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Looking Beyond Beta-Amyloid: New Paths in Alzheimer's Research

At the 12th annual Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute Symposium, scientists and clinicians shared their latest research which is advancing how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed and treated. Held at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Griffis Faculty Club, the symposium gave investigators and community members the opportunity to learn and ask questions about new directions in neurodegenerative research....

Dr. Nikolaos Koundouros Wins 2025 Tri-Institutional Breakout Award

Dr. Nikolaos Koundouros, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a 2025 Tri-Institutional Breakout Award for Junior Investigators.

Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and The Rockefeller University present the awards to up to six exceptional investigators each year—at least one from each institution...

Study Provides New Insights into the Genetic Complexity of Cancer Metastasis

When cancer spreads from a primary tumor to new sites throughout the body, it undergoes changes that increase its genetic complexity.

A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) provides fresh insights about how cancers evolve when they metastasize — insights that could aid in developing strategies to improve the...

Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar

June 6, 2025 - 1:00pm

Harris Kaplan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University "A coming-of-age story: neurodevelopment of social behavior circuits"

Dr. Ben Hogan Lecture

June 6, 2025 - 3:00pm

Evolutionary & Developmental Pleasticity of Lymphatics

Dr. Stefania Nicoli Lecture

June 10, 2025 - 1:00pm

Metabolic Regulation of Heterogeneity in Brain Vessel Angiogenesis.

Leveraging Lipid Metabolism to Iron Out Mechanisms in Ferroptosis Resistant Cancers

Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 1:30pm

Stephen B. Ruiz
Biochemistry and Structural Biology

Chairperson: Dr. Monica Guzman
Major Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Heller
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Xuejun Jiang and Dr. Michel Overholtzer

High-Throughput Approaches for Advancing hPSC-Based Models of Neurodegeneration

Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 2:30pm

Andrew Minotti
Cell and Developmental Biology

Chairperson: Dr. Matthias Stadtfeld
Major Sponsor: Dr. Lorenz Studer
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Li Gan and Dr. Yueming Li

Rapid Degradation of Ribosomal Proteins Determines the Role of R-proteins After Ribosome Biogenesis

Date: Friday, June 13, 2025 - 3:00pm

Ersilia Barin
Pharmacology

Chairperson: Dr. Yueming Li
Major Sponsor: Dr. Heeseon An
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Christopher Lima and Dr. Christine Mayr

Additional Member: Dr. Jason Lewis (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

David Hoyos Awarded the Prestigious 2024 Hertz Foundation Fellowship

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

2024 NSF GRFP Awardees and Honorable Mentions

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

2023 PhRMA Foundation Fellowship in Drug Discovery

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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