Andrea Lius
@liuswrites.bsky.social
Journalism intern @ The Scientist.
Best of the Net-nominated author.
https://muckrack.com/andrea-lius
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liusnotluis/
Best of the Net-nominated author.
https://muckrack.com/andrea-lius
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liusnotluis/
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Andrea Lius
@liuswrites.bsky.social
· Jun 2
It's Time To Die: Exposing cancer cells' vulnerabilities to find new ways to kill them
YouTube video by Andrea Lius
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What do cancer cells and James Bond have in common? ✨😎✨ Find out in this ~15min talk! Huge thanks to @burkebrewing.bsky.social for hosting--and for buying me a beer--just two days before my PhD defense!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pr...
I'm so excited to share my first-ever feature article! Link in comments
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm so excited to share my first-ever feature article! Link in comments
Reposted by Andrea Lius
Last week, we dug into the failures of stroke experiments on animals. This flood of "promising" papers keeps money flowing into flawed research.
Bad data isn’t unique to animal experiments, but the cost, for both animals and outcomes, is far higher.
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
Bad data isn’t unique to animal experiments, but the cost, for both animals and outcomes, is far higher.
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
A stroke happens when blood flow to the brain is blocked either by a clot (ischemic stroke) or a burst blood vessel (hemorrhagic stroke), cutting off oxygen & killing brain cells.
#Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death in the U.S. & a leading cause of long-term disability.
#WorldStrokeDay 🧪
#Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death in the U.S. & a leading cause of long-term disability.
#WorldStrokeDay 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Last week, we dug into the failures of stroke experiments on animals. This flood of "promising" papers keeps money flowing into flawed research.
Bad data isn’t unique to animal experiments, but the cost, for both animals and outcomes, is far higher.
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
Bad data isn’t unique to animal experiments, but the cost, for both animals and outcomes, is far higher.
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
Reposted by Andrea Lius
"We have no good ways to really identify which articles are now trustworthy...I think we should not really base any recommendations for studies in patients on the evidence that we have found here," Wever told @thetransmitter.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/i...
www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/i...
Image integrity issues create new headache for subarachnoid hemorrhage research
First-time sleuths found potentially problematic images in hundreds of papers about early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"We have no good ways to really identify which articles are now trustworthy...I think we should not really base any recommendations for studies in patients on the evidence that we have found here," Wever told @thetransmitter.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/i...
www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/i...
Reposted by Andrea Lius
Speaking about the study with @liuswrites.bsky.social for The Scientist, co-author Kim Wever expressed alarm that "specific drugs or therapies that looked promising were reported "only once and never again."
www.the-scientist.com/40-percent-o...
www.the-scientist.com/40-percent-o...
40 Percent of Stroke Animal Studies May Have Problematic Images
Red flags during a literature review led to the discovery of over 200 papers on animal models of stroke with duplicated images, which is likely an underestimate.
www.the-scientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Speaking about the study with @liuswrites.bsky.social for The Scientist, co-author Kim Wever expressed alarm that "specific drugs or therapies that looked promising were reported "only once and never again."
www.the-scientist.com/40-percent-o...
www.the-scientist.com/40-percent-o...
still can’t quite believe it😭
Congratulations to our five nominees for this year's #BestOfTheNet anthology! Read our nominated works at: www.rowanglassworks....
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#BOTN #Nominees #LiteraryAwards #FlashGlass #AmPublishing
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#BOTN #Nominees #LiteraryAwards #FlashGlass #AmPublishing
September 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
still can’t quite believe it😭
check out the other @rowanglassworks.bsky.social nominees too! www.rowanglassworks.org/best-of-the-...
September 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
check out the other @rowanglassworks.bsky.social nominees too! www.rowanglassworks.org/best-of-the-...
I'm so honored to share that @rowanglassworks.bsky.social has nominated my work to be included in the Best of the Net anthology! 🥹
August 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm so honored to share that @rowanglassworks.bsky.social has nominated my work to be included in the Best of the Net anthology! 🥹
Reposted by Andrea Lius
"My mother extended the bottle towards me. 'Let's go,' she said, sounding eerily cheery. "We can both join him."
