Morgan Sheng Appointed VP Neuroscience Research at Genentech

Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA) has appointed Morgan Sheng, MD, PhD, vice president, neuroscience. In this newly created position, Sheng will be responsible for directing neurobiology drug discovery efforts at Genentech and will oversee the department of neurobiology. Sheng will be joining Genentech from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he is Menicon Professor of Neuroscience at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center in the Departments of Brain and Cognitive Science, and Biology.