Dominykas Milašius

Geopolitical strategist turned deep tech entrepreneur (@Delta_bio_) and investor (@BalticSandboxVC). Proud Lithuanian, @SciencesPo alumnus.

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@AschbacherJosef @esa @esaspaceflight @esascience Further thanks to Christiane, ESA science officer who got us started; to our now 10-strong team & to dozens of astronauts, flight surgeons, engineers & researchers – from Lithuania to the ISS.

The payload is already at the NASA launch site, waiting for its ride up. More soon 🛰️

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

I don't usually do selfies, but…

This one marks the final integration of Compound Degradation – our first space mission, launching with @esa in December 🚀

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

Thanks also to @AschbacherJosef and Daniel Neuenschwander, whose teams at @ESA, @esaspaceflight and @esascience have been the best partners we could have asked for.

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@ExpPhysiol @CarinaCarlaKern @DamianMBaileyEP Now the season turns. Next stop: the EDF’s EUDIS bootcamp, where Delta is about to reveal a new product, helping improve human survival on extreme frontiers. Stay tuned.
#EUDIS @defis_eu

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

The working summer went by in a blink – and the results are ripe for fruition. No rest for the wicked.
Two academic achievements worth marking. The first out of the AstroSANITAS project with @LinkGevity, under @spacegovuk’s IBF contract. 🧵

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@ExpPhysiol The idea at its centre: space is a fast-forward model of ageing. It compresses years of decline into months, making orbit the most stringent proving ground for the drugs meant to prevent it on Earth. That’s what we test.
Thanks @CarinaCarlaKern, @DamianMBaileyEP & all co-authors

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@ExpPhysiol @CarinaCarlaKern @DamianMBaileyEP Aromatic rings are the backbone of most drugs, and their C–H bonds are famously inert. Edvinas’ team uses light to switch one on and install a single-carbon handle that can then be swapped for a whole family of groups.
New chemistry, from Vilnius, in the field’s top journal.

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@ExpPhysiol @CarinaCarlaKern @DamianMBaileyEP The second is entirely its own: a major shout out to my dear friend and Delta’s scientific director, Dr Edvinas Orentas, whose group at @VU_LT published in @J_A_C_S this summer.
https://t.co/tXB7k8lLz9

[Dr Carina Kern @CarinaCarlaKern]

📰 Two exciting papers published in @ExpPhysiol are out today! 

 🔗 Tackling Aging and Chronic Disease: How Space Exploration and the ‘Chameleon Effect’ of Pharmaceuticals Can Lead the Way
 🔗 Space Biology as a Catalyst for the Next Biotech and Longevity Revolution

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

Dear minister @VictorFedeli, a heartfelt thank you for visiting Lithuania and meeting our dual-use entrepreneurs like Linas! Here’s to more 🇨🇦🇱🇹 collaboration

CC @EBAN_org @Lithuania @invest_LT @LithuaniaMFA @LTinCanada

[Victor Fedeli @VictorFedeli]

An autonomous drone-in-a-box with integrated AI powered software, DBOX is creating novel technologies built to inspect and analyze remote constructs such as transmission lines, power plants, and wind farms.

It was great to meet the team at the EBAN congress and learn more about their recent expansions in the European market.

@theTBDC

[Victor Fedeli @VictorFedeli]

An autonomous drone-in-a-box with integrated AI powered software, DBOX is creating novel technologies built to inspect and analyze remote constructs such as transmission lines, power plants, and wind farms.

It was great to meet the team at the EBAN congress and learn more about their recent expansions in the European market.

@theTBDC

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@Starlab_Space Here's a link to the story on @Starlab_Space and @delta_bio_ partnership:
https://t.co/chwtQTkuCf

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

Delta Biosciences signs a strategic agreement with @Starlab_Space

It all started when our friend Luis said "we need YOU for the Starlab Space Station". We said "let's go!" (...or a version of it). And today we're proud to announce our strategic reservation agreement

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@Starlab_Space So here's a shout-out to the entire @Starlab_Space team - we can't wait to do great things together. And a special thanks to Marshall Smith for the kind words: “Delta Biosciences brings a practical, mission-driven approach to life-science research in space.”

[Starlab @Starlab_Space]

Space is becoming a practical R&D platform for life sciences.

Delta Biosciences has reserved space aboard Starlab Space to enable applied microgravity research that supports real-world product development. Through a space-as-a-service model, Delta Biosciences will provide capabilities for chemical formulation studies, biological and bioreactor research, and medical technology validation in low Earth orbit.

Together, the companies are expanding access to sustained in-orbit experimentation, helping researchers generate the data needed to refine medicines, materials and technologies with real impact on Earth. 🚀

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@esa @Astro_Andreas Godspeed to @Astro_Andreas; thanks to @ESA & Astronaut Corps, the Danish business mission to LT, @DTUtweet, @KubiliusA, LT Space Hub, FTMC, and all partners who made this possible. Special appreciation to @adbabe & Julius Bartaševičius for helping grow Lithuania’s space story

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

Astronauts are a rare breed: scientific excellence, discipline, courage to leave Earth (while jammed in a human-sized tuna can). I’m deeply awed every time I meet one: we just hosted @esa astronaut @Astro_Andreas to show our medicinal payload launching to the ISS later this year

[Dominykas Milašius @milasius]

@esa @Astro_Andreas We even put @Astro_Andreas to work: he helped us pack a symbolic vial from our payload design with Lithuanian air :)
On a more serious note: our team is inspired to work on innovation to help astronauts who may need more effective and longer-lasting medicines during spaceflight