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Andrea Lius

Andrea Lius is a Ph.D. candidate in the Ong quantitative biology lab at the University of Washington. She is an ASBMB Today volunteer contributor.
Articles by Andrea Lius

Journal News
E-cigarettes drive irreversible lung damage via free radicals
April 17, 2025
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.

Essay
Survival tools for a neurodivergent brain in academia
April 10, 2025
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.

Webinar
Scientists find bacterial ‘Achilles’ heel’ to combat antibiotic resistance
March 28, 2025
Alejandro Vila, an ASBMB Breakthroughs speaker, discussed his work on metallo-β-lactamase enzymes and their dependence on zinc.

Journal News
Pan-kinase inhibitor for head and neck cancer enters clinical trials
March 18, 2025
A drug targeting the scaffolding function of multiple related kinases halts tumor progression.

Journal News
From the journals: JLR
Feb. 27, 2025
Protein analysis of dopaminergic neurons. Predicting immunotherapy responses in lung cancer. ZASP: An efficient proteomics sample prep method. Read about papers on these topics recently published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.

Webinar
Unsheathing the role of myelin lipids in Alzheimer’s disease
Feb. 21, 2025
Xianlin Han, an ASBMB Breakthroughs speaker, discussed his pioneering work on lipidomics and the role of sulfatide lipids in Alzheimer's disease.

Webinar
Breaking through limits in kinase inhibition
Jan. 31, 2025
Paul Shapiro, the first speaker on ASBMB Breakthroughs, a new webinar series highlightin