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Dr. Ahna Skop
@ahnaskop.bsky.social
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Cell biologist, artist, science artist, educator, scientific cake baker, foodie, and traveler. I study the RNA granule in the Midbody and MBR. The midbody remnant (MBR) is a large translating Extracelluar vesicle that is generated in mitosis.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 5d
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 5d
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 · 7d
Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 7d
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 · 10d
Love @perplexitycomet.bsky.social
Perplexity
Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.
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WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) @warfnews.bsky.social · 10d
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 · 12d
What frustrated? It’s just a spindle mid zone soon to be midbody
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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 12d
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 · 14d
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 · 16d
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 · 16d
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 · 19d
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 · 20d
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 · 21d
"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 · 21d
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 · 21d
"...the scientific system was never designed for equity..."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23d
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 · 23d
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 · 24d
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25d
“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 · 24d
Can you find your work in the clouds? Here’s a ethereal midbody
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 26d
Amazing!
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Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social · 26d
#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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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 26d
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 26d
Attending the Howard Temin’s Nobel Prize 50th anniversary symposium today was so enlightening and entertaining. But what struck me was also how just one discovery can impact so much! And that all it takes is one person or team to find it.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 27d
What @memerman.bsky.social learned from Howard Temin
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · Sep 7
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