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Awards from Retreat

Chilkoti lab had a great time at BME retreat, and we ~swept~ the end-of-the-year BME awards (and the social hours, of course)! Congratulations to:

NSF GRFP Winners

A huge congratulations to our NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP) winners Simone Wall, Zach Quinn, and Rhett Britton!  Simone's proposal was on "Simultaneous determination of SARS-CoV-2 infection and strain by highly specific antibody fragments" Zach's proposal was on "…

Anya and Brad Wedding

A huge congratulations to graduate student Anya Varanko, now Anya Varanko Barth, on her and Brad's marriage! Now they really can have their cake and eat it too. Looking sharp!

Nat Green's Revenge Triathon

Undergraduate Ethan Ong and Grad Student Dan Shapiro competed in the Nat Greene's Revenge Sprint Triathlon this weekend! Ethan finished in 28th with a time of 1:22:33 and Dan finished in 33rd with a time of 1:24:17. Congratulations to both!

Cassio's Daughter

The dominance of the X chromosome in the Chilkoti lab continues! Congratulations to Dr. Cassio Fontes and his wife, Ruby, on announcing their upcoming daughter, Vivienne! We are all so excited to meet you this fall!

Soumen Daughter

A hearty congratulations from the lab to Dr. Soumen Saha on his announcement that his wife Pritha and he are expecting a daughter in early November! This is the 3rd girl to be born to the lab in a row - there must be something in the water on the 3rd floor of FCIEMAS. Wishing you all the best,…

Imran Ozer

Congratulations to Dr. Imran Ozer on her defense! In her thesis, “Stealth Polymer Conjugates of Biologics”, she adds a new dimension to PEGylation by creating an injectable non-immunogenic PEG-like polymer conjugate that forms a drug depot under the skin and enables sustained…

Nika's First Birthday

The Chilkoti lab came together to celebrate the first birthday of Daria and Nikita's daughter, Nika! A sunny June day with good lab vibes all around.

Ultrasensitive, Rapid Diagnostic Detects Ebola Earlier Than Gold Standard Test

See the news of our D4 Portable platform that can detect early biomarkers of the Ebola virus faster than PCR, the current industry standard

Science Tran. Med. Article 07/2021

Congratulations to current lab members Dr. Cassio, Jason, Garrett Kelly, Jacob Heggestad, and Angus Hucknall, and alumni Dr. Kelli Luginbuhl and Dr. Dan Joh on their publication "Ultrasensitive point-of-care immunoassay for secreted glycoprotein detects Ebola infection earlier than PCR"! The…

Great Job Mandana!

The culmination of Mandana's PhD work has been published in Science Advances on September 4th, 2019! Her work has created novel solutions for the potency, resistance, and delivery challenges that hinder proapoptotic receptor agonist efficacy. Way to go, Mandana!

Publications from our collaboration with the Lingchong You group

The second collaborative paper with Lingchong You’s group is hot off the press at Nature Chemical Biology.   See here for the first paper from this collaboration. Looking forward to many more high impact papers from this collaboration.

Congratulations to Stefan and Nick!

Two recent graduates from the Chilkoti lab, Stefan Roberts and Nick Tang, were selected for the 2018-2019 Duke Biomedical Engineering Dissertation Award! 

Sam + Tosh Stealth Material Highlighted in STM!

Congrats to Samagya and Tosh on their new paper. Their work on creating a new stealth material has also been highlighted in Science Translational Medicine. 

PhaseBio NASDAQ

After a long saga, PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, a startup cofounded by Tosh, finally goes public on the NASDAQ.