Elora Pradhan

Abstract We present a novel approach to cell phenotyping for spatial proteomics that addresses the challenge of generalization across diverse datasets with varying marker panels. Our approach utilizes a transformer with channel-wise attention to create a language-informed vision model; this model's semantic understanding of the underlying marker panel enables it to learn from and adapt to heterogeneous datasets.

A company started by Duke researchers harnesses advanced software to fight drug resistance with the goal of creating more effective cancer treatments. Researchers from the lab of Duke's Bruce Donald, James B. Duke professor of computer science, launched Gavilán Biodesign to harness new software that allows them to evaluate trillions of molecules at once. IndieBio, a biotechnologystartup accelerator, selected the company as one of its 11 startups.

Anne Firor Scott, who pioneered the study of women's history, died in her Chapel Hill home Feb. 5 at the age of 97. Scott was the first female chair of Duke’s history department and revolutionized scholarship of women's history for future generations. Breaking away from the traditional veneration of Southern women as infallible icons of ladyhood and gentility, she instead emphasized their active roles in transforming Southern history, working to legitimize women’s history.