Events: May 2012

The 5th Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation (MALSI) Day is the biggest day for life sciences startups and innovation in Massachusetts. This is a high-energy, hands-on event which brings together scientific leaders and business experts to mingle with innovators, post-docs, professors, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. The theme of MALSI Day 2012 is The Burden of Proof.

The 2012 World Science Festival will take place in New York City May 30 – June 3. Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber will speak at Innovation Square on Saturday, June 2nd at 3:45 PM.

The 16th Annual Webby Awards hosted by Patton Oswalt is streaming LIVE in HD on May 21st! The Wyss Institute won a webby in the science category.

Terrence McNally’s radio show Free Forum (KPFK 90.7fm, Los Angeles, streaming and podcasting at kpfk.org, in print at AlterNet.org) features conversations with people who offer pieces of the puzzle of “a world that just might work” -- provocative approaches to business, environment, health, science, politics, media and culture. On Sunday, May 6th, McNally and Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber discuss the Wyss Institute model and biologically inspired engineering.