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Eric Szymanski has received the prestigious Katherine Goodman Sterns Fellowship for the 2018-19 academic year. This competitive financial award is given out by the Duke Graduate School to students in the write-up stage of their dissertation. Learn more about the fellowship.

Dr. Hashim Al-Hashimi, senior author of a recent article in the journal, 'Nature", found that motions in the DNA structure can trigger spontaneous mutations—a process that is important for evolution and that can lead to diseases such as cancer. Read more

A study by Seok-Yong Lee, PhD, reveals a three-layered architecture of the cold and menthol sensing ion channel TRPM8. Read more

Eric Gouaux, PhD, Senior Scientist Vollum Institute and HHMI Investigator at Oregon Health and Science University presented Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction at the Chemical Synapses of the Brain.

As the senior author of a study published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences", Vann Bennett MD, PhD, found that one gene could be fueling the obesity epidemic. Read more

Biochemistry PhD students win awards for their outstanding research-in-progress presentations at the Biochemistry Annual Retreat.

Emily McFadden of the Hargrove lab and Nichole Orench-Rivera of the Kuehn lab have been recognized for volunteering their time to make the Department of Biochemistry a better place to learn, do great science, and grow.

Studies on a Francisella tularensis transcription factor-nucleotide complex reveal underpinnings of virulence. Read more in Duke Today.

The Yang lab discovered a new ion conductance that is important for cerebellar motor learning

Allison Stelling, a postdoctoral fellow in the Al-Hashimi Lab, was awarded an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.