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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

April 28, 2020

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New members of the AAAS: Clockwise from top left: Rachel Kranton, Fan Wang, Richard Mooney, Vincent Price, Sally Kornbluth, Joseph Heitman, Blanche Capel and Geri Dawson.

April 23, 2020

Price, Kornbluth and Six Senior Faculty Join American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Genetic samples from developmentally disabled children have identified dozens of new mutations in the DDX3X gene that lead to smaller brains and intellectual disability because of the gene’s role in neuron genesis and transport. Credit: Silver Lab.

March 4, 2020

Duke-Led Study Catalogs Dozens of Mutations in Crucial Brain Development Gene

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Lawrence David explaining why he studies poop.

January 7, 2020

Poop: It's a Great Thing to Study

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An enteroendocrine cell (green) lies within the epithelium (red) that lines the intestines of a zebrafish larvae. (Image by Lihua Ye)

December 17, 2019

Fatty Meal Interrupts Gut’s Communication With The Body, But Why?

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Sue Jinks-Robertson's lab explores the genetic makeup of yeast, searching for clues that could lead to breakthrough cures. Photo by Stephen Schramm.

October 7, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: Searching for Answers in the Genetic Code

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August 28, 2019

An Inside Look at Duke's Finances

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A cross-section of zebrafish gut showing the junctions between epithelial cells in green and a protein expressed on absorptive cells in pink. (John Rawls Lab)

August 5, 2019

Zebrafish Researchers Discover a Self-Defense Mechanism of the Gut

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Duke researchers are studying one kind of lung cell that ramps up its DNA repair mechanisms to resist being killed by influenza. (Ciliated cells are green, basal cells are red, and cell nuclei are blue). (Nicholas Heaton Lab)

July 29, 2019

Lung Cell Patches Its Own DNA on the Fly to Survive Influenza

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July 10, 2019

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Two Duke professors have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Robert F. Durden Professor of Biology Susan Alberts (left), and Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Sue Jinks-Robertson (right)

May 1, 2019

Two Duke Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Dr. He Jiankui announced he had used CRISPR to edit genes in twin embryos that were then born at full term.

December 17, 2018

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Golden retriever Rudy, wearing military dog tags and a U.S. flag, is being trained by the U.S. Army to use his amazing nose to find human remains. (Army photo)

November 19, 2018

Researchers Hope a 'Robo-Nose' Could Give K-9 Officers a Break

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A newly identified immune cell mines the blood for allergens to directly trigger inflammation

November 9, 2018

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Chlamydia bacteria (green), use a dual-function enzyme called ChlaDUB1 to build a shell around themselves with pieces of the host cell's Golgi apparatus (red). Credit: Robert Bastidas

November 7, 2018

Chlamydia Attacks With Frankenstein Protein

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A Duke and Harvard study of gut bacteria in many species finds that the modern human diet and overuse of antibiotics could tip the balance between host and microbe to the microbes’ favor. Credit - Marion Kadi.

October 29, 2018

Our Microbes Are Starving, and That’s a Good Thing

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