Dr. Mannick joins Tornado Therapeutics from Life Biosciences, where she served as Head of Research and Development. Prior to joining Life Biosciences, she was the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of resTORbio, now Adicet Bio. Previously, she served as Executive Director of the New Indications Discovery Unit at Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research where she led the clinical studies of mTOR inhibitors to improve immune function in older adults. Prior to Novartis, Dr. Mannick served as Medical Director at Genzyme working in multiple therapeutic areas and was faculty member at Harvard Medical School and University of Massachusetts Medical School. She received an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by an infectious diseases fellowship as part of the Harvard Combined Infectious Diseases Program.

Ethan Sarnoski serves as Venture Director at Cambrian Bio. Prior to joining Cambrian, he was an Engagement Manager in McKinsey & Company’s Pharmaceutical Practice. He has also worked as an Associate in Yale University’s Office of Cooperative Research. Ethan earned his PhD in Molecular Biology from Yale University, and his bachelor’s degree in Pathobiology from the University of Connecticut.

Dennis Yamashita is the Executive Vice President of Chemistry at Cambrian Bio. He is an exceptional drug hunter and medicinal chemist with 30 years in pharmaceutical and biotech drug discovery. Dennis was VP, Medicinal Chemistry at Axial Therapeutics; VP, Drug Discovery at ORIC; and VP, Chemistry at Trevena, a startup founded by Nobel laureate Robert Lefkowitz. At Trevena, he co-invented OLINVYK (oliceridine), an FDA-approved analgesic for the treatment of post surgical pain. Dennis spent 20 years at GSK, most recently leading drug discovery research collaborations with premier academic institutions, as well as internal drug discovery projects in oncology, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and immunology disease areas. Dennis has a B.S. in Chemistry from MIT and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Yale. He mentors MIT postdoc scientists and volunteers at the MIT Sandbox, an entrepreneurship program for MIT students that aims to move ideas from concept to societal impacts.