I’m sure all the US pharma VCs who are off-shoring biotech R&D programs to China care only about patient well-being, as they say But just in case they are also thinking about how this might play out for them financially, let me describe the current situation Pharma is the most unpopular industry in the US news.gallup.com/poll/266060/… US patients pay 70% of total worldwide profits for the pharma industry. Other countries are effectively free-riders schaeffer.usc.edu/research/g… Anti-China sentiment in the US is at an all-time high news.gallup.com/poll/1627/ch… The current US administration is the most anti-China in history, believes the covid pandemic was engineered in a Chinese lab whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true… And in this political climate, with the US public being this deeply set against you, in an industry that only exists because US politicians allow you to take profits that no other country on earth tolerates, you have chosen the year of our lord 2026 to ramp up your off-shoring efforts to China My Brothers in Christ, the US biotech industry and all of your portfolios are hanging by a thread. Do not dare the American people to hate you even more

bleak that the primary people who are worried about chinese biotech are people who actually work in the field, and everyone telling them to chill out are either VC’s or journalists

WATCH | @RepLaHood questions biotech leaders on how China is cornering the medicine market and what it means for patients and national security. "China’s rapid advancements in biotechnology are challenging America’s leadership. We must ensure life-saving innovation starts and stays here in the U.S., for the sake of patients and national security."

WATCH | @StrandTx's Dr. Jacob Becraft warns, "a future where we hand control to China over the discovery, development and manufacturing of the medicines we rely on is truly not far away.” The race for clinical data is the race for global leadership.

Love these "Visions of the Future" posters from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of @NASA . I'm thinking we need something similar for what our microbial future will be. jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/visio…

I'm ready for this! Can't wait to participate in my first SynBioBeta and share how we're using our microbiology-first platform to map the gut-brain-axis. If the pre-conference call (with around 150 attendees) is an indication of the energy of the event, it's going to be a blast!

Super excited to see this published --> a pilot placebo-controlled FMT trial for depression, the first of its kind. What a beast of a study to get done during a pandemic. Sets us up well for a powered trial (first link = protocol; results = linked at the end of the thread).

When passions for poop science and writing intersect - a great read from @StephenSkolnick, one of my favorite Holobionts.

The microbiome field has been watching -- great to see a positive vote for both safety efficacy from the FDA's AdCom meeting for RBX2660 (Rebyota). Big congrats to @Rebiotix. A significant milestone just the start of the incredible potential in manipulating our microbes

Things I wish I had access to when launching Holobiome as a first-time founder...this

Incredible. First thought was it looks like a darkfield microscopy shot of any microbial community (like poop or soil). Unexplored galaxies everywhere we look.

Excited to kick off tomorrow's keynote for @IFT with none other but @DoritPhD from @BCMSpaceHealth and astronaut @AstroDocScott and @DeepSpaceFood talk about how the microbiome matters not only for space health, but also the future of food, health, and medicine here on Earth.

Whoop whoop! Congrats @lexrovner @64xbio!

ONE MONTH until #TRISH's #Postdoc2201 solicitation closes! We are excited to review all the proposals and welcome a new class of postdocs to our Academy of Bioastronautics! Read more about the solicitation and submit your proposal: bddy.me/3ea2cBv

Really enjoyed this conversation between two folks exceptionally passionate about microbiome science @gilbertjacka @gibbological

When we participate in a Halloween competition, we bring some real culture.