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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 · 01/09/2026
Deadline for @ascbiology.bsky.social is approaching
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Deadline is approaching @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/s...
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Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why.
Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.
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The Game Crafter @thegamecrafter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Game in Lab’s international call for projects is open to researchers from all over the world and aims to support the production of scientific knowledge about board games. www.game-in-lab.org/en/internationa…
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International call for projects - Game in Lab
Game in Lab’s international call for projects is open once again in 2026, to researchers from all over the world and aims to support the production of scientific knowledge about board games. Game in Lab has already supported more than 30 researchers through previous international calls for projects.…
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Any idea why editors are now asking for revisions before manuscript goes out to reviewers? This takes time and unclear why defining one acronym or fixing minor typos before review is necessary.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/08/2026
"Those who believe in free, open, and responsive institutions must recognize how critically linked science is to democracy itself and defend its integrity with every tool at their disposal," writes John Palfrey in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4i9awDH
Quote from John Palfrey of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: "Funding science means supporting the truth that lies at the heart of every democracy ..."
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Congratulations to the 2026 ASCB Honorific Award Winners! ASCB is proud to recognize scientists whose research, mentorship, education & leadership are helping shape the future of cell biology. See all the awardees: www.ascb.org/society-news/ascb-anno…
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Super excited my new review on midbody remnants (MBRs) is out: "Condensates on the Move: Midbody Remnants as Large, Translation‐Competent Extracellular Vesicles" #extracellularvesicles #midbody #mitosis #condensates #translation #proteinsynthesis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Condensates on the Move: Midbody Remnants as Large, Translation‐Competent Extracellular Vesicles
Mitotic cells produce three EV types: exosomes and microvesicles (green/blue) delivering pre-formed molecules, and midbody remnants (magenta) containing functional ribosomes and translation machinery...
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"I've been coming since I was a postdoc, and every time I felt welcome, energized, and inspired." Watch Eva Nogales share why she keeps coming back to #CellBio. youtu.be/aHIkdLaG1Rw Learn more: www.ascb.org/cellbio2026
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Eva Nogales Shares Why She Keeps Returning To Cell Bio
Join us for Cell Bio 2026, the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO, wher...
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Just a reminder that many EV and exosome isolation kits isolate MBRs at ~50% of the total EVs that they pull down.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
When I publicly acknowledge a male colleague’s work, it’s considered “professional.” When I point out that they failed to acknowledge mine, suddenly I’m “emotional,” or “aggressive”
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This place is great for creating your own science art themed games! Perhaps a NSF broader impacts idea?
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@dacolon.bsky.social shares an excellent quote from Cajal about what the synapse is— “Protoplasmic kisses that appear to contribute the final ecstasy of an epic love story”
“Protoplasmic kisses that appear to contribute the final ecstasy of an epic love story”
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Were you aware that Georgia O'Keefe's childhood was spent in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin?
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“Taken together, this is what concerns the scientific community. The issue is not disagreement. It is the perception that scientific standards are being invoked selectively and not applied to the work that most demands them.”
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We’re hiring! Funded postdoc position available immediately to study RNA (miRNA, lncRNA, mRNA) and protein in midbody remnants (MBRs). Our goal is to develop early predictors for cancer and neurodegenerative disease. Interested? Email skop@wisc.edu
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Tiptoe thru the tulips today
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Good start to May! Thank you 🙏
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a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and saying you get funding you get funding
ALT: a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and saying you get funding you get funding
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Jan Willem Tulp @tulpinteractive.com · 21/04/2026
Last week I had the honour of giving the keynote speech for the last day of #VIZBI (visualizing biology) in Cambridge, UK. The topic of my talk was "Seeing things differently" in which I showed and explained various concepts of #frameshift design. vizbi.org/Videos/57391... (you must register/pay)
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Anyone know if the new R35 MIRA requires a current and pending funding document at submission? There are conflicting info on the NIH website and my PO didn’t actually know either. Said would get back to me but didn’t.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Yeah IF/Then Women in STEM
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Dallas World Cup fan fest to feature life-size statues of women in sports and STEM
Exhibit at Fair Park spotlights the scientists, engineers and innovators shaping modern sports.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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How the 2025 NIH grant terminations varied by researchers’ demographic groups | PNAS
In early 2025, the NIH unexpectedly terminated 2,291 active research grants, withdrawing $2.45 billion and disrupting thousands of projects. While ...
