Duke Ex Vivo Organ Lab

[Duke Ex Vivo Organ Lab @Barbas_Hartwig]

Our star! We were lucky to have you in the lab.

[Alexandria (Alex) Soto @AlexandriaSoto_]

Working with the Duke Ex-Vivo Laboratory (DEVOL) @Barbas_Hartwig was the highlight of my third year! Grateful for my project mentors, Dr. Hartwig and Ben Hughes 🐁🫁

[Alexandria (Alex) Soto @AlexandriaSoto_]

One year of working with rat lungs complete! 🐀🫁

Grateful to Dr. Matthew Hartwig for his mentorship at the Duke DEVOL Lab (@Barbas_Hartwig) and to @DukeMedSchool for honoring our research with the GlaxoSmithKline James B.D. Palmer, MD Memorial Scholarship Fund! 🥼🔬

[American Journal of Transplantation @amjtransplant]

Article in Press! Can gene therapy help prevent rejection? AAV-mediated PD-L1 delivery during cold storage was associated with reduced acute rejection in a rat lung transplant model. https://t.co/39haeZUbj0
@IsaacAlderete5 @Barbas_Hartwig @Qimeng6 @NihalAykun @DukeSurgery

[Duke Ex Vivo Organ Lab @Barbas_Hartwig]

@AravindAsokan @drewbarbz @Qimeng6 @NihalAykun @alanrosalesBME

[Duke Ex Vivo Organ Lab @Barbas_Hartwig]

"Excited to share our study in Nature Biomedical Engineering! Directed evolution and cross-species cycling identified AAV.k13 & AAV.k20—AAVs with enhanced kidney tropism across species. A step forward for gene therapy in transplantation!

Read more: https://t.co/OeZaS2XwAa

[Duke Ex Vivo Organ Lab @Barbas_Hartwig]

Hot off the press! Our latest study "Transforming the logistics of liver transplantation with normothermic machine perfusion: Clinical impact versus cost" has just been published in @LTxJournal. Read here;
https://t.co/vbSRSaxzyE

@drewbarbz @Qimeng6 @IsaacAlderete5 @NihalAykun

[Duke Ex Vivo Organ Lab @Barbas_Hartwig]

Excited to collaborate with BMI OrganBank on their $3.5M NIH grant to advance kidney preservation technology! The Duke Ex Vivo Organ Lab, led by @drewbarbz , will evaluate this innovation in preclinical models, paving the way for clinical trials. https://t.co/TS3sLsKoi3