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Xiling Shen addresses the crowd at the inaugural Precision Medicine Conference
Inaugural Precision Medicine Conference Held at Duke
11/6/19 Pratt School of Engineering

Inaugural Precision Medicine Conference Held at Duke

Hosted by the Woo Center for Big Data and Precision Medicine, the new conference brought together leaders in data-driven approaches to improving health

A stained cross section of the new muscle fibers. The red cells are striated muscle fibers, the green areas are receptors for neuronal input, and the blue patches are cell nuclei. (Credit: Bursac Lab)
Fixing Muscle and the Brain
10/31/19 Pratt School of Engineering

Fixing Muscle and the Brain

Nenad Bursac and Tatiana Segura are engineering hydrogel microenvironments to physically and chemically support the growth of skeletal muscle and brain tissue

Graduate student Yangxiaolu (Will) Cao speaks with Lingchong You in the You lab space.
Programming Cell Behavior
10/31/19 Pratt School of Engineering

Programming Cell Behavior

With work spanning gene circuits, antibiotic resistance and mathematical modeling of cellular networks, Lingchong You explores how to harness microbes

the lab of Shyni Varghese, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, and Orthopaedic Surgery PhD student Vardhman Kumar
Big Ideas on a Small Surface
10/29/19 Pratt School of Engineering

Big Ideas on a Small Surface

George Truskey and Shyni Varghese use custom lab-on-a-chip technologies to create novel models of tissues, organs and diseases