Events

We focus on career development, education, and networking in biotech. Our events span all areas of the biotech industry, including biotech research, business development, startups and entrepreneurship, biotech investing and venture capital, interning as a graduate student, biotech policy, and more.

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**SBG X Valence TechBio Meetup**

Excited to team up with @valence_ai for a techbio meetup on April 22nd! Join us for a night of engaging discussions on AI + biomedicine! Don’t miss the chance to hear @brianhie deliver a keynote talk on Evo!

**SBG Symposium**

We at the Stanford Biotech Group are excited to announce that we are hosting a Symposium on February 16th from 9-5pm in the Stanford ChEM-H Rotunda. To RSVP click this link.

**Fireside Chat with Kyle Giffin**

Want to learn what it takes to start a company as an undergrad? Interested in knowing more about the intersection of CS and biology? Join the Stanford Biotech Group on May 18th at 6 pm to learn about Latch Bio from its COO Kyle Giffin! SBG will provide participants with time for Q&A!
RSVP for Location: https://tinyurl.com/KyleGiffinSBG

**Biotech Startup Happy Hour**

We at the Stanford Biotech Group are excited to announce that it’s once again time for our annual Startup Happy Hour! We’ll be hosting this year’s edition on May 23rd from 5-7pm at NOLA in Palo Alto. Our goal is to bring together a diverse group of Stanford students (MD/PhD/MBA/JD/MS) and a variety of local biotech startups to help facilitate connection and strengthen our local biotech ecosystem!
Please RSVP here to indicate your interest. Due to limited venue capacity, we will not be allowing people who do not RSVP to attend, and we may also need to limit attendance depending on the level of interest we get.
Our event is sponsored by our wonderful partners at Pillar VC and Innovation Endeavors who will be joining us for the happy hour, as well.

**Founders Bootcamp with Pear VC: How not to pitch your company**

If you are interested in learning how *not* to pitch your company to investors, join SBG for a Founders Bootcamp with Eddie Eltoukhy from Pear VC! We will highlight several key mistakes founders often make during the fundraising process and spend time going through a case study in small groups.
After the event, feel free to stick around for some light refreshments and networking! Please RSVP here.

**Biotech VC Internship Panel**

Want to break into biotech VC? Join the Stanford Biotech Group on Tuesday May 2nd at 6-7:30pm for a panel discussion to hear from full-time VCs and fellows about finding opportunities, building relevant skills, and maximizing experiences!

**Machine Learning in Biotech: Cutting Through the Hype**

The Stanford Biotech Group is excited to announce our first event in a series on Machine Learning in Biotech. Join us on Thursday April 27th from 5-6pm to hear about Becky Pferdehirt (a16z) and Raphael Townshend (Atomic AI) address some of the strengths and shortcomings of Machine Learning in accelerating biological discovery!

**SBG x BioE Student Founder Snack and Chat**

Join SBG and @StanfordBioE for a student founder snack and chat event on 4/25 at 6 pm! The event features @ScienceSchnabel of @SwitchBioworks, Nicholas Hughes of @acrobatgx, and @wastyk of @InterfaceBio. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/roFKvFSzzxXdWRhR7… Sponsored by @R42group and @StanfordBioE.

**Future of Psychedelics**

Join us for an event discussing the future of psychedelics on Apr. 20 at 6 pm featuring @matisere of @psymedventures and @TheBorisLab of @StanfordMed! RSVP here for more details: https://tinyurl.com/SBG-psych

**How to Spin Out from Academia**

Want to commercialize your research into a company but unsure how to navigate the process? Join us 4/6 at 6 pm to hear from @alexteng101 of @fiftyyears about how to do just that! RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/50Yspinout

**Women Founders Series: Hannah Wastyk, Phd**

As part of our Women Founder Series, join us on April 13th from 5-6pm for a discussion with Stanford alum and @InterfaceBio founder Dr. Hannah @wastyk. RSVP using this link for more details: https://tinyurl.com/hwast13

**Founders Forum: Curie.Bio**

Zach Weinberg and George Voren

**BIOTECH Crash Course with Leon Chen**

Interested in learning more about the biotech industry and the role you can play in it? Join our **Biotech Crash Course** with Leon Chen to understand what it takes to create an efficient biotech ecosystem!

