Calling all innovators and visionaries!

​Are you passionate about the intersection of science, technology, and entrepreneurship? Whether you're a scientist, student, aspiring entrepreneur, startup founder, or simply curious about the innovation ecosystem, this is your chance to connect and learn!

We're kicking off 2026 Innovators Social Strong with Sophia Xu, of CarbonBridge!

A 2026 Forbes 30 under 30 honoree, Sophia is the Chief Science Officer (CSO) at CarbonBridge, a Harlem Biospace-incubated, SOSV-backed startup company harnessing biological systems to convert methane into methanol at low temperatures and pressures, while allowing for variable energy input.

Join us and hear Sophia's story

​Our Lunch & Learn series brings together innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and community members for informal, engaging conversations around science, technology, and entrepreneurship. Each session features guest speakers and timely topics designed to spark ideas, share practical insights, and foster meaningful connections across the innovation ecosystem.

​​Join us to learn something new, ask questions, and connect with others—over lunch.

​About Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD)

​Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) delivers an intuitive software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform widely used by biologists and chemists across academic institutions, startups, biotechnology companies, and the pharmaceutical industry.

​Its flagship product, CDD Vault, enables researchers to efficiently organize, analyze, and securely collaborate on both biological and chemical data through a user-friendly web interface. Scientists can register compounds and biological entities, track inventory, manage assay data, capture experimental results, calculate structure–activity relationships (SAR), and mine datasets to identify promising drug candidates.

​Founded in 2004, CDD now supports thousands of researchers engaged in drug discovery worldwide. Learn more at www.collaborative drug.com.