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investing in bio and the near frontier @cantos 🧬🛰🌎 | 📝 | @stanfordgsb @JHUbme

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What’s a habit you picked up in the lab that now invades other parts of your life? I’ll go first
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tired: drug hunting wired: drug design I wrote about why we see AI as essential to speeding up the drug discovery process and getting us closer to the deliberate design of drugs on the @CantosVC blog
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Coolest thing I've seen all month
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Small but mighty! This is a video of a killer T cell of the immune system destroying a monstrous ovarian cancer cell. I recently captured this data on a spinning disc confocal microscope.
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ok this book is GOOD. reads like a novel at times but packed with biotech knowledge and drama @nathanvardi did an amazing job
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Ok the bio/techbio scene in NYC is ELECTRIC!! We’ll have to book double the space next time 😅 Huge thanks to @ShineCapitalNYC for hosting and other co-sponsors @KdT_Ventures @Lux_Capital
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Wish biotech had more physically “cool” imagery associated with it like other frontier tech has. Assays and gels just don’t have the same visual effect as rockets do🤷‍♀️
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Seeing more rockstar PhD students turn into founders is my favorite thing 🤩
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Really excited to launch the first edition of the Decoding Bio Snapshot—a journey into the trends and companies operating where computation meets bio
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Happy JPM to all who celebrate ☔️🧬
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synthetic embryos, shotgun proteomics, ovarian aging, biomaterials, multi-modal healthcare, and more in our first edition of Decoding TechBio Weekly Review:
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Illumina getting into drug discovery underscores the fundamental biotech paradigm that money is where the drugs are. The more involved you are in marketing a drug, the more value you capture (h/t @PeterKolchinsky )
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1/ You’ve heard of biotech, but what is this TechBio thing VCs keep talking about? Our first @CantosVC blog post breaks it down 👇
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So we have a blog! First up @ameekapadia gives the state of play in engineering-led biology, why we use “TechBio” (shoutout @vasudevbailey ), and where we’re focused on investing.
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It was a dream co-hosting the inaugural AI x Bio summit on behalf of @cantos with @pablolubroth , @patricksmalone , and the @NYSE . We had an incredible afternoon discussing the future of foundation models, balancing platform vs product, architecting partnerships, and more
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It was a WEEK in bio. A potential Alzheimer’s breakthrough (finally), Illumina’s response to genomic advancements, the Senate’s involvement in animal testing requirements, and more than a couple new companies launching 👀 to name a few:
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SF just showing off tonight
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📢Who is writing angel checks into bio/techbio rounds? DM me with your name, focus, and check size! creating a list and will open-source it
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Helping people get hired to the roles I would’ve killed to have is the biggest career plot-twist I wasn’t expecting
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Hormone science feels severely under-researched and under-invested in. What’s the best paper or company you’ve seen in endocrinology?
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Just discovered this gem of a podcast breaking down biotech S-1s by @KdT_Ventures . Highly recommend the AbCellera episode for all TechBio services companies! (thx for the tip @benjileibo )
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The more I read about the female immune system, the more in awe I am. Not only does it distinguish self from fetus, it also fends off pathogens without harming the fetus. Might sound simple but that's some complex self vs non-self recognition
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Amee Kapadia
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Open-sourcing my #TechBio reading list for those looking to go deeper into this blossoming intersection of tech + bio. This will be constantly updated so send me your favorites that I missed!
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Founder-led bio in San Francisco is strong. If the energy tonight was any indication, this is a movement to watch.
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teaming up with the gang to launch a TechBio writing collective—where we’ll try to decouple hype from promise in tech x bio super excited to be working with friends @patricksmalone @morgancheatham @pablolubroth @KetanYerneni
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we took a stab at making 5 predictions on what’s coming in bio: 1. Biz model innovation becomes necessary 2. Big tech backs up the truck in bio 3. Year of the microglia 4. Enzyme combos drive genomic editing toolbox 5. Longitudinal data drives R&D towards chronic indications
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We have a podcast! SO excited to launch Near Frontier from @CantosVC today to take you behind the scenes of the deep tech companies giving us hope for the future. First episode with @AtomosSpace out now🎧
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3 years
So far this week, three separate friends have decided to move to SF. Probably nothing 🌉
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Some fun reads in the latest BioByte: -human immunome project -egg cells derived from MALE mice -are neurodegenerative diseases really autoimmune diseases? -dual use of AI in drug discovery and more in
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There’s no doubt that cellular agriculture is here to disrupt the food industry, but it remains severely limited by one thing—the insane costs of growth factors. Enter @TiamatSciences , who have engineered plants to produce growth factors using automated, vertical farming (🧵)
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I've never heard fundraising (in biotech no less) be discussed with so much energy. @nabsicle @jayebgoldstein @lexrovner @DinaRadenkovic y'all are next level 👑
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For decades, we have thought of the brain as an immune privileged organ. After all, there’s only so much inflammation that can happen when you’re physically constrained by the skull. We now know that the brain has its own immune system—mediated by microglia cells.
