Author Archives: JC Gutiérrez-Ramos

Birth: An Epic Day Of Bacterial Invasion
August 18, 2016

This post was written by JC Gutierrez-Ramos, CEO of Synlogic, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. When I was a graduate student, I listened to the famous developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert say, “It is not birth

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The White House’s National Microbiome Initiative: My Reflections
June 2, 2016

This blog was written by JC Gutierrez-Ramos, CEO of Synlogic, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC.   Despite being central to life on earth, we know little about how microbes interact with each other, their hosts and

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Do We Have What It Takes To Put Patients At The Center?
February 16, 2016

This blog was written by Jose-Carlos Gutiérrez-Ramos, CEO of Synlogic, as part of the “From The Trenches” feature of LifeSciVC. When I was invited to contribute to this blog, I was determined to write first about patients with Rare Diseases and

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