Scholars@Duke
David R. Sherwood

David R. Sherwood

Professor of Biology
Biology
david.sherwood@duke.edu
Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

American Cancer Society Research Fellow Award

National American Cancer Society · 2017

Mayent-Rothschild Fellow

International Institut Curie, Paris · 2016

Basil O’Connor Award

National March of Dimes · 2007

Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences

National Pew Charitable Trusts, The · 2007

In the News

Published May 4, 2023
Creating a ‘Parts List’ for Cancer’s Spread, With Help From a Worm
Published March 22, 2022
Getting Fuel to an Invading Cell’s Front Line
Published July 14, 2020
Why Do You Study That? Worms
Published July 7, 2020
Glowing Worms Provide Live-Action Movies of the Body’s Internal Scaffolding
Published March 6, 2020
Squirmy Science: A New Way of Studying Biology
Published January 24, 2019
Why Once-Promising Cancer Drugs Failed
Published November 27, 2017
Cells Bulge to Squeeze Through Barriers
Published November 1, 2016
David Sherwood Named to Lead Embryology Course at MBL
Published February 19, 2016
One Small Worm, One Duke Senior, and One Big Conference
Published January 4, 2016
Cancer cells can't proliferate and invade at the same time
Published August 25, 2014
Scientists Uncover Navigation System Used by Cancer, Nerve Cells
Published June 20, 2014
Worms live longer when they stop eating
Published June 19, 2014
Strict Diet Suspends Development, Doubles Lifespan of Worms