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SynBioBeta Speaker

Imad Ajjawi

CEO

RyboDyn

May 2026, SynBioBeta

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Imad Ajjawi, PhD, MBA is a biotechnology entrepreneur and leader in AI-enabled drug discovery, currently serving as Co-Founder and CEO of RyboDyn. His work focuses on unlocking previously inaccessible biology, including the dark transcriptome and dark proteome, to enable the discovery of novel therapeutic targets.Prior to RyboDyn, Imad founded Denovium, an AI-driven protein discovery and design company acquired by Absci, which subsequently went public at a $1.5 billion valuation. During his tenure, he secured more than $100 million through strategic partnerships, venture financing, and M&A.Imad has authored more than 25 patents and peer-reviewed publications spanning synthetic biology, computational biology, and protein engineering. His work has been featured in leading media outlets including WIRED, Forbes, Bloomberg, and NPR.At RyboDyn, Imad is advancing a new paradigm for therapeutic discovery by integrating novel sequencing technologies with AI-driven bioinformatics to systematically identify and validate cryptic, disease-specific targets across oncology and other therapeutic areas.

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