Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 15/10/2026When you speak at an event with the incredible author Siddhartha Mukherjee and people (including you!) bring copies of his impressive tome on cancer research for him to sign, but then someone shows up with your silly little book for you to sign, this is literally the only face I could make! 😂😂😂😂😂 1444 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Please share what drugs you are taking because otherwise I don’t know how that happens.  010 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A full week (are there other kinds?) including a visit to Capitol Hill with friends and colleagues to talk about the importance of funding medical research.  161 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 13/09/2026 My lil bro went w/ me and I have to admit I shed a little tear to hear Nkosi Sikelelei Afrika at the Ravens stadium. The energy was electric, and we broke the record for the largest crowd ever to watch a rugby game in America!! BOKKE BOKKE BOKKE!!! 042 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Guyyyyyyyysssss!!!! Today I had the best day ever! First, I got to have breakfast with a friend I haven’t seen in nearly 40 years when we both lived in Lesotho! and THEN!!! I got to go see the Springboks (South African rugby team) devour the New Zealand All Blacks!!! (Sorry Jason!!) 1/ 180 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 10/09/2026And I’ll see you at the game!!! Go Boks!! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 110 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026So we want to livestream the rally tomorrow from the Save The Academy instagram account, but the accounts needs 1000 followers to allow livestreaming. Please please please can everyone go follow this instagram account? www.instagram.com/savetheacade...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 4209165 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I saw this somewhere else, but it’s so true. People who think scientist are hiding things from them have never met a real scientist. Ask me about my work and good luck getting me to shut up 😂static.klipy.comBored Emoji: Talk to the HandALT: Bored Emoji: Talk to the Hand 1355 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaJohns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"We're losing science studying what makes our health systems work well or poorly. That's really important work. Everybody cares about making healthcare safer and reducing errors.", Nancy Kass | Funding cuts hit research focused on making US healthcare safer-more efficient hub.jhu.edu/2026/09/02/a...hub.jhu.eduFunding cuts hit research focused on making American healthcare safer, more efficientThe cancelled awards supported the work of young researchers, a loss that jeopardizes not only their critical work but also the pipeline of talent interested in pursuing scientific research in the Uni... 052 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I’m Sri Lankan. When I died as a child my mom rubbed this on my forehead and told me to snap out of it: 051 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When my Bug was little I would take her and a friend to dance competitions, where my feminist head would spin for 10 hrs at the sexualization of small girls. On the way back I would deliver them lectures about Gloria Steinem and feminism in general, until they begged me to just shut up. RIP Gloria. 020 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026Before last year, there were no US measles deaths in a decade, and now we have had 5 deaths in two years. Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, but will lose that status this year. This is an abject failure of public health leadership. 18134151387 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Who says this? So many people from uber drivers to random strangers on the train. 000 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 22/08/2026(And yes I’m aware of all the caveats that surround these early data, but you won’t squash my excitement nonetheless!!) /5 0180 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 22/08/2026None of us went into this for the money, but because we had a passion to find a cure. To be this close in my lifetime, even from my peripheral view, is an honor and a privilege I can never describe. 🥹 4/ 1222 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 22/08/2026 I hope you realize that we lose loved ones to cancer too, and I hope you realize we would rather scrub toilet floors for a living, than stand in the way the way of the cure for this horrible disease from which we have watched too many people die. 3/ 1214 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Utter joy at the prospect of vaccines that could cure cancer in our lifetime. I hear over and over again from people that we cancer researchers are horrible people who do not want the cure for cancer. I hope you see us celebrating this too.2/ 2263 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 22/08/2026You know, I have been watching the sheer joy in the cancer research community over the advancements in cancer research in the past few months. A room full of physicians and scientist brought to their feet in a standing ovation for results from a pancreatic cancer trial.1/ 17713 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Listen there’s only two of us now in this house. You can have a whole room complete w bathroom! 010 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is why we need to keep funding scientific research and why I find misinformation in science so depressing. This new mRNA vaccine, in conjunction with immunotherapy reduces recurrence of melanoma and its metastatic spread. This is huge! m.facebook.com/story.php?st...m.facebook.comLog in or sign up to viewSee posts, photos and more on Facebook. 021 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 25/06/2026My favorite weather is the cold spitting rain. 010 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaKeb’ Mo’ @kebmo.com · 19/06/2026Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom. This monumental news came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and effectively marked the end of slavery in the United States. #juneteenth 7452181036 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/06/2026More Ignorance than Political Ideology…. 1077167105487 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaJohns Hopkins Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @johnshopkinsbmb.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Have you heard about the sunscreen ingredient that was recently approved by the FDA, and wondered what it means for you? Our chair, @ashi-w.bsky.social, spoke with @theaacr.bsky.social about how it works and what it means for sun protectionaacr.orgWhat to Know About the New FDA-approved Sunscreen Ingredient BemotrizinolMelanoma expert Ashani T. Weeraratna explains how the new FDA-approved sunscreen ingredient—bemotrizinol—compares to other ingredients. 123 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I feel like cuckoos suck more. Robins don’t kill other birds babies. 000 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 04/06/2026ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)standupforscience.foundationThe SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site TitleWritten by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO 3159125 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaLet's Win Pancreatic Cancer @letswinpc.org · 03/06/2026Daraxonrasib, the first KRAS drug for pancreatic cancer, is now available through an expanded access program, but your physician must apply for you. bit.ly/4uWZ9C5 #OncSkybit.lyAccessing Daraxonrasib: A Quick PrimerDaraxonrasib, the first KRAS drug for pancreatic cancer, is now available through an expanded access program. 052 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaJohns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Science Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones: Analysis of more than 2,500 science stories revealed that men were quoted more often than women, highlighting systemic gender bias in science communication. | The Scientist www.the-scientist.com/science-medi...the-scientist.comScience Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones | The ScientistAnalysis of more than 2,500 science stories revealed that men were quoted more often than women, highlighting systemic gender bias in science communication. 044 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Sunday lunch. Tabouli salad, harissa carrots, pita, squid ink pasta w tomato sauce, ribs, grilled balsamic chicken. 061 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I lived in Zambia and Lesotho in the 80s, and saw the beginnings of the devastation that AIDS wreaked in the countries. By the 90s they had wings of hospitals they called “waiting rooms”- rooms where people lay dying, waiting for the end. This article devastates me. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...nytimes.comAIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance 020 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaDenis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026CODA mapping reveals that 100% of fallopian tubes of healthy women contain precancers! The standard SEE-FIM protocol misses most of them due to undersampling. But our exhaustive assessment reveals that both pre- and postmenopausal women have them. Here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 4197 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaDenis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The CODA workflow works for: - any tissue type (eye, kidney, pancreas, brain,...) - any disease (cancer, fibrosis, diabetes,...) - any species (human, mouse, rhesus macaque, ...) It can be integrated with any spatial omic technique (CODEX, Visium, IF, IHC,..) www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCODA: quantitative 3D reconstruction of large tissues at cellular resolution - Nature MethodsCODA: a method for 3D reconstruction of large serially sectioned tissues. 03111 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Dinner for an old friend last night! Chicken Marbella, spicy carrots with leeks on a bed of maple ricotta, roasted eggplant with a paprika tomato sauce, and salad with a homemade vinaigrette! Not pictured: balsamic fig shrimp, spanakopita, couscous. 0201 0
Reposted by Ashani WeeraratnaJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I wish to emphasize "Then, do this every day!" 0123 0
Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Honored to serve our cancer research community with Bob, John, Ross, Sheila, Chris and all existing @theaacr.bsky.social board members! 250 0