Alumni Profiles Series: Jeffrey Headd
Jeffrey Headd graduated from Duke University in 2009 with a Ph.D. degree in computational biology and bioinformatics as a member of the David and Jane Richardson lab following his undergraduate studies in computational biology (B.S.) at Brown University.
How Science Writing Fuels My Ph.D.
These past couple of years, I have found that what motivates me to keep doing science is often investigating what motivates science as a whole. Giving my work the historical and cultural context that is often left out of the of the daily grind keeps me inspired to add to those narratives.
Alumni Profiles Series: Joseph Volpe
Joseph M. Volpe graduated from Duke University in 2008 with a Ph.D. in computational biology and bioinformatics following his undergraduate B.S. in computer science at Wake Forest University. In 2007, he received the American Association of Immunologists-Huang Foundation Young Investigator Award for his work in anti-HIV antibody composition.
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics student shares research with NC legislators during Graduate Education Day
Jameson Blount, a second year student in Duke's Computational Biology & Bioinformatics program, presented his research to North Carolina legislators during Graduate Education Day.
Outsmarting Superbugs, One Germ at a Time
It’s an old story: Pathogen sickens humans. Humans create medicine. Pathogen evolves a way around the medicine. Humans are back to square one.