**Founders Bootcamp with Notley Biosciences:**

Join us for a Founders Bootcamp hosted with @NotleyVentures to hear directly from founders about early stage biotech start-ups! RSVP for more details: https://forms.gle/74ntZQ4msHVYHtTP8… Food and drinks provided!

**Tech x Bio with Vas Bailey, ARTIS Ventures**

Interested in learning about the intersection of Tech x Biology? Join us on Jan 25th from 5-6pm at Stanford for a discussion with Vasudev Bailey, Senior Partner at ARTIS Ventures. RSVP for location

**Broder Schmidt, CSO Prose Fodos**

How do you use protein science + machine learning to create better food ingredients? To learn, join SBG and Carnegie **Jan 23 at 12:00pm** co-hosting Broder Schmidt, PhD co-founder and CSO of **Prose Foods**. Prose is an early-stage biotech/foodtech company that combines cutting-edge protein science, ML tools and time-tested culinary techniques to create joyful, healthier and more sustainable foods.

**Undergraduate Founder Fireside Chat**

Interested in founding an impactful company as an undergrad? Join Stanford Biotech Group and Pavle Jeremic (@SynBioMars), founder of Aether Biomachines, on Wed., 1/18, at 6 pm for a comprehensive discussion on the intersection of AI and biology and company creation. Food provided!

2022

**AgBioTech Seminar - CarbonDrop**

Interested in Carbon Sequestration & CleanTech? Join Carnegie & the Stanford Biotech Group on Monday November 21st at 12:00 pm at the Carnegie Seminar room for a seminar by Vincent Boudreau, Director of Scientific Research at CarbonDrop. CarbonDrop aims to find solutions for climate problems afflicting the planet by sequestering tens of gigatonnes of CO2 per year at a considerably low cost per tonne.
The seminar will take place at the Carnegie Institution for Science (260 Panama Street, Stanford CA 94305).

**Impact VC and Company Creation**

Interested in founding an impactful company or how VCs support founders on that journey? Join Stanford Biotech Group and @fiftyyears on Thurs. 11/17 at 6pm for a panel discussion on impact VC and company creation. Food and drinks provided!

**Women Founders Series**

Interested in biotech start-ups? Curious what it's like to be a female CEO and founder? Join us Nov 17th 4-5pm in CCSR 4205 for a discussion with Stanford alum and @hexagonbio founder, Dr. Maureen Hillenmeyer.

**Internship Panel**

Interested in pursuing an internship during grad school? Join us TODAY for a panel discussion with students who have done just that!

**Fall Line Capital - AgBio Tech**

Happening soon! Join us for a fireside chat with @BaptisteTellier, Director at Fall Line Capital, an AgBiotech VC firm, about perspectives on science and investment trends in the space followed by lunch.

**Bio Beyond Healthcare**

Join us on Wed Nov 9th from 5:30-7pm for a discussion panel + happy hour with Venture Capitalists, Founders and Opinion Leaders in biotech fields beyond healthcare: food, agriculture, materials, and more! This event is co-hosted by @iendeavors.

**Amgen CLIP Internship Info Session**

Looking for a summer internship? Come join SBG for an info session about @Amgen’s CLIP internship this Thursday (10/27) at 4:30 pm.

**Fireside Chat with Craig D. Gordon, MD**

Join the Stanford Biotech Group for a fireside chat with Craig D. Gordon MD, founder and CEO of Gordon MD Global. Craig will talk about his experiences investing in the global biopharmaceutical sector, insights on drug commercialization as well as his transition from medicine to business. When?: Monday, October 17th, 4:30 - 6pm PT (in person). Because space is limited, please RSVP.

**VC/CRO/Start-up Panel and Happy Hour**

SBG will be hosting a panel discussion with Cromatic about funding start-ups, working with VC, and outsourcing research; there will be speakers from Cromatic, VC, and early-stage biotechs! See the attached flyer for more information.
The event will be help on October 6th from at 5:00pm in LKSC room 205/206 for a brief ~30 minute introduction and conversation with our panelists before we head outside to the LKSC herb garden for a happy hour until 6:30pm!

