New Publication from PreMiEr Researchers on Improving Metatranscriptomic Differential Analyses
PreMiEr researchers from Duke University, Drs. Zhicheng Ji (Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics) and Li Ma (Department of Statistical Science) recently co-authored a publication entitled "Controlling taxa abundance improves metatranscriptomics differential...
PreMiEr Director Gunsch Added to BuildGirls Advisory Board
PreMiEr Center Director, Dr. Claudia Gunsch, was recently named as an advisory board member for BuildGirls. BuildGirls was founded in 2022 in Bethesda, Maryland to empower, educate, and engage females in high school about FACE (Females in Architecture, Construction...
PreMiEr Engages Local Middle School Students
Using the powers of science and a plastic bag for DNA extraction, PreMiEr faculty member Dr. Joshua Granek and graduate student Eva Kim recently traveled to a local middle school to introduce students there to the strange and complex world of soil microbiomes.
PreMiEr researcher, Dr. Lingchong You, co-authors paper on controlling cellular processes
Dr. Lingchong You, a professor in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and PreMiEr researcher, recently co-authored a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology describing methods for compartmentalizing cellular processes in mammalian and bacterial cells. Among...
New publication on using computer models to predict microbiome-associated disease
Congratulations to PreMiEr researcher Dr. Yi-Hui Zhou of North Carolina State University who recently co-authored an article entitled "Leveraging Scheme for Cross-Study Microbiome Machine Learning Prediction and Feature Evaluations" in the journal Bioengineering. Link...
PreMiEr scholar named recipient of Diversity Matters Award
Eva Kim, a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Claudia Gunsch at Duke University, and university representative on PreMiEr's Scholar's Leadership Council was named the recipient of the Duke Microbiome Center's (DMC) "Diversity Matters Award." The DMC is committed to...
Two Duke PreMiEr Faculty Named on Highly Cited List
Two Duke University PreMiEr Faculty, Dr. John Rawls (left) and Dr. Mark Wiesner (right), were named on a list of the most highly cited researchers in science, placing among the top 1% for the number of citations according to Clarivate and Web of Science. Press release...
Kuzma Publishes Manuscript on Role of Responsible Research and Innovation in Biotechnology
PreMiEr Associate Director and Professor at North Carolina State University, Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, recently published a manuscript on the role of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in biotechnology. Original manuscript
Callahan Awarded American Society for Microbiology Microbiome Data Prize
PreMiEr Researcher and Professor at North Carolina State University, Dr. Benjamin Callahan was awarded the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbiome Data Prize for significant contributions to microbiome science. News story