Pioneering Extracellular
Protein Degradation

with sphingolipid biology

Transcera is a founder-led, venture-backed biotech company

About Transcera

Transcera is a founder-led, venture-backed biotech company translating discoveries from the Lencer and Chinnapen labs at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital into therapeutics for patients living with chronic disease. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Our Platform

Viruses and toxins in nature evolved mechanisms

A New Class of Degraders

Transcera is pioneering a new class of therapeutics that harness natural lipid trafficking pathways to direct proteins into lysosomes for degradation. Our approach combines a proprietary lysosome-targeting lipid, tunable chemical linker, and peptide or protein binder into a compact, manufacturable molecule that can degrade diverse extracellular targets – including soluble and membrane proteins – across tissues and cell types. By enabling potent, selective, and systemic degradation, Transcera’s platform opens new possibilities for treating chronic diseases driven by aberrant extracellular biology.

Our Team

Wayne Lencer, MD

Co-Founder & SAB Chair

William Hunter Goble, Co-founder and CEO of Transcera

Hunter Goble, MBA

Co-Founder & CEO

Justin Wolfe, PhD

Co-Founder & CSO

Joanna Podkalicka, PhD

Senior Scientist

Jiaqian Li, Ph.D., Scientist at Transcera

Jiaqian Li, PhD

Scientist

Artie Suckow, PhD

Board Chair

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