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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Julie Schwedock
[mailto:<a href="mailto:schwedoc@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">schwedoc@alum.mit.edu</a>] <br><b></b>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> AMITA Meeting: Women in
Biotech - Dr. Aziz, Vitrimark Cryoimaging</span></font></p>
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hosting a seminar that I think would be of interest to the students (grad and
undergrad) in the biology department. Is there a way you could distribute
this information to the department? Your help is greatly appreciated.</span></p><div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> (I've also included information about 2
other upcoming AMITA events that your students, particularly women, may be
interested in.)</span></font></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> Regards,</span></font></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Julie Schwedock '85</span></font></p>
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AMITA Women in Biotech Series.<span> </span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Speaker: Dr. Nazneen Aziz '87<br>
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Cryoimaging for Disease Biomarkers (and the Venture to Make It Happen)<br>
When: Thursday, Nov 12th, 2009<br>
6:30 – 7:00 Registration and
Light Supper<br>
7:00- 8:00 Presentation<span> </span><br>
8:00 - 9:00 Discussion and
Networking<br>
Where: MIT, Bush Room 77 Mass Ave.
Cambridge MA
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Speaker: Dr. Nazneen Aziz,
NT ‘87<br>
Cryoimaging of biological fluids for discovery of structural biomarkers<br>
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Registration: $15 for AMITA members<br>
$20 non-AMITA professionals<br>
$10 MIT10 registration at:<br>
<a href="https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=37001&groupID=182" target="_blank">https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=37001&groupID=182</a><span> </span><br>
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The Women in Biotech series continues on Thursday, November 12, with Dr. Nazneen
Aziz, NT '87, founder of Vitrimark. She will speak on "Cryoimaging of
biological fluids for discovery of structural biomarkers," and what it's
like to start a new biotech company.<br>
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Innovation and entrepreneurship is at work again. Dr. Aziz’s new venture
will leverage her unique nanoscale cryoimaging expertise. Cryoimaging of
biological fluids has the potential to dramatically drop the drug development
cost associated with biomarker discovery and validation. <br>
Dr. Aziz will discuss the technology employed by Vitrimark as well as her
experience in starting up this company.<br>
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Dr. Nazneen Aziz is a former VP of Research at Interleukin Genetics, VP of
External Research at Point Therapeutics, Director of Translational Research at
the Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, and Group Leader of the Gene
Expression Division at Zycos. She has also been an Assistant Professor at
HarvardMedical School. Dr. Aziz obtained her B.A.
from Wellesley College, and both her Masters and Ph.D.
from M.I.T. She did her post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard University
and the Whitehead Institute.<br>
Event Contact: Julie Schwedock (<a href="mailto:schwedoc@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">schwedoc@alum.mit.edu</a>)<span> </span><br>
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Also upcoming:<br>
MIT Women's League Kay Stratton Lecture program: Running Out of Water: What's
the Problem, What's the Solution?<br>
November 03, 2009 4:00p–6:00p<br>
Panelist Susan Murcott '90<span> </span><br>
Nov. 3 Free and open to the public.<br>
E51-Wong Auditorium.<span> </span><br>
The link with more information about the program can be found at:<br>
<a href="http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=11596379&location=http://mit.edu/womensleague/events/&groupid=1138" target="_blank">http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=11596379&location=http://mit.edu/womensleague/events/&groupid=1138</a><br>
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Ellen Swallow Richards Birthday Party and<span> </span><br>
Holiday Potluck, Sun Dec 6<br>
McCormick Hall, MIT Campus.<br>
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See AMITA's website for more information and updates:<br>
<a href="http://alum.mit.edu/groups/amita" target="_blank">http://alum.mit.edu/groups/amita</a></span></font></p>
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