Sigilon Therapeutics announced the appointment of four new members of its senior management team as the company prepares to advance its lead therapeutic candidate into clinical trials. Deya Corzo, M.D., FACMG, joins the company as Chief Medical Officer; Olivia G. Kelly, Ph.D., is Vice President of Islet Cell Therapy Research; Martha Rook, Ph.D., is Head of Manufacturing; and Vanya Sagar joins as Vice President of HR. Dr. Corzo, Sigilon’s Chief Medical Officer, is a board-certified physician of clinical genetics with decades of experience in directing clinical development of novel therapeutics. Most recently, Dr. Corzo served as Senior Vice President of R&D and Chief Medical Officer at Sojournix, a privately held company focused on developing women’s health products. Dr. Kelly brings to the role of Vice President of Islet Cell Therapy Research over 13 years of experience in the biotechnology industry developing cell therapies. Prior to joining Sigilon, Dr. Kelly served as the Senior Director of Cell Biology at ViaCyte, a clinical stage company focused on developing stem cell-derived therapies for diabetes. Ms. Sagar joins Sigilon as Vice President of HR with more than a decade of experience in HR and operations in industry and academia. Most recently, Ms. Sagar served as HR Business Partner for the Research and Early Development organization at Biogen and prior to that, as the HR Business Partner for the global Finance organization. Dr. Rook, Sigilon’s Head of Manufacturing, brings to the role more than 20 years of academic and industry experience in molecular biology, diagnostics development and cell and gene therapy manufacturing. Prior to joining Sigilon, Dr. Rook was VP and Head of the Gene Editing & Novel Modalities Business of MilliporeSigma.