**Stanford Biotech Group Infosession**

We would like to welcome you all to a happy hour/info session on August 30th, from 4:30-6pm! RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/nz475d66

**SBG Annual Start-up Happy Hour**

After a two year hiatus, we'd like to invite you to our annual Start-up Happy Hour Tuesday, May 17th 2022 from 5-7 PM at NOLA! This is your chance to learn more about the startups from local early-stage employees and founders!

**Biotech in China**

Conversation with Illumina & Sequoia China Genomics Incubator
Join the Stanford Biotech Group for a conversation with Amanda Cashin and Robin Lin from the Illumina & Sequoia China Intelligent Healthcare Genomics Incubator. Robin and Amanda from Illumina will talk about the Biotech ecosystem in China, the first cohort of their Genomics Incubator Program with Sequoia and more. When?: Monday, May 16th, 7:30 - 8:30 pm PT (Zoom)

**Women Founder Series: Julie Saiki, PhD**

Julie Saiki is the Founder and COO of Azora Therapeutics, a biotech startup developing small molecules for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Julie was previously a management consultant at McKinsey and Co and completed her PhD in Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford.
More info can be found at https://www.azoratherapeutics.com
RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/f38kwf8r

**PhD Internship Panel**

Interested in doing an internship during grad school?
The Stanford Biotechnology Group and Biosci Careers is hosting a panel with current graduate students who have found internships across research, VC, and policy. Please submit any questions you have for the moderated session in the RSVP, there will also be time for audience Q&A during the event. Biosci Careers will be providing information on Stanford’s internship policies and other helpful resources.

Panelists: Abby Grosskopf – Impossible Foods; Julien Roth – Palkon Capital; Sarah Lensch – Pendulum Therapeutics; Wilson Sinclair – NIH Office of Science Policy

**Life After Grad School: PhD to Biotech Business Careers Panel**

Want to learn what it is like to work in bioscience consulting and business development?
Join the Stanford Biotechnology Group on February 22nd, 4pm-5pm for a Q&A Session with 4 panelists who pursued careers in biotech business roles after earning their PhDs
Panelists: Becca Maglathlin, PhD - Senior Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Strategy and Execution at Genentech; Nick Mordwinkin, PhD - Senior Director, Corporate Development - Head, Inflammation Therapeutic Area at Gilead; Alan Itakura, PhD - Life Science Expert at DeciBio Consulting; Amita Gupta, PhD - Life Science Specialist at L.E.K. Consulting

**Women Founders Series: Katherine French, PhD**

We will be talking with Dr. Katherine French from BluumBio on Feb. 15th 6-7 pm (on Zoom). BluumBio is a spin-out from UC Berkeley that engineers bacteria and plants to remove toxic chemicals from the environment.

**Women Founders Series: Dr. Ashley Zehnder, CEO, Fauna Bio**

Want to hear what it's like to be a female biotech CEO and founder? Join us on Feb 1st from 6-7pm over Zoom for a discussion with Stanford alum, Ashley Zehnder. RSVP

2021

**Life After Grad School: Scientists at Startups**

Kyle Kovary, Thérèse LaRue, Divya Israni, Yiwen Chen

Want to learn what it is like to work at a biotech start-up? Please join the Stanford Biotech Group on **November 4th, 2021** from **4 pm to 5 pm** for a Q&A with a panel of recent PhD graduates who now work in scientist roles at start-ups.

**First- Time Founders Forum - Convergent Research**

Adam Marblestone & Milan Cvitkovic
Co-founders of Convergent Research

**Nucleate In-Person Info Session**

Ready to translate your research into practice? Curious about how to grow from concept to company? Apply to Nucleate by November 1st!

**Biotech Startup Happy Hour First- Time Founders Forum - Interface Biosciences**

Hannah Wastyk & Will Van Treuren

**Biotech Startup Happy Hour**

Interested in networking with biotech startups? Join us for networking session with founders, CEOs, research scientists, and business development leads from biotech startups! The event will kick-off with a fireside chat with Jennifer Goldstein from Silicon Valley Bank, followed by free-form virtual networking.
Thursday, July 15th, 2021 5-7pm PT, Virtual. Please RSVP.

**Fireside Chat with Kim Popovits, Genomic Heath**

Interested in clinical genomics? Want to learn what else is out there besides therapeutics? Enthusiastic about diagnostic tech? Join us for a discussion with Kim Popovits, Chairman, CEO and President of Genomic Health.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 12-1 pm PT, Zoom. Please RSVP.

