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Chory Lab @ Duke @chorylab.bsky.social · May 31

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

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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Mar 25

🧪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

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Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Mar 27

Halfway there!! Congratulations to our sophomore class of biomedical engineers! We're thrilled to have you in our community 🎉

Cameron Kim holds up a sign for the Duke BME class of 2027 with signatures of students who declared biomedical engineering as their major

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Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Feb 11

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

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Mike Tadross @miketadross.bsky.social · Jan 26

“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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Emma Chory, Ph.D. @chorye.bsky.social · Jan 27

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...

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Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Jan 15

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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Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Jan 15

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!

An advertisement for a Duke BME DEIC Seminar with Dr. Brian Aguado on Thursday, February 13, from 2:45 to 3:45 in the Wilkinson Auditorium on Duke's Campus

Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Jan 14

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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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Jan 14

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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Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Jan 13

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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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Jan 6

🧪 🌟 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...

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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Dec 9

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

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Dec 8

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

Dr. Xingrui Mou is being celebrated by the Musah Lab at Duke University for his successful PhD thesis defense and becoming the 3rd graduate student from the Musah Lab to achieve this milestone. He is pictured with a huge smile while holding a mug with the text 'Dr. Mou" on it. Members of the Musah Lab research group are also pictured as they celebrate Xingrui for his successful work on engineering biomaterials and microfluidic organ chip devices for tissue engineering and disease modeling.

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Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Dec 3

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.

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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Dec 2

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.

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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Dec 2

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

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Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Nov 26

Added! Always happy to 'unofficially' add more people to our community 😀

Duke Biomedical Engineering @dukeubme.bsky.social · Nov 25

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.

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Tatiana Segura @seguralab.bsky.social · Nov 21

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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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Nov 22

🌟 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! 🧠💻

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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Nov 22

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.

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Duke BIG IDEAs Lab @duke-big-ideas-lab.bsky.social · Nov 12

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!

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Michaela Martinez @michaelakmartinez.bsky.social · Nov 13

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:

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Jessilyn Dunn @drjessilyn.bsky.social · Nov 15

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:

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