FRAXA Biotech Games™. It Could Only Happen In Boston
Three years ago, I had this crazy idea that I would organize an event in Boston that would bring together the Boston biotech community to network in a friendly setting, form new relationships and potential collaborations, while raising money for research in Boston area labs. I found several people who shared my vision and together we launched FRAXA Biotech Games™ . The theme is “ we’re all in this together ," and the beneficiary is FRAXA Research Foundation , which funds Fragile X research around the world. This event supports research in Boston Bear Lab at Picower Institute at MIT, and the Jeannie Lee Lab at Harvard/MGH . FRAXA's mission is to find effective treatments and ultimately a cure for Fragile X , the most common inherited cause of autism and learning disabilities. FRAXA collaborates with these Boston research institutions and also biotech companies such as Ovid Therapeutics . On September 12, 2019 over 300 people from the biotech community gathered at Ca