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SK-N-BE(2)
SK-N-BE(2) (CVCL_0528, ATCC CRL-2271) is a human neuroblastoma cell line established in 1972 from a bone marrow metastasis in a male child; MYCN-amplified, 1p-loss, 17q-gain, with sublines SK-N-BE(2)-C and BE(2)-M17.
SK-N-BE(2)-C
SK-N-BE(2)-C (BE2C, CVCL_0529, ATCC CRL-2268) is a clonal subline of the SK-N-BE(2) human neuroblastoma cell line, MYCN-amplified with a TP53 C135F mutation, I-type phenotype, derived from a 1972 bone marrow metastasis.
SK-N-MC
SK-N-MC (ATCC HTB-10, CVCL_0530) is a human cell line established in 1971 from a supra-orbital metastasis of an Askin tumor; long mislabeled neuroblastoma, it is an Ewing sarcoma line carrying EWS-FLI1.
SK-N-SH
SK-N-SH (CVCL_0531, ATCC HTB-11) is a human neuroblastoma cell line established in 1970 from the bone marrow metastasis of a four-year-old girl at Memorial Sloan Kettering; parent of SH-SY5Y and SH-EP, with ALK F1174L and NRAS Q61K mutations.
SK-OV-3
SK-OV-3 (SKOV3), human ovarian cancer cell line, CVCL_0532, ATCC HTB-77, established 1973 at Memorial Sloan Kettering from ascites of a 64-year-old woman; epithelial, drug-resistant, most cited ovarian cancer line but a poor HGSOC model, likely clear cell origin.
SK2 study
STRONG Kids 2 (SK2) is a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign birth cohort study (NCT03341858) following 468 mother-child pairs from 2013 to examine biology, family, and child care influences on early childhood diet and weight trajectories.
SK8 the Infinity
SK8 the Infinity (SK∞ エスケーエイト) is a 2021 original Bones sports anime directed by Hiroko Utsumi, set in Okinawa's secret "S" downhill skate races, following Reki and snowboarder-turned-skater Langa, with an OVA and season 2 announced.
Sk8er Boi
"Sk8er Boi" is a 2002 pop-punk song by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne, the second single from her debut album Let Go, co-written with The Matrix.
Sk8star
Sk8star, stage name of J'Corey King (born 2004), Macon-raised Atlanta rapper and ØWay member; 2026 Island debut Designer Junkie (2.5M first-week streams), The Beautiful Rebellion EP, and Slime Language 3 appearances.
Ska
Ska, or ska music, is a Jamaican popular music genre that emerged around 1960, defined by its offbeat accent, walking bass, and horns; it slowed into rocksteady and then reggae.
SKA Arena
SKA Arena (СКА Арена) is a 21,500-seat ice hockey arena in St. Petersburg, opened November 2023 on the former SKK Peterburgsky site; home of HC SKA and Shanghai Dragons, world's largest hockey arena by capacity.
Ska punk
Ska punk, also called ska-punk, fuses Jamaican ska's offbeat rhythms and horns with punk rock's speed and aggression. Rooted in 1979's 2 Tone movement, it peaked commercially in the 1990s third wave with Operation Ivy, Rancid, Reel Big Fish, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Ska-P
Ska-P is a Spanish ska-punk band formed in 1994 in Madrid. The group is known for its anti-establishment lyrics and has sold over 1.6 million records.
Skaar (character)
Skaar (character): Marvel Comics son of the Hulk and Caiera the Oldstrong, created by Greg Pak and John Romita Jr., debuting in World War Hulk #5 (2008). Wields gamma powers and Sakaar's Old Power; adapted in Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and She-Hulk (2022, Wil Deusner).
Skadar
Lake Skadar (Shkodra, Skadarsko jezero) is the largest lake in the Balkans, on the Montenegro-Albania border: shallow karst cryptodepression, 44 km long, Morača-fed, national park since 1983, Ramsar site, declining water levels.
Skadar Lake Watershed Biosphere Reserve
The Skadar Lake Watershed Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve designated in June 2026, Montenegro's first, covering the watershed of Lake Skadar on the Montenegro-Albania border.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is a New York-founded (1948) multinational law firm with 21 offices and about 1,700 lawyers, ranked Vault #3 and Am Law #5, known for M&A, litigation, and its 2025 White House agreement.
Skaði
Skaði (Skade, Skadi), a jötunn woman counted among the Norse goddesses, daughter of Þjazi; ski-goddess and archer who marries Njörðr, avenges her father, and fastens the serpent over bound Loki.
Skaergaard intrusion
The Skaergaard intrusion is a layered gabbro body on the coast of East Greenland, formed about 55 million years ago and a type example of closed-system differentiation, discovered by Lawrence Wager in 1931.
Skagerrak
Skagerrak: deep arm of the North Sea between Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, bounded by Hanstholm–Lindesnes and Skagen–Pater Noster; about 32,000 km², up to 700 m deep in the Norwegian Trench, with cyclonic circulation and Baltic outflow.
Skagit River Hydroelectric Project
The Skagit River Hydroelectric Project is a system of three dams, Gorge, Diablo, and Ross, on the upper Skagit River in Washington, owned by Seattle City Light.
Skagway repeater stations of the Yukon and Alaska telegraph trail
The Skagway repeater stations were the coastal-end telegraph stations of the Alaska–Yukon telegraph trail, relaying messages from the port of Skagway over White Pass toward Bennett, Whitehorse, and Dawson City.
Skagway, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska: first-class borough at the head of Taiya Inlet, founded in the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, Alaska's first incorporated city (1900). About 800–1,100 residents host 1.3 million cruise passengers a year on the White Pass & Yukon Route railway.
Skai Isyourgod (陈序垲)
Skai Isyourgod (揽佬), real name Chen Xukai (陈序垲), born 1998 in Huizhou, Guangdong, is a Chinese Memphis-rap artist rapping in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hakka; his 2024 album Stacks from All Sides went viral globally and made him Spotify's most-streamed Chinese-language artist in 2025.
Skai Jackson
Skai Jackson (born 2002, New York City) is an American actress and author, known as Zuri Ross on Disney Channel's Jessie (2011–2015) and Bunk'd (2015–2018), a Time Most Influential Teen of 2016, memoirist of Reach for the Skai, and later a BMF cast member and livestreamer.
Skak
Skak is the Icelandic word for chess, a game long rooted in Iceland. Norse called it skáktafl; Fiske traced it from England via terms hrókur and biskup; Reykjavik hosted the 1972 Fischer–Spassky match.
Skakaonica
Skakaonica, Belgrade trampoline and adventure park operator, originally a raft-based jumping arena on the Sava; venues at Ava Shopping Park (4,800 m2, Serbia's largest indoor adventure park) and Dorćol.
Skal Labissière
Skal Labissière, Haitian forward-center (born 1996, Port-au-Prince), Kentucky one-and-done, 28th pick of the 2016 NBA Draft; 152 NBA games with Sacramento and Portland, now a Capital City Go-Go G League standout and 2026 Wizards 10-day signee.
Skaland
Skaland is a Norwegian flake graphite mining company, Skaland Graphite AS, based on Senja in Troms, northern Norway, described as Europe's leading producer of crystalline flake graphite.
Skald
A skald (Old Norse skáld) was a court poet of medieval Scandinavia who composed formalized skaldic verse in Old Norse, praising rulers and commemorating battles from the ninth century onward.