– from "Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam" by Andrea Lius. https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/lightly-buttered-toasts-with-strawberry-jam-by-andrea-lius/
– from "Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam" by Andrea Lius. https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/lightly-buttered-toasts-with-strawberry-jam-by-andrea-lius/
Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam by Andrea Lius | Hippocampus Magazine
"I turned on my side when I heard the gentle flick of the light switch." -- from the flash essay "Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam" by Andrea Lius.
hippocampusmagazine.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"My mother extended the bottle towards me. 'Let's go,' she said, sounding eerily cheery. "We can both join him."
– from "Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam" by Andrea Lius. https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/lightly-buttered-toasts-with-strawberry-jam-by-andrea-lius/
– from "Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam" by Andrea Lius. https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/lightly-buttered-toasts-with-strawberry-jam-by-andrea-lius/
Thank you for sharing my story!
"Why did I act embarrassed about something that had finally given me the passionate spark I had been looking for in science?" #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4llNhFb
July 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thank you for sharing my story!
Reposted by Andrea Lius
Mersey Mondays is finally a-go!! & for our first piece, we have former TMR contributor @liuswrites.bsky.social with a little hermit crab CNF 🦀💚🐷
Check it out 👇🏻 www.themerseyreview.com/merseymondays/1
Check it out 👇🏻 www.themerseyreview.com/merseymondays/1
www.themerseyreview.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Mersey Mondays is finally a-go!! & for our first piece, we have former TMR contributor @liuswrites.bsky.social with a little hermit crab CNF 🦀💚🐷
Check it out 👇🏻 www.themerseyreview.com/merseymondays/1
Check it out 👇🏻 www.themerseyreview.com/merseymondays/1
So grateful to Hippocampus readers and editor Wendy Fontaine for selecting this piece the thoughtful comments, and Donna Talarico for the opportunity to share my story❤️
A piece that’s taken me years to write and another year to edit and gather the courage to publish under my real name, came out today on my dream literary journal
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social
hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/ligh...
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social
hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/ligh...
Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam by Andrea Lius | Hippocampus Magazine
"I turned on my side when I heard the gentle flick of the light switch." -- from the flash essay "Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam" by Andrea Lius.
hippocampusmagazine.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
So grateful to Hippocampus readers and editor Wendy Fontaine for selecting this piece the thoughtful comments, and Donna Talarico for the opportunity to share my story❤️
A piece that’s taken me years to write and another year to edit and gather the courage to publish under my real name, came out today on my dream literary journal
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social
hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/ligh...
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social
hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/ligh...
Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam by Andrea Lius | Hippocampus Magazine
"I turned on my side when I heard the gentle flick of the light switch." -- from the flash essay "Lightly buttered toasts, with strawberry jam" by Andrea Lius.
hippocampusmagazine.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A piece that’s taken me years to write and another year to edit and gather the courage to publish under my real name, came out today on my dream literary journal
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social
hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/ligh...
@hippocampusmag.bsky.social
hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/ligh...
Reposted by Andrea Lius
“E-cigarette juice can have a nicotine concentration as high as 150 millimolar ... And we saw that (lung) toxicity occurs at micromolar levels (1000 times less). It’s just off the scale.”
—Jay L. Zweier of the Ohio State University
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-....
#ASBMBJournals #asbmbJBC
—Jay L. Zweier of the Ohio State University
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-....
#ASBMBJournals #asbmbJBC
E-cigarettes drive irreversible lung damage via free radicals
E-cigarettes are often thought to be safer because they lack many of the carcinogens found in tobacco cigarettes. However, scientists recently found that exposure to e-cigarette vapor can cause severe, irreversible lung damage.
www.asbmb.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“E-cigarette juice can have a nicotine concentration as high as 150 millimolar ... And we saw that (lung) toxicity occurs at micromolar levels (1000 times less). It’s just off the scale.”
