Biological Advisory Committee



Philip Benfey

Paul Kramer Professor of Biology

Director, Genome Center for Systems Biology

Duke Biology


Phone: 919.660.7338
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Root diagram.

 

David Fitzpatrick

James B. Duke Professor of Neurobiology

Duke School of Medicine


Phone: 919.684.5385
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Birdseye view of surface of visual cortex illustrating the columnar mapping of 4 different response properties: orientation preference (color), direction preference (arrows), ocular dominance (R and L), and visuotopic location (dashed lines).

 

Garnett Kelsoe

James B. Duke Professor of Immunology

Duke School of Medicine


Phone: 919.613.7815
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Spleen staining FDC-M1+ follicular dendritic cells within the splenic germinal center of a C57BL/6 mouse after immunization. B220, TCRβ, FDC-M1

 

Daniel Kiehart

Professor & Chair of Biology

Duke Biology


Phone: 919.613.8157
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Dorsal closure in Drosophila.

 

Katia Koelle

Asst. Professor of Biology

Duke Biology


Phone: 919.660.9457
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Observed & computer-simulated evolutionary dynamics of
the H3N2 influenza virus.

 

Daniel Lew

Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

Director, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology


Phone: 919.613.8627
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A yeast cell re-wired to bypass the normal restriction to make
only one bud; stained to visualize actin structures

 

Paul Magwene

Asst. Professor of Biology

Duke Biology


Phone: 919.613.8159
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The Magwene lab studies the function and evolution of developmental pathways in budding yeast.

 

Fred Nijhout

Professor of Biology

Duke Biology


Phone: 919.684.4223
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A hatchling caterpillar, Manduca sexta, perched on the back of a fully grown caterpillar of the species. In two weeks the hatchling increases it mass by a factor of 10,000. How does it know when to stop growing? We use a mathematical model of the developmental physiology to understand the process by which that decision is made.