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Research Roundup: October 2018

Here are summaries of a selection of the papers published by GCB faculty in October 2018:

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Woo Center for Big Data and Precision Health Established at Duke Engineering

Three-year, $3+ million commitment to foster global partnerships to advance research and education at the intersection of data and...

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New Finding Could Unmask Blood Doping in Athletes

RNA changes mark old blood cells among new ones, foiling self-transfusions

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A stained section of lung tissue taken from mice infected with a tuberculosis-like bacteria and treated with an MMP inhibitor shows more stable blood vessels (blue) and a decrease in leaking blood (red) within the granulomas (dark, circular shadows)

April 30, 2018

Cancer Drug Helps Treat Tuberculosis

Biomedical engineers have discovered an unlikely potential ally in the global fight against tuberculosis -- an FDA-approved drug originally designed to treat cancer.

April 30, 2018

Cancer cells adapt to gorge on sugar in the liver

Metastatic cancer cells can reprogram their metabolism to thrive in new organs, research shows.

Histological sections of liver from control mice treated with saline (left) and the CRISPR/Cas9 epigenetic repression system in which cholesterol levels were lowered (right) show generally normal and healthy tissue.

April 30, 2018

CRISPR/Cas9 Silences Gene Associated with High Cholesterol

Technique allowed researchers to reduce blood cholesterol in adult mice

April 23, 2018

GCB Newsletter Volume 2: Spring 2018

Highlights to the current issue include:

April 5, 2018

New GCB Core engages in microbiome profiling

GCB is excited to announce the creation of its fifth core facility.

April 5, 2018

Element Genomics acquired by global biopharmaceutical company

Element Genomics has been acquired by UCB, a global pharmaceuticals company for $30M.

Avshalom Caspi and Terrie Moffitt sitting by a creekbed

March 20, 2018

Genetics and Crime

A research team led by postdoc Jasmin Wertz, Avshalom Caspi and Terrie Moffitt determined that a genetic signature previously discovered in a genome-wide association study of educational attainment

March 13, 2018

New Tool Tells Bioengineers When to Build Microbial Teams

Researchers help bioengineers decide when to use multiple cell populations to assemble a product

infograph featuring steps on how GCB cores help researchers

March 12, 2018

Core Facility Voucher Program

Current submission deadline, April 13, 2018.

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March 8, 2018

RCR Training: Deadline for Compliance: June 30, 2018

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CBB Seminar: Expanding the structural biology toolbox with high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy.

Nov 19

Alberto Bartesaghi

Duke University, Depts of Computer Science & Biochemistry
Copy number variation in vertebrate evolution and human disease

Nov 20

Craig Lowe

Duke University, Dept of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
BME Seminar: Data Science Approaches to Biological Systems

Nov 26

Madan Babu Mohan, Ph.D.

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK