News from the Office for Science and Technology in Boston - October 2016

Dr. Rémy Brossel, Medical Oncologist and CSO and Founder of Cell Constraint & Cancer, a Biotech dedicated to in vivo application of Physical Oncology, will talk on Tuesday November 1, 2016 at 6:30pm about a new way to treat cancer using constraint fields to cause physical disruption to the cells.

Join this special "Café des Entrepreneurs" on Wednesday October 19, 2016, 6:00 pm at the MIT to hear from the experience of a successful French entrepreneur about how to make it in the US, to meet 6 of the most promising French startups which are laureates of the 2016 edition of the NEw Technology Venture Accelerator (NETVA) program and for networking.

This event will bring together some of the most promising French entrepreneurs, laureates of the 2016 edition of the NEw Technology Venture Accelerator (NETVA) program, and entrepreneurs from MassChallenge, to face off with their elevator pitch on Friday October 21 from 2:30pm to 6:00pm. Feel free to join this opportunity to develop a growing network across the Atlantic. Each people in the audience will be able to vote. Join us for what promises to be an incredible opportunity to engage with French and International entrepreneurs in a fun and dynamic environment!

Dr Lee Karp-Boss & Dr. Emmanuel Boss, PhD in Oceanography, professors at the University of Maine, will present Tara Expeditions to the francophone scientific community in Boston on Tuesday September 14 at 6pm. This French non-profit initiative is active since 2003 and organizes voyages to study and understand the impact of climate change and the ecological crisis facing the world's oceans. Tara, a legendary boat built for extreme conditions, is the platform for these high-level scientific research missions.