CONTACT:
5200, MSRB3
3 Genome Court
Duke University,
Durham, NC 27710 USA
Principal Investigator
Aravind Asokan, PhD
Professor & Biotech Founder (Stride Bio, Torque Bio, Lucidigm Therapeutics)
Department of Surgery,
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology,
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Current Lab Members
Ph.D. Student, Duke Biomedical Engineering, University of California San Diego (BS)
Ph.D. Student, Duke Biomedical Engineering, University of California San Diego (BS)
Ph.D. Student, Duke Biomedical Engineering University of California San Diego (BS)
Ph.D. Student, Duke Biomedical Engineering Duke University (BS) Capsid Engineering KING
Ph.D. Student, Duke Biomedical Engineering University of Kansas (BS)
Ph.D. Candidate, Duke Biomedical Engineering SASTRA Deemed University (BS)
Ph.D. Candidate, Duke Biomedical Engineering McGill University (BS) Highest "Bop It!" Score
Ph.D. Candidate, Duke Biomedical Engineering Tufts University (BS) Most Likely to Play Afrobeats Reggaeton Playlist #2 in TC
North Carolina State University (BS)
Research Technician JSS University (MS in Pharmacology) JSS College of Pharmacy - India (BS)
Postdoc, Duke University (PhD) Resident Athlete
Postdoc, University of Virginia (PhD)
Scientific Program Leader I, Lock Haven Univ (BS)
Research Laboratory Manager
Graduate Alumni
Alan Rosales
Former: PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University (2024)
Scientist I, Sarepta Therapeutics
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Tim Smith
Former: PhD Student, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University (2024)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke
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David Fiflis
Former: PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University (2024)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke
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Trevor J. Gonzalez
Former: PhD Student, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University (2023)
Scientist, Torque Bio
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Rebecca Gibson
Former: PhD Student, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University (2023)
MD/PhD, Duke University School of Medicine
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Jonathan Ark
Former: PhD Student, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University (2022)
Venture Capital Associate, Agent Capital
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Patrick Havlik
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2021)
Scientist, Atsena Therapeutics
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Rita Meganck
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow, UNC Chapel Hill, Ralph Baric Lab
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Victoria Madigan
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2019)
Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, Feng Zhang Lab
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Blake Albright
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2018)
Scientist, Rocket Pharma
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Giri Murlidharan
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2016)
Program & Preclinical Platform Lead, Voyager Therapeutics
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Garrett Berry
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2016)
Senior Business Dev Manager, StrideBio
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Erin Borchardt
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2016)
Postdoc Yale; Scientist, StrideBio
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Shen Shen
Former: PhD Student, Genetics and Molecular Biology, UNC Chapel Hill (2013)
Postdoc Salk; Scientist Editas; Principal Scientist, Biogen
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Postdoc Alumni
Josh Hull (2025)
PhD, University of Florida
Scientist, Sanofi
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Zac Elmore (2025)
PhD, Vanderbilt University
Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Lucidigm therapeutics
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Aaron Mitchell-Dick (2024)
PhD, Duke University
Scientist II, 4D Molecular Therapeutics
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Katie Clements (2024)
PhD, East Carolina University
QIAGEN​
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David Wolfson (2024)
PhD, Georgia Tech and Emory University
Scientist, Solid Biosciences​
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Eric Walton (2022)
PhD, Duke University
Scientist, Sarepta Therapeutics
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Anshuman Das (2022)
PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Senior R&D Scientist-I - Miltenyi Biotec
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Heather Vincent (2022)
PhD, UNC Chapel Hill
Assoc Director, TorqueBio
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Victor Tse (2018)
PhD, Cornell University
Assistant Professor, St. Louis School of Medicine
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Ruth Castellanos (2017)
PhD, University of Virginia
Director, Kriya Therapeutics
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Sven Moller-Tank (2017)
PhD, University of Iowa
Director, Regeneron
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Miranda Scalabrino (2017)
PhD, University of Florida
Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Nagesh Pulicherla (2012)
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth
R&D Manager, Indian Immunologicals
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Eric Horowitz (2012)
PhD, Georgia Tech
Executive Director, Tech Ops, Fractyl Health
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Research Tech & Undergraduate Alumni
MD: Julia Conway, Sarah Brown, Kelli Bryant, Travis Corriher, Becca Reardon, Tyne Tyson, Marco Fanous, Minakshi Pillai
DVM: Kate Simon
DDS: Andrew Troupes, Julianne Yuziuk
Grad School: Lavanya Rao, Claire Storey, Coco Liu, Michael Zhang, Austin Sun, DaSean Nardone-White, Leo Blondel, Sylvanie Clouden, Sam Votzke, Kennedy Cleage, Ben Perry
Others: Grace Stafford, Shardae Oliver, Laura Castillo, Nicolas Rey, Emily Kang, Sydney Milo, Jeffery Tan
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+ Many More!
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