Wareham Development highlights tenant news and networking events.

January 2024 Newsletter

WAREHAM NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS

Get your company and team members in front of this important research cluster.

Wareham's long-term relationships with our tenants and the greater Bay Area research community make our networking events popular. Besides our two monthly Wareham hybrid luncheon speaker series, we have great venues at our EmeryStation Research Campus and our Aquatic Park Research Campus to host daytime or after-work panel programs or other networking events.

Please contact Judy Wetterer to discuss your ideas for a speaker series lunch* or for other networking opportunities. We look forward to helping you make those ideas happen and to helping you and your team meet your goals.

IN THE MEANTIME, SAVE THE DATE: Watch for outreach soon to make your reservation.

Noon, March 7, 2024

EmeryStation Research Campus Speaker Series Lunch

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Yasmina Abdiche, PhD, Vice President, Exploratory Research

Bob Chen, PhD, Sr. Director, Discovery Systems

*Typically, the EmeryStation Research Campus speaker series is held on the first Thursday of every month. The Aquatic Park Research Campus speaker series, co-hosted with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is held on the third Thursday of each month. The presentations start promptly at noon with free bag lunches provided. Tenants from our research campuses and greater research community are all invited to attend both events. The speaker series are hybrid in-person and Zoom gatherings, unless you prefer an in-person event only.

TENANT NEWS TO KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR

Two of the three Bay Area IPO filings in January are tenants at our research campuses. Here are FDA actions and other highlights to share as well.

4D Molecular Therapeutics

4DMT received Rare Pediatric Disease Designation from FDA for Aerosolized 4D-710 for Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease.
4DMT announced a partnership with Arbor Biotechnologies to develop genetic medicines for CNS diseases.
4DMT is named a finalist for the upcoming 2024 East Bay EDA Innovation Awards.

Caribou Biosciences

Announced the appointment of Tim Kelly to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer.
CEO Rachel Haurwitz, PhD, presented at the J.P. Morgan 42nd Annual Healthcare Conference.

Climax Foods is a finalist for an upcoming 2024 East Bay EDA Innovation award.

Catalent Pharma Solutions

Catalent named one of the Top Employers 2024 in the U.S. and U.K. by Top Employers Institute for the fifth consecutive year.
Catalent named as a finalist in the Manufacturing Tech Disruptor of the Year category of the 2024 Advanced Therapies Awards for their UpTempo Platform Processes.

Ginkgo Bioworks presented at the J.P. Morgan 42nd Annual Healthcare Conference.

Kyverna Therapeutics

The press has reported that Kyverna Therapeutics has filed for an initial public offering.
Kyverna was granted FDA Fast Track Designation for KYV-101 in the Treatment of Patients with Refractory Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.

Metagenomi The press has reported that Metagenomi has filed paperwork for an upcoming IPO.

MycoWorks announced that Ligne Roset, the high-end French furniture company known for iconic pieces, has announced it will procure a significant portion of the production capacity for the luxury biomaterial Reishi™ from MycoWorks’ new full-scale plant.

Nutcracker Therapeutics named industry veteran Samuel Deutsch as Chief Scientific Officer.

Pivot Bio

CEO Chris Abbott was a panelist on CNBC's DAVOS 2024 discussion on how to use innovation to feed the world.
Impact Alpha recognized Pivot Bio as a leader in decarbonizing and upleveling fertilizer through their patented crop nutrition technologies.
Pivot announced Robert Houghton as Chief Financial Officer.

WHAT ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Berkeley FILM Foundation receives a three-year, $1.5 million grant.

The Berkeley FILM Foundation (BFF) has received a $1.5 million grant from the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation to augment its grants and programming initiatives to bolster the vibrant community of filmmakers who work and live in the East Bay.

A film festival will be held in September screening several of the Oscar-winning films of legendary Saul Zaentz, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The English Patient.

The BFF was founded in 2009 by Wareham Development, the City of Berkeley, and the Saul Zaentz Company. To date it has awarded 181 grants totaling $2.08 million.

Funds are also being raised for a separate $1 million match.

Wareham, Bayer, Councilmember Taplin, and community partners

tour amazing BUSD's CTE facilities at Berkeley High.

Coming out of the pandemic, Wareham started to focus with the Berkeley Public Schools Fund and BUSD's Career Technical Education (CTE) program on out-of-school time programs to compensate for time lost during the pandemic.

As of last year with Wareham’s support, the Schools Fund is offering a ladder of K-12 programs on weekends and in the summer for students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in STEM. The intent is to provide lots of exploration for kids in everything from carpentry to robotics to digital audio so that when they get to Berkeley High, they have an idea of what they’re good at, what they’re passionate about, what’s going to be that “hook” for them in high school that contributes to their wider success.

We think the CTE program is offering the most exciting learning opportunities at BHS and we want to ensure that a diverse group of students are taking advantage of them. Next BUSD will build new classrooms dedicated to Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing to house these rapidly growing program areas.

The Schools Fund and BUSD annually match Wareham’s funding and partner to manage the STEM programming. More info may be found here.

Our thanks to the Erin Rhoades, Wyn Skeels and the entire dedicated team for all the hard work.

Take advantage of great campus amenities.

Conference rooms to reserve, fitness centers, bike parking and bike repair stations, pocket parks, art, and gardens may be found throughout our research campuses.