About me
Raison d'être: reduce human suffering. Tangibly, that means ending the immutability of neuronal loss. Optimizing for time to turn “# of lives saved” from 0 → 1. Bio convert with a policy past life.
Currently
Creating the sequel to human neuroscience.
Previously
- Ph.D. at UCSF (on leave) engineering neurons and transplanting them to treat ALS.
- Research at USC engineering cells and transplanting them to treat stroke.
- Research at Harvard making brain organoids really old, then using them for drug-hunting in ALS.
- Research at UMass Medical School figuring out why neurons in ALS die in an awfully similar way to TBI.
Non-scientific
- Accelerating American science through various policy initiatives.
- Supporting the next generation of ambitious biotechnologists with the Aging Initiative.
- Mentoring young, unusually agentic operators from underserved backgrounds.
Writing
- A Return to the BeginningAn honest examination of what I am doing, and why I am here.
- Making a Synthetic CellObservations and ideas for how to build life from the bottom-up.
- Avoiding the GerontoceneAverting an end to the Endless Frontier.
Things I select for
- Passion for truth over power.
- Assumption of responsibility for the welfare of humanity.
- High emotional intelligence — generally, just being kind.
- Bullish on humankind.
Contact
seanrsimonini {at} gmail {dot} com