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September 21, 2023 | Duke Today

New Devils 2027: Isabella Peralta

Meet first-year student Isabella “Isa” Peralta, who plans on studying biomedical engineering but could also see herself as a "space doctor"
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July 21, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Scouring Nature for the Building Blocks of Biomedical Condensates

Cross-campus collaboration seeks to discover naturally occurring biological condensates, like drops of oil forming in water, to engineer new therapeutics
Emma Chory

July 19, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Emma Chory: Using Robotics to Speed Up Cellular Evolution

New faculty member Emma Chory combines evolution, cellular engineering and robotics to advance basic science and identify new targets for cancer therapies

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July 19, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Unlocking the Future Potential of Living Materials

Researchers across campus aim to harness bacteria to engineer adaptive living materials

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July 11, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Sticky, Slippery, Water Repellent Channels Form Maze-Like, Gravity-Powered Biomedical Devices

Simple, off-the-shelf, low-cost approach to point-of-care biomedical devices offers advantages over existing platforms
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July 02, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Ashutosh Chilkoti and Joel Collier Join Dean’s 2024 Leadership Team

Kathy Nightingale will take over as the director of graduate studies, and Mark Palmeri will lead the Doctoral Advisory Committee for Duke BME
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June 20, 2023 | Duke University School of Medicine

First Presidential Distinguished Chair Named in Honor of Chancellor Washington, Awarded to Dzirasa

The A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Chair will be awarded to Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, professor of neurobiology, and assistant professor of biomedical engineering
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June 13, 2023 | Duke Today

Two Graduates Win the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

Graduating senior Sydney Hunt and 2020 BME graduate Maya Sheth were awarded the scholarsip for graduate study at Stanford University
Cambre Kelly

June 08, 2023 | Duke OTC

How the Partnership of a Duke Ph.D. and a Professor Led to Multiple Medical Device Start-Ups

Alumnus Cambre Kelly is developing innovative solutions to difficult clinical problems in orthopedics through two start-ups
Duke University professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D. and colleagues have spent the past seven years developing HoloSNS, a visualization tool that translates human brain scans into interactive holograms. Users can easily see where blood vessels are located alongside a roadmap of axonal pathways that reveal the crisscrossing connections between regions throughout the brain.

June 02, 2023 | Duke Today

Holographic Brain Helps Smart Minds Work Together

Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D. and colleagues have spent the past seven years developing HoloSNS, a visualization tool that translates human brain scans into interactive holograms
Ankit Choudhury

June 01, 2023 | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

New Podcast Explores the Intersection of Brain Science and Healthcare

Ankit Choudhury, a research technician in the Tadross Lab and soon-to-be medical student, draws from his experience in brain science to create science and healthcare podcasts for anyone to enjoy