Sean Murphy
Director/Board Member at Flagship Pioneering
Network origin in Sean Murphy first degree
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Yale University
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 531 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| College/University | Finance/Rental/Leasing | 208 |
Flagship Pioneering
 Flagship Pioneering Investment ManagersFinance Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 177 |
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
 Amazon Web Services, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Amazon Web Services, Inc. engages in provision of information technology infrastructure services. Its solutions include archiving, backup and restore, blockchain, business applications, containers, content delivery, database migrations, data lakes and analytics, development operations, e-commerce, high performance computing, hybrid cloud architectures, Internet of Things, mobile services, modern application development, scientific computing, serverless computing, and websites. The company was founded by Andrew R. Jassy in 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.
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| Subsidiary | Data Processing Services | 24 |
J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.
 J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. operates as a not-for-profit genomics research organization. It conducts research on human genomic medicine, infectious diseases, plant genomics, microbial and environmental genomics, synthetic biology and biological energy, bioinformatics, and software engineering. The firm also develops a suite of software packages for sequencing/assembly, gene finding, annotation, genome analysis, microarray data analysis and normalization, protein expression quantitation, computational management, and cloud-based bioinformatics. The company was founded by J. Craig Venter and Hamilton O. Smith in October 2006 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.
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| Private Company | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 3 |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. (Investment Management)
 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. (Investment Management) Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. (Investment Management) (HHMI-IM) is the investment management division of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. (HHMI), a non-profit medical research organization headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Founded in 1953, HHMI-IM manages the investment of HHMI which supports basic biomedical scientists and science educators with the potential for transformative impact.
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| Operating Division | Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds | 1 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Sean Murphy via their personal network
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|---|---|---|---|
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.
 Generate Biomedicines, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Generate Biomedicines, Inc. is a drug generation company that has developed a machine learning-powered multimodality generative biology platform capable of generating new drugs on demand across a wide range of biologic modalities. Generate Biomedicines is based in Somerville, MA. The platform seamlessly integrates computational and wet lab capabilities, improving the speed at which targets and therapeutics are identified and validated, the specificity of target engagement by generated proteins, and the cost of identifying and developing clinical candidates. The company's platform represents a potentially fundamental shift in what's possible in the field of therapeutic development, addressing key challenges of drug discovery and drastically expanding the available search space for novel biomedicines. The company was founded in 2018 by Poorya Hosseini, Molly Gibson, Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Avak Kahvejian, Gevorg Grigoryan. Michael T. Nally has been the CEO of the company since 2018. | Biotechnology | Founder Director/Board Member Founder Founder Director/Board Member Founder Chief Executive Officer President | |
| AXCA HEALPAR | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member Director of Finance/CFO Founder Founder Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| Harvard Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin | |
Indigo Ag, Inc.
 Indigo Ag, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Indigo Ag, Inc. provides microbial solutions. The company was founded by Noubar Afeyan, David A. Berry, and Geoffrey von Maltzahn in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlestown, MA. | Biotechnology | Founder Founder Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member Chairman | |
Cellarity Inc.
 Cellarity Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Cellarity Inc. engages in the operation of platform to design medicines targeting the full cellular and molecular complexity of disease. The company was founded by Avak Kahvejian, James J. Collins, Noubar Afeyan, and Nicholas Plugis in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Founder Founder Chief Executive Officer Founder Chairman President | |
| EVELO BIOSCIENCES, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member | |
| MODERNA, INC. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Founder Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Biotechnology | Founder Founder Founder Chairman Chief Operating Officer | |
| BG MEDICINE, INC. | Medical Specialties | Chairman Founder Director of Finance/CFO Chairman Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Montai Health, Inc.
