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Lawrence Anthony David

Lawrence Anthony David

Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
lawrence.david@duke.edu
4116 MSRB3 Building, Box 103053, Durham, NC 27710
Box 103053, Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors

Sloan Research Fellowship-Molecular Biology

National Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2014

Harvard Society Junior Fellows

National Harvard Society of Fellows · 2010

In the News

Published October 31, 2023
Duke Test Labs Explore Our Friendly (and Unfriendly) Neighborhood Microbes
Published June 27, 2023
DNA Barcoding Identifies the Plants a Person Has Eaten
Published October 19, 2022
Three of 25 Science Diversity Leadership Awards Come to Duke
Published July 29, 2022
It Doesn’t Matter Much Which Fiber You Choose – Just Get More Fiber!
Published September 21, 2021
Meet the Newly Tenured Faculty of 2021
Published September 13, 2021
How Much Fiber Should You Eat? A Duke Graduate Student Forages for the Answer
Published August 3, 2021
'I Wanted to Be a Part of a Movement:' School of Medicine's Plan for Change
Published May 25, 2021
School of Medicine Researchers Honored for Study of the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Published July 1, 2020
Everybody's Microbiome Is Different. So How Do You Study It Usefully?
Published January 7, 2020
Poop: It's a Great Thing to Study
Published October 29, 2018
Our Microbes Are Starving, and That’s a Good Thing
Published May 7, 2018
AI Detects Patterns Of Gut Microbes for Cholera Risk
Published March 20, 2017
Microbes Evolved to Colonize Different Parts of the Human Body
Published September 22, 2016
Ten Scientists to Watch: Lawrence Davids gut check gets personal
Published June 17, 2016
A Little Dirt Won't Hurt You
Published March 16, 2016
New Collaborative Seed Grant Program Gives Eight Awards
Published April 15, 2015
Lawrence David Named Searle Scholar
Published July 25, 2014
Q-and-A: Scientist studied his poop for a year to learn about gut bugs
Published May 13, 2014
Lawrence David Gets to the Gut of the Matter
Published February 18, 2014
Five Science Faculty Win Sloan Fellowships
Published December 12, 2013
Changes in diet can alter gut bacteria within 24 hours
Published October 23, 2013
MIcrobes R Us