**Diverse Career Paths & Networking with Genocea Biosciences**

Join SBG and Diversify Biotech for a discussion on how to non-traditional backgrounds in biotech, followed by networking.
Thursday, June 10th, 2021 1-2pm PT, Zoom. Please RSVP.

210610 VijayPande_Fireside.png — **Fireside Chat with Vijay Pande, a16z**

Interested in biotech venture capital? Fan of the a16z bio fund? Join us for a discussion with Dr. Vijay Pande, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz!
Thursday, June 10th, 2021 1:30-2:30 PM PT, Zoom. Please RSVP.

**Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Biotech**

Interested in improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in biotech?
Join us for a moderated discussion with biotech leaders who are tackling these issues and hear what concrete steps you can take to create change in the biotech industry. Check out our coalition of biotech groups across the country: Diversify Biotech.
Thursday, May 27, 2021 2:30-3:30pm PT, Zoom. Please RSVP.

**Fireside Chat with Vineeta Agarwala, a16z**

Interested in biotech venture capital? Fan of the a16z bio fund? Join us for a discussion with Dr. Vineeta Agarwala, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz!
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 3-4 PM PT. Please RSVP.

**Fireside Chat with Marvin Gee, PhD**

Interested in T-cell therapies? Interested in starting a biotech company? Join us for a discussion with Marvin Gee, Co-Founder & Head of Target Discovery at 3T Biosciences!
Please RSVP.

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Interested in starting a biotech company? Curious about what it takes to bring basic science innovations from bench to bedside in pursuit of groundbreaking advances in biomedical technology?
Join us for a discussion on Graphite Bio, a CRISPR gene editing company.
Please RSVP.

petri .png — **Fireside Chat with Petri Bio**

Interested in starting a bio company? Get involved in the early-stage startup ecosystem. Join us for a fireside chat with Petri on technology readiness, recruiting a team, fundraising strategy and more!
April 13th, 2021, at 12pm PT. Please RSVP here.

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Join us for a discussion with Adrian Percy on AgTech, including microbiome engineering, CRISPR, lab-grown meats, and more!
April 8th, 2021, at 8pm PT. Please RSVP.

First-Time Founders Forum: Peyton Greenside, PhD

Peyton Greenside, PhD, is Founder and CSO of BigHat Biosciences, an early-stage Bay Area startup developing an AI-first experimental platform to radically reduce the difficulty of designing antibodies and other therapeutic proteins.

April 6th, 2021, at 5pm PT. Please RSVP here.

**Broken Markets Underlying the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis**

Several of the markets and policies associated with antibiotic development, usage, and distribution are broken. These drugs touch several aspects of our lives. Without concerted action, drug resistant infections could kill 10 million people annually by 2050. The global market for antibiotics is now greater than $40 billion.
Join us for a conversation with Blake Wise and Ryan Cirz, former leaders of Achaogen. Please RSVP.

**Funding Your Biotech Startup: Y Combinator Info Session**

Are you interested in biotech and startups? Ready to translate your research into practice? Curious about scaling from concept to company? Join us to learn about Y Combinator! Please RSVP.

**Fireside Chat with Mark Chao, MD PhD**

Mark Chao is co-founder of Forty Seven and currently VP of Oncology Clinical Research at Gilead Sciences. Please join us for a discussion about his career as well as the immuno-oncology space! Please RSVP.

**First-time Founders Forum:**
**Ethan Perlstein**

Interested in pursuing science while maximizing social impact? Curious about how biotechnology companies can support goals beyond developing drugs? Join us for a discussion with Ethan Perlstein! Please RSVP.

**Flagship Pioneering: Info Session & Fellowship Opportunities**

Interested in biotech venture capital? Looking to do a fellowship program life sciences VC? Join us for a discussion with Flagship Pioneering Associate Kara Brower and Principal Nick Plugis! Please RSVP.
Flagship Pioneering is a life sciences venture capital firm. Their portfolio companies include Moderna, Foghorn Therapeutics, and Denali Therapeutics.
February 16, 2021 at 2pm PT, Zoom

SBG_Twist Biosciences.png — **Fireside Chat with Emily Leproust, PhD**

Interested in synthetic biology? Join us for a fireside chat with the founder and CEO of Twist Biosciences, Emily Leproust, PhD. Topics will cover: history of the company and their key moments, future of the industry and what is fueling their 300%+ stock price growth since early 2020, next-gen applications for biotech tools. Please RSVP to receive Zoom details.

