Editas Medicine, Inc. announced the appointment of Linda C. Burkly, Ph.D., as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Burkly will lead Editas' drug discovery team and activities related to Editas Medicine's pipeline of experimental medicines across all therapeutic areas and indications. Dr. Burkly brings to Editas more than 35 years of experience in biotechnology as a research leader spanning the breadth of the drug discovery and development value chain.

Her experience encompasses therapeutic areas of immunological, neurological, and rare genetic disorders. Linda also has a track record of contributing to the foundations of approved medicines and late-stage clinical candidates including Trogarzo(R), Tysabri(R), and Dapirolizumab (Phase 3), her role ranging across inventing therapeutic compositions, discovering novel pathway biology and uses of therapeutic compositions, co-authoring INDs, and leading project teams. Prior to joining Editas, Dr. Burkly held positions of increasing responsibility over a 37-year tenure at Biogen, most recently leading neuroscience-focused research teams as Vice President and Senior Distinguished Investigator from 2014 to 2022. At Biogen, Dr. Burkly invented a novel anti-CD4 mAb that was developed into Trogarzo(R), discovered novel VLA- 4/VCAM biology and uses of VLA-4 blockers including for Crohn's disease, an indication of Tysabri(R), and was Biogen lead on a partnered collaboration with UCB and therein an inventor of Dapirolizumab.Dr. Burkly holds a Ph.D. from Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, and a B.S. from Fairfield University.

She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the laboratory of Richard A. Flavell, Biogen Research Corp.