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Derrick J. Rossi (born 5 February 1966), [1] is a Canadian stem cell biologist and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of the pharmaceutical company Moderna . Early life and education. Rossi was born in Toronto as the youngest of five children of a Maltese immigrant family. [2] .
Dr. Rossi holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department at Harvard Medical School, and Harvard University. He is an investigator at the Immune Disease Institute (IDI), and the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston.
Jun 9, 2023 · Published: June 9, 2023. By Scott Anderson. A stem cell scientist and successful biotechnology entrepreneur, Derrick Rossi knew he was onto something big in 2009, when his Harvard University lab was able to successfully modify messenger RNA – molecules that relay genetic information in the body. He immediately recognized the potential to ...
Feb 22, 2021 · Published: February 22, 2021. By Rahul Kalvapalle. When stem cell biologist Derrick Rossi co-founded the biotech firm Moderna, he envisioned that its novel solution – using modified messenger RNA molecules to relay genetic code to human cells – would have widespread applications in the realm of genetic disease.
Jul 23, 2021 · By John Stackhouse and Naomi Powell. Published July 23, 2021 | 2 min read. When Derrick Rossi co-founded biotech company Moderna Inc., a pandemic was hardly top of mind. A decade later, his work on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) molecules—which carry instructions to human cells—has been recognized as critical to the development of the ...
Nov 10, 2020 · Derrick Rossi, a native of Toronto who rooted for the Maple Leafs and sported a soul patch, was a 39-year-old postdoctoral fellow in stem cell biology at Stanford University in 2005 when he...
Feb 22, 2022 · COVID vaccines largely owe their existence to a visionary Canadian molecular biologist named Derrick Rossi, who’s notable as much for his alt-rock appearance—tousled hair, soul patch, Western shirts—as he is for his pioneering scientific discoveries. Rossi is ambitious and freewheeling.