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
My niece is one of the chefs at this new restaurant in SF that is getting great reviews if you’re interested in a date night idea and in San Francisco www.mariaisabelsf.com
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Maria Isabel | Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco, CA
Modern Mexican bistro with Californian influence, located in San Francisco.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Dear potential reviewers please respond to editors especially given the opportunities it gives to authors. It seems crazy to me to be on the verge of a reject response in Science advances because the editors can’t find another reviewer.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Super interesting
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Genetically encoded assembly recorder temporally resolves cellular history - Nature
Nature - Genetically encoded assembly recorder temporally resolves cellular history
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
What's My JND? 0.0123 Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
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What's My JND?
Find your Just Noticeable Difference in colour perception. How small a colour difference can you actually see?
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Gold standard politics is what I’d like to return to.
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Analysis | Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years
A four-year Fact Checker project comes to an end.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) @warfnews.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Congratulations to @ahnaskop.bsky.social and Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, who received the Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award!
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Excellence in outreach recognized with 2026 Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award | Research | UW–Madison
Excellence in outreach recognized with 2026 Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award PostedMarch 2, 2026 By Natasha Kassulke, natasha.kassulke@wisc.edu Ahna Skop, professor in the Departments of Genetics and Medical Genetics, and Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, distinguished teaching faculty...
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Absolutely honored to win this prestigious science outreach award @uwmadison.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social
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UW–Madison Science @uwmadscience.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Congrats to @ahnaskop.bsky.social and MRSEC's Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, great and creative — genetics coloring books! improv theater! — advocates for science outreach. research.wisc.edu/uncategorize...
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Excellence in outreach recognized with 2026 Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award | Research | UW–Madison searchopen menucloseExpandCollapseExpandCollapseExpandCollapseExpandColla...
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
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Opinion | What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Failure
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Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure
In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan to restore trust. The COVID-19 pandemic saw public faith in Federal health...
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It’s finally out! Together with @embopress.org and @reviewcommons.org, we conducted a structured side-by-side comparison of human peer review and our AI scientific review (see thread 👇👇👇🔥).
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... A pleasure doing this with the great Thomas Lemberger @tlemberger.bsky.social and Niv Samuel Mastboim @nivsm.bsky.social
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Babli Adhikary @babliadhikary.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
It was my pleasure to host @ahnaskop.bsky.social for our departmental seminar tomorrow at 12 pm in BSB1060. If you are in Ann Arbor and want to know more about mid body remanants, please join us tomorrow! It's going to be a great seminar! #mcdb #midbody #celldivison #umich @umich.edu
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
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Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
So infuriating
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Kids with brain cancer were already in a life and death struggle. Then came Trump
The US president vowed to ‘end childhood cancer’. But his administration is dismantling the search for a cure and sending families scrambling for treatment
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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This large [midbody] remnant contains information, or RNA, about the tissue it came from & can be used to help detect cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. “I've never been more excited in my life,” said Skop, who called the development “a game changer.” 👏 👏👏 EVs and @ahnaskop.bsky.social
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Looks like our company may be one of the diamonds!
captimes.com
UW-Madison research foundation seeks next 'diamonds' amid federal cuts
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, wants to patent, license and help fuel more innovations on campus as Trump cuts funding science.
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
When the carpet at your conference looks like a plaque assay….
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My niece Nadia is raising money for kids with Cancer. If you can donate anything she’d appreciate it! #cancer cfk.donordrive.com/participants...
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I'm supporting 2026 CancerFree KIDS' Night for the Fight
2026 CancerFree KIDS' Night for the Fight is a high school overnight event where 1,500 high school students join together to knockout childhood cancer!
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
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Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
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