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Marek Zorawski

@zorawskimd.bsky.social

MD-PhD candidate @ Duke | Chemical tools, RNA biology, and GI/GU oncology | Pomona College and Fulbright Poland alum. Views my own. He/him/his.

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Just over two weeks ago, I defended my PhD! πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬πŸ§¬πŸ§«It was the culmination of 5 years of work that ultimately led to me discovering a biochemical mechanism behind treatment resistance in prostate cancer. Next up: finishing my MD and applying to residency! πŸ‘¨β€βš•οΈπŸ©ΊπŸ’Š

09.06.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#AACR25 was full of new science and interesting ways forward in cancer research. The advancements in RNA biology of cancer were especially exciting to hear about! I was also honored to present my PhD work through a Scholar-in-Training award through @pcf-science.bsky.social! Great meeting overall πŸ˜ŠπŸ§¬πŸ’Š

01.05.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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17.03.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With recent successes of pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccines in early trials, and as an RNA biologist working on cancer myself, this is truly feeling personal. Need to keep standing up against this!

11.03.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great showing yesterday at @standupforscience.bsky.social in Raleigh NC! #standupforscience2025

08.03.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest eventβ€”or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

02.03.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2290    πŸ” 1173    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 176
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3 points of progress vs pancreatic cancer!
1. Neoantigen vaccines
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
2. KRAS drugs
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
3. Early diagnosis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

01.03.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 419    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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RNA xkcd.com/3056

26.02.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 18011    πŸ” 2588    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 170

I am researching treatments for a genetic disease and was excited to find some data sources, then realized they were on CDC and sure enough all the links are dead. astoundingly stupid - families affected by genetic disease have it hard enough, this is just insulting

01.02.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump hits NIH with β€˜devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

β€œThe impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

22.01.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1033    πŸ” 740    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 129

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