Derek Brand

Have spent 15+ yrs fostering a better ecosystem for life science entrepreneurship in NYC. Now Dir. Strategic Partnerships @Columbia. Tweets and opinions my own

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

All of these posts will be much more interesting after the series is over (and even then only if they win).

In the meantime please stop poking the proverbial bear

[Lev Akabas @LevAkabas]

The New York Knicks have outscored their opponents by 272 points in the past 12 games

That's the best 12-game stretch from any team in NBA history, regular season or playoffs

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

Not sure how a NJ driver ended up in Seattle but here we are...

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

Seattle’s Link Light Rail service was suspended after a driver somehow ended up on the tracks at Mount Baker Station, an elevated platform roughly 30 feet above street level.

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@DaniBeckman @WIRED

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

If Michael Jordan sees this he will un-retire and find a way to play in the playoffs next year.

[Lev Akabas @LevAkabas]

Jalen Brunson's clutch scoring in the playoffs is literally Michael Jordan-level

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

That’s amazing I have the same combination on my luggage

Well done @bakery_tatte in Newton

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@AppleHelix @OmicsOmicsBlog The obvious next question is “how to bring about ICI like cures in pancreatic cancer?”

Crying “immunotherapy” is only ok if you follow w/thesis or (gasp) evidence that it might work

Until then maybe applaud a survival benefit that hasn’t been seen in this cancer for decades

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@srikosuri There should be more than 4 likes for such a solid music reference.

[Bruce Booth @LifeSciVC]

Fun event PSA: any biotech exec's want to go fishing for striped bass in the Boston Harbor?

Capital Advisors Group are sponsoring their 3rd Annual Biotech and Bass Fishing Tournament on Friday June 26th. No cost to attendees... just fish in the morning, then lunch and drinks served at The Barking Crab

Registration: https://t.co/BZE37QJFKk

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@Helena_LB This is the endorsement I needed to hear :)

[Camila dos Santos @caoresco]

My team is moving to the amazing St. Jude Children’s Reseerch Hospital in August and we have 2 postdoctoral positions available to study the intersection between genetics, women’s health, and breast cancer risk. Check it out!

https://t.co/LfkIr8nPzp

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

Zero times. These people either do not exist or they fit into the class of folks who "You shouldn't criticize them for mispronouncing a word because they read it in a book"

If someone says "Lurr" they are probably an alien.

[Dan Amira @DanAmira]

I’ve never felt more gaslit. I’m from Long Island. I’ve taken the LIRR my whole life. I’ve never once heard a single person pronounce it “lurr,” ever

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

Hell yes.

[P.K. Subban @PKSubban1]

🫵🏿❤️

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

Absolute legend

[Gino Hard @GinoHard_]

P.K. Subban has fulfilled his $10 million commitment to Montreal Children’s Hospital — the largest donation by an athlete in Canadian history ❤️

A decade-long promise kept, with approximately 100,000 children helped. Respect 🫡

[End3of6Days9 (Helen) 🇺🇸 @end3of6days9]

She says she just got scammed by Google — and she’s sharing every detail so it doesn’t happen to you. This woman needed to change her American Airlines flight, so she Googled the phone number like most of us would.

The very first sponsored result looked completely legit (same aa URL and everything). She called, spoke to an “agent” who handled her booking normally, gave her credit card info for a “flight change fee,” and then the confirmation email arrived… from MyTripsTime instead of American Airlines. That’s when she realized it was a scam. She froze her card immediately and is hoping she’s in the clear, but she’s still shaken.

But the real question is… why would Google sponsor a company that’s running a full-on scam?

Sometimes the most dangerous traps are the ones that look exactly like the real thing — especially when you’re in a rush. Always go straight to the official website yourself and call the number listed there.

Have you ever been burned by (or almost fallen for) a Google-sponsored scam, or any scam?

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

Every patient who has ever received a gene therapy for a monogenic disease (and their families) would like a word

[Martin Picard @MitoPsychoBio]

The idea that sequencing more genomes would lead to better medicine and better health was a good hypothesis in 2000. But 26 years later, evidence has quite convincingly disproven that hypothesis.

The answer to most common chronic illnesses that plague us isn't written in genes. Personalized medicine likely cannot come from sequences of nucleic acids. There is more to life's dynamic nature.

Why do we cling onto that hypothesis/dogma like it is truth.

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

The ability to validate published results before investing in clinical translation is going to become a crucially important use of capital.

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

I knew this was coming. We are so f*cked - fake and real now look the same.

We desperately need tools to show journals and researchers that data is real, not AI-generated.

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@bernatolle 4:47 for 26 straight miles. That is insane - it's close to sprinting speed for "average" people

(1:12 in the 400 isn't terribly fast but 26.2 times in a row is pretty pretty good...)

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@Sanctuary_Bio @rbellini Mike has won our Fantasy hockey league three years running (and currently ahead of me in the finals).

I think fortunately, even with that high bar, he may actually be a better CEO than he is a Fantasy Hockey manager

It's a high bar, but I think patients will appreciate it

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@TimurNegru @dougboneparth Whose even asking these questions?

[Derek Brand @echo_nyc]

@PDRennert You did tee it right up there…