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A Research Ecosystem to Tackle Plastic Pollution
2/28 Duke Bass Connections

A Research Ecosystem to Tackle Plastic Pollution

A Bass Connections team including BME PhD student Sophia Vincoff works to engineer bacteria that can degrade plastics in the ocean.

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A New Approach to Controlling Gene Expression in Microbial Populations
2/26 Duke Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology

A New Approach to Controlling Gene Expression in Microbial Populations

Researchers led by Lingchong You have developed a system to better regulate gene expression that could be applied to biosensors, toxin production and metabolic pathway regulation.

Activating Complex Regions of the Genome to Treat Rare Diseases
2/12 Pratt School of Engineering

Activating Complex Regions of the Genome to Treat Rare Diseases

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a rare genetic disease called Prader-Willi syndrome

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Specially Designed Peptides Can Treat Complex Diseases
2/10 Lab+Life Scientist

Specially Designed Peptides Can Treat Complex Diseases

Pranam Chatterjee uses generative AI to create thousands of new potential therapeutic peptides and match them to "undruggable" biomolecular targets

Junjie Yao Named SPIE Fellow
2/6 Pratt School of Engineering

Junjie Yao Named SPIE Fellow

The organization recognized Yao for his pioneering work to advance photoacoustic imaging technologies