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The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) is excited to
announce its first virtual Scientific Connections Conference
with presentation tracks spanning across the applied STEM
disciplines: biotech/product development, space/engineering,
artificial intelligence/computer science, and environmental.
This conference, presented by ASF and Ann & Gordon
Brown, will feature a mix of speakers to include Astronaut
Scholar Alumni to current Astronaut Scholars, representing
the 35+ years the Scholarship has been in existence, paired
with other industry speakers, including CEOs. Confirmed
international speakers represent prestigious companies such
as Applied Research Associates, Baylor College of Medicine,
NASA, Precision Bioscience, Princeton University, Sandia
National Labs, The Space Telescope Science Institute and
Visikol, in addition to an invited FDA-CBER speaker. Two
tracks will run each day and expected attendance is between
250-1,000 participants.
Special Guest Speaker:
Sir Gregory Paul Winter FRS is a Nobel Prize winning
molecular biologist best known for his work on developing
technologies to make therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for
treatment of non-infectious diseases. His inventions have
been used in top selling pharmaceutical drugs, including for
treatment of multiple sclerosis, cancer and rheumatoid
arthritis. He has combined his research at the MRC
Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, UK) with
entrepreneurial activities and has founded three biotech
companies.