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LA BEST - LA Bioscience Ecosystem Summit 2021

The Los Angeles Bioscience Ecosystem Summit 2021 (LABEST) is the premier showcase for bioscience innovation in Los Angeles County. This event is a collaboration with colleagues from across the county to present promising academic research, entrepreneurial faculty investigators, as well as local start- up companies. It is intended to promote awareness of the growing life science entrepreneurial ecosystem in Los Angeles and to foster partnerships with the biotechnology and life science industry. LABEST 2021 takes place over 3 days and will be entirely virtual this year. 

  • Dates: Tuesday May 25, Wednesday May 26 and Thursday May 27, 2021
  • Agenda Highlights 
    • Hospital CEOs Sharing Innovations
    • CIRM Strategic Priorities and Opportunities Beyond 2020
    • Moving Microbes from Bench to Bedside
    • Advancing Inclusive Research 
  • ​​​​​​​Keynote Speakers 
    • ​​​​​​​Eric Esrailian, Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, UCLA Health
    • Gene Sykes, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
    • Martin Jarmond, The Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics, UCLA
    • Anne Rimoin, Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health

UCLA Staff, Faculty and Student Discounts available. Please email info@tdg.ucla.edu using your ucla.edu email address and provide name, title and department. 

Visit the LABEST 2021 webpage for full agenda and details to register.