Bio Salon x Idea Factory

​Long before “networking events,” ideas traveled through loose circles of spirited contrarians in intellectual social clubs where people from different labs connected in intimate settings.

​​The great physics and mathematics revolutions of the early 20th century grew from a curated group of young, ambitious, industrious intellectuals.

​​Schwinger, Wilson, and Oppenheimer sparred with classicists at the Harvard Society of Fellows’ Monday-night suppers.

​​No stage, badges or posters. Dinner and drinks provided.

​​Today’s PhD students and postdocs will define the century of biology.

​​To build, invent and discover, we must first debate, disagree and then become friends.