Engineering Improved Tuberculosis Therapies (Date changed to April 2nd)

Due to impending inclement weather, the event has been postponed to April 2, Monday.

Boston! Our March Seminar & Mixer event is finalized. Dr. Bree Aldridge from Tufts University is our distinguished speaker. She will talk about how she uses data-driven approaches and an engineering perspective to developing improved TB therapies. The presentation is followed by a reception with food and selected craft beers. The event is sponsored by AstraZeneca.

The Aldridge lab seeks to bring a quantitative framework to understand tuberculosis infection and drug response at single-cell resolution. Her research has been featured in the press (https://sites.tufts.edu/aldridgelab/press/). For more details: https://www.bostonqsp.com/single-post/2018/02/12/Boston-QSP-March-2018-Event-Announcement

Event Schedule

5:30-6:15 PM: Room: Havana. Talk followed by Q&A

6:15-7:30 PM: Room: Venture Cafe. Networking + food + drinks

Registration free but RSVP is required.

RSVP capped off at 125.

Permissions

All registrants are hereby notified that the organizers will take pictures during the event and will use them to promote the future events.

Participants can take pictures throughout the event and talk about it in the social media.

Event space: Both the rooms are located on the 5th floor, Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, Cambridge MA.

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Notes

1. Please check in at the security in the ground floor lobby.

2. If you are driving in from Waltham/Lexington area, please let the group know so that you can carpool.

3. The venue is close to Kendall Square T stop on Red line.