aTyr Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYR) ("aTyr" or "the Company"), a clinical stage biotechnology company engaged in the discovery and development of first-in-class medicines from its proprietary tRNA synthetase platform, today announced that it has entered into a research agreement with Stanford Medicine. Michael Lim, M.D., Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford Medicine, will serve as the principal investigator for the study. Dr. Lim's research focuses on understanding the basic mechanisms of immunosuppression in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).