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John F. Rawls

John F. Rawls

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
john.rawls@duke.edu
323A CARL Building, Box 3580, Durham, NC 27710
323A CARL Building Box 3580, 213 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors

Fellow

Scholarly Society American Academy of Microbiology · 2021

Fellow

National American Association for the Advancement of Science · 2016

Kavli Fellow

National Kavli Frontiers of Science Program · 2009

Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

National Pew Charitable Trust · 2008

Mentored Research Scientist Development Award

National National Institutes of Health · 2006

Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual National Research Service Award

National National Institutes of Health · 2002

Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Medical Scientist Fellow

School Washington University School of Medicine · 2001

Victor Hamburger Prize in Developmental Biology

University Washington University School of Medicine · 2001

In the News

Published June 27, 2023
DNA Barcoding Identifies the Plants a Person Has Eaten
Published May 4, 2023
Duke Awards 44 Distinguished Professorships
Published May 13, 2022
Microbes Help Orchestrate How the Gut Uses its Genes
Published June 1, 2021
Asking New Questions in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
Published February 26, 2021
Rawls and Wang elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Published December 17, 2019
Fatty Meal Interrupts Gut’s Communication With The Body, But Why?
Published August 5, 2019
Zebrafish Researchers Discover a Self-Defense Mechanism of the Gut
Published November 20, 2017
Microbe Scientists Launching Expanded Microbiome Center
Published May 17, 2017
Microbes Seen Controlling Action of Hosts Genes
Published November 28, 2016
Three Duke Researchers Named AAAS Fellows
Published June 17, 2016
A Little Dirt Won't Hurt You
Published September 15, 2015
Specific Fatty Acids May Worsen Crohn’s Disease
Published July 20, 2015
Gut Worms Protect Babies’ Brains From Inflammation
Published March 30, 2015
Duke-UNC Collaboration Creating "Gut-on-a-Chip"
Published March 24, 2015
Gene may influence body shape, metabolic disease risk, study finds
Published March 23, 2015
New Gene Influences Apple or Pear Shape, Risk of Future Disease
Published February 16, 2015
Researchers Discover Molecular Trigger of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Published January 8, 2015
Microbiome Researchers Find Common Ground
Published November 20, 2014
Creeping Fat
Published October 23, 2013
MIcrobes R Us