 Montai Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Montai Health, Inc. is a company that is using its pioneering AI-powered Conecta™ platform to develop Anthromolecule™ medicines that will treat and preempt chronic diseases to improve health outcomes for the 2 billion people worldwide living with these diseases. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Montai Health is unlocking the potential of Anthromolecule™ chemistry with its pioneering AI-powered Conecta™ platform to develop breakthrough small-molecule medicines that will treat and preempt chronic diseases to improve health outcomes for the two billion people worldwide living with these diseases. The company was founded by Hok Hei Tam, Michael Wong, David Kolesky, Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis. Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis has been the CEO since incorporation. | Packaged Software | Founder Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Founder Chief Operating Officer | |
CiBO Technologies, Inc.
 CiBO Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CiBO Technologies, Inc. is a science-driven software company which engage sin the modelling and simulation of agricultural ecosystems. The firm offers CIBO and CIBO Plus software products. The company was founded by Ignacio Bemposta Martinez and Bruno Basso in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Founder Chairman Director/Board Member | |
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.
 Tessera Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Tessera Therapeutics, Inc. engages in science company. It offers scientists and doctors the ability to write and rewrite small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member Founder | |
Ohana Biosciences, Inc.
 Ohana Biosciences, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ohana Biosciences, Inc. operates early stage biotechnology firm. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Invaio Sciences, Inc.
 Invaio Sciences, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Invaio Sciences, Inc. operates as multi-platform technology company. The firm develops multi-platform technology company that unlocks the potential of planet's interdependent natural systems to solve pressing agriculture, nutrition and environmental challenges. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chief Executive Officer Founder Founder Chairman | |
Cygnal Therapeutics, Inc.
 Cygnal Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Cygnal Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs for cancer, immunological diseases and regenerative processes. The company was founded by Noubar Afeyan, Avak Kahvejian and Jordi Mata-Fink in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member Founder | |
| CODIAK BIOSCIENCES | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
| KALEIDO BIOSCIENCES, INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chairman Founder Chief Administrative Officer Founder | |
| OMEGA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Founder Founder Director/Board Member | |
| University of California San Diego | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Corporate Officer/Principal Graduate Degree | |
| University of Oxford | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| RUBIUS THERAPEUTICS | Biotechnology | Founder Director/Board Member Founder Director of Finance/CFO | |
Ampersand Biomedicines
 Ampersand Biomedicines BiotechnologyHealth Technology Ampersand Biomedicines is an American company that designs programmable medicines that work precisely where needed in the body and nowhere else. The company's computationally powered platform identifies ideal addresses for drug localization and informs the design of and-body™ therapeutics that have the optimal therapeutic effect. The result is smarter biologic medicines that target the site of disease without affecting healthy tissue or cells. Ampersand is enabling potent mechanisms to treat disease by creating and programming therapeutics that are more efficacious, without compromising on safety or tolerability. The company was founded in 2020 at Flagship Labs, a unit of Flagship Pioneering. Jason Gardner has been the CEO of the company since 2023. | Biotechnology | Founder Founder Chief Executive Officer Founder | |
Profound Therapeutics
 Profound Therapeutics Pharmaceuticals: OtherHealth Technology Profound Therapeutics is a company that is focused on discovering new medicines by expanding the human proteome. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company uses their platform, Profoundry, to identify and validate proteins and understand their therapeutic potential. This results in a growing database of novel proteins and their roles in health and disease. The company was founded in 2020 by Avak Kahvejian, who has been the CEO since then. | Pharmaceuticals: Other | Chairman Chief Executive Officer President Founder | |
Inzen Therapeutics, Inc.
 Inzen Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Part of Sonata Therapeutics, Inc., Inzen Therapeutics, Inc. is discovering and developing a novel class of medicines based on thanokine biology. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Thanokine biology offers the potential for unprecedented approaches to prevent and treat cancer, fibrotic disorders, immune-inflammatory disorders, metabolic disorders, and degenerative diseases. Inzen's thanokine product platform applies advances in mass spectrometry and machine learning, novel probes, unique assays, genetic and chemical biological technologies to characterize thanokine biology at scale and create drug candidates. Inzen Therapeutics harnesses signals of the cellular microenvironment to treat serious diseases. The company was founded by Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences innovation enterprise that conceives, resources, and develops first-in-category companies to transform human health and sustainability. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member President | |
Inari Agriculture, Inc.
