BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1287@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181001T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181001T193000 DTSTAMP:20180930T033903Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/leading-women-biotech-and-beyond SUMMARY:Leading Women: Biotech and Beyond - Perkins Coie - Phoenix Office - 1 Oct 18 17:30 DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\nKick off Arizona Bioscience Week \; at Perkins Coie - Phoenix\nLeading Women: Biotech and Beyond.\nJoin us for an evenin g of cocktails\, connections\, and a stimulating conversation with some of biotech’s leading women. \;  \;  \;\nDate: \; Monday\, October 1\, 2018 \;  \; Time: \; 5:30PM- 7:30 PM\n\nLocation:& nbsp\; \;Perkins Coie - Phoenix\, 2901 N Central Avenue\, 20th \;F loor\n\nAccess to the parking garage is on Catalina between Central and Se cond Street.\n\nParking will be validated. \; Please bring your parkin g ticket for validation.\nThis is a free community event. \; Registrat ion is required.\n\nArizona's Leading Women:\nCheryl Nickerson\, PhD\, Bio design Institute at Arizona State University\n\n\n \;\n\nDr. Cheryl A. Nickerson is a Professor at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State Univ ersity. She is internationally recognized both for her pioneering spacefli ght biomedical research discoveries showing unique microgravity-induced ch anges in the disease-causing potential of microbial pathogens and her biot echnological advances in developing three-dimensional models of human tiss ues for infectious disease research. \;\n\nHer discoveries have change d the paradigm of infectious disease research and advanced drug/vaccine de velopment. She received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers\, NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal\, is fo unding Editor-in-Chief of Nature journal npj Microgravity\, and was select ed as a NASA Astronaut candidate finalist. \;\n \;\nMichelle M. Ha nna\, PhD\, \; \;RiboMed Biotechologies\, Inc. \;\nMichelle M. Hanna\, PhD is the founder\, CEO and Scientific Director \;of RiboMed Biotechnologies\, Inc.\, a CLIA-certified molecular diagnostic clinical l aboratory and Contract Research Organization offering ultra-sensitive DNA methylation based tests for cancer and drug response related biomarkers to physicians and for use in clinical trials. RiboMed’s test for stratifyi ng glioma brain tumors\, GliomaSTRAT™\, uses a combination of DNA methyl ation profiling and mutation analysis to both determine glioma grade (LGG vs HGG) and has been reported to predict response to first line chemothera py with temozolomide. Dr. Hanna has been awarded over $10 million in grant s and contracts from the American Cancer Society\, the National Cancer Ins titute (NCI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)\, the National Science Fo undation (NSF)\, the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseas es (NIAID)/NIH\, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)\, a nd the Homeland Security Advanced Projects Agency (HSARPA). Her work has r esulted in numerous peer-reviewed \;publications and book chapters in addition to 30 issued and pending patents\nJoan Koerber-Walker\, AZBio\n\n \n \;\n\nJoan Koerber-Walker\, MBA is president &\; CEO of the Ariz ona Bioindustry Association and serves on the AZBio Board of Directors.&nb sp\; In this role\, she works on behalf of the Arizona Bioscience and Medi cal Technology Industry to support the growth of the industry\, its member s and our community on the local and national level. Ms. Koerber-Walker is also a life science investor and has served on the boards of numerous for -profit and non-profit organizations. \; In her prior career\, she ser ved in an executive capacity at Avnet\, Inc. for two decades\, in a journe y that provided the opportunity to interact with women in 63 counties arou nd the world. \; Joan will moderate the evening's panel.\n\n \;\n\ nHosted by AZBio and Perkins \; Coie \;\n\n\n\nLearn more about Pe rkins Coie - Phoenix\n\nClick here for parking map\n\n \;\n\nLearn mor e about Arizona Bioscience Week\n\n CATEGORIES:AZ - Central LOCATION:Perkins Coie - Phoenix Office\, 2901 N Central Ave\, Phoenix\, AZ\ , 85012\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2901 N Central Ave\, Phoeni x\, AZ\, 85012\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Perkins Coie - P hoenix Office:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171001T173000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR