Dr Dorota SK
@drdorotask.bsky.social
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Aging Eye laboratory.
https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skowronska-krawczyk/
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Dr Dorota SK
The Washington Post
7 days ago
American science is shrinking. A Post analysis found that, halfway through this fiscal year, the number of competitive grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health is down by more than half compared with the same period last year. https://wapo.st/3OgoHKV
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For U.S. medical researchers, shrinking labs and bare budgets are the new reality
The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/
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I am looking forward! Thank you for inviting me to talk!
#aging
#eye
#molecularneurodegeneration
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Dr Dorota SK
UC Irvine School of Medicine
about 1 month ago
📢Today's the last to vote for
#UCIrvine
! Get your votes in by tonight at 1 a.m. PT:
trib.al/1yoBby1
#STATMadness
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I cannot believe we got so far!!! Help us to pass to the next round. Thank you!!!! 💙💙💙
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Thank you
@zmikulski.bsky.social
! I cannot believe we are so high in this contest. I hope our Polish friends vote for us!!! Thank you in advance!
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about 1 month ago
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I cannot believe we got so far!!! Help us to pass to the next round. Thank you!!!! 💙💙💙
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👋👋👋👋 We are in STAT Madness (if you know March Madness - it's roughly the same but with research). We went through 3 rounds and we need your help now!!!! Vote. Register (simple!!!) and vote. Support our lab! Make us visible! Thank you 🥰
#aging
#eye
#AMD
#glaucoma
🥰
www.statnews.com/feature/stat...
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Dr Dorota SK
UC Irvine School of Medicine
about 1 month ago
We’re in the game. Our
#UCIMedSchool
research led by
@drdorotask.bsky.social
have reached the semifinals in this year’s
#STATMadness
. Vote for UC Irvine and keep voting until this round ends on Monday, March 23, at 1 a.m. PT. Vote today!
trib.al/1yoBby1
@ucirvine.bsky.social
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We are now in Round 2 - vote for us!
#STATMadness
#aging
#therapy
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about 2 months ago
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Amazing work from Edwards lab! As usual, mesmerizing images and thoughtful analysis. Congrats! And - this is the first post by
@edwardsmalia.bsky.social
!!! Welcome to Bluesky!
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about 2 months ago
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Malia Edwards
about 2 months ago
In my lab's latest paper, just out in IOVS, D. Scott McLeod beautifully illustrated the choroidal pathology in a donor with multi-focal GA. I am grateful to Christine Curcio and K. Bailey Freund for allowing us to study these eyes and to all other co-authors.
iovs.arvojournals.org/Article.aspx...
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Dr Dorota SK
UC Irvine School of Medicine
about 2 months ago
Vote for
#UCIrvine
, led by
@drdorotask.bsky.social
in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at
#UCIMedSchool
. Let's go!
#STATMadness
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Just a quick clarification: everyone gets 5 votes per round (not per day!) — which makes a lot more sense 😄 Vote for us! We’re competing with a project studying how lipid supplementation may improve aging vision. More results soon, thanks for your support!
#aging
#AMD
#vision
#WomeninScience
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about 2 months ago
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Hi Friends! Did you hear about STAT Madness? Not enough space to explain now😀, but check it there
www.statnews.com/feature/stat...
and VOTE for DSK lab! Everyone has 5 votes per day. You can use all of them on DSK lab! To vote again, just refresh page. Thank you!!!
@ucirvinemedschool.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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Amazing work from
@albrechtlab.bsky.social
! To paraphrase recent title from one of the CNS journals: Subcellular Localization as a Driver of Cellular Metabolic State. Congratulations to the team!
@ucirvine.bsky.social
@ucirvinemedschool.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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Nick Pannunzio
2 months ago
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Do you see yourself in this picture? I do... Copied from Lean In FB account.
3 months ago
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Congrats!! Great achievement!
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3 months ago
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What a gorgeous work! And cover! Congrats!
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3 months ago
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Thank you
@ucirvinemedschool.bsky.social
for highlighting our work!
#aging
#vision
#GreenlandShark
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Dr Dorota SK
Scientific American
4 months ago
The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age
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These Bizarre, Centuries-Old Sharks May Have a Hidden Longevity Superpower
The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-bizarre-centuries-old-greenland-sharks-may-have-a-hidden-longevity/
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4 months ago
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Finally out! We studied the retinas of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, and found that the retinas remain remarkably healthy in animals around 150 years old. What is the mechanism? It may be a highly efficient DNA repair system. Enjoy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our lab is
#hiring
! Interested in
#biologyofaging
,
#aging
,
#lipids
,
#AMD
,
#glaucoma
,
#NGS
,
#singlecell
and in general molecular biology? Apply TODAY!!!! Indicate your interest in aging biology!!! Deadline for application to my lab - end of 2025!
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09747
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5 months ago
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Dr Dorota SK
Nature Chemical Biology
over 1 year ago
... And if you want to know more, here's the featured Article: Methylarginine targeting chimeras for lysosomal degradation of intracellular proteins ($)
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Methylarginine targeting chimeras for lysosomal degradation of intracellular proteins - Nature Chemical Biology
Development of a targeted protein degradation platform, methylarginine targeting chimera (MrTAC), enables arginine methylation-driven degradation of intracellular proteins in lysosomes.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-024-01741-y
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This is so low.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
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Opinion | She Was Elected to Congress. She Can’t Get Into Her Office After Hours.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/opinion/grijalva-congress-mike-johnson.html
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Up for a treat!
@stimulatedraman.bsky.social
presenting.
