Nucleate San Diego Lab Olympics 2025
What to expect
Join the Nucleate San Diego community for a high-energy evening of friendly competition and meaningful connection. Come with a team - or sign up solo and we’ll place you - and rotate through vendor-hosted, lab-inspired challenge stations. Tally your points, celebrate the top scores, then stay for a curated networking hour with food and drinks.
Why come
Make real connections with people across San Diego’s life sciences community in a low-stakes, genuinely fun setting
Meet past Nucleate Activator teams and alumni representing early-stage technologies
See tools in action through hands-on, station-based mini-challenges (no slides, no pitches - just quick, practical demos)
Find collaborators by working side-by-side on team tasks
Inclusive at the core: Our goal is to bring together the community in a low-stakes environment
Agenda
5:30-6:00PM......Reception
6:00-7:30PM.......Olympic Events (self-paced)
7:30PM................Announce winners
7:45-8:30PM.......Networking
Thank you to Oxford Properties for providing the space for this event!
Thank you to our donors for this event: Biolegend, Corning, Fisher, MilliporeSigma
Thank you to our sponsors for this event: Corning (drinks), Fisher (food)
About the Host:
Nucleate is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of biotech leaders. With chapters spanning 41 geographic regions and participation from over 280 academic institutions, Nucleate sparks new intellectual communities and embeds emerging talent within a global biotech community. Through open-access educational programming, Nucleate helps democratize biotech innovation — removing barriers and helping founders concentrate on building transformational technologies. Visit www.nucleate.xyz for more information, and visit https://nucleate.xyz/privacy-policy/ to read our privacy policy.
We want to thank our HQ supporters for championing our open-access mission and empowering the next generation of biotech entrepreneurs!
Platinum: Eli Lilly and Company, Genentech, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, MilliporeSigma
Philanthropic Support: Lyda Hill Philanthropies
Preferred Partners: Pillar VC, Amino Collective, Excedr, Mercury, Brex, Fedsprout
In-Kind Support: AcademicLabs, Lens.org, SynBioBeta