—Jay L. Zweier of the Ohio State University
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-....
#ASBMBJournals #asbmbJBC
—Jay L. Zweier of the Ohio State University
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-....
#ASBMBJournals #asbmbJBC
What do cancer cells and James Bond have in common? ✨😎✨ Find out in this ~15min talk! Huge thanks to @burkebrewing.bsky.social for hosting--and for buying me a beer--just two days before my PhD defense!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pr...
It's Time To Die: Exposing cancer cells' vulnerabilities to find new ways to kill them
YouTube video by Andrea Lius
www.youtube.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What do cancer cells and James Bond have in common? ✨😎✨ Find out in this ~15min talk! Huge thanks to @burkebrewing.bsky.social for hosting--and for buying me a beer--just two days before my PhD defense!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pr...
Reposted by Andrea Lius
#poemoftheday: "Regret Tattoos" by John Richard Smith in @rattlepoetry.bsky.social #poetry
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rattle.com/regret-tatto...
Regret Tattoos by John Richard Smith - Rattle: Poetry
The tattoo artist said
everyone with multiple tattoos
has at least one regret tattoo,
slip a thumb in a belt loop
rattle.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#poemoftheday: "Regret Tattoos" by John Richard Smith in @rattlepoetry.bsky.social #poetry
rattle.com/regret-tatto...
rattle.com/regret-tatto...
thanks for finding this gem
Love this piece
"Every human has one thing they do better than everyone else. Some people find their singular talent but most never do. Sometimes the universe conspires against them or sometimes they’re too lazy to look. My talent is that I can kick things really, really hard."
"Every human has one thing they do better than everyone else. Some people find their singular talent but most never do. Sometimes the universe conspires against them or sometimes they’re too lazy to look. My talent is that I can kick things really, really hard."
"One time a venomous snake got into the lazy river. I coaxed the snake out of the water with a soft pretzel and everyone called me a genius."
We're loving John Jodzio's funny but heartwarming I'M ALIVE BUT I'M IN ASHEVILLE from our MAY ISSUE: buff.ly/IHyKU8e
We're loving John Jodzio's funny but heartwarming I'M ALIVE BUT I'M IN ASHEVILLE from our MAY ISSUE: buff.ly/IHyKU8e
May 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
thanks for finding this gem
Reposted by Andrea Lius
Inside JBC: An international group of researchers found that nicotine exposure through the use of e-cigarettes, colloquially known as vaping, led to lung injury in mice. The researchers showed that aldehyde oxidase (AOX) mediates this effect. More from @liuswrites.bsky.social: ow.ly/YnS350VEXV6.
E-cigarettes drive irreversible lung damage via free radicals
E-cigarettes are often thought to be safer because they lack many of the carcinogens found in tobacco cigarettes. However, scientists recently found that exposure to e-cigarette vapor can cause severe...
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April 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Inside JBC: An international group of researchers found that nicotine exposure through the use of e-cigarettes, colloquially known as vaping, led to lung injury in mice. The researchers showed that aldehyde oxidase (AOX) mediates this effect. More from @liuswrites.bsky.social: ow.ly/YnS350VEXV6.
Curious how space cats help me survive Ph.D. candidacy? Find out in my latest essay for @asbmb.bsky.social 🚀🐱
"If you can afford to splurge on multiple blocks of sticky notes in multiple colors, I highly encourage color-coding your notes."
—Andrea Lius, Ph.D. student w/ADHD, @liuswrites.bsky.social
➡️More survival tools for a #neurodivergent brain in academia: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/....
—Andrea Lius, Ph.D. student w/ADHD, @liuswrites.bsky.social
➡️More survival tools for a #neurodivergent brain in academia: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/....
Survival tools for a neurodivergent brain in academia
Working in academia is hard, and being neurodivergent makes it harder. Here are a few tools that may help, from a Ph.D. student with ADHD.
www.asbmb.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Curious how space cats help me survive Ph.D. candidacy? Find out in my latest essay for @asbmb.bsky.social 🚀🐱
My little hermit crab essay inspired by a classic molecular biology protocol is in the latest issue of
@emergejournal.bsky.social :)
Thank you
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
for selecting this piece!
emergeliteraryjournal.com/protocol-gen...
