Liz Marnik
@sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
🧬🧫Biochem B.S | Genetics/Immunology PhD
👩🏼🏫 Scientist & Educator
🎤SciComm | Science w/ side of 📚 👨👩👧👦 🌎
Opinions my own. No medical advice.
👩🏼🏫 Scientist & Educator
🎤SciComm | Science w/ side of 📚 👨👩👧👦 🌎
Opinions my own. No medical advice.
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Liz Marnik
@sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
· Nov 18
For those who don’t know me. Here’s a thread.🧵
I was raised by fundamentalist Christian’s who also happened to be anti-vaxx. We also were very poor because my dad left us when I was in late middle school for another woman (a bit counter to the churches teachings but I digress).
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I was raised by fundamentalist Christian’s who also happened to be anti-vaxx. We also were very poor because my dad left us when I was in late middle school for another woman (a bit counter to the churches teachings but I digress).
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1/ #Measles cases in the U.S. & Canada continue to rise, but not as dramatically as they did. Vaccination is still the best way to protect your family & those around you who cannot be vaccinated.
Full post from @sandylaping.bsky.social @cindyleifer.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social 👇
Full post from @sandylaping.bsky.social @cindyleifer.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social 👇
You haven’t written about measles in a while - can you give an update?
Measles cases in the U.S. and Canada continue to rise, but not as dramatically as they did. Vaccination is still the best way to protect your family and those around you who cannot be vaccinated.
thosenerdygirls.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
1/ #Measles cases in the U.S. & Canada continue to rise, but not as dramatically as they did. Vaccination is still the best way to protect your family & those around you who cannot be vaccinated.
Full post from @sandylaping.bsky.social @cindyleifer.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social 👇
Full post from @sandylaping.bsky.social @cindyleifer.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social 👇
“Ultimately, science isn’t just the pursuit of new knowledge, it is a daily practice of hope happening in labs, clinics, and quiet offices. We are all connected through this hope, even when the progress toward it seems invisible”
open.substack.com/pub/fromthes...
open.substack.com/pub/fromthes...
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Ultimately, science isn’t just the pursuit of new knowledge, it is a daily practice of hope happening in labs, clinics, and quiet offices. We are all connected through this hope, even when the progress toward it seems invisible”
open.substack.com/pub/fromthes...
open.substack.com/pub/fromthes...
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Vaccine communication tips w/ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Vaccine communication tips
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Vaccine communication tips w/ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️
Reposted by Liz Marnik
Ways to help those hungry in your community by @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/fromthes...
Ways to help those hungry in your community
Protest with your hands, not just your signs, because right now people in your community need help.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ways to help those hungry in your community by @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/fromthes...
Reposted by Liz Marnik
This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.
undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation
The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.
undark.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.
undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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We are so proud of MDI Bio Lab's Liz Marnik — named one of Maine’s “40 Under 40” by @mainebiz.bsky.social!
Inspiring, leading and making science accessible for all!
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🧬 #AcademicSky #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky
#standwithscience #researchmatters
Inspiring, leading and making science accessible for all!
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🧬 #AcademicSky #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky
#standwithscience #researchmatters
MDI Bio Lab’s Elisabeth Marnik Is One of Maine’s “40 Under 40” Leaders
mdibl.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Really honored to have this great convo with @cindyleifer.bsky.social
Elizabeth Marnik, also known as Science Whiz Liz, grew up unvaccinated, yet she is now an immunologist, science communicator and advocate for vaccines—this is her story.
Immune Booster 17: From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik
@cindyleifer.bsky.social @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Immune Booster 17: From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik
@cindyleifer.bsky.social @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Immune Booster 17: From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Really honored to have this great convo with @cindyleifer.bsky.social
I am so honored! 💕
We are so proud of MDI Bio Lab's Liz Marnik — named one of Maine’s “40 Under 40” by @mainebiz.bsky.social!
Inspiring, leading and making science accessible for all!
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🧬 #AcademicSky #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky
#standwithscience #researchmatters
Inspiring, leading and making science accessible for all!
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🧬 #AcademicSky #SciEd #iTeachBio #EduSky
#standwithscience #researchmatters
MDI Bio Lab’s Elisabeth Marnik Is One of Maine’s “40 Under 40” Leaders
mdibl.org
October 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I am so honored! 💕
Reposted by Liz Marnik
A poorly conducted study, submitted as a correspondence, claims to show increased cancer diagnosis one year after Covid-19 vaccination.
In truth, the quality of science in this supposed study was abysmal and filled with major methodological flaws.
🧵 with @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
In truth, the quality of science in this supposed study was abysmal and filled with major methodological flaws.
🧵 with @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A poorly conducted study, submitted as a correspondence, claims to show increased cancer diagnosis one year after Covid-19 vaccination.
In truth, the quality of science in this supposed study was abysmal and filled with major methodological flaws.
🧵 with @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
In truth, the quality of science in this supposed study was abysmal and filled with major methodological flaws.
🧵 with @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Reposted by Liz Marnik
The New York Times piece today about US science is terrible and wrong—in many ways.
