Lili Yang

Founder at Appia Bio, Inc.

Health Technology

Network origin in Lili Yang first degree

Entity	Entity type	Industry
Appia Bio, Inc. Appia Bio, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Appia Bio, Inc. is an early stage biotechnology company based in an undisclosed location. Appia Bio is focused on discovering and developing engineered allogeneic cell therapies across a broad array of indications with a scalable technology platform that increases access for patients. The American company utilizes the biology of lymphocyte development with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) gene engineering to generate CAR-engineered invariant natural killer T (CAR-NKT) or gamma delta T cells from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) with its ACUA (Appia Cells Utilized for Allogeneic) technology platform. The ACUA platform was developed from groundbreaking research in the laboratory of Lili Yang, Ph.D., at the University of California, and collaboration with Appia Bio's other scientific founders, David Baltimore, Ph.D. at Caltech and Pin Wang, Ph.D. at the University of Southern California. The company was founded in 2020 by Jeffrey S. Wiezorek, David Baltimore, Jeenjoo Kang, Lili Yang, Edmund Kim, and Pin Wang. Jeenjoo Kang has been the CEO since 2020. 9	Holding Company	Biotechnology	9

Chart of Companies connected to the second degree

Multi-company connection

Companies connected to Lili Yang via their personal network

Company	Sector	Related people	Main position
AMGEN INC.	Pharmaceuticals: Major	David Baltimore Jeffrey Wiezorek	Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal
BB BIOTECH AG	Financial Conglomerates	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
MedImmune LLC MedImmune LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology MedImmune LLC develops medicines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as cancer and immune system disorders. It offers solutions in the areas of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines for infection, oncology, respiratory disease and inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and neuroscience. The company was founded by Wayne T. Hockmeyer in 1988 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.	Biotechnology	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
University of Virginia	College/University	Margo Roberts	Corporate Officer/Principal
MPM BioImpact, Inc MPM BioImpact, Inc Investment ManagersFinance MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.	Investment Managers	David Baltimore	Private Equity Investor
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York	College/University	Jeffrey Wiezorek	Doctorate Degree
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	Jeenjoo Kang	Undergraduate Degree
University of Pennsylvania	College/University	Jeffrey Wiezorek	Undergraduate Degree
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	College/University	David Baltimore	Corporate Officer/Principal
Swarthmore College	College/University	David Baltimore	Undergraduate Degree
Yale University	College/University	Margo Roberts Daqing Cai	Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin
California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.	College/University	David Baltimore Jeenjoo Kang	Director/Board Member Doctorate Degree
University of California, Berkeley	College/University	Daqing Cai	Doctorate Degree
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation supports cancer research through grants to scientists in fields including cellular biology, genetics, immunology, and virology. It was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research provides research and technology services. Its services include biomedical, genomics, and genetics for students. The company was founded by Edwin C. Whitehead in 1982 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
The Jackson Laboratory The Jackson Laboratory BiotechnologyHealth Technology The Jackson Laboratory provides biotechnology research services. It offers nonprofit research, biomedical research, genomics, genetics, cancer, neuroscience, immunology, aging, bioinformatics, computational biology, research mice, genomic medicine, reproductive biology, developmental biology, eye research and hearing research. The company was founded by Clarence Cook Little in 1929 and is headquartered in Bar Harbor, ME.	Biotechnology	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
The Rockefeller University	College/University	David Baltimore	Doctorate Degree
University of Science & Technology of China	College/University	Daqing Cai	Undergraduate Degree
Legend Capital Co. Ltd. Legend Capital Co. Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Legend Capital Co. Ltd (Legend Capital) is a private equity venture capital subsidiary of Legend Holdings Corp. founded in 2001 by Zhu Li Nan. The firm is headquartered in Beijing, China.	Investment Managers	Daqing Cai	Corporate Officer/Principal
American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The American Association for the Advancement of Science provides science related journal, program, and education services. The firm also promotes the responsible use of science in public policy. The company was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	David Baltimore	Chairman
FasterCures		David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
BIONANO GENOMICS, INC.	Biotechnology	Daqing Cai	Director/Board Member
The Column Group LLC The Column Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance The Column Group LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Svennilson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.	Investment Managers	David Baltimore Jeenjoo Kang	Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Analyst
REGULUS THERAPEUTICS INC.	Pharmaceuticals: Major	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
IMMUNE DESIGN CORP	Pharmaceuticals: Major	David Baltimore	Founder
CELYAD ONCOLOGY SA	Biotechnology	Margo Roberts	Director/Board Member
American Cancer Society California Division, Inc. American Cancer Society California Division, Inc. Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services The American Cancer Society, California Division, Inc., is led by an unpaid volunteer Board of Directors, comprised of community leaders, health care professionals, survivors and concerned citizens. The company employs more than 160 thousand volunteers each year throughout the state to conduct programs in partnership with professional staff. Each year it conducts both internal and external audits to ensure that they are stewarding donors dollars in the most cost-effective way possible. Year after year, surveys conducted by credible polling agencies clearly indicate that the American Cancer Society is the most trusted organization of its kind in the country.	Hospital/Nursing Management	David Baltimore	Corporate Officer/Principal
