Events

Listing of Events

A list of IALS and related calendar events
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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Workshop 2: Translational Impact Canvas Portfolio Accelerator

12:00 pm - IALS Conference Center. Half-day, in person
Impact Accelerator Workshop

Interested attendees must complete a brief application to participate in the Impact Accelerator workshops. 

Applications open January 23rd, 2026. Space is limited.

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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Intellectual Property Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual

For many technology-based startups creating and securing intellectual property is essential to building a company development and fund raising. Patents, copyrighting, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing are all tools that can be used to build value. Founders are challenged to leverage these tools to create value and reduce risk, while constrained by scarce resources and before they have retained intellectual property counsel for the company.

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Building Bridges ‘Random Acts of Kindness Through Art’ Campaign

As Building Bridges prepares for its ninth annual showcase event featuring art from worker artists across campus, the initiative's Worker Artists Group will launch its annual Random Acts of Kindness Through Art (RAK) campaign on Thursday, Feb. 19.
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Workshop 1: Translational Impact Canvas Toolkit Accelerator

12:00 pm - IALS Conference Center. Half-day, in person
Impact Accelerator Workshop Interested attendees must complete a brief application to participate in the Impact Accelerator workshops. Applications open January 23rd, 2026. Space is limited. Objectives: The objective of this working session is to help participants conceptualize, organize, and articulate the key elements about a specific research or creative project with an emphasis on potential real-world impacts.
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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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MLSC-Convening of the Cores

11:00 am - The Engine, 750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) is hosting the Convening of the Cores event to highlight scientific equipment and facilities, including those funded through the Center’s competitive grant programs.

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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Luminex 200 Magpix Lunch and Learn

12:00 pm - LSL N330
 Join us for an educational seminar introducing ProcartaPlex™ and QuantiGene™ technologies, now available as a new service offering through the UMass Amherst ICTC Core Facility.
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Lunch-&-Learn with Celvivo

12:00 pm - LSL N410
Hosted by Ravi Ranjan and Vikash Verma.

Are you interested in learning more about tissue disaggregation in single-cell research? Come join us for lunch and to learn about the Cytiva VIA Extractor. Discover how you can refine your research with Cytiva.

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Exploring the Ever-Changing Funding Landscape

12:00 pm - Virtual (Zoom link will be sent to registrants)
This session will introduce researchers to techniques that can help identify and understand relevant new sponsors.
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Agile Storytelling for New Audiences

12:00 pm - Virtual (Zoom link will be sent to registrants)
This session aims to help researchers share their work with audiences beyond the campus by connecting potential societal, economic, or cultural impact to their research.
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Intellectual Property Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual

For many technology-based startups creating and securing intellectual property is essential to building a company development and fund raising. Patents, copyrighting, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing are all tools that can be used to build value. Founders are challenged to leverage these tools to create value and reduce risk, while constrained by scarce resources and before they have retained intellectual property counsel for the company.

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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Lunch-&-Learn with Celvivo

11:30 am - LSL S330-340, Conference Center
Hosted by Yubing Sun and Mike Daley.

Getting into 3D cell culture? Looking for a better way to grow your organoids and spheroids? Come join us for lunch and to learn about the ClinoStar2 incubator system, with cloud control and hypoxia capabilities. Discover how you can refine your research with Celvivo.

Registration required