Ahna Skop Explained

Ahna Skop
Birth Date:1972
Birth Place:New Haven, Connecticut
Education:Syracuse University

B.S. Biology (1994)University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology (2000)UC Berkeley

Post Doctorate Work

Alma Mater:University of Wisconsin Madison
Thesis Title:Studies on cleavage plane orientation and daughter cell separation in Caenorhabditis elegans
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/609055513
Thesis Year:2000
Doctoral Advisor:John G. White
Academic Advisors:Barbara Meyer, Rebecca Heald
Occupation:Professor of Genetics
Discipline:Cell Biologist
Sub Discipline:Artist
Workplaces:University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ahna Renee Skop is an Native American American geneticist, artist, and a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is known for her research on the mechanisms underlying asymmetric cell division, particularly the importance of the midbody in this process.

Education

Skop grew up in New Haven, Connecticut and Fort Thomas, Kentucky.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a minor in Ceramics from Syracuse University and before completing her Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She did postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley in the laboratories of Rebecca Heald, Barbara Meyer and John Yates (Scripps).[2], after which she returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison where, as of 2021, she is a full professor of genetics.

Career

Skop is known for her work on Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living worm, and mammalian tissue culture cells where she has studied the mechanisms that control cell division. Her early work was on the final stages of cell division in C. elegans,[3] [4] and she identified the proteins in the midbody that are involved in cell division.[5] Her more recent work examines defects that could be caused by problems in the midbody, where she has shown that midbody is an organelle that harbors translationally active RNA.[6]

As a Native American faculty member, Skop guided the creation of a diversity committee within the genetics department in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Madison-Wisconsin and led the creation of their STEM Diversity Network.[7]

Skop collaborated with undergraduate students Elif Kurt and Caitlin Marks to release Genetics Reflections: A coloring book in 2020.[8]

Artistic career

Skop has curated a scientific art show at the International C. elegans meeting, the "Worm Art Show",[9] and she worked with a Madison, Wisconsin artist, Angela Johnson to create an art installation called "Genetic Reflections".[10]

Select publications

Honors and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Ahna Skop . 2022-05-24 . www.asbmb.org . en.
  2. Web site: 2018-04-04 . Ahna Skop . 2022-12-17 . Wisconsin Institute for Discovery . en-US.
  3. Skop . Ahna R. . Bergmann . Dominique . Mohler . William A. . White . John G. . 2001-05-15 . Completion of cytokinesis in C. elegans requires a brefeldin A-sensitive membrane accumulation at the cleavage furrow apex . Current Biology . English . 11 . 10 . 735–746 . 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00231-7 . 0960-9822 . 3733387 . 11378383. 2001CBio...11..735S .
  4. Skop . Ahna R. . White . John G. . 1998-10-08 . The dynactin complex is required for cleavage plane specification in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos . Current Biology . English . 8 . 20 . 1110–1117 . 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70465-8 . 0960-9822 . 3690630 . 9778526. 1998CBio....8.1110S .
  5. Skop . Ahna R. . Liu . Hongbin . Yates . John . Meyer . Barbara J. . Heald . Rebecca . 2004-07-02 . Dissection of the Mammalian Midbody Proteome Reveals Conserved Cytokinesis Mechanisms . Science . en . 305 . 5680 . 61–66 . 10.1126/science.1097931 . 0036-8075 . 3679889 . 15166316. 2004Sci...305...61S .
  6. Gnazzo . Megan M. . Uhlemann . Eva-Maria E. . Villarreal . Alex R. . Shirayama . Masaki . Dominguez . Eddie G. . Skop . Ahna R. . 2016-10-15 . The RNA-binding protein ATX-2 regulates cytokinesis through PAR-5 and ZEN-4 . Molecular Biology of the Cell . 27 . 20 . 3052–3064 . 10.1091/mbc.e16-04-0219 . 1059-1524 . 5063614 . 27559134.
  7. Web site: Lotlikar . Sarina . UW–Madison to Hold 12th Annual Reception Honoring Outstanding Women of Color . Diversity, Equity & Inclusion . 2020-01-31 . 2024-08-17.
  8. Web site: Science coloring book brings excitement and community to kids and adults alike . University of Wisconsin-Madison . 2021-02-24 . 2024-08-17.
  9. Hopkin . Karen . April 2012 . Truth and Beauty . The Scientist; Midland . 26 . 4 . 56–58 . ProQuest.
  10. News: 10 November 2019 . 'Genetic Reflections' exhibit at LU inspires related art and science events . C.1 . The Post - Crescent; Appleton, Wis. [Appleton, Wis]. . ProQuest.
  11. Web site: The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Recipient Details NSF - National Science Foundation . 2022-05-24 . www.nsf.gov.
  12. Web site: Awards - CSB & Joint . 2022-12-14 . College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University . en.
  13. Ahna Skop . Interalia Magazine . 2017-07-03 . 2024-08-17.
  14. Web site: Ahna Skop honored with UW Distinguished Teaching Award – CALS News . CALS News – College of Agricultural & Life Sciences . 2016-03-05 . 2024-08-17.
  15. Skop . Ahna R. . 2018-11-01 . The entrance: how life experience shaped my passion for diversity and inclusion . Molecular Biology of the Cell . 29 . 22 . 2608–2610 . 10.1091/mbc.E18-07-0431 . 1059-1524 . 6249843 . 30376436.
  16. Web site: If/THEN® Ambassadors Reach Millions of Girls, Sharing Scientists’ Human Side and the Wonders of Science . American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) . 2021-12-15 . 2024-08-17.
  17. Web site: Lotlikar . Sarina . UW–Madison to Hold 12th Annual Reception Honoring Outstanding Women of Color . Diversity, Equity & Inclusion . 2020-01-31 . 2024-08-17.
  18. Web site: Professor Ahna Skop awarded Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award . Genetics . 2022-12-07 . 2024-08-17.
  19. Web site: Genetics professor Ahna Skop elected into the Wisconsin Academy class of 2024 . Genetics . 2024-03-15 . 2024-08-17.

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