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David R. Sherwood

Professor of Biology
Biology
Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Elucidating a conserved adhesion system for connecting adjacent tissues

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Manchester · 2024 - 2032

The Duke Preparing Research scholars In bioMEdical sciences (PRIME): Cancer Research Program

ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

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

Determining how basement membranes stretch and recover to support tissues

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research · 2023 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

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

Understanding how cells invade through basement membrane in vivo

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2016 - 2026

Understanding the Mechanisms and Consequences of Basement Membrane Aging in Vivo

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

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

Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant

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

Targeting invasive plasticity by inhibiting mitochondrial adaptations to matrix metalloproteinase loss

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

A comprehensive toolkit to visualize endogenously tagged fluorescent basement membrane components in a living animal

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

Elucidating the Mechanisms Behind Basement Membrane Stretching

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Understanding the role of the collagen receptor DDR-2 in germ stem cell niche formation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

Transmission electron microscope (TEM)

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Connecting human disease to basement membrane biology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Manchester · 2019 - 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

Defining a Newly Identified Membrane Structure That Directs Cell Invasion

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2016 - 2019

Understanding a Novel Role for Gap Junctions in Directing Endogenous and Ectopic Stem Cell Niche Morphology

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Visualizing and Elucidating the Role of Force on Type IV Collagen in Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Serial Block Face Scanning Electron Microscope

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Elucidating Key Mechanisms Regulating Cell Invasion In Vivo

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2017

Understanding How Invadosomes Breach Basement Membrane In Vivo

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2016

Cancer Biology Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 1993 - 2016

Understanding the Role of MMPs in Basement Membrane Breaching In vivo

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015

Understanding How Extrinsic Signals Direct a Rho GTPase Switch to Control Cell Invasion in Vivo

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · 2015 - 2015

Elucidating the Gene Regulatory Networks that Specify Invasive Behavior

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2014

NRSA: Analysis of SPARC in Cell Invasion in C. Elegans

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2009

NCI Howard Temin Award

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2009

External Relationships


  • Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

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