Research News

A graphic art image of how nanorattles are made (top) with black-and-white microscope images of circles and blocks below

| Duke Engineering

Nanorattles Shake Up New Possibilities for Disease Detection

New nanoparticle shape can greatly enhance signals from multiple separate biomarkers at once, accurately detecting head and neck cancers without biopsies to improve global health
Priyamvada Acharya and the Cryo EM instrument at Duke

| Duke University School of Medicine

Duke Engineering-hosted Cryo-EM is a Workhorse in Search for a Vaccine for HIV

Cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) rapidly creates high-resolution images of the smallest pieces of proteins at the atomic level.
An artistic representation of a cell floating with a bunch of other cells with interior structures made of red and pink

| Duke Engineering

Microbial Communities Stay Healthy By Swapping Knowledge

High levels of horizontal gene transfer could help researchers engineer useful microbiomes independent of unstable population dynamics
DST Launch Seed Grants 2022 logo

| Duke Today

Patient Wearables, Meds-by-Tattoo, Pollution Detection & Ag Tech Among 2022 Duke Science & Technology Seed Grants

This year’s DST Seed Grant winners represent the great potential for significant medical, engineering and scientific contributions to region and nation.
A computer-generated view of a cube of green spheres with colorful pieces between them

| Duke Engineering

Watching Primordial Neural Cells Grow in 3D Scaffolds to Heal Brain Injury

Tracking how neural progenitor cells respond to biochemical signals while moving and growing through a biocompatible jungle gym could help develop brain-healing biogels
Warren Grill

| Duke Engineering

Grill Team Wins Competitive Neuromod Prize

Warren Grill and his collaborators developed a winning vision for their neuromodulation therapy
The NSF Fellowship Recipients

| Duke Engineering

Thirteen Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students Earn National Science Foundation Fellowships

Highly competitive national awards will help new and returning Duke BME graduate students conduct research on campus
A color-changing mouse model was developed for deep-tissue organ-specific optogenetic control (left) and photoacoustic imaging (right).

| Duke Engineering

Color-Changing Mouse Model Allows Researchers to Non-Invasively Study Deep Tissues

Changing the color of mouse tissue helps scientists isolate and remove background noise to improve imaging
Two OCT images of the head of a fruitfly

| Duke Engineering

Duke Researchers Take Optical Coherence Tomography to the Next Level

With clearer imaging and enhanced resolution, a new OCT approach developed at Duke could improve medical diagnostic imaging
Cynthia Toth, left, and Joe Izatt of Duke University

| Duke Eye Center

Physician-Engineer Collaborators Talk Team Science at Major Ophthalmic Conference

Duke Opthalmologist Cynthia Toth and Biomedical Engineer Joseph Izatt told the ARVO 2022 audience about how their 20 years of intense teamwork across multiple disciplines has positively impacted ophthalmic research