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overwhelming feedback from new users is that the content on farcaster is often too farcaster-centric.

sharing a few topics i would love to read more on farcaster (and please lmk if any of these are in your wheelhouse bc i would love to help amplify!):

1. popular culture! trend analyses and insights on culture (and not crypto culture). tell us what do gen z and gen alpha (and sure, millennial) consumers care about. i know "men in tech" may not care about this, but plenty of women *do* and there's a lot of us here!

2. start ups! tell us which startups are hitting milestones, getting funding, growing exponentially — and tell us whether you think they are worthwhile businesses or not.

3. data-centric information about technology, the economy, psychology, and everyday life. i love seeing data visualizations behind things that we know and love.

4. more SCIENCE! tell us how pigs could solve the organ donor crisis or why sunshine is good for the immune system. anything!

what do you want to read more of here?

Overwhelmed by how many of you want science content so here is a quick intro about me in my professional capacity. 

I’m a PhD scientist and have spent the past 5 years working to develop next-gen cancer immunotherapy drugs.  I work in Research Oncology department of a mid-sized biopharma and lead a small team where we pair our expertise of mass spectrometry-based proteomics with others with different skillsets to quickly tackle complex problems that are impossible to solve alone. I've seen my work directly help patients with no other options which keeps me motivated day to day. 

 I'm happy to answer any questions about my research or science in general!

Scientist, crypto enthusiast, dog lover, amateur photographer, Cat Town Farcaster Community Leader

This is epic! 

I used to do synbio cancer research and some postdocs in my lab were doing CAR T therapy

I never loved immunology 🤣 so my focus was engineered bacteria to deliver intratumoral cytotoxins.. left academia after my postdoc but I miss being at the bench! Excited to see more about what you do on here!

microbiology PhD | fiber artist | synbio | scicomm | really into extremophiles

Oh cool.  Are you still in science?  We’re working on making T Cell Engagers that are inactive until they get into the tumor
microenvironment.

Not too many scientists here 😂

I'm in biotech but no longer doing work at the bench.. just at a computer and in meetings all day 🤣

That's awesome! The tumor microenvironment is so fascinating.. i just love that bacteria treat it like a safe haven and we can use that to our advantage

Ah cool!  I’m still doing science but haven’t been doing much lab work lately…have a small team in the lab but spend most of my time in meetings/planning experiments.

It seems that's the trajectory no matter where you end up in science.. even PIs eventually become grant writers.

I do still get to plan experiments which I love. Does wonders for the wrists not having to pipette. I used to use spheroids for testing...which meant a LOT of 96-well plate washes 

Do you enjoy leading a team?

Yeah me either, first one I had written in 5 years and it was pretty enjoyable which is not what I remember.  Excited to get my work out there.  Haven’t been able to present on at at conferences.

It's funny I don't hate writing manuscripts as much when defending my PhD isn't on the line

Yeah, it’s unfortunate, everything seems to lead to more writing.

My boss is a senior director and still does lab work cause he enjoys it.  Planning experiments without having to do the work is where it’s at imo.

I just spent the last few month writing a manuscript, getting it through legal now and am excited to get it submitted!