The Broad Institute, Inc. The Broad Institute, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology The Broad Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development in biomedicals to cure infectious disease. Its scientific areas include chemical biology and therapeutics, genome regulation, cellular circuity and epigenomics, medical and population genetics, and metabolism. The company was founded by Eric S. Lander, Eli Broad and Edythe Broad in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Biotechnology	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
Calimmune, Inc. Calimmune, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Calimmune, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The firm offers Cal-1, a gene-based stem cell therapy to protect individuals infected with HIV from progressing to AIDS. The company was founded by David Baltimore, Inder M. Verma, Irvin Chen and Louis Breton in 2006 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.	Biotechnology	David Baltimore	Founder
The Broad Foundations The Broad Foundations Financial ConglomeratesFinance The Broad Foundations is a reform organization. It focuses its grantmaking in four common areas: education, science, arts, and civic. The company was founded by Eli Broad and Edythe L. Broad and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.	Financial Conglomerates	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
KITE PHARMA INC	Biotechnology	Margo Roberts Jeffrey Wiezorek	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer
Foundation for Biomedical Research Foundation for Biomedical Research Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Foundation for Biomedical Research provides animal research and testing services. The non-profit company is based in Washington.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	David Baltimore	Director/Board Member
Human Genome Organisation		David Baltimore	Corporate Officer/Principal
INNOVENT BIOLOGICS, INC.	Pharmaceuticals: Major	Daqing Cai	Director/Board Member
Indi Molecular, Inc. Indi Molecular, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Indi Molecular, Inc. is a life sciences company that develops a synthetic class of diagnostic and therapeutic agents with antibody-like properties: protein-catalyzed capture agents. It offers products used by physicians and patients to manage complex and serious diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. The company was founded by Michael Phelps, Albert A. Luderer, Leroy E. Hood, and Jim Heath in 2013 and is headquartered in Culver City, CA.	Biotechnology	Daqing Cai	Director/Board Member
AXONICS, INC.	Medical Specialties	Daqing Cai	Director/Board Member
Beijing Genomics Institute Beijing Genomics Institute BiotechnologyHealth Technology Part of BGI Genomics Co., Ltd., Beijing Genomics Institute develops science and technology services in the genomics field. The company is based in Shenzhen, China.	Biotechnology	Daqing Cai	Director of Finance/CFO
UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.	Biotechnology	Margo Roberts	Director/Board Member
Eight Enterprises LLC Eight Enterprises LLC Investment ManagersFinance Eight Enterprises LLC (8VC) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joseph T. Lonsdale. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Investment Managers	David Moskowitz Francisco Gimenez	Private Equity Analyst Private Equity Investor
Flywheel Exchange, Inc. Flywheel Exchange, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flywheel Exchange LLC develops cloud-based software which helps scientists and researchers to share data and algorithms. The firm also provides computer programming services. It offers life sciences, clinical research, imaging research and AI developer solutions. The company was founded by Brian Wandell, Troy D. Kopischke, Ryan Chamberlai and Gunnar Schaefer in 2012 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.	Packaged Software	Francisco Gimenez	Director/Board Member
Beijing Shenogen Pharma Group Ltd. Beijing Shenogen Pharma Group Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Beijing Shenogen Pharma Group Co. Ltd. engages in the manufacture of icaritin drug products. It focuses on the treatment of multiple malignant tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma, breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and lymphoma. The company was founded by Kun Meng and Zhao Yi Wang on May 5, 2008 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.	Pharmaceuticals: Major	Daqing Cai	Director/Board Member
Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a bio-technology company. It develops in-class G Protein-Coupled Receptor targeted drugs to address serious, unserved medical needs. The company was founded by Alain D. Baron, Marcus F. Boehm and Xinzhong Dong and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.	Biotechnology	Jeenjoo Kang	Director/Board Member
BlueVoyant LLC BlueVoyant LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services BlueVoyant LLC engages in the provision of cybersecurity services. It offers third party cyber risk service, managed security services, threat intelligence, and professional services. The company was founded by Thomas Henry Glocer and James A. Rosenthal in July 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Information Technology Services	Francisco Gimenez	Director/Board Member
TENAYA THERAPEUTICS, INC.	Pharmaceuticals: Major	Jeenjoo Kang	Director/Board Member
LYELL IMMUNOPHARMA, INC.	Biotechnology	Margo Roberts	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer
INSTIL BIO, INC.	Biotechnology	Margo Roberts	Director/Board Member
Unlearn.AI, Inc. Unlearn.AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Unlearn.AI, Inc. develops machine learning technology for clinical drug trails. It offers clinical trial design, synthetic control arms, and super-powered subgroup analysis. The company was founded by Aaron Smith, Charles K. Fisher, and Jonathan Walsh in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Packaged Software	Francisco Gimenez	Director/Board Member