Rockville Science Tuesday

In-person: Rockville Senior Center (No registration required) 1150 Carnation Dr, Rockville, MD 20850 OR Remote: REGISTER FOR ZOOM

Long ignored as a vestigial remnant of cytokinesis, the mammalian midbody (MB) is released post-abscission inside large extracellular vesicles called MB remnants (MBRs). Recent evidence suggests that MBRs can modulate cell proliferation and cell fate decisions. Dr. Skop reveals a unique translation event that occurs during abscission and within a large extracellular vesicle. Dr. Ahna Scope is a professor in the Department of Genetics and an affiliate faculty member in Life Sciences Communication and the UW-Madison Arts Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She mentors both scientists and art students in her lab, and also serves on the board of the Wisconsin Science Museum, where many of her art-science collaborations are on display.