Office for Translation and Commercialization

Photos of four Duke inventors include a black-and-white photo of a man at his desk, a woman in a lab coat holding a lab instrument aloft, a woman sitting at a desk, and a man sitting in a lab with a microscope at his side.
From left to right: Former Duke surgeon and president of Duke University from 1960-63. J. Deryl Hart, Duke immunologist and Professor of Surgery Smita Nair, Duke Psychology and Neuroscience Professor Terrie Moffitt and Duke Professor in Pathology Soman Abraham. Photos courtesy of Duke Medical Archives and by Travis Stanley.

November 18, 2024

A Century of Breakthroughs: The Legacy of Innovation at Duke

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Michael Boyarsky
Michael Boyarsky has pioneered a new way of making satellite imaging antennas. Boyarsky began working on the technology 10 years ago as a grad student at Duke.

November 15, 2024

New Frontiers in Space

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Junjie Yao
Junjie Yao sees his technology being used in research and clinical settings, from pharmaceutical companies developing new drugs, to surgeons removing cancerous tumors.

November 14, 2024

Soundwaves That Shed New Light

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Shyni Varghese and Hunter Newman in a lab
Shyni Varghese, professor of biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering & materials science, and orthopedic surgery, and Hunter Newman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, teamed up to develop a gel-like substance that gets injected into a fractured bone to help it heal more quickly.

November 12, 2024

Injecting Hope

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