The Programmable Biology Group
We integrate generative algorithms and experimental protein design to create programmable platforms for genome, proteome, and cell engineering.
Our Research
Our Team
We program biology to do what we want.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
MIT (SB '16, SM '18, PhD '20)
Co-Founder of Gameto, Inc.
Co-Founder of UbiquiTx, Inc.
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (Fudan '20)
PhD Student
BS (ECJTU '23)
PhD Student - Duke NUS
BS (UC Davis '20)
Undergraduate
Duke '25
Undergraduate
Duke '25
Undergraduate
Duke '27
Visiting Undergraduate
Vanderbilt '25
PhD Student
BS (Georgia Tech '22)
PhD Student
BS (UNC '24)
Masters Student
BS (Duke Kunshan '23)
Undergraduate
Duke '25
Undergraduate
Duke '25
Undergraduate
Duke '27
Visiting Undergraduate
Penn '27
PhD Student
BS (Duke '23)
PhD Student
BS (SUNY Binghamton '20)
Research Associate
MS (Kyoto U '23)
Undergraduate
Duke '25
Undergraduate
Duke '25
Visiting Undergraduate
Fudan '25
Visiting High School Student
High Technology HS '25
Our Alumni
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Sabrina Koseki, BA (Wellesley '22) → Microbiologist at Mass Dept of Health
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Kalyan Palepu, AB (Harvard '23) → ML Engineer at D.E. Shaw Research
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Garyk Brixi, AB (Harvard '23) → PhD Student at Stanford (NSF GRFP)
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Emma Tysinger, SB (MIT '23) → M.Eng. Student at MIT
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Teodora Stan, SB (MIT '24) → Software Engineer at Codex Health
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Suhaas Bhat, AB (Harvard '24) → PhD Student at Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
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Benji Schussheim, BS (Duke '24) → Software Engineer at Microsoft
Our Updates and Progress
Check out our publications here!
Contact Us!
Feel free to reach out and
learn more about our work!
Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies
Fitzpatrick Center (CIEMAS), Room 2339A
101 Science Drive
Duke University
Durham, NC 27705