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Congratulations to Anjelica Gonzalez, PhD and Angelique Bordey, PhD for being selected as finalists in the Washington University in St. Louis' Equalize program!
YALE INNOVATION SUMMIT, the the largest entrepreneurship event on campus, and the largest gathering of venture capital investors in Connecticut, is seeking applicants from Yale Innovators and Connecticut Innovations’ portfolio companies. Additionally, in an effort to support collaboration and to foster additional connections, consideration will be extended to Yale alumni or community startups with Tech or Biotech innovations based on availability.

Your application automatically qualifies you to be considered for one of the LIVE SUMMIT PITCH spots. If selected to pitch live, you will be notified by April 16, 2021.

Applications are due by midnight Wednesday March 31st.
NEWS
Pioneering regenerative med scientist Laura Niklason (Yale Professor Adjunct) takes her company public in the latest big SPAC deal
Laura Niklason left Yale last fall so she could take charge of her regenerative med biotech. As CEO and founder of Humactye she made a career switch that put her in charge of a company with 130 staffers and ongoing late-stage programs that could put them on the threshold of commercialization. Focused on creating bioengineered tissues and organs that can be used in vascular and non-vascular applications this SPAC deal adds $255 million in additional financing to the company. Find out more about Humactye at https://humacyte.com

Congratulations and wishing Laura great success!
The Official Launch of Women in Bio CT!

WIB offers special events, both educational and professional development and social/networking, an extensive mentoring program and a Young Women in Bio program to encourage middle-high school students to enter STEM. Look out for the announcement of its April launch event (we will have the inside scoop as Morag, one of the amplifyHERscience team, is a WIB membership co-chair). This is a great organization of “women helping women” where friendships, business relationships and job opportunities develop. More about WIB https://www.womeninbio.org/page/About. You can join on the WIB site or email Morag for more information.
EVENTS & DEADLINES
Tuesday, February 23rd (TONIGHT)
xCITE: AMP'Lify Your Goals for 2021
5:00-6:30pm ET

Successful entrepreneurs drive strategy and growth through targeted, deliberate, ambitious goals. In this session you will learn frameworks for designing and supercharging your goals to be both aspirational and motivating, including using a tool to assess and direct your energy for inspired action and performance. Key takeaways include understanding how to:
Design STRONG goals that drive you to stretch your own abilities while tapping into your values, aspirations, contribution and purpose as fuel for motivation.

Supercharge your goals and build COMMITMENT to them through a process we call AMP, where you’ll attend to your goals’ Alignment, Mastery of new skills, and Pathways to success.

FUEL your goals through understanding how to ignite your energy in ways that will drive inspired action.

Presented by Jen Grace Baron - Jen Grace Baron is the co-CEO and Chief Growth Officer of InspireCorps, an inspiration strategy firm that partners with organizations to drive business growth and innovation. 
Wednesday, February 24th (TOMORROW)
The Winning Investor Pitch
1:00-2:00pm ET

Learn the art of building and delivery a winning investor pitch with perspectives from Stephen “Zam” Zamierowski from Deloitte moderated by Evan Kipperman from Wiggin & Dana. This interactive presentation will provide insights on how to effectively communicate your innovation and the necessary elements that investors want to hear. You will be able to interact with the presenters in a Q&A session that follows.
Monday, March 1st
Illumina Accelerator: Building Breakthrough Genomics Startups Application Deadline

Illumina Accelerator is a company creation engine co-located with Illumina research and development sites in San Francisco Bay Area and Cambridge, UK. Illumina Accelerator provides select startups with access to seed investment, business guidance, Illumina’s sequencing systems and reagent and fully operational lab space in the San Francisco Bay Area or Cambridge, UK during each six-month funding cycle.
RESOURCES
Theia (a new favorite resource!)
Organization

Theia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to inspiring and empowering the next generation of women entrepreneurs and investors in healthcare. Their resources will support you in your entrepreneurial journey and pursuit of changing healthcare. Gain insight into entrepreneurship with their framework for company building and their podcast, “Spotlight on Women in Health Ventures.” Join their virtual network of rising young professionals and successful entrepreneurs and investors on Instagram and LinkedIn!
WEST Women Entrepreneurs
Organization

Boston based WEST helps women in science, technology, and engineering advance their careers. Our members are committed to developing themselves as leaders through learning, networking, and sharing.
Women in Bio
Organization

Women In Bio's mentoring programs support women in various stages of their career and personal development. Many chapters have implemented and continue to develop exciting new programs that will grow within the Women In Bio community.
Thank you!

The amplifyHERscience team:

Morag Grassie, PhD, Associate Director, Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale
Lola Kadiri, MD, PhD, Senior Business Development Associate, Yale OCR
Michelle McQueen, Communications Officer, Yale OCR
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