scekker.bsky.social
Platypus entrepreneur scientist precision genomes engineer (nuclear&mito). Zebrafish J EIC. ‘Longhorn’ leader@ UT Austin & Dell Med. Active w/ LEAH Labs, LifEngine, Forjazul. DGI/Immusoft cofounder. First SAB @ OpenTrons. Was faculty UMN & Mayo. Posts=mine
👤 Joined on 10 September 2023
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@scekker.bsky.social“Most mtDNA-encoded genes lack defined loss-of-function (LOF) models in vivo. To address this gap, we have generated Z-Terminator, a systematic in vivo atlas of LOF alleles covering all the mtDNA-encoded OXPHOS subunits in zebrafish.” New from @ankitsabharwal.bsky.social & @scekker.bsky.social 🐟
Show PostStar Trek celebrates its 60th birthday today. I have a new story coming, but I'm now posting my fave past stories, including an NPR piece published exactly 10 years ago on the show's 50th anniversary, w/star George Takei revealing he never thought the show would last. READ: https://loom.ly/Mi0L9HI
Show PostRemember when I said that batteries are eventually going to make the grid abundant, reliable, & boring?
Show PostI am very serious about citing resources (ZFIN, Flybase, Wormbase, yeast, mouse, rat, human, etc) and asking authors to cite them precisely for this reason: the more we talk about them and cite them in our papers, the better chance we have at justifying why we should increase the budget 🧪
Show PostWe are hiring! The Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University is conducting a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Deadline is November 1, 2026 apply.interfolio.com/190686
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