Keynote Presentation

Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Ph.D. joined Intellia Therapeutics in 2019 as Chief Scientific Officer and is responsible for Research and Early Development. Intellia is harnessing CRISPR-based technologies to revolutionize the future of medicine. Laura previously held leadership positions at Vertex, Alnylam and Merck. She serves in the Board of Directors of Taysha Gene Therapies, the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine and the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society, and on the Scientific Advisory Boards for Thermo Fisher Scientific, the U.K. Nucleic Acid Therapies and Arsenal Capital Partners.  She received her professional degree in Biochemistry from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from New York University.