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This Women's History Month, we celebrate Dr. Lorena Beese. She uses X-ray crystallography to derive hi-res, 3D protein images that, combined with different scientific analyses, address cancer biology questions to develop therapeutic agents for cancer treatment and other diseases

This Women's History Month, we feature Dr. Meta Kuehn & her now all-female lab. They study how pathogenic bacteria distribute virulence factors to host cells via extracellular vesicles. Their findings could lead to therapeutic targets to fight human and plant pathogens. Read more

This Women's History Month, we celebrate Dr. Maria Schumacher. Her lab has determined the molecular mechanisms of important biological systems by understanding those involved in protein-nucleic acid interactions in relation to microbial pathogenesis. Read more

Gracing the cover is a TEM image of P. fluorescens producing vesicles. View the art along with Hannah McMillan's article.

This Women's History Month, we celebrate Dr. Kate Meyer who developed the first method for transcriptome-wide detection of m6A. Her work helped uncover pathways that regulate m6A and m6A's mark in regulating gene expression. Read more

Discover what David is researching in the Meyer Lab and what he appreciates about the department's welcoming atmosphere

Sarah is a 2018 matriculant whose research focuses on Staphyloccoccus aureus biofilm infections. Read about her pre-Duke experience and how the department supports her current research.

When PhD student, Jimin Hu, saw good and bad science communication during COVID-19, she reached out to the American Society of Cell Biology to build on what’s right and help fix what’s wrong. 

The bacterium Francisella tularensis is one of the most infectious agents known. Published in Cell Press, the Brennan and Schumacher labs reveal how it regulates its pathogenicity. Read more in Duke Today

Currently used as agricultural fungicides, nucleoside natural products are also under clinical investigation to treat invasive fungal infections in humans. The Yokoyama Lab discovered their unprecedented cryptic phosphorylation and revealed the entire biosynthetic pathway for peptidyl nucleosides. Read more in Nature Chemical Biology.