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Madeline Keenen

Postdoctoral Associate
Cell Biology

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Postdoctoral Associate Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments

Recent Scholarly Works


Achieving multifunctionality in a single, tissue-sized syncytiotrophoblast cell in humans.

Journal article Placenta · June 18, 2025 The syncytiotrophoblast (STB) is a tissue-sized multinucleate cell in the human placenta that performs essential functions including molecular transport, metabolism, and hormone production-roles typically distributed across many cell types in multiple orga ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Analysis of the local and global responses in the placenta syncytiotrophoblast

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031

Investigating nuclear plasticity in the human placental syncytium

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

Dissecting the mechanistic role of multinucleation in breast and trophoblast cancers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2024

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