Uyanga Tsedev

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer at Gensaic

Speaker

Dr. Uyanga Tsedev is a biomaterials engineer with broad interest in protein assemblies and manipulation of genetically encoded materials. As co-founder and CSO at Gensaic, Dr. Tsedev drives the discovery of functional sequences and the AI-guided evolution of protein structures for oligonucleotide delivery. She received her PhD in Biological Engineering from MIT, building genetically modified phage-like particles for localized delivery of DNA and small molecules in cancer models at the Koch Institute. Her MS in Mechanical Engineering was also completed at MIT, researching biological scaffolds for nanoscale materials templating. Before coming to MIT, Dr. Tsedev obtained her BS at Harvard University, where she worked on bioresponsive drug delivery and tissue engineering technologies with groups at the Wyss Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.