Snag your tix to food, fun, & headshots with OUTbio Seattle

Hello OUTbio Seattle Community!

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! OUTbio Seattle is thrilled to invite you to Otter Bar & Burger in Eastlake for a Zymeworks-sponsored event on April 4th, 2024. Get ready for an evening filled with fantastic opportunities for food, fun, and a new headshot.

📅 Date: April 4, 2024

⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

📍 Location: Otter Bar & Burger, 2379 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle

What to expect:

• Complimentary Food and Bev: Indulge in delicious bites and refreshments, courtesy of Zymeworks!

• Raffle: Throw in a dollar or two for a chance to win a gift card to a local business!

• Professional Headshots: Elevate your professional profile with complimentary headshots. We’ll send out the link to book your time slot a couple of weeks before the event!

Please note that due to limited capacity, we encourage you to secure your spot at this not-to-be-missed event by grabbing your free tickets now!

RSVP!

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with your OUTbio Seattle community, enjoy great food and drinks, and take advantage of a chance to refresh your headshot!

Let’s make it a photo finish: Save the date, spread the word, and secure your spot today!

Warm regards,

Your OUTbio Founders

P.S. Don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news and updates!

🙌 Spotlight On Volunteer(ing) & Our Next Big Event!

Hello OUTbio Seattle Community!

Fostering community is a core focus for OUTbio Seattle, both in-person and online. We are so grateful for your active involvement in building OUTbio Seattle into a vibrant LGBTQIA+ community. In this special edition of our newsletter, we’re thrilled to shine a spotlight on one of our first volunteers, our Head of Marketing, Trevor. Make sure to read to the end for an exciting announcement!

How did you get involved with OUTbio Seattle, Trevor?

I’ve had the great fortune of working with OUTbio Seattle co-founder Michelle Briscoe as a part of my day job as a media relations guy at s2s Public Relations here in Seattle. I saw on LinkedIn that, along with Naomi Schwartz and Brian Hsu, she was launching the Seattle chapter of OUTbio. When I raised my virtual hand to volunteer for the org, she suggested building out LinkedIn as a good place to start – and speaking of LinkedIn, are you following us over there yet? You can catch our updates, news and parking tips over there, too!

When you’re not moonlighting as our comms guy, what are you up to?

When I’m not at my daytime desk at s2s PR or lending a hand here at OUTbio, I’m plugged in over at Lowbrow Opera Collective where I serve on the board and as director of development and community engagement. Lowbrow strives to make opera a little more fun, a little more queer, a little more whatever-the-heck-we-want. We push the boundaries of opera and produce new works by living composers that reflect the diverse, evolving stories of modern America.This past fall, we had the honor of producing a fully staged production of Achilles and Patroclus with Seattle Opera after launching the work as a part of More Than Friends at 18th and Union. This spring, just in time for pride, we’re staging the operatic celebration of queer love (and entrepreneurship!) Sweets by Kate at Theater Off Jackson – I hope we’ll see you there!

How do you perceive the role of communications in the “commercial” side of the biotech industry, and what specific value does it bring to the overall advancement of the field?

I cut my teeth at Fred Hutch spinout SEngine Precision Medicine right out of school, and was lucky enough to learn from Carla Grandori and the executive suite as they commercialized a complementary diagnostic to help oncologists find the best drug for the hardest-to-treat cancers. When charting my next career move, I merged into the PR lane because it’s where (and big caveat that I’m not a lab guy) I was able to drive the most impact for business goals at SEngine. I like moving the needle, and strategic, integrated communications strategy gives a boost just about everywhere – from company financing, to attracting and retaining talent, and business development. I could wax poetic, but it really can’t be said better than my colleague and mentor Crystal Clarity, so I’ve linked to her perspectives.

What do you think makes Seattle biotech so exciting?

Seattle’s at the crux of bigtech and biotech, we’ve got the right talent across industries to bring transformative innovations to market. It takes a village to get tomorrow’s cures to market, and we’ve got the right village up here in the Pacific Northwest.

Anything else you’d like to share with our OUTbio Seattle friends?

Volunteering for OUTbio has been both rich and rewarding – it’s been such a gift to help play a small part in building our community – so if you’re interested in lending a hand there’s plenty of opportunity to join the team! Shoot us an email at outbioseattle@outlook.com to tell us how you’d like to get involved!

🎉Coming soon! 🎉

And it wouldn’t be an OUTbio newsletter without an event teaser: We are excited to announce that Zymeworks is sponsoring an upcoming OUTbio Seattle event on Thursday, April 4th. There will be free food and beverages, as well as opportunities to get a new professional headshot taken! More information, including an RSVP link, will be coming in March. In the meantime, mark your calendars!

Warm regards,

Your OUTbio Founders P.S. Don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news and updates!

January 25th OUTbio Seattle Pizzapalooza🍕

Hello OUTbio Seattle Community!

Happy new year! We hope this message finds you well and eagerly anticipating the upcoming OUTbio Seattle Pizzapalooza! We are excited to be kicking off 2024 with an evening of delicious pizza, tasty beverages, and LGBTQIA+ community-building. With the event just around the corner, we wanted to send you a friendly reminder about the details.

📅 Date: January 25th, 2024

⏰ Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

📍 Location: Washington Research Foundation, 2815 Eastlake Ave E, Ste 300, Seattle, WA 98102 

🚘 Limited on-site parking and plentiful street parking will both be available. Check our socials for parking tips closer to the event! Date: January 25th, 2024

🍕🥂We will have pizza from Tutta Bella (meat and vegetarian options) and Pizza Pi (gluten-free and vegan). In addition, we’ll have a range of beverages from Rachel's Ginger Beer, Growler Guys, Standard Brewing, and Eight Bells Winery.

The event is currently at-capacity, but sign up for our waitlist and we will be sure to notify you if space opens up!

Get on the waitlist!

🚨 Important Note: If you find that you are unable to attend after RSVPing “YES”, we kindly request that you reach out to us as soon as possible. This will allow us to include folks on the waitlist who are eager to attend! Please contact us at outbioseattle@outlook.com if you need to update your RSVP status. Thank you for your cooperation, and we look forward to seeing you at the Pizzapalooza!

Warm regards,

Your OUTbio Founders P.S. Don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news and updates!