Michael Ehlers

The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience operates as a philanthropic organization. Its services include grantmaking, coalition-building and encouragement of strategic policy reforms. The company was founded by William L. McKnight in 1989 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Limelight Bio, Inc. engages in the development of proprietary technologies, advanced targets, and drug candidates for the expansion of current gene therapy and gene editing approaches. The company was founded by Phil Johnson and Jean Bennett in 2017 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Ascidian Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology research and development company. The company is headquartered in Brighton, MA.

Nereid Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a life sciences venture firm. It translates the potential of biomolecular condensates into life-changing therapeutics. The company was founded by Clifford Brangwynne and Spiros Liras and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Replicate Bioscience, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, CA. The company focuses on creating novel oncology treatments to prevent drug resistance using its synrgy technology. Replicate aims to enhance the effectiveness of many immuno-oncology regimens in early stages of care and is developing its own pipeline of immuno-oncology products in breast, lung, and prostate cancers. Replicate is differentiated by a team of srrna experts, a customizable library of synthetic srrna vectors, and end-to-end development capabilities. The company harnesses the body's natural protein-making power and uses synthetic biology to design unique self-replicating rnas (srrnas) that can direct that power to fight disease. The company was founded by Nathaniel Whang, Zachary Hartman, Michael D. Ehlers, Herbert Kim Lyerly, Andrew J. Geall, and Nathaniel Whang has been the CEO since incorporation.

Aulos Bioscience, Inc. operates as a biotechnology firm. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Apple Tree venture Managemnet LLC (Apple Tree Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Seth Harrison in 1999. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional offices in London, San Francisco and Cambridge.

Opal Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Intergalactic Therapeutics, Inc. is a gene therapy company based in Baltimore, MD. The company is revolutionizing gene therapies with a novel non-viral platform comprised of its versatile synthetic and episomal c3dna molecules. The company uses a customized approach to focal therapeutic delivery using its lead delivery technology, the comet pulsed electric field system, and a proprietary cell-free manufacturing process invented to make gene therapy safer and more accessible for patients. With programs in ophthalmology, oncology, respiratory diseases, and expansion areas including CNS, renal, and musculoskeletal, Intergalactic Therapeutics is dedicated to transforming genetic medicine. The company was founded by Michael D. Ehlers, and Theresa G. H. Heah has been the CEO of the company since 2023.