Rachel Zwick

Home - Zwick Lab Our organs don’t just grow once – they grow with us. While some are more adaptable than others, many remodel throughout life to meet the body’s changing needs, from daily challenges to the extraordina...

The Zwick Lab website is live! 🔬🌀🌈
Check out our research and team at www.zwicklab.org

Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!

Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America’s attention - Nature Reviews Immunology Shruti Naik, an immunologist and a strong advocate for diversity in science, has joined forces with Aaron Mertz, who leads programmes that help to explain, connect and maximize the benefits of science...

Misinformation is winning not because it's true, but because it’s loud, emotional, and everywhere.
It’s time for science to fight back. Aaron Mertz and I dissect the issue and offer solutions 👇
📖 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social @aspeninstitute.bsky.social

100 days and more than $1,000,000,000 in NIH grants canceled— grants that were set to fund vital research on Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes, and more.

Research already conducted has been thrown out. But sure, this is supposed to benefit our hardworking communities...

@ophirklein.bsky.social gave a fantastic talk for the NYU Dental School this week and it was truly a joy to introduce him to my lab. Hope to see you back in NY again soon, Ophir!

Op-ed: Gutting NIH Is Hurting Our Community We are living through an era of accelerated medical progress: in just a few decades, childhood leukemia survival has jumped from 10% to over 90%. Yet, more work remains: cancer […]

decided to write an op-ed for our local journal to support federally funded research - I encourage you to spread the good word! riverjournalonline.com/letters/op-e... thanks @drannecarpenter.bsky.social and @sean-ryder-music.bsky.social for the inspiration

🥂 can’t wait to be your ~neighbor

Thank you Ophir! Can't wait to have you here--

Thank you Valerie!!

This is an uncertain moment in science, but I'm committed to doing what I can to support the individuals in my lab and new community at NYU. We have important work to do. Stay tuned for updates. For now: we're hiring! Contact me about opportunities for postdocs and @nyugrossman grad students.

Thank you to Am. Cancer Society for supporting me and celebrating the power of basic research; the NIH & life-changing NIH LRP program; and every single person in @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social for = doses advice & joy, especially @karalmckinley.bsky.social who I'm lucky to call a mentor & friend..

I am also deeply grateful to my PhD & postdoc advisors @valeriejhorsley.bsky.social and Ophir Klein, who so expertly balanced their guidance with allowing me space to find my own path. Their beautiful science and labs have shaped me and I hope to pass their dedication to our next gen of trainees..3/

One of the best things about science is getting to work with brilliant, inspirational colleagues who often become great friends. On my first day in our new space, I am thinking of the many scientist-friends who made it possible and (usually) fun to do research & work towards opening this lab..2/

The Zwick lab has landed in the Regenerative Medicine Institute @NYU! I’m incredibly excited to build a team to study how epithelial organs are patterned and remodeled throughout life, with a major focus on the remarkable changes that occur in the maternal body during pregnancy..1/5