Cell Biology

April 25, 2022

Duke Flags Lowered: Dr. Marc Caron, Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Medicine, Dies

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Behind the front lines of invasion: This time-lapse of a tiny worm cell hundreds of times smaller than a grain of sand shows the levels of ATP energy inside the cell before, during and after it trespasses into other tissues. Image by Aastha Garde.

March 22, 2022

Getting Fuel to an Invading Cell’s Front Line

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February 28, 2022

Duke Flags Lowered: George G. Somjen, Cell Biology Professor Emeritus, Dies

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Basic quorum sensing: How bacteria know who’s around them. (Nidhi Srivaths)

February 17, 2022

Quorum Sensing: The Social Network of Bacteria

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October 26, 2021

Duke-Led Teams Awarded $18 Million to Investigate Parkinson’s Disease

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Cagla Eroglu (left) and Kafui Dzirasa are Duke's two newest Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators.

September 17, 2021

Two Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Investigators

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Two pictures of Duke employees being safe.

August 10, 2021

It’s No Accident: These Selfies are Winners

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June 24, 2021

Researchers Find the Adhesions that Build the Brain’s Networks

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Clockwise from top left: Jennifer Yoo, Katherine Hunsley, Darnell Waterman, Jodi Belanger and her parents, Jerusha Neal and Carmen Cubilla Andrews.

May 12, 2021

Staff and Faculty Share Glimpses of a Post-Pandemic Life

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A portion of mouse visual cortex shows the binocular region in green. Chandelier cells are red in this image. Chandelier cells are clearly less plentiful in the binocular zone. (Bor-Shuen Wang, Cold Springs Harbor Lab)

December 7, 2020

Brain Clears the Way for Binocular Vision Even Before Eyes Are Open

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mini-lung sample. Credit: Arvind Konkimalla, Tata Lab, Duke University, Durham, NC

November 19, 2020

NIH Director's Blog Features Duke Research on Mini-Lungs

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Astrocytes are highly complex cells that tightly envelope synaptic structures in the brain. This picture shows 3D-printed forms of astrocytes (photo credit: Katie King).

November 12, 2020

Astrocytes Identified as Master ‘Conductors’ of the Brain

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A single lung stem cell copied itself to generate thousands of cells and generate a bubble-like structure that resembles breathing tissues of the human lung. These are the cells that the SARS-CoV-2 virus targets. Image credit: Arvind Konkimalla/Tata lab

October 22, 2020

Lab-Grown Mini-Lungs Mimic the Real Thing – Right Down to Covid Infection

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A single-letter DNA change in a gene that lays down the pattern for a developing spine in zebrafish caused mutant fish to develop backbones that resemble ancestral fish (bottom image). (Bagnat Lab – Duke)

July 20, 2020

Graduate Student’s Mutant Zebrafish Reveals Evolutionary History

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Protein molecules move within a stable scaffolding in the sheet-like mesh that surrounds and supports most animal tissues. By A. Kawska.

July 7, 2020

Glowing Worms Provide Live-Action Movies of the Body’s Internal Scaffolding

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May 28, 2020

New Molecule Stops Drug Cravings in Mice With Fewer Side Effects

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