Kellen Women's Entrepreneurship Fund Workshop

Adventurer’s Guide to BiotechTM:

Interactive Workshop led by the Traverse Biotech Team
 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Reception to follow
 

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Put yourselves in the shoes of an entrepreneur: you just made an exciting scientific discovery with therapeutic potential. How can you translate your discovery into clinical application? Learn from biotech professionals about the process of turning a “Eureka!” moment into a new drug through an interactive “choose your own adventure” therapeutic development workshop.
 
Rockefeller University’s Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund (Robertson TDF) and the team at invite you to explore the drug discovery process by playing Adventurer’s Guide to Biotechâ„¢. Learn how to build clinical value for your scientific discoveries and find out what it takes to translate foundational research into products for patients.
Adventurer's Guide to Biotech

 
is a leading expert in biotechnology development and investment. She forged her career in executive positions at Mass General Brigham, Brandon Capital Partners, and, most recently, at a privately held biotechnology company started by the founders of Medarex. She is now Co-Founder and CEO at Traverse Biotech, a company focused on the development of an immunotherapy pipeline.

Dr. Bruce Conway directs the Robertson TDF and oversees projects supported by the Kellen Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund, translational research programs at Rockefeller that help to move scientific discoveries toward clinical application. Dr.ÌýConway began his career in drug discovery research, holding positions at Johnson & Johnson and the Institutes for Pharmaceutical Discovery.

In this workshop, you will join your hosts and the Traverse Biotech guides in an interactive game that will help you better navigate the hills and valleys of drug discovery. The workshop will be followed by an informal reception where you will have the opportunity to discuss what you have learned with the other participants, the Traverse Biotech Team, and others.


HOSTS


Co-Founder and CEO
Traverse Biotech
Bruce Conway, Ph.D.
Program Director
Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund
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GUIDES


Co-Founder and President
Traverse Biotech
Audrey Harnagel
Entrepreneurial Fellow
Traverse Biotech
Graduate Fellow, Bargmann Laboratory
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Director
Traverse Biotech
Ilana Kotliar, Ph.D.
Entrepreneurial Fellow
Traverse Biotech
Postdoctoral Associate, Sakmar Laboratory
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