PhD candidate Min-Yu Ko receives 2024 PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery
Ko was awarded the fellowship for his research studying how low levels of androgens facilitate activation of a specific protein, resulting in increased tumor growth. He hopes to develop drugs that exploit this protein signaling process to inhibit prostate cancer cell growth.
Lee Zou To Serve as a Fellow in the 2025 ACC Academic Leaders Network Program
Zou is one of several fellows from Duke who will participate in a year of joint institutional activities designed to build awareness and effectiveness in the context of academic leadership. The provosts of the Atlantic Coast Conference member institutions created the Academic Leaders Network Program to develop the leadership potential of participating faculty.
Tavros Therapeutics Acquired by Subsidiary of Bayer AG
Tavros Therapeutics, co-founded by Kris Wood, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, and Eoin McDonnell, PhD, a graduate of the Duke University Molecular Cancer Biology PhD Program , has been acquired by Vividion Therapeutics, a subsidiary of global life sciences company Bayer AG.
Chakraborty Wins DCI Basic Science Cancer Research Award
Binita Chakraborty, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, won the Robert and Barbara Bell Basic Science Cancer Research Award for the most innovative basi
Zhang Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Zhao Zhang, PhD, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure, effective January 1, 2025.
Zhang Awarded 2024 Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award
Zhao Zhang, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, has been named a recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Scientist Award (DSA
Historic Gift Will Bring Proton Therapy to Duke
Thanks to a $50 million gift from an anonymous donor, children will soon be able to get proton therapy at Duke.
Just announced: Fall 2024 Works in Progress (WIP) schedule
The Fall 2024 schedule of the PCB Works in Progress (WIP) series has been released.
Just announced: Fall 2024 RNHD Seminar Series schedule
The Fall 2024 schedule of the PCB seminar series entitled R