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Paper Published

Paper Published

Our paper "Gut mucosal cells transfer α-synuclein to the vagus nerve" was published on Dec 8th 2023.

Congratulations,  Rashmi Chandra!

Our paper "Mechanosensing Piezo channels in gastrointestinal disorders" was published in JCI  on October  2023

Congratulations, Sandip!

Our paper "Piezo1-mediated stellate cell activation causes pressure-induced pancreatic fibrosis in mice" was featured on JCI "This Month".

Rodger, Sandip, Joelle, and Steve's work showed dramatic increases in fibrosis after  treatment with the Piezo1 agonist, Yoda1.

May 2022

Featured in JCI!

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Congratulations, Grecia!

Our Associate in Research, Grecia Rivera, has been accepted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, starting this fall.

She has been working at the Liddle Lab on the Parkinsons' project and contributed to creating this lab website.
We wish you success in your future academic and scientific endeavors!

March 2022

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Sandip is recognized by the American Pancreatic Association!

Assistant Professor, Sandip Swain, received two awards from the American Pancreatic Association:

  • American Pancreatic Association 2021 Kenner Family Research Fund Award

  • Young Investigator Travel Award

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Congratulations, Sandip! Liddle Lab is proud of you and your achievements!

November 2021

Our work was featured in an accompanying editorial!

Our paper "TRPV4 channel opening mediates pressure-induced pancreatitis initiated by Piezo1 activation" (JCI) was featured in "TRPV4 helps Piezo1 put the squeeze on pancreatic acinar cells" (JCI) by Gorelick, F. and M. H. Nathanson.

April 2020

Our paper was recognized for its significance in science!

"High fat diet induces microbiota-dependent silencing of enteroendocrine cells", a paper from Ye, L., O. Mueller, J. Bagwell, M. Bagnat, R. A. Liddle, and J. F. Rawls, has been recognized for F1000Prime due to its special significance in the scientific community. 

January 2020

Dr. Liddle and Dr. Calakos were awarded $18 million to study Parkinson's disease

Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine have been selected to lead two inter-institution team grants totaling $18 million to investigate Parkinson’s disease.

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The awards from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative position Duke as a national leader in understanding the origins and development of this devastating movement disorder.

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October 2021

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Congratulations, Sandip!

Sandip was awarded a Certificate of Recognition as an Early Career Investigator by American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).

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Thank you for your hard work and contributions, Sandip!

May 2019​

Our paper was featured!

Rashmi's paper, "α-Synuclein in gut endocrine cells and its implications for Parkinson’s disease", was featured in "JCI This Month: A gut feeling about alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson’s disease."

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Congratulations, Rashmi!

June 2017

Could Parkinson's spread from the gut to the nervous system?

Dr. Liddle was featured in Duke Health about a pre-clinical study that suggests Parkinson’s could start in gut endocrine cells.

He provided an insight into the team's findings and explained the work done by these exceptional scientists. 

June 2017

"Neuropods" featured in Nature 

Diego Bohorquez's paper was featured in the Research Highlights section of Nature!

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We congratulate this accomplishment and we are happy for the effort put into his work!

January 2015

"Neuropods" featured in The New Yorker

Neuropods keep attracting attention within the scientific community!

 

The New Yorker featured the work we made on this topic and provided insight into this emerging medical approach.

January 2015

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