Andrea Lius

An illustration of researchers turned into fish, with text: I thought imposter syndrome caused my Ph.D. struggles. I was wrong

"Why did I act embarrassed about something that had finally given me the passionate spark I had been looking for in science?"

Check out one of our top #ScienceWorkingLife essays of 2025: https://scim.ag/4jr2yok

So much time has passed that the "I don't even like Taco Bell" line in my piece is no longer accurate

hits hard but i’ll cheers to that ❤️‍🩹🥂

Debate on Dinosaur Colors Persists After 15 Years Many paleontologists believe that the shape of fossilized pigment containers in cells can help determine dinosaur colors. But some remain skeptical.

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I'm so excited to share my first-ever feature article! Link in comments

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.

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."

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still can’t quite believe it😭

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! 🥹

aren’t they the best!?

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.

"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/

Thank you for sharing my story!

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

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❤️

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.

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...

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.

“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
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YouTube video by Andrea Lius It's Time To Die: Exposing cancer cells' vulnerabilities to find new ways to kill them

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...

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

#poemoftheday: "Regret Tattoos" by John Richard Smith in @rattlepoetry.bsky.social #poetry

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thanks for finding this gem

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...

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.

are we supposed to play it cool now and pretend that we’re not hoping for an acceptance

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Huge shoutout to @marissalocke.bsky.social for giving me so much creative freedom with this! 🧡

Curious how space cats help me survive Ph.D. candidacy? Find out in my latest essay for @asbmb.bsky.social 🚀🐱

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…

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!

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I just received an acceptance letter from my dream literary journal @hippocampusmag.bsky.social 🥰🫠🥹

My first piece for @oncobites.bsky.social is out! :)

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 ...

All the videos from our Spring 2025 Contributor Reading Event are now up on our #YouTube channel!

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Thank you so much @doorisajarmag.bsky.social & @maxwellbauman.bsky.social for this opportunity! 🧡

I was just watching the Jonestown documentary yesterday so this gave me goosebumps🥶