I could write a whole article about this, but as one example:
“To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…”
No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.
I could write a whole article about this, but as one example:
“To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…”
No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.
September 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The New York Times piece today about US science is terrible and wrong—in many ways.
I could write a whole article about this, but as one example:
“To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…”
No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.
I could write a whole article about this, but as one example:
“To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…”
No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.
Reposted by Liz Marnik
11/ The Covid vaccine is only one of the vaccines ACIP will discuss this week. This resource breaks it all down👉 evicollective.org/acip-prebunk-brief-2025-09-25
Love,
@drhigginsmd.bsky.social
Annicka Evans, PhD
@sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
@unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
Love,
@drhigginsmd.bsky.social
Annicka Evans, PhD
@sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
@unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
RSVP 4 — The Evidence Collective
evicollective.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
11/ The Covid vaccine is only one of the vaccines ACIP will discuss this week. This resource breaks it all down👉 evicollective.org/acip-prebunk-brief-2025-09-25
Love,
@drhigginsmd.bsky.social
Annicka Evans, PhD
@sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
@unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
Love,
@drhigginsmd.bsky.social
Annicka Evans, PhD
@sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
@unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
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ASBMB is proud to join partners at the Rally for Medical Research to champion federal support for medical research!
⏯️Find out why #ASBMBmember @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is urging Congress to boost NIH funding — & how you can too: asbmb.quorum.us/campaign/140....
#ScienceServesUsAll #RallyMedRes
⏯️Find out why #ASBMBmember @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is urging Congress to boost NIH funding — & how you can too: asbmb.quorum.us/campaign/140....
#ScienceServesUsAll #RallyMedRes
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ASBMB is proud to join partners at the Rally for Medical Research to champion federal support for medical research!
⏯️Find out why #ASBMBmember @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is urging Congress to boost NIH funding — & how you can too: asbmb.quorum.us/campaign/140....
#ScienceServesUsAll #RallyMedRes
⏯️Find out why #ASBMBmember @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is urging Congress to boost NIH funding — & how you can too: asbmb.quorum.us/campaign/140....
#ScienceServesUsAll #RallyMedRes
Reposted by Liz Marnik
ASBMB member @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social & @faseborg.bsky.social President Eric Kelly attended the Rally for Medical Research today to urge policymakers to increase funding for NIH! Interested in taking action? Contact your lawmakers: ow.ly/34ET50WZ70i. #ScienceServesUsAll #RallyMedRes
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ASBMB member @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social & @faseborg.bsky.social President Eric Kelly attended the Rally for Medical Research today to urge policymakers to increase funding for NIH! Interested in taking action? Contact your lawmakers: ow.ly/34ET50WZ70i. #ScienceServesUsAll #RallyMedRes
Reposted by Liz Marnik
🚨 Exciting news! MDI Bio Lab's @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is speaking at TEDx @batescollege.bsky.social!
“The Unasked Questions” — exploring the big ideas we rarely talk about. Don’t miss it—come ask the questions that matter!
Oct 11 | 6–9:30 PM EDT
Olin Arts Center, Bates College
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬
“The Unasked Questions” — exploring the big ideas we rarely talk about. Don’t miss it—come ask the questions that matter!
Oct 11 | 6–9:30 PM EDT
Olin Arts Center, Bates College
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬
TEDxBates College
Hey there! TEDxBates College is all about showcasing inspiring ideas and stories from our very own community members in a fun & engaging way
www.eventbrite.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🚨 Exciting news! MDI Bio Lab's @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is speaking at TEDx @batescollege.bsky.social!
“The Unasked Questions” — exploring the big ideas we rarely talk about. Don’t miss it—come ask the questions that matter!
Oct 11 | 6–9:30 PM EDT
Olin Arts Center, Bates College
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬
“The Unasked Questions” — exploring the big ideas we rarely talk about. Don’t miss it—come ask the questions that matter!
Oct 11 | 6–9:30 PM EDT
Olin Arts Center, Bates College
🧪 🤝 🍎 👩🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬
Reposted by Liz Marnik
Great to see @nature.com covering scientists writing for the public! I'm honored to be in amazing company here w/ #Substack hero @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @hannahritchie.bsky.social,
@jdtonkin.bsky.social, Aaron Price of @ametsoc.org, @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@jdtonkin.bsky.social, Aaron Price of @ametsoc.org, @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why scientists are flocking to Substack
A new generation of researchers is using the platform to build audiences and monetize their knowledge.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Great to see @nature.com covering scientists writing for the public! I'm honored to be in amazing company here w/ #Substack hero @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @hannahritchie.bsky.social,
@jdtonkin.bsky.social, Aaron Price of @ametsoc.org, @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@jdtonkin.bsky.social, Aaron Price of @ametsoc.org, @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Today: CDC said ENOUGH.
We stand with them and for America.
#USAnotRFK Read & share this letter. Images or newsletter version below.
techingitapart.substack.com/cp/172217963
@niniandthebrain.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social
We stand with them and for America.
