Dr. Ahna Skop

I went to @harmitmalik.bsky.social Lab not too long ago and loved it. Paper in review….surprises to come!

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...

Congratulations to @ahnaskop.bsky.social and Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, who received the Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award!

Absolutely honored to win this prestigious science outreach award @uwmadison.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social

Congrats to @ahnaskop.bsky.social and MRSEC's Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, great and creative — genetics coloring books! improv theater! — advocates for science outreach.
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Opinion | What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy

What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

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...

Failure

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 👇👇👇🔥).

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

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

Right back at you! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

John was my good good friend and colleague. Miss him so much.

I’m glad! One cell divides into 3 things! 😎

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.

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...

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.

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.

NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026

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

So infuriating

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

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.

Looks like our company may be one of the diamonds!

When the carpet at your conference looks like a plaque assay….

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!

My niece Nadia is raising money for kids with Cancer. If you can donate anything she’d appreciate it! #cancer

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Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science

Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

Common food preservatives linked to cancer and type 2 diabetes | CNN Two large studies found a significant association between eating preservatives in many foods and a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and several cancers.

I’m highly allergic to a common food preservative that is a carcinogen and leads to immune issues. But these are not it.

I’m glad people are looking into it. Our ability to kill fungus and mold is a detriment to our health.

I received these midbody ornaments which were fashioned out of a seed pod!

A merry midbody Christmas!

How awesome is this!!!??? #midbody #mbr #mitosis

Happy holidays everyone!

I’m looking forward to this! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 #cheeseandquiet

In love! 😍

Look how butter smooth this infinite timeline zooms in and out!

I am currently building the prototype of Timebender, a scheduling tool that adapts your plan in real-time. Change one thing, everything updates instantly. I am collecting early interest: timebender.io

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Hey @ascbiology.bsky.social peeps! My Tactile Mitosis talk is at 4pm tomorrow —which is one of many amazing talks on the power of art in science and education. Hope you all can make it! #sciart

Science is under attack and your support can help budding young scientists from the undergraduate levels throughout their careers. I would not be here today if it's not for the community I have found at the ASCB