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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">Amy Keating <br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 26, 2024 at 10:56</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>biograds <biograds@mit.edu>, bioundgrd <bioundgrd@mit.edu>, biopdaf <biopdaf@mit.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Dooyon Cho <dooyon@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Invitation to Biology Alumni Gathering & Career Connections (Biotech) on May 8, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear students and postdocs,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">On
<b>Wednesday, May 8 from 4:30 to 7:30 PM in Building 68</b>,<b> </b>we will be hosting our inaugural Biology Alumni Gathering & Career Connections event, which will feature alumni who have graduated over the past 20 years and now work in the local biotech industry.
We look forward to including current MIT Biology undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs in this event. Registration is required due to limited capacity, so please fill out
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2i-yJ2KX0ngQmWlrWmCoelIBCkp9bfrMdyaqgvxTA6N7LuA/viewform"><span style="color:#0563C1">this form</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by
Wednesday, May 1, to indicate your interest in attending. We will confirm your registration – as space permits – by Friday, May 3.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Biology Alumni Gathering & Career Connections Program</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">4:30-4:40 PM</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> | Welcome from Amy Keating, Department Head</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">4:40-5:00 PM</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> | Keynote from Rachel Meyers (PhD '94), Biotech Scientist, Entrepreneur, and
Advisor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">5:00-5:40 PM</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> | Panel Discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Irene Blat (PhD ’13), Senior Director, Search & Evaluation, Oncology, Servier Pharmaceuticals</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Brian Fiske (PhD ’15), Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Mythic Therapeutics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Serena Silver (PhD '04), Vice President of Biology, Accent Therapeutics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alex Wesselhoeft (PhD ’19), Director of RNA Therapeutics, Gene and Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>5:40-6:00 PM</b> | Two-Minute Flash Talks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alicia DeFrancesco (SB ’08), Head of Commercial Strategy and Operations, AlloVir</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kevin Knockenhauer (PhD ’16), Associate Director, Accent Therapeutics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Neena K. Pyzocha (PhD ’17), Former Senior Scientist at Aera Therapeutics and Independent Consultant</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Erik Tillman (PhD '18), Associate Director of Translational Biology and Pharmacology, Akero Therapeutics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Francis S. Wolenski (SB ’05), Executive Director of Safety, Keros Therapeutics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>6:00-7:30 PM
</b>| Networking Reception</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Again, please indicate your interest in attending by
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2i-yJ2KX0ngQmWlrWmCoelIBCkp9bfrMdyaqgvxTA6N7LuA/viewform"><span style="color:#0563C1">filling out this form</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by
Wednesday, May 1.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Amy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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