Opal Therapeutics

🚀 Biotech, Mental Health, Integrative Medicine and Femtech: tomorrow is going to be an incredible day! 🚀 I’m so excited to be hosting the Healthcare Venture Forum at the SOLD OUT Ageless Evolution Longevity Summit, thanks to the amazing Sandra Larson and Nick Larson: https://lnkd.in/gNv7_W6M! 💡✨ I'm incredibly proud that 10 of those panelists are from Women Founders Bay showcasing their innovations on stage at tomorrow's event. This is part of our DNA - creating spaces where these incredible women founders & VCs get to shine even brighter 💫 We have an unbelievable agenda featuring some of the brightest minds in biotech, holistic medicine, mental health, and femtech: 🌟 2pm - 2:30 pm: Investing in BioTech Fireside Chat with: - Soyoung Park: General Partner at 1004 Venture Partners - Morgan M. Stanton, CEO & Founder at Opal Therapeutics 🌟 2:30pm - 3:00pm: Investing in Mental Health Fireside Chat with: - Jeni C.: Managing Director at Founders Institute - Anna Wang: VP and VC at GreyMatter Capital 🌟 3:15pm - 3:30pm: Exploring Integrative Medicine Investments with: - Albert Chen: Co-founder & Managing Partner at BioSingularity - Kuldip K. Ahluwalia: CEO of Viitals, Inc - Hend A.: venture fellow at TRANSFORM VC - Natalie Pan: COO at Women Founders Bay and COO at Not Too Crazy 🌟 3:30pm - 3:45pm: Meditation Break ran by Natalie Pan 🌟 4pm - 4:30pm Investing in Femtech Fireside chat with: - Ariel Watson: Founder & CEO of Red Tent PMDD - Rosana R.: Managing Partner of Growing Well Partners 🌟 4:30pm - 5pm: Women-founded startup demo day by Women Founders Bay: - Reneta Jenik: Founder & CEO of Foodom - Svetlana Kazantseva and Svetlana Grinchenko: Founder of Strawberry Health - Marina Vieva: Founder at Femispace - Ariel Watson: Founder & CEO of Red Tent PMDD - Aisha Mccain: Founder & CEO of Casual Recovery Enterprises - Zara Hajihashemi: Founder & CEO of Cybele Health - Kristen Burke: Founder& CEO of Connect4Healing, Inc. The future of healthcare and tech is being shaped by this diverse group of founders and investors, and I can't wait for everyone to see the incredible innovations they’re bringing to the world!

California Life Sciences (CLS) is proud to announce the finalists for the 21st Annual Pantheon Awards! 👏 California’s top life sciences innovators have been selected, and now it’s your turn to support them. Make your voice heard! 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡: https://bit.ly/3ZGg11v Presenting the 2024 finalists by category: 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚, 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 🏫 Bakar Labs, University of California, Berkeley 🏫 HomeLab™ at UC San Diego 🏫 Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 🧬 Day One Biopharmaceuticals 🧬 Geron Corporation 🧬 Glaukos Corporation 🧬 Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 & 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 🔬 Moon Surgical 🔬 Osso VR 🔬 Cooler Heads Care 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 🤝 Erik Harris, Ultragenyx 🤝 Morgan M. Stanton, PhD, Opal Therapeutics 🤝 Paul Utz, MD, Stanford University 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 💡 AltruBio Inc. 💡 Cellares 💡 Mammoth Biosciences 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 🗣️ Bobak Azamian, MD, PhD, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 🗣️ David Persing, MD PhD, Cepheid 🗣️ Matthew Rabinowitz, PhD, Natera Additionally, we are excited to announce the following 2024 Pantheon Award winners: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 🏆 Curebound 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 🏆 Life Science Cares, Inc. Your vote matters - show your support for these incredible leaders and innovators by casting your vote today! Together, let’s celebrate innovation in life sciences.

An amazing piece in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry by Wendy Young highlighting what needs to be done in drug discovery for women's health. "There have been no new FDA-approved drugs for uterine fibroids - one of the most common medical conditions for women in the past 15 years" https://lnkd.in/gPN6ENeC #womenshealth #drugdiscovery #women