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We wrote about trends and predictions we’re expecting for deep tech this year. What did we miss?
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If I had a penny for every time I see the words “a drug takes more than 10 years and $2B to develop”… My own included 😩
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Food is supposed to be healing, right? So what if you could treat cancer with food? Turns out that isn’t as far from reality as you would think. 1/n
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this week in bio: -de-noising diffusion models -NMR-guided directed evolution -Alpha~Fill~ -Tumor aneuploidy predicting survival post-immunotherapy and more in
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this week in tech🤝bio: -programmable RNA sensors -detecting Alzheimer's from retinal scans -open-source research -infrastructure for digital biology
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3 years
How much do I have to scroll to find a non-Altos Labs related tweet
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Who's looking for a Chief of Staff role at a fast-paced #techbio startup? Bay Area based, cool science, even cooler people. DM me!
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increasing the predictive validity of a tool by 0.1 is equivalent to a 40x increase in # of candidates tested
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I first met @nabsicle a year ago when I was really confused on what to do after graduation and she’s been nothing short of an inspiration since. Knowing how giving and genuine she is makes me even happier to see her win🔬🚀
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Nabiha Saklayen
3 years
Humbled to announce @CellinoBio Series A: co-led by @LeapsByBayer , @8vc , and Humboldt Fund, with @enginexyz , @khoslaventures , @felicis , and others (including @RecursionChris , @JeffDean ). Thx for the support to industrialize + democratize iPSC-therapies!
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Have a rare opp for a *computational biologist* eager to make waves in the future of fertility. Seriously some insane possibilities with this tech🤯 You'd be a key member of a small, well-funded team + get to shape both the science & the business. DM if this is you or a friend!
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we talk about cultured neurons that can play pong in this one 👇
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Ok y’all who’s looking for a job in #TechBio ? DM/comment a few things you’re looking for (type of role, company focus, location) and I’ll DM you a few recs🧬
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this week in bio is back! -FDA approvals from 2022 💊 -how early exposure to food affects adult taste preference 🍫 -ChatGPT x medicine 🩺 -the correlation between viral infection and neurodegenerative disease 🧠 -IP & assisted reproductive tech 👶
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Open question—is something like a CGM for hormone monitoring possible? (cortisol, estrogen, progesterone, etc) Figuring out the link between lifestyle/environment and hormone levels would be key to treating root cause of so many conditions
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nicole ruiz
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What's the best existing way to track one's hormonal fluctuations _throughout_ the day by measurement? I'm interested in any sort of wearable or other simple at-home testing. (but especially wearables because i'm more familiar with the testing possibilities)
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techbro now autocorrects to techbio in my phone
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I used to think working at a small firm might get lonely and then I realized it’s 100% the opposite—collaborators become colleagues become friends. So thankful for these guys @benjileibo @KetanYerneni @Nima_Ronaghi
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the first engineered thymus, clinical vs human genomics, where AI might be headed and more on this week's TechBio review
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Major pivots in bio (and deep tech) aren’t always straightforward. Waypoint Bio’s Xinchen Wang joins us on Decoding Bio to share five lessons he’s learned navigating a #techbio pivot
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AI is the language decoding biology and it's not just for proteins
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developmental biology is magic
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it blows my mind that we can just go on Youtube and watch lectures from world-renowned professors on super niche topics for free. knowledge has never been more accessible
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🌎 🧬 🛰 🤝 @cantos
@cantos
Cantos
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You may have noticed our team has grown recently. It's not the only thing... #deeptech
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It’s no secret that we talk a lot about @hamiltonhelmer 's 7 Powers at @cantos @elkingtonxy does an excellent job applying the 7 Powers framework to life sci. Highly recommend the read if you’re thinking about how to create an enduring biotech
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in this week's DTB installment: -the IRA's projected impact on biotech -a creative way to drug the undruggable -the only bio reading-list you'll need -linking immune cell imaging to health-associated phenotypes and more:
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this week in bio: -imagenet for spatial bio -power laws in bio & tech (and techbio) - ωRNA (because you can never have too many types of RNA) -and more!