**Interning as a Grad Student**

Interested in doing an internship during grad school? Join us for a panel with current grad students who have found internships across business and science at biotech companies! Please RSVP to receive Zoom link. Please submit any questions you have for the moderated session, there will also be time for audience Q&A.

**First-time Founders Forum:**
**Sci-Founder Fellowship**

Interested in starting a life sciences company? Incubating an idea? Looking to make the jump? Join the Stanford Biotech Group for an intro to the Sci-Founder Fellowship! Please RSVP to receive the Zoom invite on the day of the event.

**First-time Founders Forum:**
**Lex Rovner**

Thinking about starting a biotech company? Curious about the process? Join the Stanford Biotech Group for a discussion with Lex Rovner, CEO of 64xBio! Please RSVP for event details.

2020

**Fireside Chat with**
**Perry Karsen**

Join SBG for a virtual Fireside Chat with Perry Karsen. Perry is seasoned biotech executive and investor currently serving as a venture partner at Samsara BioCapital. He also has experience working in the nonprofit sector. Please RSVP for event details.

**5AM Ventures:**
**Info Session and Fellowship Opportunities**

Interested in Biotech VC & Entrepreneurship? SBG will be hosting an info session with 5AM Ventures to learn about their business model and their 2021 Spring Fellowship. Please RSVP.
September 29, 2020 5pm, Zoom

e.taylor.jpg — **Fireside Chat with**
**Erica Taylor, PhD**

Erica Taylor serves as Executive Director of COVID-19 Marketing at Gilead Science. Previously, she spent 10 years at Genentech in various roles across analytics, sales, and marketing. She will discuss her career path and experiences, and well as key lessons she has learned throughout her journey.
September 3, 2020 6pm PT, Zoom

**Fireside Chat with**

**Cameron Turtle, PhD**

Cameron Turtle serves as Chief Business Officer of Eidos Therapeutics and manages BridgeBio’s portfolio companies. Before his roles in Eidos and BridgeBio, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Cameron graduated with his DPhil in Cardiovascular Medicine at Oxford. Moderated discussion is co-hosted by SBG and Mythos Biotechnology Fund.
May 29th, 2020 at 3pm on Zoom

**Fireside Chat with**
**Roger Zhang, PhD**

Roger Zhang is a senior analyst at Samsara BioCapital. He recently graduated with his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Physiology from Stanford. Zhang will discuss how to evaluate biotech companies, how his perspective has changed since working at a biotech VC firm, and advice for current graduate students who are interested in biotech investing. Moderated discussion is co-hosted by SBG and Mythos Biotechnology Fund.
May 6th, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom

**Biotech in Washington DC:**
**Q&A with Chuck Ludlam**

Discussion topics will be driven by attendees and may cover topics such as careers in biotech/science policy; current and historical biotech policy battles and unique biotech incentives/economics. This event is co-hosted by the Stanford Biotech Group (SBG) and Stanford Science Policy Group (SPPG).

**Interning as a PhD:**
**Q&A with Former Biotech Interns**

Interested in a career in biotechnology? Join us for a panel discussion with current PhD students who have found internships across business and science at some of the Bay Area's most interesting companies!

Y Combinator: Funding your Biotech Startup

Join us for a fireside chat with Y Combinator Partner Jared Friedman and Visiting Partner Dr. Uri Lopatin, co-founder of Assembly Biosciences.

Since 2014, YC has funded over 250 diverse, bio-focused companies, making them one of the largest seed-stage biotech funders worldwide! Learn what it takes to launch and scale a life sciences company and hear how and why biotech funding will change in the next 10 years.

January 21, 2020 6pm PT, LKSC 120

2019

SBG/UCB Haas Healthcare Club Mixer + Biotech Startup and Pitch Night @ IndieBio

Join Stanford Biotech Group and UC Berkeley Haas Healthcare Association for a night of networking at IndieBio, a biotech startup accelerator, in the heart of downtown San Francisco! Listen to pitches from 15 startups!

October 9th, 2019 6-9pm PT, @IndieBio 479 Jessie St, San Francisco