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Cells & Development @cellsdev.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of the passing of Sir John Gurdon, we will revisit the concept of chimerism across scales in this review from the lab of @drmichaellevin.bsky.social. Grafting and nucleus transplanting have been the cornerstone of modern #devbio. We have come so far!
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Schematic of the study of multiscale chimerism.

Chimeras at different scales: subcellular, molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and population.

What determines the anatomical setpoint of regenerative homeostasis?

Planarian flatworms regenerate after amputation using a resident population of stem cells. This process reliably stops when the correct species-specific head shape is restored. The following thought experiment illustrates the profound knowledge gap in our understanding of the rules of morphogenesis despite ample information about genes required for neoblast differentiation.

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 1d

Very exciting!

Paper2Agent: Reimagining Research Papers As Interactive and Reliable AI Agents

We introduce Paper2Agent, an automated framework that converts research papers into AI agents. Paper2Agent transforms research output from passive artifacts into active systems that can accelerate dow...

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 8d

Check out our new Cool Scirnce competition winners! @uwmadscience.bsky.social

news.wisc.edu/2025-winners...

2025 winners of the Cool Science Image Contest

This year's winners used a variety of tools—from phone cameras to CT scanners— to capture fascinating, surprising and simply beautiful aspects of the natural world.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10d

Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 10d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 12d

Love @perplexitycomet.bsky.social

Perplexity

Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

www.perplexity.ai

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WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) @warfnews.bsky.social · 13d

The mission of @ahnaskop.bsky.social's lab is to dissect fundamental mechanisms of cell division, with a focus on midbody (MB) and midbody remnant (MBR). #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/ip_skop/

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 15d

What frustrated? It’s just a spindle mid zone soon to be midbody

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 15d

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is Histone H2B! 🧬

Our stem cell lines and plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to reduce the barriers to scientific discovery.

📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 16d

some useful tips here

These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier

Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 19d

Inclusive lab adaptations for scientists who need them

#labdaptations for inclusive laboratory research

Nature Reviews Chemistry - Disabled scientists encounter many barriers in laboratory spaces, especially a lack of accessible lab equipment. #labdaptations is an ever-growing database of inclusive...

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 19d

I thought science hinged on prestige. Moving abroad made me reassess my priorities

In Denmark, this Ph.D. student fell in love with an egalitarian society that values work-life balance

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 22d

Today, scientists know that genetics plays a role in many conditions and diseases. But back in the ’90s, geneticist Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to an inherited form of a common cancer.

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work

Dr. Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to hereditary cancer risk with the identification of BRCA1. She was just getting started.

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 23d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 23d

"I hope sharing this can make some people think twice before writing something like that.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 23d

Fully agree! This has to stop.

Can researchers stop AI making up citations?

OpenAI’s GPT-5 hallucinates less than previous models do, but cutting hallucination completely might prove impossible.

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 23d

"...the scientific system was never designed for equity..."

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26d

All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all.

Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery.

I salute you, sir! 🫡

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 26d

A huge shoutout to all the dedicated grants management specialists at the NIH who are working around the clock to push grants out before the Sep 30 deadline. And also to the POs responding to frantic emails.
Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits.
Thank you!

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 27d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 27d

Can you find your work in the clouds? Here’s a ethereal midbody

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 28d

Amazing!

Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social · 29d

#Arctic #algae aren't immobile or entombed. They're not just surviving either—they're gliding into record books phys.org/news/2025-09...

Ice gliding #diatoms establish record-low temperature limits for motility in a eukaryotic cell www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#protists #microbes #extremophiles

schematic pictures and microscopic photos showing various aspects of movement in single-celled algae

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