineering, MIT
2026 Feb - 2026 June
King's College London
Medical Student Researcher
Clinical Trials Research team
> Big data analysis
> Hidden Markov Modelling of epidemiological data
> Pharmacoeconomics
2022 Aug - 2025 Sept
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Collaborator - Part Time
Laboratory of Molecular Architecture, Media Lab, MIT
> Isoforms and alternative mRNA splicing of neurotransmitter transporters
> Heteromerization and contemporary modulator design
> MSA-based protein structure prediction and computational analysis
> Extensive form games and ESS aplications in molecular evolution
> Structural topology and alpha helices of neuronal transporters
> Evolutionary Profiling and Natural variants analysis,
> Protein Secondary Structure Assignment, Helical structure analysis in neuronal transporter proteins
2023 Sept - 2024 March
University College London
Research Collaborator - Part Time
Structural Immunology Group- Darwin Building UCL
> Alternative mRNA splicing and structural alterations in coagulation factors
> Mutational dynamics and epistasis in disease evolution
> Phenotypical profiling and structural prediction
2023 Jan- Aug
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Guest Scientist - Sabbatical
Darwin Building in University College; visitor at UCL Medical School
> Evolutionarily-related proteins in Homo sapiens (Human)
> Genetic variants analysis and molecular mechanisms of related diseases
> Protein Structural Assessment of the effects of genetic variants
> Alternative splicing, and mRNA processing
> Database design with MySQL and HTML programming
Education
pre-MD research:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Neurological Transporters
Sabbatical:
University College London
Coagulation Factors
Medical Elective:
Guy's & St. Thomas Hospital - King's College London
Rheumotology
OR Observer:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Neurosurgery, Interventional Neuroradiology
Harvard Medical School
Head and Neck Oncological Surgery, Otolaryngology, Neurology (Stroke), Interventional Neuroradiology
Medical Doctor
2019-2026
Istanbul University, English Medical Program
Settled with honors (1st place)