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<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 class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><font size="4" color="#c00000" face="Trebuchet MS" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Coffee and Conversation - Friday July 6<sup class="">th</sup> 2018</span></font></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Hosted by MIT-PDA Human Affairs Committee</span></font></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="3BA2CD90-A9AD-4984-AB97-379096A98235" 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 class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Date and Time:</span></font></b><b class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> 6<sup class="">th</sup> July 2018</span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">, Friday @ 4:00 - 5:00 PM</span></font><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Location: </span></font></b><b class=""><font face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">76-259 </span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">(Koch Institute, </span></font><font size="4" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">2</span></font><font face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">nd floor large conference room) </span></font><font size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Special Guest:</span></font></b><b class=""><font color="#212121" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></font></b><b class=""><font color="red" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Dr. Sadik Kasim, Chief Scientfific Officer, Mustang Bio.</span></font></b><font color="red" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">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 class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Guest Bio: </span></font></b><font size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> </span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">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 class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">(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 class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">where he was involved in early research that led to the development of Kite’s Yescarta</span></font>™ <font face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">(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.</span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font face="Corbel" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></font></div></body></html>