Michael Kinch
@michaelkinch.bsky.social
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Chief Innovation Officer at Stony Brook University. Scientist, author, educator, curious mind. Tracking innovation & entrepreneurship in medicines. Opinions are mine alone.

Michael Scott Kinch is an American academic and Chief Innovation Officer at Stony Brook University. Prior to this, he was Associate Vice Chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis where he helped lead innovation and entrepreneurship activities. .. more

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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/
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

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As bird flu numbers increase around the world, we let down our guard. Where is the sense in that?

Reposted by Michael S. Kinch

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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...
Opinion | This Idea Explains a Lot About What Has Happened in Trump 2.0
www.nytimes.com

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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...

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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...

Reposted by Michael S. Kinch

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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/...
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

Reposted by Michael S. Kinch

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"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.