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Morgan, Rohan, & Arinze's paper published in JoVE!

In 2017 and 2018, we reported in Nature BME and Nature Protocols a method for the differentiation of human iPS cells into kidney podocytes and the establishment of a glomerulus-on-a-chip device to model the structure and function of the kidney’s blood...

Samira Musah speaks at the 2020 ISSCR Meeting, a premier conference in stem cell science and medicine

The ISSCR Annual Meeting gathers the world's leading scientists, clinicians, business leaders, ethicists, and educators from more than 65 countries. Together, we represent the full spectrum of stem cell science and regenerative medicine. Discovery, new...

Samira Musah Invited to Join the Inaugural Duke Department of Medicine Innovators Academy

The Innovators Academy is a partnership between the Department of Medicine and Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E). Participants include both new innovators and those who have previously worked with the Office of Licensing and Ventures. The...

Xingrui Mou's abstract accepted for presentation at the North American Summer School on Innovative Approaches in Science

  The program focuses on presenting cutting-edge methods to reduce and replace animal tests in toxicology and biomedical science. Featured at the program are lectures, in-depth training, virtual laboratory tours, e-poster presentations, and virtual...

Excellence in Master of Science Studies Award for Xingrui Mou

Congratulations to Xingrui Mou on receiving the award of "Excellence in Master of Science Studies" from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University! https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/duke-engineering-celebrates-class-2020  

Our lab awarded a MEDx Biomechanics of Injury & Injury Repair Grant!

As a young lab dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 situation along with everyone, we are so grateful to the Duke MEDx (Medicine and Engineering) Initiative for the 2020 Biomechanics of Injury & Injury Repair Grant! Award details: http://medx....

2020 MEDx Biomechanics of Injury or Injury Repair Awardees Announced

MEDx is pleased to announce awards for the Biomechanics of Injury or Injury Repair request for proposals. Two projects will receive funds totaling $100,000. We asked interdisciplinary teams to address the biomechanics of injury, cellular or tissue...

Our team celebrates George's MS graduation (virtually due to COVID-19 situation)

Congratulations to Xingrui (George) Mou on his graduation with MS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. Better yet, he'll return this Fall 2020 to pursue his PhD in BME with our team at the Musah Lab! Not the way we hoped to celebrate this,...

Two graduate research fellowships awarded to Yasmin Roye, an incoming PhD student and Musah Lab member

We are so proud of Yasmin Roye for recently winning two graduate research fellowships. Yasmin is an incoming PhD student at Duke Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering, and she will be joining our research team. We look forward to officially...

Musah among 13 faculty recognized by the Duke University School of Medicine

https://medicine.duke.edu/medicinenews/13-medicine-faculty-recognized-sc... Four faculty received the the Whitehead Scholars award. The Whitehead Scholars Program, supported through a gift from the Whitehead Charitable Foundation, helps attract and...

Morgan Burt co-authors a paper published in Nature Biomedical Engineering

Congratulations to Morgan Burt and our colleagues at the Wyss Institute at Harvard on their recent publication in Nature Biomedical Engineering! Fascinating work highlighting an application of organ chips in modeling human physiological responses. Full...

Jordan Holmes and the Kidney-Brain Axis

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jordan Holmes as a postdoctoral research fellow on our team! Jordan has a background in analytical chemistry and biosensing of neurotransmitters. She plans to integrate these experiences with her interests in point-of-care...

The NIH T32 Training Program in Organogenesis at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor hosts Samira Musah as an invited seminar speaker

The NIH T32 Training Program in Organogenesis at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor hosts Samira Musah as an invited seminar speaker

Invited seminar by Samira Musah at the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics

Invited seminar by Samira Musah at the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics

Musah named one of 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America

Full article and details: http://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/100-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america