Jeanne Loring, a co-founder of Aspen Neuroscience, is stepping down from her role as its chief scientific officer.
The La Jolla, CA-based company said Loring—professor emeritus at the Scripps Research Institute, where her work on the genomics of induced pluripotent stem cells laid the foundation for the company’s launch—will become a special advisor to the company’s research and development committee.
Earlier this year Aspen raised $70 million to advance its efforts to develop neuron replacement therapies that use a patient’s own living cells to treat Parkinson’s disease.
Author: Sarah de Crescenzo
Sarah is Xconomy's San Diego-based editor. Prior to joining the team in 2018, she wrote about startups, tech and finance at the San Diego Business Journal. Her decade of full-time news experience includes coverage of subjects including campaign finance, crime and courts as a reporter and editor at outlets throughout California, including the Orange County Register.
She earned a bachelor's degree in English Literature at UC San Diego, where she wrote for the student newspaper and played collegiate lacrosse. In 2019, she earned an MBA at UC Irvine.
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