International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! In honor of this day, members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute share their thoughts on the importance of women and girls in science:
DHVI Faculty Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure - Anthony Moody
The Duke Human Vaccine Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Anthony Moody has been promoted to Professor of Pediatrics (tenure) effective January 1, 2021.
Division of Structural Biology provides insight into SARS-CoV-2 spike mutation
Congratulations to the members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute's Division of Structural Biology whose paper, "D614G mutation alters SARS-CoV-2 spike conformation and enhances protease cleavage at the S1/S2 junction" was recently published in Cell Reports.
Duke Vaccine Trial Unit Published Twice in NEJM
Congratulations to the members of the Duke Vaccine & Trials Unit (DVTU), led by Dr. Chip Walter, whose hard work over the past year has resulted in two articles published, on the same day, on COVID-19 prevention & treatment in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Guest Blogger: How SARS-CoV-2 Impacts the Body by Dr. Stephanie Langel
I want to explain about the phases of the disease that medical doctors are seeing in symptomatic COVID-19 patients. I also want to address how someone can die of COVID-19 (the disease) even after they have cleared SARS-CoV-2 (the virus) from their body.
Duke CHAVD 2nd Annual Meeting
The Duke Consortia for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development (CHAVD) annual retreat was held last week from Oct 19-22, with over 150 people attending. The four day retreat brought together some of the brightest minds in HIV vaccine development to share their work with collaborating peers and investigators. Presentations and discussions ranged from immunogen design to inducing broad neutralizing antibodies for vaccine development.
Duke CHAVD 2nd Annual Meeting Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Duke Consortia for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development (CHAVD) Annual Meeting awards. Recipients are recognized for their dedication and contributions to the Duke CHAVD program, which aims to develop an effective HIV-1 vaccine for global use. The Duke CHAVD is led by Dr. Bart Haynes.
Duke CHAVD Pre-Doctoral Award
Danny Morris - University of Pennsylvania
Zekun Mu - Duke University
Duke CHAVD Post-Doctoral Award
Kartik Mann - Duke University
Marvin Gondlin - University of Pennsylvania
Lieutenant Promoted within Duke Police Department
The Duke Police Department (PD) celebrated the promotion of David Morgan to Lieutenant with a pinning ceremony on October 6th. Lt. Morgan has served the Duke University Police Department for 15 years. He was promoted to Security Sergeant in 2008 and has worked for the Global Health Research Building (GHRB), home of the Duke Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) since 2013. Prior to serving the GHRB, Lt. Morgan worked for the Duke PD squad and Duke University Hospital.
New Study to Determine the Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
Maria Blasi, PhD, in collaboration with Duke's Bryan Kraft, MD and Christina Wyatt, MD have started a new COVID-19 study looking for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in urine samples of patients with acute kidney injury.