Wei Chou Tseng
Associate Director KDI therapeutics
- Role
- Associate Director at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Wei Chou Tseng
15+ years of training in neuroscience and pharmacology including expertise in cellular neuroscience and translational research • 10+ years of experience in industry research spanning startup biotech to large pharmaceutical environments• 7+ years of research and leadership in rare disease therapeutics, ranging from n=1 to small-medium sized cohort pipelines with constant engagement between patient organizations. • Deep knowledge of drug discovery for various disease indications such as neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, psychiatry, and pain as demonstrated by a strong publication record• Leadership in several research and preclinical programs at various stages of the drug development process
Experience
Associate Director
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Nov 2022 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US
Core responsibilities: translating scientific findings into drug discovery, project management, scientific leadership • Direct various scientific activities moving toward the therapeutic goal of targeting rare kidney disease.• Built ASO and siRNA screening pipeline from scratch in house within the Broad and in collaboration with other CROs and academic institutions, advancing leads from in vitro to in vivo animal efficacy studies.• Engaged key stakeholders as consultants for the scientific progress and program development toward clinic. • Actively approach genetic diseases with other innovative modalities including but not limited to CRISPR editing, Prime editing, AAV capsids optimization, and RNA/exon editing.• Lead a team of research scientists and associates and collaborate with different groups to explore novel technologies and identify gene therapy candidates as well as developing delivery platforms for targeting rare renal diseases.
Education
National Taiwan University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2003 — 2007
Duke University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Pharmacology and Toxicology
2007 — 2014
Skills
- Statistics
- Neuroscience
- Western Blotting
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
- Microscopy
- Pcr
- Protein Purification
- Cell Biology
- Cell Culture
- Ion Channels
- Molecular Biology
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Molecular Cloning
- Science
- Biochemistry
- Confocal Microscopy
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