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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 3d

Up for a treat! @stimulatedraman.bsky.social presenting.

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 15d

sounds amazing!

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 15d

what is Visionarium2025?

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 16d

💲💲💲 This research would not have been possible without the support of several funding agencies, including #NIH National Eye Institute, @brightfocus.bsky.social, Thome Foundation, #RPB, the #NSF, and the Simons Foundation. Our collaborators also received support from #FNP and #NCN. Thank you!!! 💲💲💲

Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 16d

Our work is finally out! Learning from mechanism of #aging to presenting potential therapeutic strategy to slow down #age-related #vision loss! Very proud of my team including several undergrads and thankful for fantastic collaborations across the world! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Retinal polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation reverses aging-related vision decline in mice

Intravitreal delivery of an ELOVL2 product reduces age-related molecular changes in the retina and restores visual function.

www.science.org

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 16d

We will test couple of other delivery methods, however topical might be not the most robust one, unfortunately. Regarding NRF2 - interesting idea. Will look into it closer! Thank you!

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 16d

Our work is finally out! Learning from mechanism of #aging to presenting potential therapeutic strategy to slow down #age-related #vision loss! Very proud of my team including several undergrads and thankful for fantastic collaborations across the world! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Retinal polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation reverses aging-related vision decline in mice

Intravitreal delivery of an ELOVL2 product reduces age-related molecular changes in the retina and restores visual function.

www.science.org

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 29d

what is R31? I cannot find it.

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · 29d

You should definitely try going to bars or taverns instead of restaurants. That’s where you’ll find the best Czech food, especially with a beer (pivo)!
My favorites are knedlíky and tatarák (steak tartare).
I’m so sorry I couldn’t come!

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yep, this is my answer as well. Also, just because she didn’t see any doesn’t mean it didn’t happen while she was around.

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 25

So fast! Congrats! I am waiting 5 weeks already....

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 24

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.

[Gift Link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

www.nytimes.com

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crewslab.bsky.social @crewslab.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you @ash.hematology.org for supporting our research spearheaded by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social in the lab! Excited to have the opportunity to jump-start the next stage of our exploration into #bloodstemcell #aging with our collab & #lipidomics expert @drdorotask.bsky.social! #Fight4Hematology

American Society of Hematology @ash.hematology.org · Aug 19

This year the ASH Bridge Grant is funding 25 scientists with $3.75M, 5X more than last year, to keep hematology research moving forward. Congratulations to the recipients! https://bit.ly/3HJ51Ma

#HemeSky #MedSKy #ASHAwards

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 23

Congratulations!!!

Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congrats!! Two? Wow!!!

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 12

obviously very scary and disturbing!....

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 8

I love Trizol (do you know that Polish guy invented it? :D ) but for DNAse digestion I use Turbo DNAse from Invitrogen. Having said that, my lab uses Zymo kits for RNA isolation and it works perfect every time.... (I still use Trizol when I isolate RNA :D).

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 8

Bioanalyzer for me....

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 8

Qubit measures bases, so you may have a lot of degraded RNA. Hope I am not right.

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Aug 6

Fascinating work!

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Jul 31

I’ll take every bit of good news I can get. “Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health… in an Appropriations Committee vote that represents a clear rebuke of President Trump’s plan to dramatically reduce the agency’s spending.”

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut

Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday

www.statnews.com

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Jul 4

some of them were used always, before ChatGPT. Should I stop using them now??

Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Jul 3

Fantastic work of @evgenykvon.bsky.social team. @gracebower.bsky.social did an amazing job. It was a pleasure to assist them even as little as we did. Hope for more collaborations in the future!!! Congratulations!!!!!

Evgeny Kvon @evgenykvon.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our paper describing the Range Extender element which is required and sufficient for long-range enhancer activation at the Shh locus is now available at @nature.com. Congrats to @gracebower.bsky.social who led the study. Below is a brief summary of the main findings www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/

Range extender mediates long-distance enhancer activity - Nature

The REX element is associated with long-range enhancer–promoter interactions.

www.nature.com

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great work! Does this PhD student look for a postdoc? :)

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Dr Dorota SK @drdorotask.bsky.social · Jun 13

so happy to see you here!!!!

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Paloma Liton @palomaliton.bsky.social · Jun 4

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here are the nearly 2,500 medical research grants canceled or delayed by Trump (Gift Article)

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

www.nytimes.com

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