With the end of the 2017 academic year, the David lab said a fond farewell to several members as they graduated and hello to a few new shining faces. Apsen Reese became Dr. Reese as she finished her PhD in…
Congrats to Justin Silverman on his publication!
A phylogenetic transform enhances analysis of compositional microbiota data (PhILR) Surveys of microbial communities (microbiota), typically measured as relative abundance of species, have illustrated the importance of these communities in human health and disease. Yet, statistical artifacts commonly plague the…
Lawrence named Beckman Young Investigator
Lawrence was named a Beckman Young Investigator today. His award will support the lab’s work on developing new devices for measuring bacterial ecology. Many thanks to the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for its support!
New paper in mBio
Lawrence’s with Regina LaRocque and Peter Turnbaugh on gut microbial succession after cholera infection in humans has been published online at mBio. The paper has been featured in Nature Reviews Microbiology. Photo taken by Lawrence David in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Lawrence named Searle Scholar
Lawrence was named a Searle Scholar today. His award will support the lab’s work on developing approaches to control bacterial communities in humans. Many thanks to the Searle Scholars Program for their support! From the Program’s Press Release: April 13, 2015: Chicago, Illinois –…
Lawrence named Hartwell Investigator
Lawrence was named a Hartwell Investigator today. His award will support the lab’s work on necrotizing enterocolitis and the gut microbiota. Many thanks to the Hartwell Foundation for their support! From the Foundation’s Press Release: Memphis, TN, April 01, 2015 – The Hartwell Foundation today…
Aspen Reese wins big with DDIG
The David Lab is happy to announce that Aspen Reese had her Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) from the NSF Population and Community Ecology Program recommended for funding. Congratulations Aspen!
David Lab Grows
The David Lab has recently added a new computational graduate student, Firas Midani. Firas is a Computational Biology & Bioinformatics PhD student. Firas will be working to understand the structure and dynamics of human microbiota using machine learning, with partial…
Sai’s SUUP proposal funded
Congratulations to Sai on winning a SMIF Undergraduate User Program award! This award will give Sai $500 in monthly user fees at the Duke Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility for 1 year. Have fun in the SMIF Sai!
New paper in Genome Biology
Lawrence’s manuscript with Eric Alm on daily gut and saliva microbiota dynamics for one year in humans has been published in Genome Biology. The paper has been featured by the Atlantic, the Scientist, Carl Zimmer, the National Geographic Daily News, NBCNews, Vox, the Huffington Post,…