Author: Gustavo Silva

Congratulations to our undergraduate student Dinachi Okonkwo for being named a 2022 Faculty Scholar! Faculty scholar is the highest award given by faculty to undergraduates at Duke. Only three to five students are awarded each year based on 1) impressively high overall grade point average, 2) evidence of independent work (e.g. independent studies, research, special projects, field study, creative writing,… Read more →

We are always interested in recruiting talented postdocs and PhD students to the lab. Even in times when we do not have a position open, you never know about the possibilities of creating one. So if you would like to join our lab and is excited about our scientific questions, do inquire! Through and through, it has been quite a… Read more →

So many great things happened in 2019 and it is not even the end of the year yet. First and foremost, Shannon Dougherty and Austin Maduka joined our lab and are our first PhD students! In addition to them, Blance Cizubu and Lana Gerstein are our new lab technicians. Welcome to the team! Second, our manuscript on the role of… Read more →

One more semester is coming to end with a lot of great reasons to celebrate! First, I would like to properly welcome the newest members of the lab. Dr. Nate Snyder is our new postdoc coming from Hopkins and Julia Marshall our undergraduate student joined the lab for the school semester.  Shannon Dougherty, a Biology graduate student will do her… Read more →

Science, hard-work, iced coffee (and World Cup)!     This summer we are very pleased to host two incredible undergraduate students in our lab: Valeria Santa-Melendez (University of Puerto Rico) and Julia Marshall (Duke). Valeria come to us as part of the Duke Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) and Julia as part of the Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellowship (B-SURF).… Read more →

We would like to welcome our first postdoc Dr. Andrew Gorman to the team! Andrew will investigate global mechanisms of translation regulation mediated by ubiquitin in response to stress. Also, our NIEHS R00 award was funded, and will allow us to study the roles of K63 ubiquitin in neuronal cells. Exciting times as the lab keeps growing! Read more →

Hey, we have just been featured at DukeToday in the Introducing the New Faculty of 2017 series!  Click at the picture and you will find more information about me and about the research we are developing in our lab.    Also take the chance to learn more about all the amazing colleagues that are now part of Duke community. https://today.duke.edu/series/introducing-new-faculty-2017… Read more →

Hi all, we are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to fulfill a position in our lab and study the role of protein ubiquitination in cellular response to stress.  All qualified candidates are welcome to apply and applications should be submitted to academicjobsonline at the link below. https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/10359 . More information and a detailed description of the position can be find… Read more →

First of all, a big welcome to our lab manager Vanessa Simoes!   Lab renovations are underway and we are looking forwarding to receiving PhD students in the Spring semester. Read more →

The Silva lab is officially open and we are extremely excited to start our activities this fall! Positions are open, so please inquire. Read more →