Alltrna Appoints Caroline Kӧhrer, Ph.D., Vice President, Discovery Platform
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alltrna, a Flagship Pioneering company unlocking transfer RNA (tRNA) biology and pioneering tRNA therapeutics to regulate the protein universe and resolve disease, today announced the appointment of Caroline Kӧhrer, Ph.D., as Vice President, Discovery Platform.
- Under her leadership, Moderna expanded the mechanistic understanding of mRNA design principles underlying current and future mRNA therapeutics, including Moderna's Spikevax mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.
- "We are excited to have Caroline join us as we boldly establish a first-in-field platform to advance tRNA as a new modality with exceptional and unique therapeutic potential."
- The company's platform incorporates AI/ML tools to learn the tRNA language and deliver diverse programmable molecules with broad therapeutic potential.
- Alltrna has an unprecedented opportunity to advance a single tRNA medicine to unify treatment across a wide range of diseases with the same underlying genetic mutation.