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Mike Boyce, PhD, is expanding his work to research a novel approach to understanding common lung diseases. Read more

New research from Blanca Rodriguez and Meta Kuehn, PhD, reports the presence of RNA and DNA molecules in extracellular membrane vesicles secreted by the human pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus and reveals a novel mechanism of host-pathogen interactions. Read more

In Nucleic Acids Research, Drs. Hala Abou Assi, Christopher Holley, Hashim Al-Hashimi and team unveil that 2'-O-methylation (Nm) preferentially stabilizes alternative secondary structures where Nm-modified nucleotides are paired, increasing the abundance and lifetime of low-populated short-lived excited states up to 10-fold. Read more

Duke's Advanced Professional Degree Consulting Club's Jason Arne teamed up with Richard Hollenbach to do a two-on-two interview with Duke Grad School alums and Boston Consulting Group consultants, Drs. Billy Gerhard and Dane Sequeira. Learn how they became interested in consulting and why a PhD is a good fit for BCG. Read more

Skyler develops and tests novel inhibitors of LpxH and investigates how to improve the permeation of antibiotics across the double membrane of highly infectious, gram-negative bacteria.

A team of Duke researchers found that transcription factors have a tendency to bind strongly to “mismatched” sections of DNA, which might be a way in which random mutations become a problem that leads to disease, including cancer. Read more

Atul Rangadurai wins Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence.

In 2019-20, nine BiochemistryPhDs defended their dissertations

An international collaboration that included the labs of Drs. Alberto Bartesaghi and Gustavo Silva found a new regulation of protein production in cells under oxidative stress using cryo-EM. 

Michael Boyce, PhD, to co-direct national program charged with enhancing diversity among biomedical research faculty. Read more