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November 16, 2021 | Duke Research Blog
Gersbach included in this year's 'Highly Cited Researchers' list
October 25, 2021 | Duke School of Medicine
CRISPR at a Tipping Point: A Q&A with Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna, PhD, professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at the University of California, Berkeley, is a leading figure in the CRISPR revolution. Her fundamental work and leadership in developing the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool earned her and French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020.
October 7, 2021
West receives grant from Ruth K. Broad Research Foundation for Alzheimer research
Anne West, MD, PhD, professor of neurobiology, received a Faculty Scholar Award from the Ruth K Broad Biomedical Research Foundation to study noncoding regulation of gene transcription in human neurons. This three-year, $375,000 grant will leverage what researchers already [...]
September 9, 2021
Two new NIH-funded centers to explore impacts of genomic variation in health, disease
Duke University is the recipient of two large grants totaling nearly $12 million from NHGRI.
August 23, 2021 | Working@Duke
Despite Pandemic Distance, Innovative, Interdisciplinary Ideas Take Root
August 2, 2021
New Mice Enable CRISPR-based Epigenome Editing in Living Animals
A CRISPR-Cas9 variant with deactivated DNA-cutting function – known as “dCas9” - is a powerful tool to help researchers understand what genes do when their expression is dialed up or down, but it has some limitations.
July 12, 2021 | Duke Translation & Commercialization
Cancer treatment startup started by Duke faculty raises $70M
June 29, 2021
Gersbach Awarded Distinguished Professorship
Charlie Gersbach has been awarded the John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1, 2021. Appointment to a named chair recognizes excellence in research, teaching and contributions to the university community. Gerbach is one of 22 [...]
June 16, 2021 | Pratt School of Engineering
Cells Construct Living Composite Polymers for Biomedical Applications
May 6, 2021 | Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology
$8M grant aims to better understand disease mechanisms of schizophrenia
A new $8 million NIH grant seeks to uncover more clues into what genes increase the risk of developing schizophrenia.
April 14, 2021 | Duke Today
Duke-Led Team Finds Why Women May Be Better Equipped to Fight COVID
When it comes to COVID-19, women seem to be the stronger sex
April 6, 2021 | Duke Today
A male baboons dominance gives him babies, but costs him years
Struggle for dominance leaves a mark on genes and speeds up aging
January 25, 2021 | Pratt School of Engineering
Exercising Muscle Combats Chronic Inflammation On Its Own
Exercising lab-grown human muscle autonomously blocks the damaging effects of interferon gamma
January 13, 2021 | Pratt School of Engineering
The Cancer Microbiome Reveals Which Bacteria Live in Tumors
January 7, 2021 | Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory
How does a fish grow back scales?
How does a fish grow back scales it has lost to be the right size? Why don’t they just keep growing? The secret lies in waves of Erk activity.
January 4, 2021 | Duke Research Blog
Claire Engstrom, a Student Researcher Working to Treat Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy by Optimizing CRISPR-cas9
Claire first got involved with on-campus research through her pre-orientation program, PSearch.
December 1, 2020
CRISPR Tagging Improves Accuracy Of Model Cells Grown From Stem Cells
A team of biomedical engineers at Duke University has created a new way to turn stem cells into a desired cell type by mastering the language of gene regulatory networks.
November 12, 2020 | Duke Today
Astrocytes Identified as Master ‘Conductors’ of the Brain
Star-shaped ‘glue’ cells make it their business to govern connections between neurons
October 23, 2020 | Duke Today
Lab-grown Mini-lungs Mimic the Real Thing – Right Down to COVID Infection
Living human lung air sacs in tiny dishes promise to accelerate COVID research
October 22, 2020 | Duke School of Medicine
Transcription factors may inadvertently lock in DNA mistakes
Transcription factor proteins are the light switches of the human genome.
September 23, 2020
Diao receives $3 million grant from 4D Nucleome Consortium
Yarui Diao, Ph.D. received a U01 grant, totaling $3 million in research funding for 5 years, from 4D Nucleome Consortium (phase 2) through the NIH Common fund. Diao aims to determine the function and regulation of high-order chromatin structure on gene regulation and [...]
September 16, 2020 | Duke University
Lung Stem Cells in Transition - a Culprit in Lung Fibrosis
September 9, 2020
Diao awarded Genomic Innovator Awards
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, selected Yarui Diao to receive 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards. NHGRI honored a total of 12 early career investigators in genomics.