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AFEYAN TO TALK AT MEN'S CLUB DINNER
Armenian Weekly
Wed, May 11 2011
WATERTOWN, Mass.-On Mon., June 6, Dr. Noubar Afeyan, the managing
partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, will speak about "The Global
Armenian Nation: Fueling Armenia's Development" at a dinner meeting
of the St. James Armenian Church Men's Club in Watertown.
Dr. Noubar Afeyan In 2000, Afeyan co-founded Flagship Ventures,
a firm that focuses on inventing, launching, funding, and building
new ventures. He is a senior lecturer at MIT, where he has taught
courses on entrepreneurship and innovation since 2000. He also recently
joined Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired
Engineering as a visiting scholar. Afeyan has authored numerous
scientific publications and patents since earning his Ph.D. in
biochemical engineering from MIT in 1987. During his 23-year-long
career as an inventor, entrepreneur, CEO, and venture capitalist,
Afeyan has co-founded and helped build more than 25 life science,
technology, and energy startups. He currently serves on a number of
public and private company boards and is a member of several advisory
boards, including the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at
MIT, the Whitehead Institute at MIT, the SKOLKOVO School of Management
in Moscow, and the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia.
Afeyan's past and current ventures include PerSeptive Biosystems,
ChemGenics Pharmaceuticals, EXACT Sciences, Color Kinetics, Celera
Genomics, Affinnova, Adnexus Therapeutics, BG Medicine, LS9, and
Joule Unlimited.
The social hour begins at 6:15 p.m., followed by a complete losh kebab
and kheyma dinner at 7 p.m., for $12 per person. Ladies are welcome.
The dinner meeting will be at the St. James Armenian Church, Mosesian
Cultural Center, Keljik Hall, on 465 Mt. Auburn St. in Watertown.
Armenian Weekly
Wed, May 11 2011
WATERTOWN, Mass.-On Mon., June 6, Dr. Noubar Afeyan, the managing
partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, will speak about "The Global
Armenian Nation: Fueling Armenia's Development" at a dinner meeting
of the St. James Armenian Church Men's Club in Watertown.
Dr. Noubar Afeyan In 2000, Afeyan co-founded Flagship Ventures,
a firm that focuses on inventing, launching, funding, and building
new ventures. He is a senior lecturer at MIT, where he has taught
courses on entrepreneurship and innovation since 2000. He also recently
joined Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired
Engineering as a visiting scholar. Afeyan has authored numerous
scientific publications and patents since earning his Ph.D. in
biochemical engineering from MIT in 1987. During his 23-year-long
career as an inventor, entrepreneur, CEO, and venture capitalist,
Afeyan has co-founded and helped build more than 25 life science,
technology, and energy startups. He currently serves on a number of
public and private company boards and is a member of several advisory
boards, including the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at
MIT, the Whitehead Institute at MIT, the SKOLKOVO School of Management
in Moscow, and the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia.
Afeyan's past and current ventures include PerSeptive Biosystems,
ChemGenics Pharmaceuticals, EXACT Sciences, Color Kinetics, Celera
Genomics, Affinnova, Adnexus Therapeutics, BG Medicine, LS9, and
Joule Unlimited.
The social hour begins at 6:15 p.m., followed by a complete losh kebab
and kheyma dinner at 7 p.m., for $12 per person. Ladies are welcome.
The dinner meeting will be at the St. James Armenian Church, Mosesian
Cultural Center, Keljik Hall, on 465 Mt. Auburn St. in Watertown.