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

Bistable Rb-E2F switch 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