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Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Nucleate DojoExplore Seminar 5: A Biopharma Story, from Seed to Series A + Closing Mixer

In this final Nucleate DojoExplore seminar, John Gainor will share his story in the biotech startup space, with a focus on company vision, budgeting, and grant applications. The seminar will be followed by a series recap and mixer with local biotech industry professionals and interested students. The mixer will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 and be catered by Bon Apetít.

Who is John Gainor? A leader and entrepreneur in the medical device industry, John Gainor is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of EGG Medical. With a dynamic career spanning several innovative medical device companies, including Aria CV and HLT, Inc., he has played a key role in advancing groundbreaking healthcare technologies. Having received his MBA from the University of Minnesota, in addition to his leadership experiences at various biomedical companies, he co-founded EGG Medical, a late-stage medical device company on a mission to design the simplest and most effective solutions to protect all healthcare workers from radiation exposure and orthopedic injury in every case.

Registration is required for the seminar and mixer, and dinner from Bon Apetít will be provided for registered guests. If you are interested, please register here: https://tinyurl.com/28ppe2j6

This program is part of Nucleate's programming, launching at Macalester for the first time. We would like to thank our sponsors for their support, including Innovation Scholars, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Career Exploration, Macalester Investment Group, Office of Student Research and Creativity, Chemistry, and Biology.

Contact: slayesa@macalester.edu, afraser2@macalester.edu, jpreko@macalester.edu

Audience: Alumni, Faculty, Public, Students

Admission: 0

Sponsor: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Dept. of)

Free food: Available for students

Listed under: Campus Events, Career Events, Front Page Events, Lectures and Speakers

Location

Olin-Rice Science Center - 250

166 Macalester St.

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