Graduate Fellowship Awards
Three biochemistry PhD students win awards—one from the NIH, one from the NSF, and one from the American Heart Association.
Study Provides Structural Basis For Development Of New Antibiotics
Researchers have discovered the structure of a well-established target for antibiotic development, an enzyme called MraY.
Congratulations to Eileen Molzberger!
Eileen was awarded an NIH Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Catherine Newman Named Gates-Cambridge Scholar
Congratulations to Catherine Newman for being named a Gates-Cambridge Scholar. Cat, currently working in the Brennan Lab, is among 35 U.S. recipients selected for the prestigious scholarship. Read more
Vice President Joe Biden's Visit to Duke
Vice President, Joe Biden, meets with Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Paul Modrich.
Scientists Solve 3D Structure of Protein that Guides the Immune System
In a new study, researchers from The Duke University Medical Center and The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) reveal the three-dimensional structure of a crucial ion channel
Bruce R. Donald, Elected a Fellow of the AAAS
Dr. Bruce Donald was elected for his seminal contributions to Information, Computing & Communication science, and their advancement towards the development of in silico drug design methodologies.
Paul Modrich Shares the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Paul Modrich, Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, Tomas Lindahl of the Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory in the UK, and Aziz Sancar of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, are the recipients of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.
DNA Segregation
The Schumacher Lab describes the machinery and assembly mechanism of the archaeal Sulfolobus pNOB8 segregation system.
Graduate Student awarded a 2015 NSF Fellowship
Benjamin Fenton awarded a 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.