7 months ago
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💲💲💲 This research would not have been possible without the support of several funding agencies, including
#NIH
National Eye Institute,
@brightfocus.bsky.social
, Thome Foundation,
#RPB
, the
#NSF
, and the Simons Foundation. Our collaborators also received support from
#FNP
and
#NCN
. Thank you!!! 💲💲💲
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Our work is finally out! Learning from mechanism of
#aging
to presenting potential therapeutic strategy to slow down
#age-related
#vision
loss! Very proud of my team including several undergrads and thankful for fantastic collaborations across the world!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Retinal polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation reverses aging-related vision decline in mice
Intravitreal delivery of an ELOVL2 product reduces age-related molecular changes in the retina and restores visual function.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.ads5769
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Dr Dorota SK
Jeremy Berg
8 months ago
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/opinion/trump-defunding-medical-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.iN9o.HYW2vUoXfu0I&smid=url-share
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Dr Dorota SK
8 months ago
Thank you
@ash.hematology.org
for supporting our research spearheaded by
@silviavicenzi.bsky.social
in the lab! Excited to have the opportunity to jump-start the next stage of our exploration into
#bloodstemcell
#aging
with our collab &
#lipidomics
expert
@drdorotask.bsky.social
!
#Fight4Hematology
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Dr Dorota SK
Kathleen Bachynski
9 months ago
I’ll take every bit of good news I can get. “Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health… in an Appropriations Committee vote that represents a clear rebuke of President Trump’s plan to dramatically reduce the agency’s spending.”
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Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut
Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/nih-budget-senate-committee-replaces-trump-cuts-with-400-million-increase/
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Fantastic work of
@evgenykvon.bsky.social
team.
@gracebower.bsky.social
did an amazing job. It was a pleasure to assist them even as little as we did. Hope for more collaborations in the future!!! Congratulations!!!!!
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10 months ago
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Paloma Liton
11 months ago
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here are the nearly 2,500 medical research grants canceled or delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/04/health/trump-cuts-nih-grants-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU8.zPko.T8ojssGIlTW7&smid=bs-share
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Dr Dorota SK
Rachel W. Martin
11 months ago
Even though cataract surgery is generally safe and effective, cataract is still a leading cause of blindness worldwide. We need to understand the optical and materials properties of the eye lens to make better replacement lenses. This budget would eliminate that, including my lab's work.
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Jeremy Berg
11 months ago
Senator Durbin noted that some (I believe Republican Senators) had indicated the US had been doing more than its share of biomedical research and it was time for other countries take a turn. I felt I had to interrupt to respond...
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Carolyn Bertozzi
11 months ago
David Liu
@harvard.edu
beautifully articulates the criticality of basic science funding for developing revolutionary therapeutics like life-saving base editors 👏
youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?...
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Breakthrough Prize-Winning Biochemist on the Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
https://youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?si=V5iSZDdv-uwf9lui
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Paloma Liton
11 months ago
📣 TRAVEL GRANTS AVAILABLE for trainees and young investigators! Deadline: May 26 Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium & Fast Track with the support of a travel grant!
@iser.bsky.social
@brightfocus.bsky.social
👉
iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org/abstract-sub...
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Abstract Submission – Iser/Bright Focus Glaucoma Symposium
https://iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org/abstract-submission/
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Good morning!!! ☀️
11 months ago
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Dr Dorota SK
Neil deGrasse Tyson
11 months ago
The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity: 1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas… 2) enabled by Engineering Innovations… 3) based on Science Research in Universities… 4) funded by Grants from the US Government. It’s time more people understood this.
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Dr Dorota SK
about 1 year ago
In
#myfirstpost
here, I'm excited to share the news that the Crews Lab's latest research on
#immunesystem
#aging
is now published in
@geroscience.bsky.social
! This work is the culmination of a wonderful collaboration with
@drdorotask.bsky.social
Lab with major efforts by
@silviavicenzi.bsky.social
!
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It was a great collaboration with
@crewslab.bsky.social
! Complementary expertise, curiosity and unique mouse model. Congrats
@silviavicenzi.bsky.social
and looking forward to working together to decipher the mechanism!
#aging
#Bcells
#PUFA
#ELOVL2
@ucirvine.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Third time’s overrated — fourth time’s where the magic happens! I just got awarded a BrightFocus Foundation National Glaucoma Research grant! Thank you
@brightfocus.bsky.social
for your support!!!
#agingeye
#glaucoma
#epigeneticmemory
about 1 year ago
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Dr Dorota SK
MIT Press
about 1 year ago
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-coming-out-of-a-transgender-scientist/
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Mark Peifer (He, him)
about 1 year ago
14 pages of terminated NIH grants--everyone should read through the list. The sweep is VERY broad, including "The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" & "Mitochondrial-based Determinants of Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury"🧪 1/n
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https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf
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I had an amazing visit at
#WilmerEyeInstitute
! Great discussions and fantastic host, blueskyless Malia Edwards. See you all soon at
@arvoinfo.bsky.social
!!!
about 1 year ago
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On my way to Baltimore!Doing research and meeting colleagues!!
#Standingwithscience
about 1 year ago
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Is age-related macular degeneration (AMD) a type of retinal aging or a disease? Is there a difference between aging and early AMD? You can read about what we think about it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014483525000740
#AMD
#aging
#AgingEye
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Features that distinguish age-related macular degeneration from aging
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex, multifactorial retinal degenerative disease that is influenced by both genetic and environmental …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014483525000740
about 1 year ago
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Samer Hattar
about 1 year ago
Oh wow
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#proud
to be
#Polish
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Lech Walesa, Polish Labor Leader Who Fought U.S.S.R.’s Power, Joins in Horrified Letter to Trump
He and former Polish political prisoners voiced “horror and disgust” at President Trump’s scolding of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last week, saying it reminded them of encounters with bull...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/lech-walesa-trump-letter.html
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