Nucleate San Diego

To celebrate this year's International Women and Girls in Science Day we're looking back at the inaugural Women Leading Life Science Dinner that we hosted this past December! Such an inspiring event and a wonderful opportunity to connect trainees with some incredible local mentors!

Thank you mentors!! We have completed our first event with this year's semi-finalist teams - Mentor Match! Every cycle we bring together some of the best innovators, serial entrepreneurs, scientists and business professionals in the San Diego tech community to meet and match with our Activator teams. Our teams will have the opportunity to continue to work with our mentors through out the Activator cycle and beyond. A very special thank you to all of our mentors that participated! Local mentors and experts are a huge part of what makes the Activator special and we are continually grateful for your support and expertise! Zoya Gluzman-Poltorak Stephen Grant Richard Guy, PhD Milton Greenberg Jill Roughan Carter Palmer Danielle Bogdanowicz Chris Mason Angelina Altshuler Gregory Peters, Ph.D. And as always a very big thank you to our parters at Biocom California!

JPM 2025: An Unforgettable Night 🤩 We’re still buzzing from the incredible energy at the Nucleate JPM’25 Networking Social! This year’s event was truly remarkable: ➡️ 2,000+ registrations ➡️ 800+ attendees The breathtaking East Gallery at the Exploratorium set the stage for an evening filled with meaningful conversations and new connections. It was inspiring to see so many familiar faces—our Nucleate alumni, leadership, sponsors, experts, and mentors showed up in force! Reconnecting with old friends and building new relationships was the perfect way to close out a productive week at JPM. Here’s a sneak peek of the night—check out the event photos here: https://lnkd.in/g3uaDCYF A heartfelt thank-you to our incredible sponsors—your support makes events like this possible and helps us continue to foster collaboration and innovation across the biotech ecosystem. Here’s to an exciting year of innovation and impact!

Welcome to the family, Nucleate Australia!

Announcing our second AIxBio Tech Talk, with Dr. Hoifung Poon! Microsoft’s AI for Precision Health: Learning the Language of Patients with Multimodal Generative AI On February 5th, join Dr. Hoifung Poon to gain a behind-the-scenes look at the groundbreaking work in AI for precision health underway at Microsoft Health Futures. Hear insights about Microsoft's multimodal generative AI agenda for learning the language of patients, learn about their medical imaging foundation models such as GigaPath and BiomedParse, and how Dr. Poon’s team is empowering partners in delivering real world clinical impact. February 5th, 5pm EST, on zoom. Register here: https://lu.ma/q96t5m73 About the series: Nucleate’s AIxBio Tech Talks provide real world insight into how AI is transforming biotech. In each session, attendees will hear from a leading practitioner in AIxBio about their vision and technical approach, followed by a Q&A.

Congrats, Nucleate Netherlands!

We're excited to announce that Saundra Pelletier, CEO of Evofem Biosciences will be our keynote speaker Generation STEAM's Women Who Inspire Conference, held on #IWD2025. Be part of the program to help inspire the next generation of women in STEAM. Learn more: bit.ly/wwi2025

🚀 Revolutionizing Gene Therapy with AI-Powered Capsid Engineering What happens when you combine physics, systems biology, and machine learning to tackle one of the biggest challenges in gene therapy? You get Dyno Therapeutics—a company pioneering AI-driven capsid engineering to improve gene delivery and make therapies more effective and accessible. In this latest episode with Sam Kessel MD, MBA, Eric Kelsic, CEO and co-founder of Dyno, shares his journey: 🔬 How his physics and systems biology background shaped his approach to solving biological problems 🧬 Lessons learned from working in George Church’s lab at Harvard 🤖 How Dyno uses machine learning to engineer better AAV capsids 🤝 Using the scientific method to approach business development Kelsic’s story is a masterclass in identifying high-impact problems, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and translating scientific insights into therapeutics to improve patient’s lives. Check out the full episode to dive into the future of AI-powered gene therapy! 🎧👇 https://lnkd.in/gt6TDTZY #GeneTherapy #AI #Biotech #Innovation #MachineLearning

Jon Chee and the Excedr team are excited to return as a proud Gold-Tier HQ sponsor for the 2024-2025 Activator cycle, in addition to directly supporting Nucleate Alumni companies through their Excedr Launch Program Award! 🧬 📈 Returning for the third year in a row, Excedr’s ongoing support plays a vital role in helping us provide financial assistance to alumni. 🌱🔬 The Excedr Launch Program Award offers Nucleate alumni a unique opportunity to secure non-dilutive capital through equipment leasing. Through this program, alumni who apply and choose to lease with Excedr will be eligible for special underwriting consideration and up to three (3) months of their lease completely free (average savings of $30K+). This program will support up to $5M in aggregate alumni leasing costs until it’s no longer available. Applications are open on a rolling basis with a final deadline of June 1st, 2025, or until the $5M allotment is reached. If you are interested in applying, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gGbyWFra #ExcedrLaunchProgram #Excedr #Nucleate #LifeSciences #Innovation #Startups

We are reaching out to our community to support our friends, the student volunteers of Nucleate LA, as they navigate the challenges brought on by the recent wildfires. Your generosity will provide direct assistance to displaced students, enabling them to address urgent needs and support those impacted during this difficult time. https://lnkd.in/es95H3jt