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Aaron Korkegian, PhD
Postdoctoral Scientist
Aaron Korkegian is a Postdoctoral Scientist with the TB Drug
Discovery team at IDRI. His work focuses on investigations
into the physiology of the M.tuberculosis (Mtb) cell wall, the
development of an overexpression library for high throughput
target identification, and the development of target based
high throughput screens for potential drug candidates
against Mtb.
Learning more about the Mtb cell wall and its critical
functions in the physiology and pathogenesis of Mtb will help
direct future drug discovery initiatives. The development of a
novel Mtb overexpressor strain library will provide an
excellent tool for high throughput target identification while
work on a target based high throughput screen could
potentially identify potential new compounds of interest for
Mtb drug development.
Aaron received his BSc in Molecular Biology from Pomona
College and his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from
the University of Washington. His graduate work at the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research center focused on protein
biochemistry and engineering. Aaron is the first author of two
publications, appearing in Science and JMB, and was an
invited guest speaker at Enzyme Engineering XVIII in Seoul,
Korea. Most recently he presented findings at the 2011
Keystone conference in Vancouver, BC.
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