 Inari Agriculture, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Inari Agriculture, Inc. engages biotechnology research and development. It specializes in plant breeding technology. The company was founded by David Berry, Ignacio Martinez, George Church, and Steve Jacobsen in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Founder Founder Director/Board Member | |
| Harvard Medical School | College/University | Doctorate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| MERCK & CO., INC. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Alltrna
 Alltrna BiotechnologyHealth Technology Alltrna is a biotech company that uses AI/ML tools to learn the language of tRNA and develop programmable molecules with therapeutic potential. Alltrna was founded in 2018 by Flagship Pioneering and is based in Cambridge, MA. The company aims to correct diseases by advancing a single tRNA medicine to treat a wide range of diseases with the same underlying genetic mutation. The company's CEOs are Michelle C. Werner and Lovisa Afzelius. | Biotechnology | Chairman Chief Executive Officer Founder | |
ModernaTX, Inc.
 ModernaTX, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Modernatx, Inc. develops messenger RNA therapeutics. Its vivo drug technology that produces human proteins, antibodies and entirely novel protein constructs inside patient cells, which are in turn secreted or active intracellularly. The company was founded by Derrick J. Rossi, Doug G. Cole, Doug G. Cole, Robert S. Langer, Jr., Noubar Afeyan, and Kenneth R. Chien in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member | |
Ring Therapeutics, Inc.
 Ring Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Ring Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of a gene therapy platform. Its Anellovector platform provides tissue specifities benefitting from the inherent diversity of tropism afforded by the commensal virome. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Cobalt Biomedicine, Inc.
 Cobalt Biomedicine, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Cobalt Biomedicine, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutic based drugs. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer | |
| BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc.
 Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It focuses on the immune system to prevent, treat, and cure cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Noubar Afeyan and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Founder Director/Board Member | |
| McGill University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION | Medical Specialties | Director of Finance/CFO Director/Board Member Founder | |
Cornell University
 Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
Midori USA, Inc.
 Midori USA, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Midori USA, Inc. develops cellulosic technology for conversion of biomass to fuels. It offers biomass barrier technology that melts and digests biomass into sugars with a solid, recyclable catalyst. The company was founded by J. M. Geremia and Brian Baynes in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| T2 BIOSYSTEMS, INC. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Founder | |
| CELGENE | Biotechnology | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Epiva Biosciences, Inc.
 Epiva Biosciences, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Epiva Biosciences, Inc. develops immunobiotic therapeutics. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member President | |
Novomer, Inc.
 Novomer, Inc. Industrial SpecialtiesProcess Industries Novomer, Inc. manufactures biodegradable plastics, polymers, and other chemicals from renewable substances. It specializes in commercializing a family of low-cost, high-performance, sustainable polymers and other chemicals. The company was founded by Geoffrey William Coates, Anthony Romey Eisenhut and Scott D. Allen in 2004 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Industrial Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member |
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International
| United States | 49 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
Sectoral
| Health Technology | 33 |
| Consumer Services | 8 |
| Commercial Services | 8 |
| Technology Services | 3 |
| Process Industries | 3 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 307 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 115 |
| Founder | 107 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 72 |
| Private Equity Investor | 66 |
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| Noubar Afeyan | 76 |
| Margo Georgiadis | 34 |
| Harry Wilcox | 33 |
| David Berry | 31 |
| Ed Kania | 31 |
| Michael Rosenblatt | 31 |
| John Mendlein | 27 |
| Theo Melas-Kyriazi | 26 |
| Stéphane Bancel | 23 |
| Ignacio Martinez | 21 |
| Richard Levin | 20 |
| J. Craig Venter | 17 |
| Geoffrey von Maltzahn | 15 |
| Stefan Strein | 15 |
| Diego Miralles | 14 |
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