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Michael Retchin Profile picture
@MichaelRetchin
Feb 27, 2021 • 21 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Interested in biotech? Check out these free resources and events, people to follow, podcasts, and more.

All my Learning Biotech threads in one 👇
Introduction to the project

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Biotech founders you should follow on Twitter

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Free conferences to learn about advances and meet other innovators

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Incredible podcasts for learning biotech

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Twitter bots for keeping track of scientific discoveries

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Must-read blogs on business news and life sciences innovation

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This is where I'll keep all the upcoming threads. (Let me know if you have any suggestions.)

Thanks @heyjudka for the idea!
Courses on the business of biotech

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Essays on biotech company creation

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Newsletters to keep up with key scientific advances

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Essential sources of life science business news

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Free courses on biotechnology

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Science seminars, completely free and online

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Cold email tips for scientist-entrepreneurs

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Biotech founders you should follow on Twitter, pt. 2

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Student-run groups for learning biotech

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Fascinating science news publications

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Free and open science seminars (part two!)

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Resources for founders within academic institutions

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Tools and strategies for tracking the biotech frontier

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Jul 19, 2023
Over my 3 years as a biotech VC, I've kept a running list of everything I learned.

What I wish I knew when I started. The counterintuitive, obscure, and important.

With help from some friends @NucleateHQ, we've turned it into a free course: Inside VC. Image
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Join me and 25 others for this first cohort going Inside VC.

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Some fun things we'll do:

✍️ A live diligence call with a seed-stage biotech, and see my screen as I take notes. Debrief after.

🔨 Interactive tutorials: term sheets and fund construction.

↗️ Intimate chat with leading investors, LPs.

APPLY by July 21
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Jan 31, 2022
Want to break into biotech venture capital?

Here are 10 fellowships with upcoming applications. Learn tech landscaping, sourcing, due diligence, and company creation. (Plus 14 more at the end.)

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Why do a VC fellowship? Why get into biotech venture at all? I'll share my thoughts in the next thread.

But given the upcoming deadlines, I am sharing this one first.
VC Fellowship #1

Flagship Pioneering

@FlagshipPioneer creates companies based on underappreciated biology (typically toward platform therapeutics).

Their fellowship spans several 3-week venture explorations. Apply by today for priority.

flagshippioneering.com/join/fellows
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Sep 28, 2021
There's a missing layer between academia and the biotech industry, and potential startup founders are getting left behind.

We need a new way.
We're launching @NucleateHQ to empower the next generation of biotech leaders.

Nucleate supports academic founders from the beginning, so they no longer need to graduate prematurely or lose ownership just to give initial life to their ideas.

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We've built world-class infrastructure that prepares grad students and postdocs to lead their companies, without any dilution or fee.

🤝 Cofounder matching
💼 Proven, hands-on training
👥 Unparalleled network
🌟 Funded fellowships
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Jun 16, 2021
Catalyzing Synthetic Biology with @Ron_Weiss_MIT on @BIOS_community podcast 1/7

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What is the third wave of synthetic biology?

"Demonstrating that synthetic modules (i.e. safety switches) can make their way to the clinic and industry."

"We are gaining more respect for the underlying biology; multicellularity, heterogeneity, and so on." 2/7
What is the role for AI in optimizing biology?

"Some domain-specific applications: metabolic engineering, optimizing sequences of RNA-based therapies, and engineering organoids."

"Beyond AI, there is an opportunity for cells to learn by themselves." 3/7
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Jun 14, 2021
@kulesatony is absolutely right: in biotech, it takes all the running, and then some, to march to the frontier.

Fortunately, there are new tools that can help you develop your own research "stack." 👇

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This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

We can organize it into three categories:

1) Channels
quick access to the latest research findings

2) Absorption
tools for easy parsing & organizing new knowledge

3) Expert Evaluation
identifying experts to follow or talk to for direction
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Apr 15, 2021
The most underrated skill for scientist-entrepreneurs is cold email.

Here are 9 tips to email anybody you don't know, and why it matters.

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This is one in a series of weekly threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Okay, why cold email?

1. Find customers
2. Get priceless feedback on your idea(s)
3. Recruit world-class talent
4. Pitch investors (will come back to this at the end)
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