Michael Gilman
@gilman.bsky.social
Scientist, entrepreneur, ex-biopharm exec, former FM radio jock, lifelong hockey fan, aspiring guitar player and mixologist, #immigrant. CEO, Arrakis Therapeutics and a variety of other things. https://www.michaelgilman.net/disclosures/
What are they even doing in the Senate?
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What are they even doing in the Senate?
Reposted by Michael Gilman
Some close encounters with Jim Watson:
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
DNA and the Unraveling of James Watson
A personal reflection on the life, legacy, and controversies of DNA co-discoverer James Watson, following his death at age 97.
www.genengnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Some close encounters with Jim Watson:
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
Someone needs his phone taken away.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Someone needs his phone taken away.
As someone who worked with and around Jim Watson for seven years at Cold Spring Harbor and whose professional career is built on opportunities he provided me, it's been a struggle for me to rationalize the man. I'm grateful to Jeremy for taking the time to do that so thoughtfully here.
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As someone who worked with and around Jim Watson for seven years at Cold Spring Harbor and whose professional career is built on opportunities he provided me, it's been a struggle for me to rationalize the man. I'm grateful to Jeremy for taking the time to do that so thoughtfully here.
Cheers to our scientific mentors!
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Cheers to our scientific mentors!
Wow, first my PhD advisor and now Jim Watson, who gave me my first professional job (at Cold Spring Harbor).
Quite a week.
Quite a week.
My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Everything I Know I Learned In Graduate School - LifeSciVC
By Mike Gilman, serial entrepreneur and veteran biotech executive, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC My thesis advisor, Mike Chamberlin, passed away last week. I owe much of who I ...
lifescivc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wow, first my PhD advisor and now Jim Watson, who gave me my first professional job (at Cold Spring Harbor).
Quite a week.
Quite a week.
My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Everything I Know I Learned In Graduate School - LifeSciVC
By Mike Gilman, serial entrepreneur and veteran biotech executive, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC My thesis advisor, Mike Chamberlin, passed away last week. I owe much of who I ...
lifescivc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
So many sandwich jokes in my feed.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So many sandwich jokes in my feed.
Is this real life?
Oh my god???
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career. I served under her speakership in my first term of Congress. And I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career. I served under her speakership in my first term of Congress. And I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Is this real life?
Reposted by Michael Gilman
Thanks to RFK each of us will lose …
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
RFK Jr: "The American public because of this agreement will lose 125 million pounds by this time next year."
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thanks to RFK each of us will lose …
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
This is just gross.
Dr Oz: "We've dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I'm hoping by the midterms."
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is just gross.
At least he'd heard about it. That's an improvement.
Mike Johnson: "I don't think the loss last night was any reflection about Republicans at all. I think people are frustrated and angry, as we are, I am, the president is, and we express that in different ways."
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
At least he'd heard about it. That's an improvement.
Yeesh
SCOOP: Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down
Exclusive: Arena Bioworks, the buzzy research institute that launched with $500 million to support a decade of scientific R&D, is abruptly shutting down, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Yeesh
This morning's soundtrack.
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis on Apple Music
Album · 1959 · 5 Songs
music.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This morning's soundtrack.
Patriots are 7-2? That has to be Fake News.
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Patriots are 7-2? That has to be Fake News.
In case of interest...
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In case of interest...
Got distracted by baseball and forgot to post last night's cocktails. It's a short list. We've got a classic Whiskey Sour and a new one for me, a Pink Lady - gin, apple brandy, grenadine, lemon. And, of course, egg white for both.
Cheers, everyone. Enjoy that stupid extra hour this weekend.
Cheers, everyone. Enjoy that stupid extra hour this weekend.
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Got distracted by baseball and forgot to post last night's cocktails. It's a short list. We've got a classic Whiskey Sour and a new one for me, a Pink Lady - gin, apple brandy, grenadine, lemon. And, of course, egg white for both.
Cheers, everyone. Enjoy that stupid extra hour this weekend.
Cheers, everyone. Enjoy that stupid extra hour this weekend.
We have a snazzy new refrigerator that is internet-connected but has no shelves that can accommodate an upright bottle of wine.
Such is the relentless march of progress.
Such is the relentless march of progress.
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We have a snazzy new refrigerator that is internet-connected but has no shelves that can accommodate an upright bottle of wine.
Such is the relentless march of progress.
Such is the relentless march of progress.
Well, this is getting deliciously nasty.
Breaking: Pfizer sues to stop Novo's Metsera takeover attempt
Pfizer sues Metsera and Novo Nordisk over obesity biotech acquisition.
endpoints.news
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Well, this is getting deliciously nasty.
The will to live - or have fun trying.
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The will to live - or have fun trying.
Well said, my friend.
A thread about keeping one’s head above water under the current conditions and not being incapacitated by rage, fear, despair or some mixture of those (1/11)
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Well said, my friend.
Reposted by Michael Gilman
Let's help Clay out here with some math.
The $4200/yr. is for a household. Average SNAP household has 1.9 people. So that's $2210/person.
$2210/year is $184/month, and that's a little over $6. per day.
Clay, let's see you stockpile groceries on $6/day.
Hell, let's see you eat on $6/day.
The $4200/yr. is for a household. Average SNAP household has 1.9 people. So that's $2210/person.
$2210/year is $184/month, and that's a little over $6. per day.
Clay, let's see you stockpile groceries on $6/day.
Hell, let's see you eat on $6/day.
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Let's help Clay out here with some math.
The $4200/yr. is for a household. Average SNAP household has 1.9 people. So that's $2210/person.
$2210/year is $184/month, and that's a little over $6. per day.
Clay, let's see you stockpile groceries on $6/day.
Hell, let's see you eat on $6/day.
The $4200/yr. is for a household. Average SNAP household has 1.9 people. So that's $2210/person.
$2210/year is $184/month, and that's a little over $6. per day.
Clay, let's see you stockpile groceries on $6/day.
Hell, let's see you eat on $6/day.