Beam Therapeutics announced the promotion of chief scientific officer Giuseppe “Pino” Ciaramella, to president. Dr. Ciaramella will continue his role as chief scientific officer. Dr. Ciaramella has served as Beam’s chief scientific officer since February 2018, bringing more than 20 years of drug discovery experience. Throughout his career, he has held several leadership roles, with a particular focus in the fields of antivirals, immunology and biotherapeutics. Prior to joining Beam, Dr. Ciaramella was the chief scientific officer of the infectious disease division of Moderna Therapeutics, where he was instrumental in generating some of the first mRNA vaccines to be dosed in humans, several of which are progressing through clinical studies. Before Moderna, he served in senior leadership roles at Astra Zeneca and at Boehringer Ingelheim, where he was responsible for external R&D and was a member of the research leadership team. Prior to Boehringer Ingelheim, he spent 14 years at Pfizer in the U.K., where he held several discovery leadership positions, including head of biotherapeutics, head of antivirals and head of lead discovery.