Andrew Gray

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@thevowel @KauaiJuiceCo *record sssscraaaatch* They what now?

@djwhelan @LlewellynCox @eperlste @heyjudka @PatriciaBubner @LabLaunch @MarsBio_VC @KarmaBiotech @spirainc @BioscienceLA @ambercycle @DiademBio @acurastem Oh, that's great news! Go, @Vida_Ventures, go!

@andrewgrayusc @LlewellynCox @eperlste @heyjudka @PatriciaBubner @LabLaunch @MarsBio_VC @KarmaBiotech @spirainc @BioscienceLA @ambercycle @DiademBio @acurastem Your timing is impeccable, Andrew!

Spent April in LA and still can't get the city out of my head (also the month I fell in love w/ lil nas x - possibly a confounding variable). What does everyone think about biotech in LA? Is there a breakout startup (e.g. Recursion for SLC) that could seed future growth?

@djwhelan @LlewellynCox @eperlste @heyjudka @PatriciaBubner @LabLaunch @MarsBio_VC @KarmaBiotech @spirainc @BioscienceLA @ambercycle @DiademBio @acurastem Totally agree. And don't forget there's a ton of Kite Pharma talent starting to come out of the woodwork with ideas, talent, money, and recent experience of amazing growth. LA is a great place to build a biotech! #LongLA

@LlewellynCox @eperlste @heyjudka @PatriciaBubner @LabLaunch @MarsBio_VC @KarmaBiotech @spirainc @BioscienceLA @ambercycle @DiademBio @acurastem You, sir, might be on to something here. And with a core infrastructure of Amgen (and spinouts and related funders), a growing array of growth companies, and some of the best academic talent around, we have a great foundation for yet another round of breakouts. #LongLA

@celinehalioua I'd second speaking with @LlewellynCox and @MarieRippen at @LabLaunch; I've incubated two companies there. Also @djwhelan is a fantastic resource. Feel free to DM me if you want to talk about the LA biotech startup landscape.

any good bio incubator lab space in LA with immediate availability? SF market is toast Looking for shared lab equip, cell culture at minimum

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The @ambercycle team's deeptech solution to polyester recycling is 🔥cen.acs.org/content/cen/ar…

Re: J&J 72% vs Pfizer/Moderna 95% – it's sorta like comparing scores of golfers who teed off during a calm morning to those who teed off at 1pm when winds were howling. While it's hard to make precise adjustment, it's clear that equally good play will result in different scores.

@LlewellynCox @LabLaunch Can confirm that is a really great little suite. Had it been available 18 months ago, @KarmaBiotech would have taken it for sure. Snap it up if you can!

There's a really nice small private #biotech lab ready for you at our Monrovia community Apply here: Lablaunch.org #sgv #SoCal #Laboratory #startup

@RyanBethencourt I would be A-OK moving to Utah or Idaho. More my jam than Florida I think. I'd miss the ocean, but do love being able to get out into nature.

Change is the only constant in life, onwards!

@KirstinStreet This really resonated with me. My wife and I heard those same awful words. One of the babies we lost was also called Aurora. Good luck in your PhD - if it helps, my PhD is in molecular biology and immunology. Happy to chat privately if there's potential for a collaboration. DM me

Seven years ago I sat in a hospital as the doctor uttered those words, ‘I’m sorry, there’s no heartbeat’. Today I started my PhD in stillbirth/preterm research at that same hospital... because a mother’s love never dies. #ForAurora

LA is a great place to start a biotech company too. Access to affordable lab space and skilled scientists are some of the reasons. @LabLaunch

@NicoleWakelin @DudeDrivesCars

@DudeDrivesCars Darn it. (Tosses proposal in trash.)

@celinehalioua In early immunooncology clinical trials, failure was defined as a growing tumor just like other cancer drugs. Here's the problem: A good immune response involves swelling - the tumors that initially grew were often the ones the immunotherapy was working in, but trials got nixed!

Most of our near misses to date take this flavor - a well validated, well tested drug development framework that totally fails when applied to aging drug dev. We have to be really explicit about our assumptions One reason why I think the pharmas will be very late to aging.

We had an interesting fail this week. No lasting consequences, but it was close. The cause was a pharma-instilled framework that was not only inapplicable to aging drug dev, but actually contrary to developing a good drug. None of us were aware until a 3rd party pointed it out

@DestinLegarie Thunderstruck, ACDC.

Making a labor playlist for my wife. What should we add? (Wrong answers only.)

@thevowel @johntdrake My nine month old daughter has figured out that when she touches the right spot on my Xbox One, it not only makes a fun sound, it also turns on the TV. She's delighted every time. So much for zero screen time 🙄😅😂

@RyanBethencourt Thanks for sharing this, Ryan. It's a topic I've always been intrigued by and didn't know where to start.

Superb guide to Quantum Mechanics arstechnica.com/science/2021/0…

@wtflanksteak Immigrants were afraid of this too, even white native English speakers like me. I was fortunate enough to be able to file for citizenship, which I did the day before Trump was inaugurated. Biden/Harris was my first presidential ticket vote.

Every single Black person, every single brown person, every single queer person I know was worried about THIS in 2016. Most of us were called crazy or hysterical.

We spend $750 billion annually on "defense" and the center of American government fell in two hours to the duck dynasty and the guy in the chewbacca bikini

@LlewellynCox Same to you mate! Please pass on a high five to Stephanie for having the best husband in the room.