Mike Schultz
@michael-schultz.bsky.social
Life sciences VC @Portal Innovations 🔬
Previously @Health Advances 💊
PhD at Harvard with David Sinclair lab on aging🧬
Opinions my own 🤷♂️
Previously @Health Advances 💊
PhD at Harvard with David Sinclair lab on aging🧬
Opinions my own 🤷♂️
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Tax Day - round 3 - NIH 🩻🧠🧬
🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund:
• Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs
• Pandemic preparedness
• Children’s health
• Medical tech innovation
• Mental health science & more
NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.
🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund:
• Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs
• Pandemic preparedness
• Children’s health
• Medical tech innovation
• Mental health science & more
NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.
April 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tax Day - round 3 - NIH 🩻🧠🧬
🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund:
• Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs
• Pandemic preparedness
• Children’s health
• Medical tech innovation
• Mental health science & more
NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.
🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund:
• Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs
• Pandemic preparedness
• Children’s health
• Medical tech innovation
• Mental health science & more
NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.
Sustained support for the NIH, NSF, FDA, and other science agenices is what has made American the best place in the world for biomedical innovation. It's important that we preserve it. Watch Portal's John Flavin on CNBC!
Portal Innovation's Founder on the impact of NIH funding cuts on long-term drug development
John Flavin, Portal Innovations Founder & CEO, joins 'Fast Money' to talk how NIH funding cuts could be detrimental for the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and drug development.
www.cnbc.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sustained support for the NIH, NSF, FDA, and other science agenices is what has made American the best place in the world for biomedical innovation. It's important that we preserve it. Watch Portal's John Flavin on CNBC!
In light of disruptions to federally-funded science, one program with bipartison support has fallen through the cracks. In December, Congress let the priority review voucher program expire. The PRV program incentives companies to develop drugs for pediatric rare diseases.
Don't Put Sick Kids on Hold
On the importance of the rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program
innoeco.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In light of disruptions to federally-funded science, one program with bipartison support has fallen through the cracks. In December, Congress let the priority review voucher program expire. The PRV program incentives companies to develop drugs for pediatric rare diseases.
Thank you to the 1,500+ people who battled the wet snow to attend the @standupforscience.bsky.social Chicago rally!
If you weren't able to attend, watch the rally here:
lnkd.in/gRhwH9nW
If you weren't able to attend, watch the rally here:
lnkd.in/gRhwH9nW
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Thank you to the 1,500+ people who battled the wet snow to attend the @standupforscience.bsky.social Chicago rally!
If you weren't able to attend, watch the rally here:
lnkd.in/gRhwH9nW
If you weren't able to attend, watch the rally here:
lnkd.in/gRhwH9nW
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Without NIH funding for research, "your mother's cancer will wait for a cure. Your child's genetic disorder will wait for a breakthrough. The research that could save lives may be delayed or never come." ~Melissa Byrn, UChicago @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025
March 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Without NIH funding for research, "your mother's cancer will wait for a cure. Your child's genetic disorder will wait for a breakthrough. The research that could save lives may be delayed or never come." ~Melissa Byrn, UChicago @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025
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If you want a great nation, you don't eliminate research - medical, agricultural, across the board. Research looks into the future and gives us hope. We need to stand together! ~US Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025
March 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you want a great nation, you don't eliminate research - medical, agricultural, across the board. Research looks into the future and gives us hope. We need to stand together! ~US Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025
Join us, tomorrow (Friday)!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
📋 Register: lnkd.in/gguRyePu
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
@standupforscience.bsky.social
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
📋 Register: lnkd.in/gguRyePu
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Join us, tomorrow (Friday)!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
📋 Register: lnkd.in/gguRyePu
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
@standupforscience.bsky.social
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
📋 Register: lnkd.in/gguRyePu
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
Thank you Chicago Sun-Times for featuring me and some of my co-organizers of Stand Up for Science Chicago. It's critical we advocate for protecting federally-funded science and highlight what's at stake for patients.
Chicago scientists reel from Trump funding cuts: 'We are just going to abandon all those discoveries'
On Friday, scientists will leave their labs to protest cuts to research in Chicago and across the country.
chicago.suntimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thank you Chicago Sun-Times for featuring me and some of my co-organizers of Stand Up for Science Chicago. It's critical we advocate for protecting federally-funded science and highlight what's at stake for patients.
I'm helping to organize this. Spread the word. Reach out to me to get involved.
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
standupforscience2025.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I'm helping to organize this. Spread the word. Reach out to me to get involved.
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
The NIH funding crisis has been stressful and potentially damaging to US science. America has the best innovation ecosystem in the world, and for any complex ecosystem, disruption can have cascading effects. Read this piece by my colleague Steven Lehmann on how the innovation landscape might change.
Navigating a Shifting Biotech Ecosystem
The foundations of the biomedical research are shifting beneath our feet.
innoeco.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The NIH funding crisis has been stressful and potentially damaging to US science. America has the best innovation ecosystem in the world, and for any complex ecosystem, disruption can have cascading effects. Read this piece by my colleague Steven Lehmann on how the innovation landscape might change.
