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founders, Board of directors

& Management

Our company was founded by scientists who are driven to find treatments for rare neuromuscular diseases.

Our commercial efforts are driven by science.

Our goal is to develop the world's first gene therapy to treat FSHD using novel patented CRISPRi technology.

There is currently no therapeutic treatment or cure for FSHD.

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CEO, CSO, Founder, Board Director

Peter L Jones, PhD

Dr. Peter Jones is an expert in epigenetics who has worked on FSHD since 2003, investigating epigenetic mechanisms, creating animal models, inventing new diagnostics, and developing novel therapeutic approaches.

Takako Jones, PhD

CSO, Founder, Board Director

Dr. Takako Jones is a developmental biologist and geneticist who has created new mouse models and diagnostics for FSHD. She is leading the preclinical validation of treatments in animal models.

Charis Himeda, PhD

CSO, Founder, Board Director

Dr. Charis Himeda is

a muscle biologist who developed the CRISPR inhibition approach for FSHD. She is leading the design and validation of therapeutic cassettes in FSHD patient cells.

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Dr. Mick Hitchcock is a bio-pharmaceutical senior executive and researcher with 40 years of experience in the development of pharmaceuticals.

Mick Hitchcock, PhD

Non Executive Chairman, Founder, Board Director

Susan J.S. Phenix, PhD

Scientific Advisor Pharmaceutical Development

Dr. Susan J.S. Phenix holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT and has over 19 years of industrial experience in pharmaceutical development at Pfizer and Genetics Institute/Wyeth BioPharma.

Daniel Paul Perez is one of the leading advocates and experts on living with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), FSHD molecular and genetics research and clinical aspects of FSHD.

Daniel Perez

Patient Liaison

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Carly Baum

Carly Baum is a Certified Public Accountant with over 10 years of industry experience.

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