How NewYorkBIO Benefits Upstate Researchers & Innovators

If you’re launching a startup, commercializing research, or scaling lab operations, come hear the practical ways people like you are accelerating their work through NewYorkBIO services. Learn how you can:

• Gain a strong ROI through the Empire Savings Advantage, which NewYorkBIO members can leverage to save on lab supplies, equipment, chemicals, and consumables.
• Collaborate with the full New York life sciences community to advance your inventions, research, and partnerships. NewYorkBIO actively bridges the downstate and upstate innovation corridors, giving you access to more resources.
• Leverage New York Bio Connect, a single destination, open, centralized resource hub for partners, services, talent, capital, lab space, and ecosystem intelligence statewide
• Share your story at the state and federal levels to guide policies for innovation and access.

Meet Jancy Nightingale-Burch, NewYorkBIO’s Ecosystem Development Manager, who leads member engagement and success across the upstate region.

• Founders and executives of early-stage biotech, medtech, diagnostics, digital health, and life science tools companies

• Researchers and faculty exploring commercialization

• Incubator and accelerator residents (including NextCorps)

• Investors, service providers, and economic development partners working with New York’s life science community

• NextCorps residents receive complimentary NewYorkBIO membership through our partnership supporting the upstate innovation pipeline.

• All others are welcome to inquire about membership levels, which are tiered to fit early-stage startups, growth-stage companies, established corporations, academic institutions, and service providers.

This is an in-person workshop and lunch will be provided. Space is limited and registration closes at 10:00 AM on Monday, August 17.

11:30-11:45 AM: Check in, grab lunch
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM: Workshop
12:45-1:00 PM: Q&A

Jancy Nightingale-Burch is the Ecosystem Development Manager at NewYorkBIO, where she leads the organization's efforts to expand its presence across Western New York. In this role, she develops content for the New York Bio Connect platform, represents NewYorkBIO at regional events, and builds partnerships that strengthen New York's life sciences ecosystem. Drawing on a diverse background in experiential marketing, operations, and strategic relationship building, Jancy works across healthcare, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, technology, and nonprofit sectors to connect organizations, foster collaboration, and support innovation throughout the state.