Scholars@Duke
Blanche Capel

Blanche Capel

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology
Cell Biology
blanche.capel@duke.edu
Duke Box 3709 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
307 Research Drive, Nanaline Bldg Room 452, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants

Double Strand Break Repair in Fetal Male Germ Cells

ResearchSponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - BIRCWH

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Examining the role of immune activation in transposon-triggered sterility.

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

DND1 Mediates Epigenetic Reprogramming During Cell Cycle Arrest In Male Germ Cells

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Opposing Pathways in Mammalian Sex Determination

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2026

Duke Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholars

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2020 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Regulation of Male Germ Cell Development through DND1-Mediated Translation of Epigenetic Factors

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2023 - 2025

Identification of a Genetic Pathway Linking Temperature with Epigenetic Control of Gonad Determination in T. scripta

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2024

Investigating the role of the ECM in sex determination

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lalor Foundation, Inc. · 2022 - 2023

Functions of the rete ovarii in ovary development, adult homeostasis, and female reproductive longevity

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

IRES Track 1 IRTG Engaged in Dissecting and Reengineering the Regulatory Genome

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023

Zeiss Lightsheet Upgrade to Expand Imaging Capabilities

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Defining Mechanisms of Ovarian Rescue

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021

Super-resolution Imaging via Multiple Modalities with the Zeiss Elyra 7

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

DND1 Mediated Posttranscriptional Regulation in Murine Prospermatogonia During G1/G0 Arrest

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Mechanisms of ovarian rescue in chemotherapy-treated female mice

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2017 - 2020

Center for Molecular & Cellular Studies of Ped Disease

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2018

Temporal profiling and functional analysis of temperature-dependent sex determination

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2017

Role of Lamin B Receptor in Male Germ Cell Differentiation and Epigenetic Regulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lalor Foundation, Inc. · 2016 - 2017

The Seventh International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by March of Dimes · 2015 - 2015

Multidisciplinary Neonatal Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Regulation of Germ Cell Pluripotency Through The RNA-Binding Protein, DND1

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2014

A new cell population regulating cell fate and morphogenesis in the mouse testis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

A Functional Assay to Test Conserved Mechanisms of Sex Determination in the Turtle, T. scripta

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2011

WNT4- Mediated Signaling During Mammalian Sex Determination

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010

Organ Specific Mechanisms of Vascular Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2008

Mechanisms of Gonad Organogenesis in the red-eared slider tutle (Trachemys scripta)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2003 - 2008

Fourth Annual Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2006

Zeiss LSM510 META confocal-fluorescence spectroscopy

EquipmentCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2004

Analysis of Sonic Hedgehog Function During Gonadogenesis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2004

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ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1999 - 2002