Week 38 – Running a Nonstop Marathon
Hope everyone is doing well and is safe and healthy. Before I start to give you the weekly update, I want to say a word of thanks to the folks that are loyal readers to the blog. You are the reason that I keep writing it. You have been kind about sharing your thoughts. There are some weeks that I don’t have the drive to write, but I keep hearing your thoughts in the back of my mind and that pushes me forward. Some people have said that while they are not a scientist, they enj

Week 37 – Story of Daruma
Hope everyone is doing well and is safe and healthy. Before I get started, I would ask that you please don’t check out the video clip just yet. Besides wanting to keep you in suspense about the title of the blog, I would like to give you a quick update on our week. There is a definitely a feel of fall in the air. Hard to believe fall officially starts next week. I always enjoy this time of the year and would miss the changes of the seasons if we ever left. That cool air is re


Week 36 – Sudden Change of Plans
Hope everyone is doing well and is safe and healthy. Before I get into this week’s update, I would like to take time to welcome a new addition to our team, Kirsten Harnden, who joined us this week. Kirsten had a previous short stint with us as a summer intern in 2018. During this internship, she was able to get involved in the early stages of our Takeda R&D program as well as work on other research projects. After her internship, Kirsten headed back to UMass Dartmouth and was


Week 35 – We Dreamers Have Our Ways…
Hope everyone is doing well and is safe and healthy. Thanks to all of you that took the time to reach out and offer kind words of encouragement after reading the blog. I sometimes forget that this reaches a few people. As I told you when I first started this blog, I would be honest about where the company is, where it is going and how we are progressing. I have to admit last week was a tough one, but like every small business owner, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and

