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A pretreatment step could help transplanted pancreatic islets survive longer in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. One combination of small molecules extended the cells’ lives in female mice, and adding two molecules to the mixture boosted cell survival in male mice.

The findings, published on June 24 in Cell Stem Cell, could allow...

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A rare gene mutation that delays Alzheimer’s disease does so by damping inflammatory signaling in brain-resident immune cells, according to a preclinical study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The finding adds to growing evidence that brain inflammation is a major driver of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s—and that it may be a key therapeutic target for these disorders.

In the...

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purple and pink stained intestinal cells

Thousands of bacterial and other microbial species live in the human gut, supporting healthy digestion, immunity, metabolism and other functions. Precisely how these microbes are protected from immune attack has been unclear, but now a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has found that this immune “tolerance” to gut microbes depends on an ancient bacterial-sensing protein called STING—normally considered a trigger for inflammation. The surprising result could lead to new...

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Upcoming Seminars

June 27, 2025 - 1:00pm
"The neural regulation of pediatric glioma" Kathryn R. Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, MSKCC
Dr. Julia Graham and Dr. Jonah Kreniske
June 27, 2025 - 3:00pm
"COPD and Social Determinants of Health" Julia Graham, MD, MS Instructor in Medicine "Leveraging HIV Research Infrastructure to Examine Post-Tuberculosis Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction in Tanzania" Jonah Kreniske, MD Instructor in Medicine
October 29, 2025 - 2:30pm
Targeted Hyperactivation of Oncogenic Signaling as Therapeutic Strategy in B-Cell Malignancies Markus Müschen, MD, PhD Arthur H. and Isabel Bunker Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Immunobiology Chief, Division of Basic Science, Yale Cancer Center Director, Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology Yale University New Haven, CT Host: Dr. Andrew Intlekofer Tea Time: 1:15 PM

Thesis Defenses

Avital S. Shulman
Date: Monday, July 7, 2025 - 1:00pm

Avital S. Shulman
Cell and Developmental Biology

Chairperson: Dr. Hironori Funabiki
Major Sponsor: Dr. M. Bryan Tsou
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Prasad Jallepalli and Dr. Xuejun Jiang

Student Research

David Hoyos
The 2024 Hertz Fellows will address the most pressing challenges facing our nation.

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2024 NSF GRFP Awardees
Congratulations to the 2024 NSF GRFP awardees and honorable mentions from our Weill Cornell Grad School community.

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Congratulations to Aakanksha Rajiv Kapoor | PhRMA Foundation Fellowship in Drug Discovery, awarded January 2023 | BCMB Allied PhD Program | Mentored by Vivek Mittal at Weill Cornell Medicine | “Determine Mechanisms by Which Club Cell Secreted Proteins Inhibit Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells to Increase Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer

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