Michael Kinch
@michaelkinch.bsky.social
Chief Innovation Officer at Stony Brook University. Scientist, author, educator, curious mind. Tracking innovation & entrepreneurship in medicines. Opinions are mine alone.
Our article, "Ignore at your own risk," has a double meaning.
American universities are critical contributors to progress but are responsible for the decline in public perception.
We decided to help change this.
Please help us spread the word.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40743916/
American universities are critical contributors to progress but are responsible for the decline in public perception.
We decided to help change this.
Please help us spread the word.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40743916/
Ignore at Your Own Risk: American Academic Contributions to the Development of Small Molecule Therapeutics - PubMed
Ignore at Your Own Risk: American Academic Contributions to the Development of Small Molecule Therapeutics
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our article, "Ignore at your own risk," has a double meaning.
American universities are critical contributors to progress but are responsible for the decline in public perception.
We decided to help change this.
Please help us spread the word.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40743916/
American universities are critical contributors to progress but are responsible for the decline in public perception.
We decided to help change this.
Please help us spread the word.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40743916/
Reposted by Michael Kinch
SCOOP > The CDC has ended its bird flu emergency in the US. @jessicanix.bsky.social has more >
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bird Flu Emergency Response Ends in US as Infections Decline
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened dozens of people, spread to cattle and drove up egg prices has abated.
www.bloomberg.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
SCOOP > The CDC has ended its bird flu emergency in the US. @jessicanix.bsky.social has more >
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Very interesting insight provide in this opinion piece by Nathan Levine. Helps to understand why academia has become so unpopular.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
Opinion | This Idea Explains a Lot About What Has Happened in Trump 2.0
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Very interesting insight provide in this opinion piece by Nathan Levine. Helps to understand why academia has become so unpopular.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
Findings from Center for Research Innovation in Biotechnology (CRIB) and @stonybrooku.bsky.social about the impact of American universities surprised even us.
We have a responsibility to help educate the public not just about our findings, but about ourselves.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
We have a responsibility to help educate the public not just about our findings, but about ourselves.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us
From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.
www.statnews.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Findings from Center for Research Innovation in Biotechnology (CRIB) and @stonybrooku.bsky.social about the impact of American universities surprised even us.
We have a responsibility to help educate the public not just about our findings, but about ourselves.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
We have a responsibility to help educate the public not just about our findings, but about ourselves.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
While I almost never use AI, I asked Perplexity to rewrite "First They Came" using current-day examples. Here is the outcome:
Perhaps there is hope for new technologies...
Perhaps there is hope for new technologies...
May 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
While I almost never use AI, I asked Perplexity to rewrite "First They Came" using current-day examples. Here is the outcome:
Perhaps there is hope for new technologies...
Perhaps there is hope for new technologies...
As a native of Greater Cincinnati, I loved the Big Red Machine.
Yet I am terribly disappointed that MLB decided to reinstate Pete Rose.
I learned much from my time in Cincy, most notably the difference between right and wrong.
It's too bad he didn't...
Yet I am terribly disappointed that MLB decided to reinstate Pete Rose.
I learned much from my time in Cincy, most notably the difference between right and wrong.
It's too bad he didn't...
May 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As a native of Greater Cincinnati, I loved the Big Red Machine.
Yet I am terribly disappointed that MLB decided to reinstate Pete Rose.
I learned much from my time in Cincy, most notably the difference between right and wrong.
It's too bad he didn't...
Yet I am terribly disappointed that MLB decided to reinstate Pete Rose.
I learned much from my time in Cincy, most notably the difference between right and wrong.
It's too bad he didn't...
Reposted by Michael Kinch
Important appeal in this editorial by @holdenthorp.bsky.social in the eminent journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is of relevance to all of us in Academia, not only in the sciences, and not only in the US.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Come together, right now
The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...
www.science.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Important appeal in this editorial by @holdenthorp.bsky.social in the eminent journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is of relevance to all of us in Academia, not only in the sciences, and not only in the US.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
There is an interesting new article in @science.org indicating that poultry vaccination may be driving #influenza virus evolution. As with antibiotic resistance, the responsible use of vaccines in livestock herds is a topic we avoid at our own risk.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Association of poultry vaccination with interspecies transmission and molecular evolution of H5 subtype avian influenza virus
Mass poultry vaccination affects H5 avian influenza virus transmission and evolution, revealing complex host-virus dynamics.
www.science.org
January 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
There is an interesting new article in @science.org indicating that poultry vaccination may be driving #influenza virus evolution. As with antibiotic resistance, the responsible use of vaccines in livestock herds is a topic we avoid at our own risk.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Why did we have to rely upon an obscure Paris animal health group to learn about H5N9 in California?
“It is extremely unusual, and I believe it reflects the policy decision for everyone to go dark”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“It is extremely unusual, and I believe it reflects the policy decision for everyone to go dark”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Investigates Worrying Bird Flu Strain on Duck Farm in California
US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying sign that the virus is evolving in ways that could make it harder to contain.
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Why did we have to rely upon an obscure Paris animal health group to learn about H5N9 in California?
“It is extremely unusual, and I believe it reflects the policy decision for everyone to go dark”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“It is extremely unusual, and I believe it reflects the policy decision for everyone to go dark”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“This the wrong time of year and the wrong virus to be messing around with"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Investigates Worrying Bird Flu Strain on Duck Farm in California
US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying sign that the virus is evolving in ways that could make it harder to contain.
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“This the wrong time of year and the wrong virus to be messing around with"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by Michael Kinch
"Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today, haven't we?"
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today, haven't we?"
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.