University Bioconnect: Biotech Startups w/ Dr. James Dahlman

Major biotech centers such as Kendall Square in Boston have community gatherings to share ideas and discuss the many themes that are collectively biotech. One can show up to these events and meet tons of people passionate about biotech’s potential to improve the world, people like researchers from top-tier institutions, clinicians, biotech startup founders, venture capital investors, and employees of massive biotech companies. Before you know it, three hours have passed, and connections have been made that sometimes lead to innovations that would have been impossible otherwise.

As we see it, Atlanta is past-due for developing a similar scene. The University Bioconnect Meetup is being launched by Ph.D. students from Georgia Tech, Emory, GSU, and Morehouse with assistance from VentureLab at Georgia Tech to host monthly meetups with wide-ranging topics to foster the types of connections that make great biotech hubs thrive. With its leading position in research, clinical expertise, and recent and planned infrastructure, Atlanta is well-positioned to create the world’s next top high-growth biotech community; join us and help make that vision a reality!

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. James Dahlman as the speaker for our first event. Dr. Dahlman is a co-founder of Guide Therapeutics, a DNA-barcoding and gene-therapy-delivery startup that was acquired by Beam Therapeutics in 2021. He will be discussing his experience founding a startup and successfully "guiding" it to success in the biotech marketplace, providing tips and tricks he picked up along the way.

5:30-6:00 Networking and hanging out
6:00-6:30 Dr. Dahlman presentation and Q/A
6:30-7:30 Networking and hanging out

Signup and connect with attendees via our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9172240/

Parking at Georgia Beer Garden isn't ideal (no on-site parking), but there's plenty of street-level parking in the surrounding neighborhoods. Please be aware that Edgewood Ave is metered during the event, and remember to follow good Atlanta parking etiquette (i.e., don't leave any valuables visible in your car!). Here is Georgia Beer Garden's guide to parking in the area. The venue is also a 10 minute walk from the King Memorial Marta station.