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Amee Kapadia
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Hosting a happy hour with @bitsinbio and @KyleDuckworth05 to celebrate all things techbio and synbio ahead of the SynBioBeta conference. If you're in town that week and want to come, DM me!
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I couldn’t be more stoked to have @grant__gregory on the team. Have learned so much from him already and we’re just getting started 🌎
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Grant Gregory
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I’m excited to finally share the big news: I'm joining @Cantos where I'll continue investing in frontier categories at the pre-seed + seed stages. I’m thrilled to join @IanRountree , @AmeeKapadia , & the rest of the team. Definitionally, cantos are sections that provide breaks
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This week in bio (it was a big one): -generative diffusion models for proteins -the plot thickens on Alzheimer’s with new lecanemab data -why clinical trials are so expensive -reasons progress in biology is slow (and ways to speed it up) and more in
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this week in bio! -AI-discovered ALS drug dosed in humans -new study showing bacterial cross-reactivity implicated in autoimmune disease -all things fertility -similarities between AI-discovered drugs and those already approved by the FDA
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Feeling really grateful to be at a fund where two of our coolest aerospace companies are run by incredible women who are also supermoms. Can only imagine how many young girls they are going to inspire too
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Bro forgot his watch charger so he just like made one?? With tape and an old keyring…
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How will small molecule drug discovery be affected by the new IRA restrictions on drug pricing after 9 years (instead of 13 yrs for biologics)? Some cite a 50% difference in cash on cash revenue between year 9 and 13 🤯
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if you're using Moderna and BioNTech as your public market comps, just remember they rose to prominence via a black swan event
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Amee Kapadia
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Complex targets 🤝 atomically precise antibody design powered by generative AI Congrats to the Nabla team! It’s been a long time coming but the journey is only just beginning 🧬
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Frances Anastassacos
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Excited to share @nablabio is partnering with 3 of the world’s largest pharma cos to use integrated AI and wet-lab tech to design antibodies against challenging disease targets. Thrilled to also add @radicalvcfund who led our $26M Series A to the family!
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Really excited to play a teeny tiny role in this as a member, far more excited for the vision and mission this team has. Watch out metabolic disease, we're coming for ya! 👊
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Levels
2 years
🚨 So excited to announce we raised a Series A of $38M with our investors and community members to continue our mission of solving the metabolic health crisis. Our community reached the crowdsourcing max of $5M in less than 6 hours! Their thoughts about our mission 👇
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hey gen z bio, don't sleep on @NucleateDojo (fka @thebiodojo ) From finding an internship to community to just learning more about the various verticals within biotech, @subaita_rahman @BrandonOliverYu and team have been working hard to build the undergrad/postgrad hub of bio
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Nucleate Dojo
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Announcing @NucleateDojo : making biotech accessible to undergrad and postgrad students. The evolution of BioDojo, and why it matters. 👇
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It’s booster season and we’re once again reminded by how mRNA saved our lives this year. Which begs the question— if RNA is so powerful, why aren’t more therapeutics RNA-based? (1/9)
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Hit inbox zero for the first time all year (🙈) and all I’m gonna say is bless the “Remind Me” feature in @Superhuman
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What if we could map the body so we knew exactly how and where to deliver RNA therapeutics?? Without LNPs??Wait no longer. So proud to be team Sixfold 👊
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Sixfold bioscience
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Today we announce the closing of our Seed round. Amazing work by the Sixfold team in executing our shared vision to deliver the future of RNA therapeutics. Full release: #RNA #mRNA #RNAi #SeedRound @ycombinator @CantosVC
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This week in bio: -the rise & fall of peer review -predictive toxicology -hormonal contraceptives & the brain -microglia in neurodegneration -AlphaFold & CASP15 results and more in
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AI in bio doesn't need more hype—at least not til we have some more concrete data. Surge brings up some interesting questions...
