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Dr. Samira Musah invited to speak at the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center's 20th Annual Stem Cell Symposium

The UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center's Annual Stem Cell Symposiums feature leading national and international scientists who are experts in the field of stem cell science and regenerative medicine. These conferences are supported by a generous...

Rohan completes his Ph.D. journey, heading to Boston for a well-deserved postdoctoral position at Harvard Medical School!

With immense pride and joy, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Rohan Bhattacharya on the successful completion of his Ph.D. journey! Rohan is the second Ph.D. student to have joined our lab, and it's been an absolute pleasure to witness his...

Our research group hosted the first Wilkinson 3rd-floor inter-lab party for 2024, bringing together all the fantastic labs on our floor and creating a vibrant atmosphere of camaraderie and connection

This social event brought together all the fantastic labs on our floor, creating a vibrant atmosphere of camaraderie and connection.The party also served as a warm welcome to new students and employees, fostering a sense of community and inclusion. It...

Samira Musah named a recipient of the 2023 NIH Director's New Innovator Award!

The New Innovator Award is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program and supports exceptionally creative early career investigators proposing innovative, high-impact research. The $2.4 million award will support research in...

Musah Lab's Amgen Research Scholar Naya Lewis has been awarded a conference travel award to present at the 2023 ABRCMS Biomedical Research Conference

Naya will present a poster on her summer 2023 Amgen Scholars Research studies in our lab focused on uncovering therapeutic strategies for human podocytopathies.

UPenn and Emory graduate Yize (Eon) Zhang joins the Musah Lab as a Duke BME Ph.D. student

We are excited to welcome Eon to our research team! Read more about Eon at Yize (Eon) Zhang | Musah Lab (duke.edu)

Musah Lab Undergraduate Researcher and Duke BME Graduate Jessica Shah to pursue her Ph.D. in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program!

We are so proud of this outstanding young scientist. Congratulations and best wishes, Jessica!  

Congratulations to Naya Lewis on her Amgen Summer Research & Presentations at Duke University

Our research team and Naya's family members attended her Amgen Summer Research Scholars Poster Presentation at Duke University. Naya worked with Ph.D. students Rohan Bhattacharya and Amanda Barreto for her summer 2023 research in our lab focused on...

Amanda Barreto successfully defended her preliminary research studies, passing the candidacy exam!

Congratulations to Amanda Barreto, who did an excellent job presenting and discussing her graduate research progress at her preliminary exam. She passed with enthusiastic yeses from all her committee members. Well done, Amanda!  

Samira Musah invited to speak at the ISSCR Next Generation Organoids digital series covering the latest developments in forming organoids with more complex structures, architectures, and organization

Next Generation Organoids — International Society for Stem Cell Research (isscr.org) Whether at the molecular, cellular, or organ scale, form often follows function. Session three of this next generation organoids digital series explored the latest...

Join us for a delicious lunch with the CBTE community at Duke University! Learn more about the CBTE NIH T32 Training Fellowship and nomination process for Duke Ph.D. Students

Advanced Research in Tissue, Cellular and Protein Engineering | Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering (duke.edu)

Rohan Bhattacharya gives multiple research talks and poster presentations at National and International Conferences

Congratulations to Musah Lab Ph.D. student Rohan Bhattacharya on being selected to give several research talks, including those at the recent Keystone Symposia on Cellular and Molecular Biology - Developmental Disorders, Cell Symposia at Cedars Sinai,...

Naya Lewis, a Duke Amgen Summer Research Scholar, joins the lab

Naya joins us from the North Carolina A&T State University, where she is majoring in Biology. Read more about Naya and her research interests and fun facts at Naya Lewis | Musah Lab (duke.edu).

Musah Lab undergraduate researcher Carmen Miller has been accepted into the 2023 Amgen Summer Research Program at Columbia University.

Congratulations, Carmen!

Four Musah Lab Master's Students Simultaneously Win the Duke Biomedical Engineering Research Award

Congratulations to Carolyn Du, Ayushi Sharma, Kaitlyn Stephens, and Lokesh Sirkali Suresh Kumar on receiving the Duke BME Master's Student Research Fellowship to support their independent research studies in our lab. Lokesh was awarded $2000, and...