@emergejournal.bsky.social :)
Thank you
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
for selecting this piece!
emergeliteraryjournal.com/protocol-gen...
Protocol: Generating a stable partner with patience and frequent reassurance
by Andrea Lius Adapted from “Generating stable cell lines with lentivirus” on Addgene Introduction This protocol can be used to generate a stable partner expressing secure attachment from internali…
emergeliteraryjournal.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My little hermit crab essay inspired by a classic molecular biology protocol is in the latest issue of
@emergejournal.bsky.social :)
Thank you
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
for selecting this piece!
emergeliteraryjournal.com/protocol-gen...
@emergejournal.bsky.social :)
Thank you
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
for selecting this piece!
emergeliteraryjournal.com/protocol-gen...
I just received an acceptance letter from my dream literary journal @hippocampusmag.bsky.social 🥰🫠🥹
March 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I just received an acceptance letter from my dream literary journal @hippocampusmag.bsky.social 🥰🫠🥹
My first piece for @oncobites.bsky.social is out! :)
Many fast-growing cancers have circadian rhythms that are desynchronized from healthy cells. But glioblastoma seems to keep a circadian rhythm that is in sync with healthy cells. Researchers recently uncovered why this is the case. @liuswrites.bsky.social writes.
oncobites.blog/2025/03/26/t...
oncobites.blog/2025/03/26/t...
To sync or not to sync: Cancer’s complicated relationship with our internal clocks
Reading time: 5 minutes Andrea Lius For several decades, scientists have observed that disruptions to the body’s internal clock, also known as the circadian rhythm, can promote cancer development a…
oncobites.blog
March 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My first piece for @oncobites.bsky.social is out! :)
Reposted by Andrea Lius
All the videos from our Spring 2025 Contributor Reading Event are now up on our #YouTube channel!
Here is a link to the full playlist
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Please like and subscribe!
#WritingCommunity
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#WritingCommunity
Door Is A Jar Spring 2025 Reading Event - YouTube
Welcome to Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine's Fall 2024 Reading Event! Issue 34 Spring 2025 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine features the creative works of ...
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March 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
All the videos from our Spring 2025 Contributor Reading Event are now up on our #YouTube channel!
Here is a link to the full playlist
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please like and subscribe!
#WritingCommunity
Here is a link to the full playlist
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please like and subscribe!
#WritingCommunity
Thank you so much @doorisajarmag.bsky.social & @maxwellbauman.bsky.social for this opportunity! 🧡
Watch Andrea Lius read her story "Love in pixelated cubes" on our #YouTube Channel
Issue 34 Spring 2025 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine features the creative works of 50 contributors from all around the world.
#WritingCommunity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsq...
Issue 34 Spring 2025 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine features the creative works of 50 contributors from all around the world.
#WritingCommunity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsq...
Love in pixelated cubes by Andrea Lius
YouTube video by Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine
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March 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thank you so much @doorisajarmag.bsky.social & @maxwellbauman.bsky.social for this opportunity! 🧡
Thankful that I got to be one of the nine! :)
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine is hosting a reading event featuring 9 contributors from Issue 34 Spring 2025!
The event will be on March 6th, 2025, at 6pm ET (New York Time) in Google Meet.
Click here to join the reading:
meet.google.com/nye-uztn-coj
The event will be on March 6th, 2025, at 6pm ET (New York Time) in Google Meet.
Click here to join the reading:
meet.google.com/nye-uztn-coj
February 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Thankful that I got to be one of the nine! :)
So grateful to Engage Science and @burkebrewing.bsky.social for the opportunity to share my research with the public last night!
February 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
So grateful to Engage Science and @burkebrewing.bsky.social for the opportunity to share my research with the public last night!