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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

1st McKinley Lab grad student’s 1st preprint! @claireang.bsky.social studied how the uterus safely excises massive amounts of tissue during menstruation and pregnancy. Come for her GORGEOUS images, stay for her incredible discoveries. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... w/ @akelleher1017.bsky.social

Immunofluorescence image of a mouse uterus with epithelium labeled in cyan. There is a folded lumen in the center and glands branching off like bunches of grapes.

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Claire Ang @claireang.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Excited to share my new preprint from the McKinley lab, where we explored regenerative mechanisms across menstruation and pregnancy! We thought specialized glands would regenerate everything. We were wrong. But the real mechanism turned out to be way cooler :) 🧪🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Thrilled to see our preprint featured in Science News! 🩸 Big thanks to Holly Barker for writing such a thoughtful piece about our work. So exciting to see broader attention to menstruation research and new model systems! www.science.org/content/arti...

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Lab mice can now have periods like humans

Studies of rodents with a menstrual on/off switch could help people with endometriosis and other disorders

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Lab’s 1st preprint! Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate. @cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation. He is on the job market!

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉 @karalmckinley.bsky.social We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice. We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵

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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

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Jen McKey @jenmckey.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The 2025 edition of ⁦‪SSRepro‬⁩ #ReproBioArt image contest is live and the gallery is filling up with such beautiful images! Submit yours today!! #ReproRocks ⁦ woobox.com/2poyka/galle...

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ReproBioArt 2025

#ReproBioArt: Where science becomes art. Explore incredible images from reproductive biology research and consider submitting your own to win free registration to SSR 2026! @SSRrepro

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Claire Ang @claireang.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Honored to have received this mentorship award! Being nominated by my colleagues makes it especially meaningful and it’s been so enriching to have the opportunity to support and grow with so many incredible people!!

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

“women will control around two-thirds of all private wealth in the US by 2030,” via @semafor.com www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKi...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/02/2025

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US

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HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education

“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it: -keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice. -do not feed them raw dairy -do not feed them raw meat

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Cats in the U.S. Are Contracting Bird Flu: What Pet Parents Need to Know

Cases in domesticated cats have risen dramatically over the past year.

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