Nucleate NY Activator Info Session - CUIMC

​Are you an academic trainee (Post-doc/PhD/MBA/MD/JD) interested in building a life sciences startup?

​Nucleate NY is looking for passionate biotech founders tackling the biggest challenges in human health and sustainability.

​Join us to learn more about our Activator program as well as an introduction to resources and services that Alexandria LaunchLabs, CUIMC, is providing for the NYC biotech ecosystem.

​Just bring yourself and an appetite. Food and drinks will be served!

​Agenda
5:30 PM: Check-in starts
5:30 PM: Networking over food & drinks
6:00 PM: Introduction to Alexandria LaunchLabs
6:15 PM: Introduction to Columbia University Postdoc Society
6:17 PM: Overview of Nucleate, Bio and Eco Activator Programs
6:30 PM: Panel Discussion "Inside the Nucleate Experience: Lessons from Last Year’s Founders"
Elsy El Khoury (they/them/theirs), postdoc researcher at Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, and executive lead of Nanovib, a pre-seed stage startup company that specializes in particle analysis with chemical specificity and nano sensitivity. Nanovib is a Nucleate Activator 2025 finalist and the Millipore Sigma High Impact award recipient at Nucleate NY 2025 Forum.
Aykut Aksit is the co-founder and CEO of Haystack Medical, a Columbia University spin-out developing microneedle technology to transform treatment for hearing loss and balance disorders.
7:10 PM: Q&A session
7:30 PM: Networking