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Congratulations to Jessica Wojtaszek, Javaria Najeeb, Ben Fenton and their colleagues for the discovery of a small molecule adjuvant that stems cancer drug resistance.

Published in "Nature Communications," the Lee Lab defines four crystal structures of the Lipid II flippase, MurJ. They identified the key ion for function and provided a framework for the development of inhibitors. Read more

Jane Richardson is the 2019 recipient of the Alexander Hollaender Award for her outstanding contributions to the field of biophysics. Read about Jane's accomplishments.

A PhD grad can take varied career paths outside the common faculty position. Our own Jimin Hu, of the Boyce Lab, shares one alumna's atypical story. Read more

Blanca Rodriguez wins fellowship award.

It can be daunting to teach a class while doing STEM research for your PhD, but Nichole Orench-Rivera did just that. After her semester instructing undergraduates, she learned a few things about balancing teaching and research. Read her tips

Yang Lab's, Son Le, receives prestigious 2-year American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship.

Nobel prize winner George P. Smith completed his early award-winning research at Duke. While working in the lab of now Professor Emeritus, Robert Webster, he developed a technology known as ‘phage display’ that allows scientists to better study interactions between proteins, peptides, and DNA. Read more

Duke has awarded Dr. Seok-Yong Lee the 2018 Outstanding Postdoc Mentor, recognizing him for his support and encouragement of trainees. He received his award at the Postdoctoberfest on  October 5th and now sits among 13 other mentors named by the University. Read more

Duke Biochemistry recognizes the passing of Professor Emeritus, Dr. Deborah Steege.