At BioHive's End-of-year mixer, people from across the ecosystem wrote down what impact they had in 2025. Utah's life science community is full of so many brilliant AND kind individuals that are working hard to make the world a better place everyday. 🐝 Here's an exclusive look at just some of the ways our BioHive community made an impact — on their businesses, teams and patients everywhere — in 2025: 🏗️ building in stealth mode 📖 sharing my story with Utah's rare disease community 🤝 hiring my first Returner 🧑‍🎓 connecting students to industry 🌐 sharing the life science ecosystem stories 🎯 helping my company reach its goals 🦾 finding participants for clinical trials 🔬 making new discoveries 👥 meeting so many amazing individuals Thank you to everyone in the community for making a difference and continuing to support the BioHive! Have a safe and happy holiday season.❄️

🐝 hashtag#IAMBIOHIVE Team Edition – Meet Sarah Brown! 🐝 Sarah Brown serves as program lead for BioHive’s Returnship Initiative, supporting professionals re-entering Utah’s life sciences workforce. She is also an Events & Employee Recognition Specialist at ARUP Laboratories, bringing a people-first perspective that strengthens BioHive’s mission. Thanks to Sarah’s leadership and BioHive’s collaboration with Talent Ready Utah (TRU), we’re excited to continue the Returnship Initiative for the next two years.

🐝 BioHive Service Partner Roundtable 🐝 Across the life sciences ecosystem, progress is powered not only by breakthrough science, but by the service partners who help teams and leaders build, scale, and succeed. From accounting and legal to IP, employee benefits, manufacturing, and beyond, these organizations provide critical expertise at every stage of growth. Yesterday, we convened service partners from across Utah’s life sciences community for a roundtable focused on building stronger connections, increasing awareness of available resources, and creating more meaningful ways to collaborate across the ecosystem. Conversations highlighted the value of intentional networking, shared visibility, and continued relationship-building to ensure innovators know where and who to turn for support. Grateful to be part of a community committed to growing together and strengthening Utah’s life sciences ecosystem.

🐝 #IAMBIOHIVE - Taylor Avei 🐝 Meet Taylor, Director of Business at Halia Therapeutics, Inc. With a degree in Biology from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Westminster University, Taylor is a bridge between the research and business at Halia. Halia is building a next-generation drug development model that starts with nature's own solutions. Using the Utah Population Database, Halia's approach turns insights from resilient individuals into powerful therapies for everyone that can protect against Alzheimer's, cardiovascular disease, cancer and more. Thank you Taylor for doing your part to support the life science ecosystem in Utah!

🐝 #IAMBIOHIVE - Samantha Coyne 🐝 Meet Sam, Senior Analyst at DiscGenics. She graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and now applies her expertise as an on-site chemist, managing and validating UPLC testing methods. This National Choose Women Wednesday, we are celebrating Sam, an incredible woman in STEM and a vital part of Utah’s life sciences ecosystem. Thank you for all you do! hashtag#choosewomenwednesday "I have always been driven by the idea of addressing the root cause of disease rather than just treating the symptoms."