About Us

Our Mission

Our goal is to make gene knockdowns simple, efficient and fast.

​At ADViRNA we strive to bring ease to your research projects. Whether you are new to RNAi or not, we are available to help find the best fit solutions for your experimental needs

In The Beginning

ADViRNA was founded in 2007 by Anastasia Khvorova, PhD and Alexey Wolfson, PhD. 

​Their mission was to make a new nucleic based technology for therapeutic research use. 

​They strive to provide researchers with the best tools to study and manipulate activity of genes.

Developing improved tools to manipulate and study the activity of genes in living cells

Our Team

  • Alexey Wolfson, PhD

    Founder and CEO

  • Sean McCauley, PhD

    Lead Scientist

  • Hannah McCauley

    Sr. Research Associate

    Business Operations Manager

  • Nicholas Rice, PhD

    Scientist

  • Sarah Goudreau

    Sr. Research Associate

  • Parixit Oza, MS

    Research Associate, Oligo Synthesis

Scientific Advisors

  • Anastasia Khvorova, PhD

    Professor at University Massachusetts Medical School

  • Craig Mello, PhD

    Nobel Prize Winner

    Professor at University Massachusetts Medical School

  • Greg Hannon, PhD

    Professor at University of Cambridge

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

  • Tod Wolf, PhD

    Co-founder and former CEO RXI Pharmaceuticals