About Us
Making living medicines possible
We believe transformative science matters, especially when it can become a practical medicine for patients.
Founded by scientists. Built to become medicine.
Grace Wei, PhD — COO, Founder. Grace Wei, PhD Leads Encellin's clinical development end to end: clinical design, regulatory interactions, and trial execution.
Previously: University of Chicago, Max Planck, UCSF, YCombinator
Crystal Nyitray, PhD — CEO, Founder, Inventor. Co-invented Encellin's core encapsulation technology in the Desai Lab at UCSF. Leads strategy, vision and technology development.
Previously: UCSF, Sanofi, YCombinator.
Tejal Desai, PhD — Advisor, Founder. Led the UCSF lab where Encellin's core encapsulation technology originated.
Now: Dean of Engineering, Brown University.
Our Values
What guides us.
Integrity
We build therapies designed to live inside a person’s body. That responsibility shapes how we develop, test, and make decisions. Especially when the hard answer is the right one.
Patient First
Technology is a means, not the destination. We measure progress by whether what we are building can meaningfully change the lives of people living with chronic disease.
Courage
Meaningful advances rarely come from accepting the limits of what already exists. We pursue difficult ideas, test them rigorously, and change course when the evidence tells us to.