Precision Genomics Collaboratory News

Lefkowitz Distinguished Lecture explores how genes affect lipid levels.

A team of Duke Health scientists have identified biomarkers that accurately identify numerous viral infections across the clinical stages of disease, advancing a potential new way to guide treatment, quarantine decisions, and other clinical and public health interventions in the setting of endemic and pandemic infectious diseases. 

Yarui Diao, Ph.D. received a U01 grant, totaling $3 million in research funding for 5 years, from 4D Nucleome Consortium

Duke researchers shared their reflections on the struggles and insights the process of research shutdown and reboot has had within their labs during a Virtual Research Town Hall.

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has selected two Duke University School of Medicine faculty to receive 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards. NHGRI honored a total of 12 early career investigators in genomics. Each awardee will receive five years of funding.

Solving problems requires coming up with ideas, but not all ideas are created equal. So how do you know if your idea is good?

Thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group, the RADICAL team has shifted its focus to examine whether their host gene expression test works for patients with COVID-19.

We know fiber is good for us and is an important part of our diet. One way to get more fiber in our diets is to take fiber supplements, and if we take fiber supplements, our microbiome is going to love us.

With about an eight percent survival rate in the first five years, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers humans face.

Social mammals – from primates to yellow-bellied marmots, dolphins and more – can help us better understand the role social interactions play in health and mortality, not just within their own species but in humans as well.