Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Stephen Doberstein., Chief Scientific Fellow at Nektar Therapeutics, Inc., to the company’s board of directors as an independent director, effective immediately. Dr. Doberstein was named Chief Scientific Fellow at Nektar in October 2019 after two years as Nektar’s Senior Vice President of R&D and Chief Research and Development Officer. Prior to this, Dr. Doberstein served for nearly eight years as Nektar’s Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer. During his tenure with Nektar, Dr. Doberstein has been responsible for all R&D efforts, supervising more than 300 scientists, physicians and support personnel. Dr. Doberstein was instrumental in conceiving and leading Nektar’s strategic expansion from a small-molecule discovery and development company focused in analgesics to a biopharmaceutical company engaged in cytokine engineering with an emphasis in immuno-oncology.