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Fang grew up in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, and began his biotech journey as a PhD student in genetics at Fudan University. After graduation, he moved to the U.S. to pursue cancer research. He now works at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with prostate cancer expert Steven Balk, focusing on overcoming chemotherapy resistance in terminal-stage patients. Outside the lab, Fang is an avid rower and a fan of classic music, you might spot him on the Charles River or in the Boston Symphony Hall.
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Yossef grew up in Staten Island, New York before moving to Baltimore to attend Johns Hopkins University. Now as a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the Beroukhim Lab, Yossef is doing research on adult and pediatric brain cancers. When he’s not looking (and failing) to find good bagels or pizza in the Boston area, Yossef likes to play soccer and basketball, listen to modern rap and R&B music, and watch a Sci-Fi movie or TV show.
Peer advisors
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Michelle moved from the Bay Area, California to Boston in 2019 to begin her Biological and Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at Harvard Medical School in the labs of Dr. Rameen Beroukhim and Dr. Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay, where she uses computational methods to evaluate the gene expression profiles of pediatric gliomas. Michelle has been the President of the Harvard Biotechnology Club since 2021 and has interned at Untitled VC, Civilization Ventures, Helmholtz Munich, and the Broad Institute's Office of Strategic Alliances and Partnering. In her free time, Michelle enjoys playing amateur tennis and experimenting with mixology.
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Binita is a PhD candidate in Harvard’s Biological and Biomedical Sciences program. She received her BA from Barnard College, Columbia University in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 2019. Prior to graduate school, Binita worked at Schrödinger, Inc. in NYC. Currently, she is characterizing deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) using structural biology in the laboratories of Eric Fischer and Sara Buhrlage.
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Charis Li is an MMSc/MBA candidate at Harvard Medical School and Yale School of Management. She currently serves as the co-president for the Harvard GSAS Biotech Club and researches on the evidential value of RWE clinical trials at Zak Kohane Lab within the Department of Biomedical Informatics.Previously, her experiences spans across management consulting, M&A advisory, and was a generalist venture fellow at HIKE Capital. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, hosting dinner parties, and personalizing perfumes for her friends. Currently, you can find her in the process of writing a screenplay.
Industry advisor
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Susanna Harris, PhD is the Director of Platform at Breakout Ventures, where she leads her team in publicizing portfolio developments and supporting the firm's ecosystem of founders, funders, and partners. Combining her experience in public speaking and digital communications with her background in microbiology research, Susanna specializes in translating complex scientific concepts from biotech and deeptech into compelling narratives for stakeholders of all backgrounds. She loves partnering with academics and first-time founders, including as a board member with organizations that promote diversity in entrepreneurship.
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