^{Location: Town Hall Seattle, 8th and Seneca, Seattle
Time: 5:00-8:00 p.m.}

Networking and discussion with Lee Hood, MD, PhD, (Co-founder and President of Institute for Systems Biology) and Carl Weissman (Chairman and CEO of Accelerator Corporation) presented by the ISB Associates Network.

Lee Hood invented the automated genome sequencer which made possible the human genome project. He also invented three other devices that serve as the foundation for modern biotechnology research. In addition, he co-founded more than 14 biotech companies, including Applied Biosystems, Amgen, Darwin, and Rosetta. Among the popular media, Dr. Hood is identified as one of the top 100 agents of change by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the 15 people the President of the United States should listen to by WIRED magazine.

In the past six years, Carl Weissman has led Accelerator as it invested in 10 biotech companies. Three have emerged and raised more than $114 million in additional rounds of financing. Five remain under management at Accelerator, having raised between them $15.7 million in initial investments. In all, Accelerator companies have raised more than $143.5 million through multiple rounds of funding.

This event is sponsored by the Institute for Systems Biology Associates Network and Schwabe, Williamson, and Wyatt.