<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" color="#c00000" face="Trebuchet MS" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class="">Coffee and Conversation - Friday July 6<sup class="">th</sup> 2018</span></font></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Hosted by MIT-PDA Human Affairs Committee</span></font></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="AB71BF06-3C67-450D-ADFC-76F0D23FA6C2" height="112" width="206" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image006.png@01D41134.77DAB320" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Date and Time:</span></font></b><b class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> 6<sup class="">th</sup> July 2018</span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">, Friday @ 4:00 - 5:00 PM</span></font><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Location: </span></font></b><b class=""><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">76-259 </span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">(Koch Institute, </span></font><font size="4" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">2</span></font><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">nd floor large conference room) </span></font><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Special Guest:</span></font></b><b class=""><font color="#212121" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font></b><b class=""><font color="red" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Dr. Sadik Kasim, Chief Scientfific Officer, Mustang Bio.</span></font></b><font color="red" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Meet other postdocs and talk to our special guest;<b class=""> <font color="#212121" class="">Dr. Sadik Kasim</font> </b>– CSO of Mustang Bio. Ask questions about work-life balance and life beyond MIT or anything else. Get a different perspective on your life. Enjoy coffee and snacks.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Guest Bio: </span></font></b><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Dr. Kassim has served as Chief Scientific Officer since March 2018. Dr. Kassim joined Mustang in March 2017 as Vice President of Process and Analytical Development, where he led process development, analytical development and manufacturing strategy for Mustang’s CAR T therapies and oversaw preclinical research and pipeline expansion activities. Prior to Mustang, Dr. Kassim was Head of Analytical Development for Novartis’ Cell and Gene Therapies Unit, where he played a key role in the Biologics License Application filing for Kymriah</span></font>™ <font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">(CD19 CAR T) in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kassim was a research biologist in the Surgery Branch at the National Cancer Institute,</span></font> <font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">where he was involved in early research that led to the development of Kite’s Yescarta</span></font>™ <font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">(CD19 CAR T) for lymphoma, held a senior research position in the Discovery Immunology Group at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson and was a research fellow in the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) Gene Therapy Program.<b class=""> </b>Dr. Kassim holds a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and a B.S. in ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as in cell and molecular biology, from Tulane University.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div></body></html>