The Incubator is an immersive experience that focuses on developing and applying marketable skills and strategies to prepare students and postdoctoral fellows for successful careers in biotechnology.
Career Paths for STEM PhDs
There is a need to more broadly prepare students and postdocs for success in non-academic careers.
Benefits of participation
Real training
Get hands on training bringing real biotech products to market.
Real access
Get access to leading industry and academic mentors.
Real opportunity
Get opportunities to pitch innovative ideas to investors.
What can The Incubator do for you?
Students, postdocs, founders and faculty gain valuable experience, from learning and building, to launching and networking.
Hands-on learning for students
“I cannot emphasize enough how useful and practical the lessons I learned at the Incubator were, and how I leverage them on a daily basis in my position at a biotech company, exploring new disease areas and helping expand our pre-clinical programs.”
— Sofia Carlton, PhD, Senior Manager, Business Development & Strategy at Dyno Therapeutics
Critical job experience for postdocs
“During training, I grew from a novice apprentice to a key integral member of the projects and eventually pitched to real investors. This experience helped me land more than a dozen job interviews, ranging from pharmaceutical companies to investment banks and consulting firms.”
— Yijie (EJ) Ma, PhD, Sr. Director, Head of Business Development, Strategic Partnerships at CANbridge Pharmaceuticals
Build & launch a company
“The Incubator process provided critical feedback on our strategy from industry professionals and thought leaders and we now have greater confidence in our future opportunities. It helped us evaluate our technologies, produced product profile sheets, a corporate deck, and a robust business plan.”
— Dan Housman Co-founder of Courage Therapeutics and Chief Technology Officer at Graticule
Translation & development for faculty
“The Incubator has been a powerful vehicle to accelerate translation and commercialization of technologies being developed in my lab. I work closely with student leaders as a mentor and have seen how it provides important educational experiences for graduate students and postdocs.”
— Carl D. Novina, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and DFCI, Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT