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Durham-based, Arbiom, an agtech company, is expanding its local operations.  Plans for a commercial manufacturing facility in the Triangle are underway.  Arbiom is working on a yeast single cell protein derived from wood waste.  The Triangle Business Journal today reported the company believes its product, Sylpro, will alleviate food security and environmental concerns by providing a cheaper, more sustainable, livestock feed.       

Durham-based genome editing company, Precision BioSciences, has announced plans to hire at least 60 Triangle area employees over the next year.  The Triangle Business Journal reports the U.S.

Sexual harassment is illegal. Falsifying documents is illegal. But unfortunately, bullying – in most of its shapes and forms—is not.

When I was recently named to the new position of Vice President for Research at Duke last month, it was the culmination of an extensive process that examined how Duke performs all aspects of research. But rather than being seen as an end-point, I hope that everyone will view this as a beginning.

The deadline for registration in the Fall Early Career Grant Writing program has been extended through noon, Wednesday September 18, 2019.  This program replaces the Path to Independence and K Club Programs.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Research Mentoring at resmen@dm.duke.edu.

A team of 18 Duke staff, including a current Duke medical student and several DukeMed alumni, traveled to the Instituto Nacional Cardio-Pulmonar in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to perform heart surgeries. The hospital had nearly 100 patients on a waiting list for heart surgery, the majority were indigent patients with rheumatic valve disease.

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A new center based at Duke Law School will apply legal and scientific research to reforming the criminal justice system.

In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the first participant enrolled in the landmark MURDOCK Study, the Duke CTSI Translational Population Health Research group has announced plans to double its clinical research space at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.

Scientific Integrity Interviews Series:  DOSI launches a series of interviews with renowned scholars, scientists and influential leaders invited to share their outstanding work and views on topics related to research integrity