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Our team awarded Duke Incubation Fund to engineer an artificial kidney device

The winners of the Fall 2019 Duke Incubation Fund awards have been announced, representing promising innovation happening across the University. Seven projects will receive funds totaling $129,000. The Incubation Fund, run by Duke’s Innovation &...

Lola joins the team as a postdoctoral research fellow!

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Titilola "Lola" Kalejaiye as a postdoctoral research fellow on our team.  With a desire to pursue an independent research position in the future, Lola brings a strong background in molecular biology, biochemistry, and...

The Decade Ahead: What’s coming in the Life Sciences? Musah shares predictions.

Predictions are always risky, but also essential to business growth and success. A panel of area leaders in promising technologies shares what they see ahead for their areas of science and where the unmet needs and opportunities may lie. A monthly event...

Arinze Okafor selected as one of 100 Biotech Leaders of Tomorrow

Congratulation to Arinze Okafor on being selected as one of the 100 biotech leaders of tomorrow! He will participate in the 2020 GapSummit at the University of Cambridge. Way to kick-off the new year -- congrats, Arinze!More details: https://www....

Lab receives an award to support work on functional and molecular genomics

Lab receives the Duke University Core Facility Voucher Award to support our work on functional and molecular genomics aimed at applying CRISPR genome engineering technologies to understand the mechanisms and pathogenesis of human kidney disease and...

Keynote presentation by Samira Musah at the 2019 TERMIS-AMERICAS conference

Samira Musah gives an invited keynote presentation at the American chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) 2019  conference.

Our work published in the Atlas of Science

Building an artificial kidney from human stem cells https://atlasofscience.org/building-an-artificial-kidney-from-human-stem...

Our work featured in Duke Clinical Practice Today!

Our work featured in Duke Clinical Practice Today!

The Right Tools for the Job: Model Systems for Glomerular Disease

Samira Musah to give an invited talk at the 2019 ASN Kidney Week Conference. Samira will speak in the session titled "The Right Tools for the Job: Model Systems for Glomerular Disease."  In this talk, she will highlight new stem cell-based technologies...

Samira Musah serves as a panelist on the 'Talent from all corners' symposium

Presenters Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, Dr. Lynn Caporale, Dr. Nita Farahany, Dr. Amit Patel, Dr. Samira Musah, Dr. Guillermo Sapiro, Dr. Nimmi Ramanujam, Dr. Fan Wang, Dr. Linda Carmine Cendales, Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda, Dr. Larry Carin Science and discovery...

Samira Musah presents and co-chairs a scientific platform session at the 2019 BMES conference.

Samira presents the lab's research on strategies for stem cell differentiation for medical applications. She also co-chairs the scientific platform session on 'Emerging Cancer Technologies' along with Michael Mitchell of UPenn.

Musah Lab tours the New Engineering Building, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke Univ.

Enjoying views from the building's terrace

Rohan Bhattacharya joins the lab!

Rohan Bhattacharya joins the group as a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering. He brings a scientific background in biomaterials, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering. Welcome, Rohan!

Samira Musah to give an invited research seminar at Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

https://www.grc.org/biomaterials-and-tissue-engineering-conference/2019/

Arinze Okafor joins the lab!

Arinze Emmanuel Okafor joins the group as a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering. Arinze brings a scientific background in genetics, physiology, and bioinformatics. Welcome, Arinze!