Reposted by Mike Schultz
There’s no argument that should reassure anyone enough to go back to business as usual, because none of these actions are happening in isolation. The war on US science won’t end with a court order on indirects.
February 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There’s no argument that should reassure anyone enough to go back to business as usual, because none of these actions are happening in isolation. The war on US science won’t end with a court order on indirects.
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Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
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This is the former dean of Harvard med school.
He defended several pandemic misinformation doctors from “uncivil” tone, while dunking on those of us who tried to sound the alarm about misinformation agents.
I tried to warn him and he got furious with me.
He defended several pandemic misinformation doctors from “uncivil” tone, while dunking on those of us who tried to sound the alarm about misinformation agents.
I tried to warn him and he got furious with me.
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is the former dean of Harvard med school.
He defended several pandemic misinformation doctors from “uncivil” tone, while dunking on those of us who tried to sound the alarm about misinformation agents.
I tried to warn him and he got furious with me.
He defended several pandemic misinformation doctors from “uncivil” tone, while dunking on those of us who tried to sound the alarm about misinformation agents.
I tried to warn him and he got furious with me.
Wow, sci-fi Black Mirror stuff
Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article)
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
nyti.ms
December 13, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Wow, sci-fi Black Mirror stuff
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Happy Holliday Junction for those who celebrate
November 29, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Happy Holliday Junction for those who celebrate
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unusual for NIH directors — most have experience in basic, translational, and/or clinical research
not to mention records of leading large biomedical research enterprises, pioneering their field of study, and a combination of visibility and service to the research community
not to mention records of leading large biomedical research enterprises, pioneering their field of study, and a combination of visibility and service to the research community
I checked Jay Bhattacharya's funding history
4 grants (all from NIA)
Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging
Health Insurance Provision for Vulnerable Populations
Exploring Medicare Provider Networks: Implications for Adoption of CER Findings
External Costs of Obesity
4 grants (all from NIA)
Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging
Health Insurance Provision for Vulnerable Populations
Exploring Medicare Provider Networks: Implications for Adoption of CER Findings
External Costs of Obesity
November 28, 2024 at 2:33 AM
unusual for NIH directors — most have experience in basic, translational, and/or clinical research
not to mention records of leading large biomedical research enterprises, pioneering their field of study, and a combination of visibility and service to the research community
not to mention records of leading large biomedical research enterprises, pioneering their field of study, and a combination of visibility and service to the research community
Nice interview from @biotechtv.bsky.social Brad Loncar with CEO Sarah Hein of March Bio, which raised a $28M series A. Portal invested in the seed round. March Bio is making T cells that kill other T cells.
www.biotechtv.com/post/march-b...
www.biotechtv.com/post/march-b...
Texas Life Science Forum: March Biosciences closed a $28.4M series A round last month to advance its CD5 targeting CAR-T
CEO Sarah Hein describes the rationale for CD5, and share her experience of what it was like making the raise come together.Sara FullBrought to you by
www.biotechtv.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Nice interview from @biotechtv.bsky.social Brad Loncar with CEO Sarah Hein of March Bio, which raised a $28M series A. Portal invested in the seed round. March Bio is making T cells that kill other T cells.
www.biotechtv.com/post/march-b...
www.biotechtv.com/post/march-b...
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Aside from how horrible this is for public health this might be the only time you will see words like “neocortex” or “mitochondrial mutations” in a statement from Trump
November 27, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Aside from how horrible this is for public health this might be the only time you will see words like “neocortex” or “mitochondrial mutations” in a statement from Trump
Poseida acquisition is good news for allogeneic cell therapy companies.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Roche Holdings, Inc.
/PRNewswire/ -- Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSTX) ("Poseida"), a clinical-stage allogeneic cell therapy and genetic medicines company advancing...
www.prnewswire.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Poseida acquisition is good news for allogeneic cell therapy companies.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
I was surprised a Biotech Investor starter pack wasn’t available, so I made one. Please help grow this community.
go.bsky.app/GV6usnz
go.bsky.app/GV6usnz
November 24, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I was surprised a Biotech Investor starter pack wasn’t available, so I made one. Please help grow this community.
go.bsky.app/GV6usnz
go.bsky.app/GV6usnz
Earlier this week had had our 2nd ever Portal Innovations book club on Breaking Through, the autobiography of Katalin Karikó who won a Nobel Prize for her work on modified mRNA that enabled the COVID vaccines.
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Earlier this week had had our 2nd ever Portal Innovations book club on Breaking Through, the autobiography of Katalin Karikó who won a Nobel Prize for her work on modified mRNA that enabled the COVID vaccines.
So glad to see a critical mass of a science community here! 🧬🔬🧫
❌ to X
Blue skies ahead! ☀️
❌ to X
Blue skies ahead! ☀️
November 23, 2024 at 3:20 AM
So glad to see a critical mass of a science community here! 🧬🔬🧫
❌ to X
Blue skies ahead! ☀️
❌ to X
Blue skies ahead! ☀️