Activator Alumni Showcase
Nucleate New York Presents: Activator Alumni Showcase
Join us for Nucleate New York’s first-ever Activator Alumni Showcase — an evening spotlighting the rising biotech innovators shaping the future of life sciences in Greater NYC. Connect with alumni from our Activator program, hear their breakthrough ideas, and explore what’s next for New York’s biotech ecosystem.
Event Schedule
🕔 5:00 PM – Drinks & light bites
🕕 6:00 PM – Welcome & Introductions
🕡 6:20 PM – State of NYC Ecosystem Panel
🕖 7:05 PM – Alumni Flash Pitches
🕣 7:45 PM – Networking + Innolabs Tour
Ecosystem Panelists:
Rana Al-Hallaq – Partner, Pfizer Ventures
Dee Dao – Associate Director, Center for Biotechnology
Yasmeen Ahmed Pattie – Principal, East Egg Project Management
Michael Norsen – VP, Alexandria LaunchLabs NYC
Glennis Mehra – Director, BioLabs@NYULangone
Pitching Alumni:
🧬 Erica Lee - Founder, NervMyo Therapeutics: developing long-acting injectable therapeutics to redefine life after nerve injury by enhancing nerve regeneration and muscle preservation.
🧬 Demetri Maxim - Founder, Nephrogen: developing curative gene therapies for kidney diseases.
🧬 Yiming Huang - Founder, Foli Bio: unlocking the temporal RNA code for precision medicine.
🧬 George Lampe & Diego Rivera Gelsinger - Founders, CAST Biosciences: leveraging CRISPR-transposons for gene therapy.
About Nucleate
Nucleate is a nonprofit empowering the next generation of biotech leaders. With 41+ chapters and participants from 280+ institutions, we’re building a global, inclusive biotech community. Learn more at nucleate.xyz.
Thank you to our sponsors
Pliancy – Full-service IT for capital management & life sciences.
Brex – modern corporate credit card & spend management software for life science startups
Thank you to Curious Elixirs and Brooklyn Kura for providing locally sourced craft drinks for our guests.
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