🧬 cher shen kiar

recovering grad school dropout turned vc, views & opinion my own

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

"I write, therefore I think". In the genAI era, I see a paucity of space, time, and opportunity for writing, and thus thinking too.
So here I am, back to X after a long hiatus of self discovery, in pursuit of such spaces. Still dreamy, but w more personal resources & realism.

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

Congratulations - one of my favourite technologies!

[Asgard Therapeutics @AsgardThx]

#Asgard announces €30 million Series A financing! Funds will be used to support development of our lead program, AT-108, as well as expanding Asgard's R&D team to further develop AT-108 and broaden our in vivo reprogramming #pipeline.

Read the PR in the link in the comments.

[Vasudev Bailey, PhD @vasudevbailey]

TechBio Breakthrough happenings! 🧵
1/ RNA-based genome editors
2/ CAR Ts for solid tumors
3/ GLP-1 drugs reduce opioid cravings
4/ Alzheimer’s blood test diagnostic
5/ CAR Ts for multiple sclerosis
6/ Insulin-producing cell therapy
7/ Improving blood tests for cancer
8/ CAR T cells against aging
9/ Evolving biodegradation enzymes
10/ Frostbite drug approval

[STAT @statnews]

Exclusive: MD Anderson tried — and failed — to resolve research credit dispute between two scientists, new documents show. https://t.co/OoaqVS4nGW

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

Such a pleasure to work with world-leading research groups + contribute to a new landmark @Nature paper.

We found an Africa-specific variant of CHD1L gene that could limit HIV infection in macrophages, a HIV-1 reservoir that leads to viremia in patients. https://t.co/ndC2cde5Wy

[Vasudev Bailey, PhD @vasudevbailey]

This week in Techbio happenings is focussed around highlights from a fantastic week back at JPM! So much energy and so great seeing so many fantastic minds! #techbio #JPM23
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[RegenMedPhD @RegenMedPhD]

Applications open now. Deadline 17th November.

https://t.co/n1S8yJ0ikD

#PhD #PhDposition #phdopportunity #DTP #Wellcome #stemcells #postgraduate

[Spagnoli Lab @LabSpagnoli]

Are you looking for a #PhD in #stemcell research in a highly #interdisciplinary environment?
We are now recruiting! Apply for the Wellcome Trust PhD programme in ‘Advanced Therapies for Regenerative Medicine’ @KCLstemcells @wellcometrust
More info⤵️
https://t.co/SI4YZXY3i7

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

@WillisThea Thank you Thea! 😁😁😁

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

Such a wonderful journey already, and this is just the beginning!

[TreeFrog Therapeutics @treefrogtx]

PR : Winner of $100,000 Stem Cell SpaceShot Grant announced! 3 PhD students from @KingsCollegeLon @wellcometrust were awarded to explore #stemcell derived #macrophages #reprogramming for neuronal replacement therapies.

Read PR: https://t.co/3SaD3bVSMP

https://t.co/lYuaZ2X9EX

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

@LabSpagnoli @MatthewWHChung @SofiaSyntaka @RegenMedPhD Thank you!!! We're always grateful for your leadership @LabSpagnoli @FayMinty and the myriad of training & opportunities offered at our wonderful @RegenMedPhD programme!!!😁

[BioInformant @StemCellMarket]

3 PhD students from King’s College London win the $100,000 #StemCell SpaceShot grant - https://t.co/5c9wUiXC6L

@treefrogtx

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

@GeraldineJowett @MatthewWHChung @treefrogtx @KingsCollegeLon @wellcometrust @SofiaSyntaka Thank you @GeraldineJowett !! Hope everything is going well with you too😁😁

[Ellen Davenport-Pleasance @EllenPleasance]

I don't normally write this sort of tweet but I am at the end of my tether. My PhD is funded by @ubeldtp part of the @ESRC and I have not received a stipend payment for 47 days. I simply do not know how I am expected to live on pay I received in August

[CGTRM @KCLstemcells]

Congratulations to Wellcome Trust Advanced Therapies PhD students @cherkiar_ , @MatthewWHChung, and Sofia Syntaka on their nomination for the Stem Cell Space Shot Grant. Good luck!

Check out their proposal here: https://t.co/cl45YY7f32

[Elliot Hershberg @ElliotHershberg]

My longest COB essay to date...

🧬 Techbio taxonomy 🧬

What actually is a *techbio* company?

[🧬 cher shen kiar @cherkiar_]

@adriana_lowe With 6 hour/week restriction, I have reason to believe they forgot to suggest the highly lucrative bitcoin or even onlyfans business 😅

[Pradeep Reddy, Raamana @Raamana_]

I ask all the prospective applicants to our lab consider leaving academia, and asking them to watch a panel discussion I’ve organized on making an #AltAc Exit Plan. #phdlife

@FromPhDtoLife @jamesheathers @DrChrisTSmith @Sonali_M_19 @GaryMcDowellPhD
https://t.co/yyWHRBvxdH

[Ben Meer @SystemSunday]

If you want to give yourself a personal MBA (in 6 months), read these books:

[Sara Nayeem @SaraNayeem]

If you’re a biopharma co. pitching to VCs, make sure you explicate all the relevant biology around your targets – especially if they’re new, but even (perhaps more in brief / in an appendix) if they’re validated. Don’t assume that every investor knows every target...1/11