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As one of the oldest and best biomedical engineering departments in the country, Duke BME is a driving force in advancing medicine and biomedical technology. #DukeBME
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Today was @robertkaptur.bsky.social's last day in the Chory Lab—our first undergrad to join and graduate! He helped build our automation foundation, from T-cell culture to PyHamilton. Next up: Adaptyv as an Automation Engineer. Congrats Robert! We're so proud 💙🤖🎓 @dukeubme.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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🧪Join the Duke Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation for our next online seminar — open to all! 🌐

🗓️ Date: 3/26/25
🕒 Time: 2pm EST
🎙️ Speaker: Ryan Shaw
🔗 Attend: duke.is/CompHealth-March-Seminar
March 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Halfway there!! Congratulations to our sophomore class of biomedical engineers! We're thrilled to have you in our community 🎉
March 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The WHO estimates that 80 percent of hearing loss worldwide is in under-served communities––the exact places that have the least access to care. Read how Duke BME students developed a low-cost, easy-to-use screening tool to address this global need: pratt.duke.edu/news/prevent...
Preventing Childhood Hearing Loss Worldwide | Duke Pratt School of Engineering
Local and global collaborations help BME Design Fellows make a low-cost, affordable, and easy-to-use screening tool for hearing loss in children
pratt.duke.edu
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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“Why Facts Don't Work”—my talk at Winter Brain. Thanks to Joyce Woo for organizing “Synaptic Control of Mesolimbic DA Neurons” & co-presenters Tom Hnasko, Abigail Elerding, Miguel Lujan, Thomas Jhou. Sorry I missed it (thanks United!) but silver lining—here’s the recording: youtu.be/vZAZ6uCkkWI
Tadross WinterBrain
YouTube video by mtadross
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January 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Hey #labautomationfolks. If you’re at #SLAS2025, make sure to stop by Joseph Laforet’s poster on what Prof. @cameronkimbme.bsky.social and I have been working on this year re: open source robotics education with @pylabrobot.bsky.social! 🦾

www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
January 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Congratulations to @cameronkimbme.bsky.social
who was recently awarded an R25 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Research Education Program!
Cameron Kim Receives Competitive Research Education Program Grant | Duke Pratt School of Engineering
Kim will use the R25 grant to develop programs that help students learn how to integrate biotechnology tools into clinical environments
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January 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Please join us for the 2nd annual BME DEI Seminar Series. Dr. Brian Aguado from UC San Diego will discuss his experience building virtual community that supports and celebrates Latinx biomedical engineers. He will give a brief talk, followed by a discussion. Hope to see everyone there!
January 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations to our own @neurocircuits.bsky.social who was recently chosen to lead the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences!
Marc Sommer Named to Lead Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
Part of the Duke community since 2010, Sommer begins serving as director of DIBS on January 1, following the interim directorship of Alison Adcock, associate professor of
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January 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Honored to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (#PECASE). This reflects the incredible efforts of my students, mentors, collaborators, and NSF program officers who believed in our vision for computational modeling and digital twins.

Read more: duke.is/pecase
President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House
Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outst...
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January 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tune uses epigenetic editing to control gene expression without modifying the DNA sequence itself. The startup's technology is based on research from Tune co-founder and Duke BME Professor Charles Gersbach.
Seattle biotech startup Tune Therapeutics lands $175M to support clinical research
Tune Therapeutics' co-founders, from left: Akira Matsuno, chief financial officer; Charles Gersbach; and Fyodor Urnov, who also serves on the startup's
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January 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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🧪 🌟 Join the Computational Health Seminar Series! 🌟
🗓️ January 15, 2025 | 🕒 2:00pm | Virtual

I'll be presenting "Digital Twins in Healthcare: Using Advanced Modeling to Shift from Reactive to Proactive Care."

🍩 Duke folks: Coffee & doughnuts after in Wilkinson!

🔗 Attend: duke.is/CompHealth-J...
January 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Excited for the next Computational Health Seminar! On Dec. 11 at 2 PM EST, @drjessilyn.bsky.social will share "The Digital Physiome: Wearables for Disease Detection and Monitoring."
Come learn how wearable tech is shaping the future of health. Open to all—see you there! 🌟 #DigitalHealth #Wearables
December 9, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Big congratulations to Dr. Xingrui Mou on defending his PhD and becoming the 3rd PhD grad from #MusahLab! 🎉 His work on engineering vascularized #microfluidic #OrgansOnChips & disease modeling is remarkable. His next stop: Postdoc at #NYSCF! Check out his research publications: tinyurl.com/MusahLab
December 8, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Today is International Day Of Persons With Disabilities (IDPD)! Duke BME is dedicated to ensuring that our department is an open and inclusive community for all, and we appreciate the perspectives and contributions of differently-abled people as we all work together to address medical problems.
December 3, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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Doctors face challenges in treating Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia, especially in predicting intervention outcomes. Our method converts 2D angiography into 3D flow models, allowing for preoperative simulation of interventions. This non-invasive tool can accurately predict post-op flow rates.
December 2, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Thrilled to be featured in an article on digital twins in healthcare! 🌟

🔑 Takeaway: #DigitalTwins simulate treatments, predict outcomes, and personalize care. From predicting heart health to refining cancer therapies, the potential is game-changing.

📎 duke.is/dhi

#AI #HealthcareInnovation
Digital twins in healthcare: Revolutionizing personalized medical care
Digital twins create virtual replicas of patients to simulate treatments and predict outcomes, changing the way we can approach treatment.
www.dhinsights.org
December 2, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Stay up to date with news from Duke BME faculty, staff and students with the Duke BME Starter Pack! Send us a message if you'd like to be included.
November 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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You can learn more about the amazing researchers in my lab at seguralab.duke.edu/who/
Who is Segura Lab of Duke University | Duke University
Segura Lab is science meets style. Hover over each image to peak into the lives of the incredible individuals who propel this lab.
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November 21, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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🌟 Proud PI Moment! 🌟

Aristotle Martin crushed it at #SC24 with his talk — a highlight of the week! 🚀👏

📖 Missed it? Read the paper here: duke.is/sc24

If #GPUComputing, #Supercomputing, or scalable biological modeling excites you, let’s connect! 🧠💻
November 22, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Check out the full video from our #SC24 Art of HPC submission showing cancer cell transport. Did you check out the mini-art exhibit at the conference? I thought it was a fun new addition.
November 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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Our lab is developing tools to help change our society's reactive, treatment-based healthcare system. We believe that a next generation proactive, preventative healthcare system is possible through a combination of new technology development and shifts in culture and policy surrounding healthcare!
November 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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Hi! I handle marketing and communications for Duke BME, which means I get to work with very talented faculty, staff and students and share stories about their work. Since we're doing introductions, here are a few of the stories I've worked on over the years:
November 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Today, Will Wang of the @duke-big-ideas-lab.bsky.social became *Dr.* Will Wang, defending his thesis on " #Sleep Health and #Wearable Technology: Algorithmic Development towards Field-based Sleep Monitoring". 🎉🎓

Check out some of his key publications during his doctoral work:
November 15, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Duke is hiring #Informatics faculty!
2 positions- Clinical Research Informatics (data harmonization, linkage, etc.) and Collaborative #AI.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29227

#jobs #faculty #academia
Duke University, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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November 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM