PGC Faculty Earn Distinguished Professorships
This spring, five faculty members in the Precision Genomics Collaboratory have been awarded distinguished professorships. The new distinguished professors were honored at the annual distinguished professorship event on May 4.
In total, Duke University awarded distinguished professorships to 44 faculty members from seven Duke colleges and schools this year.
Distinguished professorships are awarded to faculty who have demonstrated extraordinary scholarship in advancing science and improving human health.
Swain Lenz to Speak at Large Genomic Conference
Sequencing and Genomic Technologies Director, Devjanee (Devi) Swain Lenz, will be one of the invited panel speakers at the Festival of Genomics and Biodata conference
Outsmarting Superbugs, One Germ at a Time
It’s an old story: Pathogen sickens humans. Humans create medicine. Pathogen evolves a way around the medicine. Humans are back to square one.
Blood May Hold the Key to Cheating Father Time
James White, PhD, Gurpreet Baht, PhD, and team show that biological age is fluid, and while it can age faster under stress, it can also be restored once those stressors are eliminated.
New Cause Identified for Metabolic Disease that Strikes Native Americans
Duke Health researchers have identified the cause of an inherited metabolic disease common among people with Lumbee and other Native American heritage.
New Equipment in Molecular Genomics Core
The Molecular Genomics Core in the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute (DMPI) has added a 10xGenomics in situ sequencing platform called Xenium.
The new platform allows for single cell spatial resolution of gene expression and provides spatial context of targeted RNA profiles within tissues.
Simon Gregory among those honored for breast cancer gene discovery
In December 1995, the work of over 40 researchers culminated with a landmark publication in Nature. The team had discovered a second breast cancer susceptibility gene: BRCA2. Their discovery revolutionized cancer research and screening in breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers and has impacted millions of people’s lives in the years since.
Rethinking the Use of Race and Other Labels in Genetics Research
A national committee co-chaired by Duke Professor Charmaine Royal issued a report that emphasized the high stakes of ensuring that genetics research benefits all groups in society and mitigates harm.
Collaboration Seeks Genetic Clues to Chronic Lung Disease
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease that causes scarring on the lungs. Over time, as more scarring occurs, patients experience decreased lung function and difficulty breathing. Once diagnosed, most patients die within five years.
Study Reveals How UV Radiation May Drive Melanoma
Raluca Gordân, PhD, and team investigated how transcription factors may affect the production of genetic mutations, or mutagenesis, by binding to the wrong sites after being exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation.