Pittsburgh Biomedical Breakfast

03/23/2020

We're back for a Virtual BioBreakfast on March 24th. 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM. Log-in details below. It's easy and will be fun. It's best if you can use your computer, but you can call in as well.

Life Sciences PA's CEO, Chris Molineaux, and his team will join us at ~8:45 AM to speak about the Covid-19 crisis and give his Advocacy Day pitch.

Hope you can join us and that you're all doing well. You'll have to provide your own coffee and pastries...

Topic: Virtual BioBreakfast March 24th
Time: Mar 24, 2020 08:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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11/25/2019

There is still a day to buy raffle chances for 2 Penguins tickets to any remaining home game. Great seats and 2 Lexus club passes. Hit the link to buy chances.

07/19/2018

Big News! The BioBreakfasts are moving to LifeX’s new offices in the South Side Works starting this Tuesday, July 24th.

New Address:
2730 Sidney Street, Building 2, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15203

There is ample parking on the street or in the garage a block away.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

08/14/2017

Craig Markovitz, former CEO of Blue Belt Technologies, will be speaking at tomorrow's BioBreakfast (August 15th). Craig will be sharing the story of building Blue Belt and selling it to Smith & Nephew for $275 Million. We will be meeting at the Pgh Technology Council offices (2000 Technology Drive) from 8 AM - 10 AM. Come and hear this Pgh success story.

05/12/2017

This is another Raffle for Pens playoff tickets for a VERY worthy cause. Annete Bongiwe Moyo was a Mandela Fellow in Pgh last year and is an extremely talented person who spoke at a BioBreakfast. She is training to become a surgeon in her native Zimbabwe and this raffle will go to support 2 female Zimbabwean medical students to do a 4 week surgical elective in Pgh next year. Read all about this great program. And you can win tickets to Game 5 of the Pens vs Senators.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/raffle-for-2-tickets-to-penguins-game-5-in-support-of-zimbabwean-surgical-elective-fellows-in-tickets-34553111286?aff=es2

This is a Raffle for 2 Tickets to the Penguins Game 5 against the Ottowa Senators on Sunday, May 21st at 3 PM.  The seats are in Section 105, Row Q, Seats 3 and 4.  2 Lexus Club passes will also be included.  If the Penguins sweep, the same seats and passes for the Stanley Cup Finals Home Game 1 in…

03/05/2017

Transplant pioneer, Dr. Thomas Starzl, passed away on Saturday. He helped millions of people by making transplant surgery safer and more routine as well as helping develop some key immunosuppressive drugs. He made the world a better place and his legacy will carry on with all the surgeons he trained. Rest In Peace.

Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, the organ transplant icon who revolutionized medicine by performing the first successful liver transplant and set the standard for the life-saving ...

02/16/2017

I hope to see many of you at the BioBreakfast on Tuesday, Feb 21st, for the VIP speakers from the JP Morgan private bank in Philadelphia. It will be very educational and a great networking opportunity.

Tuesday, Feb 21st
8-10 am
2000 Technology Drive, Suite 100
Pgh, PA 15219

01/14/2017

VIP Speaker Craig Tucker
Tuesday, January 17th
8 AM – 10 AM at Pittsburgh Technology Council
2000 Technology Drive, Suite 100
Pittsburgh, PA 15219


On January 17th, our next VIP Speaker will be Craig Tucker, the Vice President of Policy & Public Affairs for Life Sciences PA. He will be briefing everyone on what to expect as the new Trump Administration takes office.

Craig oversees the strategic direction for Life Sciences PA's state and federal policy agendas, maintaining and securing new local, national and international partnerships, and assuring that the voices of LSPA member companies are heard in Harrisburg and Washington D.C. He is a great resource for our companies.

We will also have representatives from Sen. Casey's, Sen. Toomey's, and Rep. Doyle's offices to meet and interact with.

10/19/2016

Friends - short notice, but I have 2 VIP tickets to Pgh's Bra Day event tonight to raise $ for breast cancer research. Would you like to use them? It's at Bar Marco. See link below. First to claim in comments gets them, but you must attend.

https://www.showclix.com/event/bra-day

Christian Manders

Tickets for BRA Day in Pittsburgh from ShowClix. The Department of Plastic Surgery and Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC invite you to The 2016 Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day and "The Art of Breast Reconstruction." This collaborative effort between the American Society of Plastic Su