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Surge Biswas
2 years
I usually let this stuff go, but this is too over the top In splashy #JPM23 PR, @abscibio claim they can de novo design antibodies from scratch, but they actually design just the CDR3 (of 6 total) of existing Tx antibodies to their orig targets. That's not de novo design
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this is the decade of understanding hormones + metabolic + gut health, which will have deep repercussions for chronic illness and women's health
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nicole ruiz
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The next decade where we understand health as it relates to gut health <> microbiome across oral /vaginal as well <> hormones <> autoimmune challenges is going to be absolutely transformational, especially for women's health.
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this week in bio has a new name! —BioByte 016— -first published hit for a novel target discovered via AlphaFold 🎯 -everything you need to know about T cells 🧫 -how Nature views GPT as an author ✍️ -big visions in biology (aka pure inspiration) 🔮
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new lewk who dis 👀 seriously couldn’t be more proud to be investing in the near frontier on team Cantos
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0/ In our early days we were more generalist, but since early 2018 we've been all-in on deep tech. We have a new look reflecting that focus...
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@IanRountree Brb planning a coup 😈
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Only @BuiltWithBio can you find skis made with algae (s/o @Checkerspot_ ) and light up plants (s/o @light_bio ). DM me if you’re around today and wanna hang!
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Excited for this! Thanks for including me @CromaticHQ and Pebblebed 🤗
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Cromatic
2 years
Third speaker revealed! @ameekapadia is an investor at Cantos focusing on techbio. Ask Amee about why use the term "techbio," her preferred categorization within techbio, and how more tech investors are investing early into techbio companies before biotech focused funds.
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. We need more startups addressing autoimmune disease!! Care delivery, community, management, identification. All of it.
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wallace torres
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@chrissyfarr Have you listened to this podcast on Long Covid? It talks about it in context of autoimmune illness and tangential diseases like Lyme. My guess is those going after autoimmune will be the ones to build this too. (Disclosure: we’re building in this space)
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If you want an excuse to take your mind off crypto…this week in bio: -pd-l1 in aging -advances and challenges in RNA therapeutics -M&A activity in biopharma -techbio company creation and more in
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This is an @IanRountree appreciation tweet
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Moving to a new city on your bday makes this whole ✨new beginning✨ thing feel a whole lot more official 🌉
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this week in bio: -using math to understand CAR-T -leading biotech data teams -federal biodata infrastructure -growing ovaries from stemcells and more in Decoding Bio's latest:
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So what's replacing homework now that we have ChatGPT?
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Amee Kapadia
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We’re so excited to partner with the Modulo team and our friends at @Initialized , @BuildersVC , @refactor , @WizLikeWizard , and others as we build the map and key for CNS diseases. You can read more here
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occlumency is real folks
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innovation 🤝 save the world ps: the first six are climate-related, probably nothing 👀🌎
@cantos
Cantos
3 years
Cantos-backed companies nearly swept the podium for @FastCompany 's most innovative companies list! @solugen at 2nd and @twelve_co2 at 3rd 💁♻️🏆
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One of the best things about being a woman in venture is the culture of lifting each other up. Lots of work to be done but wow is the community strong! Thanks @GabrielleMasso9 for covering our stories
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Gabrielle Masson
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I spoke with 7 trailblazers to figure out what it's like to be a woman in VC, why lowering standards for more diverse candidacy is a myth, and how to build onramps into the industry
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We’re going to space 🚀
@TechCrunch
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Atomos tows a $16M load of funding to create tugboats in space by @Haje
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Fun to be on the other side of the table with BIOS this time. Thanks for having us @DrewYashar & Chas!
@bios_community
BIOS
2 years
10 Questions w/ Ian Rountree & Amee Kapadia @CantosVC 💥 We sat down with @IanRountree & @ameekapadia to ask their viewpoints on everything from top founder portfolio traits, seeking mentorship, to advice on preparing for fundraising…
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How cool is @Prellisbio 's fully-synthetic lymph node organoid? Prellis is partnering with @bmsnews to develop antibodies using EXIS, the world's first externalized human immune system
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Sunrise flights hit different 🤤
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@aryelipman Plants 🌱 are the new plants 🏭
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gm to the 414 companies in this YC batch 🥵
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Amee Kapadia
2 years
@bitsinbio has created a really special community, especially here in SF. Kudos to @nlarusstone , Shaq @Lux_Capital and a bunch of others for making events like this a regular occurrence!
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Amee Kapadia
3 years
“Medicine has a long history of stigmatizing diseases it doesn’t understand and cannot yet readily measure.” #LongCovid has exposed several vulnerabilities in conventional medicine that we've long needed to address (🧵)
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