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We’re officially 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 from MassBioEd’s 25th Anniversary Gala!

On October 21, we’ll come together to celebrate 25 years of unlocking talent and powering potential across the life sciences — and the educators, students, professionals, partners, and supporters who have made that impact possible.

Join us at the UMass Club as we celebrate how far we’ve come and help fuel what comes next.

🎟️ Reserve your ticket today: https://www.massbioed.org/massbioeds-25th-anniversary-gala/

Session one of our new 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 webinar series starts tomorrow! This hour-long session covers the early drug development process, the regulatory landscape, therapeutic targets, and viable drug candidates.

This webinar is perfect for you if you're interested in the biotechnology industry and want to learn more about the intricacies of the drug development process. The information shared throughout this webinar series will help you identify potential career paths, better understand how different teams within biotech companies function, and see how several pieces come together to move an innovation from the lab to a patient.

𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐞
Date: September 22nd, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Platform: Zoom

🔗Register for one session or all four! Learn more here: https://www.massbioed.org/event/drug-development-pathways-webinar/

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐄𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐝𝐣𝐢𝐤𝐣 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚!

Sead began MassBioEd’s Biomanufacturing Technician (BMT) Apprenticeship Program in 2022, completing his apprenticeship at Ginkgo Bioworks and graduating from the program in 2023.

Today, Sead is a Manufacturing Operations Specialist at Vertex, where he was promoted from Senior Manufacturing Associate in under two years.

Sead’s journey is one example of what we’ll be celebrating on October 21 — 𝟐𝟓 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥.

Join us at the UMass Club as we celebrate the people, partnerships, and possibilities that have shaped MassBioEd’s first 25 years — and help power what comes next.

Register today: https://www.massbioed.org/massbioeds-25th-anniversary-gala/

Our 25th Anniversary Gala is fast approaching, along with the announcement of this year’s Teacher Champion Award recipient. We’re proud to celebrate the continued success of our 2023 Teacher Champion, Julia Buben.

Since receiving the 2023 award, Julia has continued to teach biology and biotechnology at the high school and undergraduate level. She taught biotechnology in Quincy Public Schools' Early College Summer Program from 2023-2025 and is in her seventh year teaching, now at Newton South High School. This past summer, Julia participated in the NSF Research Experience for Teachers Program where she worked on cellular agriculture research at Boston College and developed curriculum materials to expand students' science and engineering skills in the context of designing solutions to real-world problems. She is excited to continue to grow as an educator and support other educators in implementing inquiry-based curricula in their classrooms!

We wish Julia continued success as we look forward to introducing this year’s Teacher Champion at the 2026 Gala.

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟐𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐄𝐝?

Our new $𝟏,𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 offers an opportunity to join us for this milestone evening while helping power the work ahead.

The package includes 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 to MassBioEd’s 25th Anniversary Gala, plus 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 as a contributing sponsor.

Bring your colleagues, clients, or friends and celebrate 25 years of unlocking talent and powering potential across the life sciences while supporting the next 25.
Wednesday, October 21
UMass Club, Boston
5:00–9:00 PM

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫: https://www.massbioed.org/massbioeds-25th-anniversary-gala/

One week left to save on your ticket to MassBioEd’s 25th Anniversary Gala.

Join us on October 21 at the UMass Club as we celebrate 𝟐𝟓 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 and look ahead to the next 25 years of impact.

Early Bird pricing ends 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓:

• Non-Profit Rate: $175
• General Rate: $200

Register today and celebrate this milestone with us: https://www.massbioed.org/massbioeds-25th-anniversary-gala/

A special thank you to our 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 for helping make this milestone celebration possible: 𝐀𝐥𝐧𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐦, 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐢, 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐁𝐢𝐨. We’re grateful for their support of MassBioEd and our mission.

As we prepare for the 2026 Gala and the announcement of this year's Student Champion Award recipient, we're excited to celebrate the continued success of two outstanding past awardees.

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐉𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢
Jiani graduated from Harvard College in May 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering and a secondary in Education. During her senior year, she completed her thesis, "𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝐷8+ 𝑇 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑃ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑇𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑟 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡," in Harvard SEAS's Mitragotri Lab, where she focused on developing innovative immunotherapy approaches for solid tumor treatment. Following graduation, Jiani joined Sanofi as an Associate Scientist on the Purification Process Development team.

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚
Camila earned an Associate Degree in Biotechnology from MassBay Community College and a Bachelor's Degree in Biology with a concentration in Biotechnology from Framingham State University. She began her career in research and discovery biology, working in cell and molecular biology and assay development for gene therapy. Today, she is a Manufacturing Associate II at Astellas, supporting late-stage clinical cell manufacturing.

"𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠𝐵𝑖𝑜𝐸𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑦 𝐴. 𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦."
— Camila

We're proud to support and celebrate the next generation of life sciences leaders and can't wait to introduce this year's Student Champion Award recipient at the 2026 Gala.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞, what does it actually take to bring a new drug to patients?

Explore the four stages we’ll unpack in MassBioEd’s Drug Development Pathways: A Four-Part Webinar Series.

Over four one-hour sessions, participants will follow the drug development journey from early strategy and candidate selection through preclinical development, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and beyond - building a clearer understanding of how each stage connects to the next.

New to biotech? Working in one part of the industry and want to understand the bigger picture? This series was designed for you.

Join us for one session, choose the topics most relevant to your work, or follow the full pathway across all four.

Tuesdays, September 22 – October 13
12:00–1:00 PM ET
Live Online

Bundle discounts are available when you register for multiple sessions.

Learn more and register: https://www.massbioed.org/event/drug-development-pathways-webinar/

Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts is often dubbed "the most innovative mile on the planet." But, in 1970, the space was awfully empty! Now, Kendall Square is packed with numerous biotech firms, startups, and research institutions leading the way in scientific innovation.

Learn more about how the life sciences industry developed and get an inside look at how the industry functions today in our upcoming Intro to Biotech course: https://www.massbioed.org/event/intro-to-biotech-business-science-september/

Interested in receiving executive coaching? Register for either MassBioEd's 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 or 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 course to receive an hour of one-on-one executive coaching with Rick Lyman.

As the Founder and President of Executive Consulting and Coaching, Rick partners with organizations around the world to develop their organizational capabilities and maximize performance, profitability, and growth. Rick was the Director of Organizational Development for Boston Scientific and brings 30 years of experience leading organizational and executive development efforts for Cisco Systems, Fidelity Investments, and Bank of America. Most recently, Rick has been working as an executive coach for Harvard Business School.

Take advantage of this amazing opportunity to connect one-on-one with an experienced executive coach and receive personalized guidance at no additional cost. Remember that companies with fewer than 100 employees are eligible for 100% reimbursement!

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
🔗Accelerated Leadership: https://www.massbioed.org/event/accelerated-leadership-september-2026/
🔗Change Management: https://www.massbioed.org/event/change-management-october-2026/

For questions, please email [email protected].