Lawrence Anthony David

Lawrence Anthony David

Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society

Contact Information

  • Office Location: Box 103053, Durham, NC 27710
  • Office Phone: (919) 668-5388
  • Email Address: lawrence.david@duke.edu
  • Websites:

Education

  • Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Sloan Research Fellowship-Molecular Biology. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2014
  • Harvard Society Junior Fellows. Harvard Society of Fellows. 2010

Courses Taught

  • MGM 293: Research Independent Study I
  • MGM 593: Research Independent Study

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Pisetsky, DS; Gedye, MJ; David, LA; Spencer, DM, The Binding Properties of Antibodies to Z-DNA in the Sera of Normal Healthy Subjects., International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol 25 no. 5 (2024) [10.3390/ijms25052556] [abs].
  • Capra, BT; Hudson, S; Helder, M; Laskaridou, E; Johnson, AL; Gilmore, C; Marinik, E; Hedrick, VE; Savla, J; David, LA; Davy, KP; Davy, BM, Ultra-processed food intake, gut microbiome, and glucose homeostasis in mid-life adults: Background, design, and methods of a controlled feeding trial., Contemp Clin Trials, vol 137 (2024) [10.1016/j.cct.2024.107427] [abs].
  • Letourneau, J; Walker, L; Han, SH; David, LA; Younge, N, A pilot study of fecal pH and redox as functional markers in the premature infant gut microbiome., Plos One, vol 19 no. 1 (2024) [10.1371/journal.pone.0290598] [abs].
  • Letourneau, J; Walker, L; Han, SH; David, LA; Younge, N, Fecal pH and redox as functional markers in the premature infant gut microbiome. (2023) [10.1101/2023.08.14.553216] [abs].
  • Davey, LE; Malkus, PN; Villa, M; Dolat, L; Holmes, ZC; Letourneau, J; Ansaldo, E; David, LA; Barton, GM; Valdivia, RH, A genetic system for Akkermansia muciniphila reveals a role for mucin foraging in gut colonization and host sterol biosynthesis gene expression., Nature Microbiology, vol 8 no. 8 (2023), pp. 1450-1467 [10.1038/s41564-023-01407-w] [abs].