The next frontier in medicine

Exquisite specificity

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in the right cells, at the right time.

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About us

Founded by pioneers in synthetic biology from leading institutions, Radar Therapeutics leverages the explosion in single-cell transcriptomic data, advances in our understanding of RNA-editing enzymes, and simple, elegant logic gates to make “smart” mRNAs. Our mRNAs can read the information a cell has to offer in real time, allowing us to reprogram the right cells, at the right time. 

Messenger RNA technology enables the rapid creation of new therapeutics. The technology is powerful because it can write functions into cells; however, it cannot currently read what cell type it is in before it does so. Our platform enables reading the cell state before writing a new function.

Precision mRNA Control for Therapeutics

Our RADAR platform enables precision therapeutics through targeted, timely, and controlled reading of the mRNA message in just the right cells, avoiding toxic side-effects in non-target cells

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Backed by expert minds

"Radar Therapeutics' platform will enable programmable, targeted RNA therapies, advancing a new class of safe, effective medicines for patients around the world."

Jim Collins, PhD
Professor at MIT, Core Founding Faculty at the Wyss Institute,
Institute Member of the Broad Institute. "Father of Synthetic Biology"
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“We are excited about what Radar Therapeutic’s novel sensing mechanism will empower for precision medicine.”

Xiaojing Gao, PhD
Assistant Professor at Stanford
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Meet the team

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Sophia Lugo
CEO
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Eerik Kaseniit
CSO & President
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Barbara Mertins
VP of Scientific Operations
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Makenna Morck
Chief of staff
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Tony Lau
Principal Scientist
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Leonard Chavez
Senior Scientist
Thomas
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Thomas Lozanoski
Scientist
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Andrew Tremain
scientist
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Ryland Bednarek
Computational biologist
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Michelle Wallace
Associate scientist
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Ujjayini Nandi
Associate Bioinformatics Scientist
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Brandy Hernandez
Senior research associate
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Vishakha Kumar
Senior research associate
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Xiaojing Gao
Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
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Jim Collins
Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board

Advisors

Dave Schaffer
Dave Schaffer, PhD

Professor at UC Berkeley and Director of the Berkeley Stem Cell Center and QB3-Berkeley

Svetlana
Svetlana Lucas, PhD

CBO of Scribe Therapeutics

Eric Klein
Eric Klein, MD

Distinguished Scientist at GRAIL and Emeritus Professor and Chair, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic

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Romesh Subramanian, PhD

President and CEO of Ascidian Therapeutics

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