Pioneering therapeutics driven by deep epigenomic insights in causal biology

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Our science

By deeply profiling, elucidating, and targeting the epigenetic code, Moonwalk is discovering and developing therapies to return cells to their healthy state, fundamentally enabling a new approach to discovering and developing therapies.

With deep epigenomic insights about selected targets, we can drug them with small molecules, oligonucleotide therapeutics, or direct editing strategies.

Built upon our unique insights into the tissue specificity and gene regulation of brown/beige fat, energy dissipation, and metabolic dysfunction, Moonwalk is advancing internal drug discovery programs aimed at treating cardiometabolic and obesity-related diseases.

Our platform: first in the field

Moonwalk’s technologies bring the most advanced AI prediction of epigenetic targets and the broadest set of epigenetic engineering tools for perturbation. It is the only first end-to-end epigenetic discovery platform capable of profiling the epigenome at the whole genome with single-cell resolution. This positions us well to identify targets related to gene regulation, as well as the best modalities by which to modulate them (e.g. small molecules, oligonucleotide therapies or direct editing strategies).

We utilize large-scale genome-wide profiling and perturbation studies to reveal causal relationships between the epigenome, genome, and gene expression. When applied to disease models, this approach identifies targets (both novel and a better understanding of known target biology) for which suppression or activation can modify pathological gene expression. This enables us and our partners to develop therapies utilizing traditional and editing modalities, informed by the most comprehensive understanding of causal epigenomic biology.

Epigenomic Foundation Model

With Moonwalk’s profiling and perturbation datasets of unprecedented scale, it can train an Epigenomic Foundation Model (EFM) to predict targets that can deterministically move cells from an initial state to a desired state, enabling search over an almost infinite space of combinatorial perturbations.

Moonwalk's Team

Alex Aravanis, MD, PhD

Co-Founder, CEO

Sid Bagaria, MPhil

Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics ML/AI

Alex Campbell, MS

Scientist II, R&D

Elaine Cheung, MS

Chief Business Officer

Jen Fleischer, MS, JD

Head of Intellectual Property

Larry Garrido

Director of Facilities & Lab Operations

Sam Gross, PhD

Head of Bioinformatics & ML/AI

Arash Jamshidi, PhD

Co-Founder, President & CTO

Rigel Kishton, PhD

Head of Immunology Research

John Liles, PhD

VP Biology & Translational Science

Pedro Mendez

Director, Research

Justin Valley, PhD

Co-Founder, Chief Platform Officer

Jeff Weng

Associate Scientist

Feng Zhang, PhD

Scientific Co-Founder

Liyang Zhang, PhD

Associate Director, R&D

Moonwalk News

October 21, 2024

Moonwalk Biosciences to Present New Epigenetic Data at ObesityWeek® 2024 and The Liver Meeting® 2024

August 19, 2024

Moonwalk Biosciences Appoints VP of Biology and Translational Science and Announces Formation of Cardiometabolic Advisory Board

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