

Nucleate Alumni Summit 2025: The Engine Ecosystem & Info Session
🎉 Start your Summit experience at The Engine - where tough tech, biotech, and big ideas come together! 🚀
We’re thrilled to team up with our awesome sponsor, The Engine, to bring Nucleate leaders an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at one of Cambridge’s most innovative start-up incubators! 🔬✨
The Engine is a nonprofit incubator and accelerator that supports early-stage Tough Tech companies. They provide the labs, resources, and rockstar community these startups need to go from bold vision to breakthrough reality.
Enjoy light refreshments while you mingle with fellow founders, scientists, and biotech enthusiasts. This is your chance to learn how The Engine is powering the future of biotech in Boston and beyond. 🌱🧬
Agenda
🤝 Networking & Reception (1:00 - 3:00 PM) - Connect with Nucleate leadership, alumni, and key figures from The Engine!
🎤 Programming & Discussions (1:30 - 2:30 PM) – Hear from The Engine's network of visionary entrepreneurs and industry experts as they explore deep tech partnerships and building biotech ventures.
Featured Presentation: Inside The Engine
Serena Dao (The Engine)
Featured Talks:
Founder's Journey - Stwart Peña Feliz (Macrocycle)
Investing in Biodiversity & Climate Resilience - Kit McDonnell (Superorganism)
About the Nucleate Summit:
The Nucleate Summit is more than just a conference—it's a one-of-a-kind, immersive event where biotech’s brightest minds from around the world will gather to innovate, collaborate, and shape the future of life sciences. Get ready for Nucleate's most engaging and inspiring summit yet! 💡🌍
Past speakers have included Rick Klausner, Greg Verdine, John Maraganore, Alexander Titus, and Vineeta Agarwala🎙️🌟! Watch the 2024 recap video here, and check out last year's lineup here!
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