#USAnotRFK Read & share this letter. Images or newsletter version below.
techingitapart.substack.com/cp/172217963
@niniandthebrain.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Today: CDC said ENOUGH.
We stand with them and for America.
#USAnotRFK Read & share this letter. Images or newsletter version below.
techingitapart.substack.com/cp/172217963
@niniandthebrain.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social
We stand with them and for America.
#USAnotRFK Read & share this letter. Images or newsletter version below.
techingitapart.substack.com/cp/172217963
@niniandthebrain.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social
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Read this amazing Nerdy Note from @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social on "Why Science Needs More Storytelling"
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/why-scienc...
#scicomm
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/why-scienc...
#scicomm
Why Science Needs More Storytelling
Another in our new series Nerdy Notes: Science in Story & Verse
thosenerdygirls.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Read this amazing Nerdy Note from @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social on "Why Science Needs More Storytelling"
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/why-scienc...
#scicomm
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/why-scienc...
#scicomm
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🎙️Today! MDI Bio Lab’s @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is on @scifri.bsky.social!
Following new #Alzheimer’s findings from Bruce Yankner, she joins @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & host @heyira.bsky.social to discuss “the quiet engine of science” — the NIH.
Tune in! 🎧
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
Following new #Alzheimer’s findings from Bruce Yankner, she joins @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & host @heyira.bsky.social to discuss “the quiet engine of science” — the NIH.
Tune in! 🎧
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
Lithium May Have A Role In Causing—And Treating—Alzheimer’s
Podcast Episode · Science Friday · 08/08/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎙️Today! MDI Bio Lab’s @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social is on @scifri.bsky.social!
Following new #Alzheimer’s findings from Bruce Yankner, she joins @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & host @heyira.bsky.social to discuss “the quiet engine of science” — the NIH.
Tune in! 🎧
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
Following new #Alzheimer’s findings from Bruce Yankner, she joins @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & host @heyira.bsky.social to discuss “the quiet engine of science” — the NIH.
Tune in! 🎧
#researchmatters 🧪 🤝 🍎
Earlier this year, many NIH grants were abruptly canceled by the current administration despite covering a wide range of critical health research. This research covered topics ranging from cancer to community health.
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July 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Earlier this year, many NIH grants were abruptly canceled by the current administration despite covering a wide range of critical health research. This research covered topics ranging from cancer to community health.
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Actions like this won’t make us healthier.
It's exceedingly hard to argue that the administration & MAHA are committed to improving nutrition when they're simultaneously cutting everything from SNAP-Ed to innovative community nutrition work - cements the perception that food dyes are public health theatre.
www.healthbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.healthbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Q&A: Nutrition expert discusses pioneering program terminated by USDA
Here’s a Q&A with a nutrition expert who created an after-school program for NYC middle-schoolers who take on adult responsibilities, like meal preparation. This spring, the USDA terminated it.
www.healthbeat.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Actions like this won’t make us healthier.
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12/ Science should work for everyone. But it only will if we fight for it.
To read the full article, click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/nih-the-qu...
💖YLE & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
To read the full article, click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/nih-the-qu...
💖YLE & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
NIH: The quiet engine of science is being dismantled
And what you can do
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
12/ Science should work for everyone. But it only will if we fight for it.
To read the full article, click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/nih-the-qu...
💖YLE & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
To read the full article, click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/nih-the-qu...
💖YLE & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Reposted by Liz Marnik
Most rare diseases are life-threatening, genetic and lack approved treatment. @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social talked to two moms of children with rare diseases about their families' journeys and the life-saving importance of research: ow.ly/wloi50Wrmq7.
Hope for a cure hangs on research
Amid drastic proposed cuts to biomedical research, rare disease families like Hailey Adkisson’s fight for survival and hope. Without funding, science can’t “catch up” to help the patients who need it ...
ow.ly
July 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Most rare diseases are life-threatening, genetic and lack approved treatment. @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social talked to two moms of children with rare diseases about their families' journeys and the life-saving importance of research: ow.ly/wloi50Wrmq7.
This handbook is well timed. We all need to read a copy.
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This handbook is well timed. We all need to read a copy.
Honored to be part of this team.
We are thrilled to announce that Elisabeth Marnik, PhD, will now serve as our Chief Science Officer! @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/dr-elisabe...
#publichealth #scicomm
thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/dr-elisabe...
#publichealth #scicomm
Dr. Elisabeth Marnik appointed Chief Science Officer for Those Nerdy Girls
We are thrilled to announce that Elisabeth Marnik, PhD, will now serve as our Chief Science Officer!
thosenerdygirls.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Honored to be part of this team.
New collab with @sabivm.bsky.social no surprise the Prasad and Makary NEJM had many issues and errors.
The new FDA policy paper on COVID-19 vaccination by Vinay Prasad & Marty Makary included a table comparing the new US policy with other countries. However, they got most of the recommendations wrong - some lacked nuance, & others were blatantly incorrect.
Thread by me @ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Thread by me @ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
New collab with @sabivm.bsky.social no surprise the Prasad and Makary NEJM had many issues and errors.