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From association to mechanism: what evidence actually changes a biological claim?
A short framework for distinguishing association, functional involvement, and causal evidence in complex bioscience.
Notes & updatesScientific thinking
Research Notes & Updates
Concise, research-focused updates written in an academic but accessible voice—without turning this space into a general blog.
01 · Original writing
Original Research Notes
Independent scientific reflections on evidence, mechanism, experimental design, and biological interpretation.
These are original pieces written specifically for this website by Dr. Elnaz Kyavar.
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Expression is not function: why molecular change does not establish mechanistic dependency
Changes in expression, abundance, or localization can support a mechanistic hypothesis, but they do not by themselves establish that a pathway is functionally responsible for a phenotype.
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Why the experimental unit can change the scientific conclusion
Statistical significance depends not only on the number of measurements collected, but on which observations are biologically independent.
02 · Research record
Publication & Scientific Updates
New papers, accepted work, conference activity, and selected academic milestones.
Enhanced recovery of phycobiliproteins from Arthrospira platensis
Combined glass bead vortexing and ultrasonication were evaluated for improved phycobiliprotein recovery from Arthrospira platensis.
Process-oriented optimization of phycobiliprotein production
Nonlinear salinity, nitrogen, and iron interactions were evaluated to identify a high-desirability operational window for production.
Effects of salinity, iron, and nitrogen on growth and phycobiliproteins
Accepted original research on growth, chlorophyll content, phycobiliproteins, and physiological adaptive responses of Spirulina platensis.