News, reports, and comments on our research
Synthetic Compartments Stop Pathogens from Sharing Antibiotic Resistance Genes (Duke press release) 2023
Unlocking the Future Potential of Living Materials (Duke press release) 2023
University Awards 24 New Distinguished Professorships (Duke press release) 2022
Tiny Jumping Genes Fingered as Culprit in Rise of Antibiotic Resistance (Duke press release) 2022
Kitchen Sponges Help Breed Bacteria Better (Scientific American) 2022
Tiny jumping genes fingered as culprit in rise of antibiotic resistance (Science Daily) 2022
A sponge is the perfect environment to host various types of bacteria, study says (CNN) 2022
The surprising structural reason your kitchen sponge is disgusting. (EurekAlert) 2022
Kitchen sponge a better incubator for bacterial diversity than a laboratory petri dish (NSF Research News) 2022
Your Kitchen Sponge Is a Better Home for Bacteria Than a Petri Dish (Smithsonian Magazine) 2022
Two Duke Seniors Join 2022 Marshall Scholars for Graduate Study in the United Kingdom (Duke press release) 2022
Kitchen sponges hold way more bacteria than you think (ZME Science) 2022
Scientists uncover filthy truth: Your kitchen sponge holds more bacteria than a lab Petri dish! (Study Finds) 2022
Why your kitchen sponge is so gross (Futurity) 2022
Cellular Filaments, Bacterial 'Easter Eggs,' Solar Panel Fungi Win 2022 Envisioning the Invisible Image Contest. (Duke press release) 2022
Do You Wash Dishes with a Standard Sponge? The Cleaning Tool Is a Hub for Bacteria, According to New Research. (Martha Stewart) 2022
Why kitchen sponges are the perfect home for bacteria. (Science Daily) 2022
2020 Incubation Fund Awards Support Seven Early-Stage Innovations Across Duke (Duke press release) 2020
Building SynBio Platforms to Support Practical Apps (GEN) 2020
One Quarter Of Bacterial Pathogens Can Spread Antibiotic Resistance Directly To Peers (Duke press release) 2020
Simple Rules Predict and Explain Biological Mutualism (Duke press release) 2019
Programmable Swarmbots Help Make Flexible Biological Tools (Duke press release) 2019
Machine Learning Predicts Behavior of Biological Circuits (Duke press release) 2019
Distinguishing Resistance from Resilience to Prolong Antibiotic Potency (Duke press release) 2018
New Tool Tells Bioengineers When to Build Microbial Teams (Duke press release) 2018
Where Are All the Germs? Students Explore Duke's Microbiome (Duke press release) 2017
Engineering models to scale (Cell) 2016
Antibiotics Don't Promote Swapping of Resistance Genes (Duke press release) 2016
Bacteria wired for pattern formation (Science Editor's Choice) 2016
Time cues help keep humans looking human(Duke press release) 2016
Time cues help keep humans looking human (Chinese version)(Bioon.com) 2016
Tales of the genetically altered, superhero bacteria swarmbot (Science) 2016
Irresistible: Stopping bacteria from acquiring evil superpowers (SITN Harvard University blog) 2016
Antibiotics may play less of a role in the charing of bacterial resistance genes than previously believed (Meta) 2016
Antibiotics normally do not promote spread of antibiotic resistance genes (Chinese version) (Bioon.com) 2016
Resistance and sex among bacteria (Science Editors' Choice) 2016
Antibiotics not at (total) fault for bacterial resistance (DDNews) 2016
The birds and the bees: Bacterial sex and its implications in spreading antibiotic resistance (Nature Microbiology) 2016
Antibiotics Don’t Promote Resistance Gene Transfers Between Cells (MedicalResearch.com) 2016
Turning bacteria into 'SWARMBOTS': Groups of microbes could be engieered to help combat harmful bugs in the gut(Daily Mail) 2016
Engineered swarmbots rely on peers for survival (Kurzweil) 2016
Biologists Turn Bacteria Into 'Swarmbots' (Gizmodo) 2016
Duke researchers develop 'swarmbot' strain that lowers risk of contamination in bacteria research (The Chronicle) 2016
How dividing cells end up the same size (Chinese) (Bio1000) 2015
How dividing cells end up the same size (Duke press release) 2015
Faculty 1000 recommended article: Bacterial temporal dynamics enable optimal design of antibiotic treatment (F1000 Prime) 2015
Finding new life for first-line antibiotics (Science Daily) 2015
The Achilles' heel of antibiotic resistant bacteria (Eureka) 2015
Finding new life for first-line antibiotics. (Duke press release) 2015
Finding new life for first-line antibiotics. (NSF News From the Field) 2015
Lingchong You comments: Paper test can detect Ebola strains (BBC News) 2014
Dispersal Patterns Key to Invasive Species' Success (Duke press release) 2014
Growing bacteria keep time, know their place.(DukeTODAY) 2013
Engineered bacteria can make the ultimate sacrifice (EMBO press release) 2012
Engineered bacteria die for the good of others (Discovery News) 2012
Altruistic cell death and collective drug resistance (News and views at Molecular Systems Biology) 2012
New mechanism for antibiotic tolerance found (Duke press release) 2012
Too many live wires 2012
BME: Synthetic biology (DukEngineer Magzine) 2011
To be, or not to be (DukEngineer Magazine) 2011
Biodiversity among clones (Science 360) 2011
Five hard truths for synthetic biology(Nature News) 2011
Making use of cellular noise (Duke press release) 2011
Popping cells surprise living circuits creators (Duke Today) 2010
Synthetic serendipity (It Takes 30) 2010
Genetic switch underlies noisy cell division (Duke Today) 2010
NSF award to help develop mighty mini protein factories (Duke Pratt School press release) 2010
Study identifies switch to begin cell division (Duke Chronicle) 2010
A redesign for life (Chemistry world) 2009
Understanding a cell's split personality (Science Daily) 2009
The Serengeti in a petri dish (Science 360) 2009
Finding the constant in bacterial communication(Eureka) 2009
Evolution's war on design (IET) 2009
Predator-prey paper named one of the most influential synthetic biology papers between 2003-2008
Synthetic predator-prey system (Eureka) 2008
Team Spirit (Science News) 2009
Engineering an Ecosystem (NIH Computing Life) 2008
Student honored by Goldwater foundation 2008
Packard award on studying cellular information processing 2006
Synthetic killer circuits 2005
Keck Futures Initiatives Grant on engineering microbial swarmbots 2005
Custom-Made Microbes, at Your Service (NY Times article) 2004
