Tyler Cabral is the Associate Director of People Sciences at Strand Therapeutics. Tyler is an outgoing professional who is passionate about identifying and placing talent into functions that support the design, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics. After completing his undergraduate studies, Tyler worked in manufacturing at Organogenesis, a regenerative medicine biotech, where he supported the development and scale up of Organogenesis’ commercial products. He ultimately made the decision to transition into recruiting at Pharmalogics Recruiting, a retained recruiting agency that focused on providing recruitment services to life science organizations across the globe. He supported multiple clients ranging from small startup organizations to multinational biopharmaceutical corporations, and placed individuals in all areas of R&D, commercial, and corporate G&A. With his scientific background, recruiting skill set, and passion for helping others, Tyler oversees talent acquisition at Strand and streamlines hiring processes as the organization continues to grow. Tyler holds a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from Quinnipiac University.
Weiyu is a Principal Scientist in the LNP discovery group at Strand Therapeutics. Her research expertise involves the development of functional drug/gene delivery systems. Weiyu received her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Ohio State University, where she worked on developing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA based therapeutics. She also holds an M.S. degree in Pharmaceutics and a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Peking University Health Science Center. Weiyu has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications in journals, such as Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Cancer, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Science Advances, and Chemical Science and Biomaterials.
Wuhbet is a Senior Associate Manager, In Vivo Discovery at Strand Therapeutics. She is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of contributing to the development of novel vaccine platforms. Her primary focus as a former member of the Irvine Lab in the Koch Institute at MIT was targeted and temporally controlled delivery of cancer immunotherapies and HIV vaccines. Her background includes extensive experience as Environmental Health and Safety personnel to ensure compliance of lab practices, a certificate in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences from Boston University, and B.S. in Biology from University Of Asmara.
Zach Webb is an Associate Scientist of Process Development and he is working cross-functionally to support mRNA production and LNP Formulation scale up efforts. Zach completed his B.S. in Biochemistry at Northeastern University in 2023. During his time at Northeastern he completed two co-ops in process development, one at Wave Life Sciences and the second here at Strand.
Zhijun Su is a Principal Associate Scientist at Strand Therapeutics. She is currently supporting Strand’s cancer immunotherapy program. She is adept at RNA synthesis, immunological analyses, running mouse models, and keeping the lab organized. Prior to Strand, she worked at Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Irvine Lab, where she worked on a number of mouse animal studies, and supported cell culture and molecular biology experiments. She earned her B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.