<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please see the event posting below, which is open to the public and could be of interest to postdocs in biotech. The event</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> features Paulina Hill, an MIT postdoc alum and our founding PDA president.</span><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><img src="cid:ii_i2rjahpo2_149d25c58be946c0" width="473" height="70"><br></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>Tufts Biomedical Business Club, in collaboration with </i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>Boston&#39;s Entrepreneurs &amp; Advanced Degrees Meetup Group </i><i>presents:</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><div class="gmail_quote" style="text-align:start"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(112,173,71)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">From Bench to Business:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(112,173,71)">An Evening with Biotech Entrepreneurs</span><span style="font-size:5pt;color:rgb(112,173,71)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt">Wednesday, December 10^th, 2014</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10pt"> at </span></i></font><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">6:00 pm </font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sackler 114, </font></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tufts University Boston Campus,</font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">145 Harrison Avenue</font></span></i></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Register for <b>FREE</b> at </font></span><a href="http://benchtobusiness.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">benchtobusiness.eventbrite.com</a></p><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Panelists:</font></span></b><br><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Bonnie Fendrock, MBA</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, Co-Founder, CEO, Cyta Therapeutics <i> </i></span><br><b style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Kathryn Kosuda, PhD</b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, Co-Founder, VP of R&amp;D, Vaxess Technologies</span><br><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Ridhi Tariyal, MBA</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, Blavatnik Fellow, Harvard Business School</span><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font><b style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Moderator:</font></span></b><br><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Paulina Hill, PhD</b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">, Senior Associate, Polaris Ventures</span><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </b><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font><b style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Event Details: </font></span></b><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">J</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">oin Boston’s Entrepreneurs and Advanced Degrees Meetup Group and the Tufts Biomedical Business Club for an engaging evening with local biotech entrepreneurs.  Listen as our panelists share stories of navigating the Boston biotech ecosystem, moderated by Dr. Paulina Hill of Polaris Ventures.  During networking sessions, startups at a variety of stages will be showcased.  Our goal is to leave you with a deeper connection to Boston&#39;s biotech startup community and the motivation to figure out how to bring your own research beyond the bench.</span></div><div><b style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Program:</span></b><br></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">6:00PM </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">– Registration, Startup Showcase</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">6:40PM</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> – Opening remarks, Introductions</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">6:45PM</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> – Panel discussion with Q&amp;A</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">8:15PM</span></font><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> – Networking reception</span></span><b style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><b style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><b style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About the Organizers:</font></b></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The</span><b style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <a href="http://tuftsbiotech.com/" target="_blank">Tufts Biomedical Business Club (TBBC)</a></b><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">is a business-focused organization run entirely by graduate students of the Tufts University Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences.  Our goal is to cultivate the next generation in biotech leaders.  We help our members expand their network, recognize their translational skills, build a foundation in core business principles, and clarify paths to engaging and successful careers.</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://meetup.com/Bostons-Entrepreneurs-And-Advanced-Degrees-Group/" target="_blank">Boston&#39;s Entrepreneurs and Advanced Degrees Group (BEAD)</a></b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> is an organization for people earning or holding advanced degrees who are interested in entrepreneurship.  Every month we hold events ranging from panel discussions, visits to local incubators, and networking events geared to the needs of scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, MBA&#39;s and other professionals interested in the Boston startup community.</span></div><div><i style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><font f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