Women in Bio

Another great organization for networking with some powerful women in the biotech world and related: Women in Bio.

I went to one of their networking events last week and really enjoyed talking to so many successful, interesting women in the sciences. I tried to make some initial contacts and hope to see some of the same faces again. Especially for anyone on the East coast, this is a great org with some fun events. Check it out!

Intellectual Ventures

In efforts to network, since it's all the rage, I try to be an active member of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS).  They are actually a great national organization with many local chapters across the country, spanning a variety of disciplines in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields to promote and foster networks of women in science.  I have gotten to do some volunteer work with young girls in science through them, as well as get to meet some interesting (and potentially useful) people at their networking events. Hopefully some time in the next year, I'll be editing for their magazine and getting some experience in the writing world (experience outside of this glamorous blog, of course).

The most recent event was last night at this company called Intellectual Ventures. As their website touts, they are a company that works to promote and participate in 'inventing.' While the company has their own state-of-the-art labs and do some 'inventing' in-house, they tend to take on a lot of projects from others to perfect, prove, and patent their inventions.  It's a pretty cool, relatively new company.