SGT gives tour of Chesterfield on Halloween
Devi Swain Lenz “expressed herself” as Madonna during a new faculty tour of the Sequencing and Genomic Technologies Core facility on Halloween. They explored the Chesterfield Building, home to Duke's long-read sequencing for examining genome regions and short-read sequencers vital for cancer research.
Sequencing Core launches Illumina X Plus sequencer
The Sequencing and Genomics Technologies Core Facility is running orders for the Illumina NovaSeq X Plus.
The X Plus provides high quality short read sequences for a fraction of the cost of the Illumina NovaSeq 6000. Additionally custom read-length projects can now purchase lanes instead of full flow cells (e.g. 75 SR for miRNA-seq, single cell protocols).
The available products are listed below, with more read options available towards the end of the year.
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Register now - Let's Talk: Communicating Successfully When it Really Counts, 12/12
"Let's Talk: Communicating Successfully When it Really Counts"
Advanced Research Mentoring Training
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 12:00-1:00pm, Zoom
This one hour session will help you to identify common types of challenging conversations that occur between mentors and mentees, and provide opportunities to practice skills for having successful crucial conversations
Fieldwork Insights: Checking in with OTD Student Karol Guerrero
Class of 2024 OTD student Karol Guerrero recently shared an update on her current fieldwork assignment at Colorado State University.
What kind of work are you doing?
Raising Awareness and Educating Ourselves About Suicide
National Suicide Awareness Month is a time to raise awareness of suicide for all people and to educate about warning signs. It is also a time to support those who are experiencing suicidal thoughts. We can all play a role in preventing suicide in our community. Here are some things you can do:
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP, named President-elect of the World Organization of Family Doctors
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP, director of community engagement and associate professor in the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and has been selected as President-elect of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA).
Mourning the Loss of Faculty Member Emy Villanueva
DPT faculty emerita Elia (Emy) Villanueva passed away Saturday, Oct. 21, in Chapel Hill after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Her dedication to patients, students, and faculty and her contributions to shaping the DPT program for more than 40 years impact lives today. Read her obituary.
Internship at Duke Medical to benefit NCCU undergraduates
A new internship program aims to alleviate a shortage of African American physicians. North Carolina Central University and Duke University jointly developed the Mentored Internship Program, which allows an undergraduate from NCCU to work as an intern in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine for one year.