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skruberk.bsky.social
K. Skruber
@skruberk.bsky.social
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Interested in how molecules work together to become cells and how we can work together to build a better world. Asst. professor in Biology at Gonzaga University they/them
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skruberk.bsky.social
So incredibly cool to get the chance to be part of this project and so much fun watching these fast, dynamic cells move! Congrats to @hbrappap.bsky.social and @oliverio.bsky.social and everyone involved!
hbrappap.bsky.social H. B. Beryl Rappaport @hbrappap.bsky.social · 1d
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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hypercubexl.bsky.social
For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
Wendy surrounded by synthesizer keyboards, computers, and audio gear, holding one of her siamese cats with another perched on an equipment rack Wendy sitting in front of multiple computers with her keyboards visible to the side, holding one cat while another two cats and a parrot are on top of the monitors a color image of Wendy sitting side-on to a computer or similar device, with all of her gear along the wall, and a cat and fluffy dog sitting on the carpet next to her looking up at her closer in of the previous device she was sitting at that seems to have a roll printer built in, she's behind it with her hands on two synthesizer keyboards and one of her cats is on top of it batting at the fan exhaust in a series of images
November 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM
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lauragmitchell.com
If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).
3 people who appear to be two parents and a child wait for a light on their bikes. They’re riding on Bryant - a sidewalk level protected bikeway
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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arvidagren.bsky.social
Take a sneak peak at The Paradox of the Organism at Google books books.google.com/books?hl=sv&...

Don’t forget to pre-order!
September 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
skruberk.bsky.social
I wrote about how revoking access to medical care for trans people affects all of us in science. reskeets (are we calling them that?) appreciated. www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
We've got 35 sets of these posters left.

This project came from my evergreen frustration with our important messages getting trapped on social media algorithms.

Good stuff for posting on your local community bulletin board, classroom, office door, etc!

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4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel
August 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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oliverio.bsky.social
New lab pre-print up! "Twelve species of human parasites make up half the literature on microbial eukaryotes"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

We (led by UG Joanna Lepper and with @hbrappap.bsky.social) quantified all mentions of protist species in the scientific literature 🧵

#protistsonsky #microsky
Twelve species of human parasites make up half of the literature on microbial eukaryotes
Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most research focuses on only a few species of human parasites. Her...
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
skruberk.bsky.social
Our study tracking the route actin monomers take from the cytoplasm into branched actin networks is now up on biorxiv! In it we learned that most actin is delivered into branched actin networks from polymerases on a membrane surface, not directly from the cytoplasm.
biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · Mar 25
Membrane-associated polymerases deliver most of the actin subunits to a lamellipodial network https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645090v1
March 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
skruberk.bsky.social
We built (part of) a microscope!
Building part of a microscope by aligning the laser using a series of mirrors on adjustable mounts
December 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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ldjeconomics.bsky.social
The Myth of Objective Data, by Melanie Feinberg
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-myth-of-... via @mitpress.bsky.social
The Myth of Objective Data
When we view objectivity and subjectivity as opposites rather than complements, we distort the empirical realities of data collection.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 30, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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wynkenhimself.bsky.social
The way in which people’s lives are put up for a vote at the whims of other people… No one should ever be subjected to that.
December 4, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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skriptorium.info
Bluesky's topped 12 million users!

For any new joiners out there who are into SFF - welcome! There's a great community here.

And here's a thread of Starter Packs that might help you find your people:

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October 20, 2024 at 10:07 AM