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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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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 23d

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!

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K. Skruber @skruberk.bsky.social · Sep 3

hope silphium is next!

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K. Skruber @skruberk.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 24

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

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angela oliverio @oliverio.bsky.social · Aug 22

New lab pre-print up! "Twelve species of human parasites make up half the literature on microbial eukaryotes"
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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...

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K. Skruber @skruberk.bsky.social · Mar 25

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 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

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K. Skruber @skruberk.bsky.social · Dec 17

We built (part of) a microscope!

Building part of a microscope by aligning the laser using a series of mirrors on adjustable mounts

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Louis Johnston @ldjeconomics.bsky.social · Nov 30

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.

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · Dec 4

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.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · Oct 20

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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