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Twenty-three of the citation laureates are Duke scholars or had a Duke affiliation when the landmark works were created over the last decade.

Victoria Deneke, Postdoctoral Scholar at Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), was a graduate student in Stefano Di Talia's lab in Cell Biology. Victoria is a lead author on a paper published in Cell on October 17, 2024 and highlighted in the New York Times and Nature.

A new $12.5 million National Science Foundation grant was awarded to Duke University School of Medicine researchers and colleagues to investigate biology common to cancer, agriculture, biodiversity and more.

Two School of Medicine faculty were among four Duke faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 30 in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. New NAS members with appointments in the School of Medicine were: David Beratan, PhD, R.J. Reynolds Professor of Chemistry, professor of biochemistry, and professor of physics. Beratan is developing theoretical approaches to understand the function of complex molecular and macromolecular systems. Richard Mooney, PhD, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology and professor of cell biology. His broad research goal is to understand the neural mechanisms by which experience guides learning, behavior, and perception.