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DNA strand

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of any gene in a cell. Such “gene-switch” tools allow scientists to “turn on” or “turn off” a target gene to study how it works, model diseases and design new therapies. The tool potentially could be adopted throughout biomedical research, including in the development of gene therapies.

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red, green and blue stained cells

New York, NY (October 23, 2025) Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create the New York Regional Diabetes Research Center (NYR-DRC), a newly expanded multi-institutional center co-led with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Weill Cornell Medicine. The center will focus on discovering scientific...

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blood vessels from endothelial cells

Scientists have discovered a method to induce human endothelial cells from a small biopsy sample to multiply in the laboratory, producing more than enough cells to replace damaged blood vessels or nourish organs for transplantation, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Endothelial cells form the inner lining of blood vessels and regulate blood flow, inflammation and healing. Traditional approaches for growing these cells in the lab have yielded only...

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Upcoming Seminars

November 7, 2025 - 1:00pm
"Visual circuits underlying threat avoidance" Marcos Aranda, PhD Research Associate, Northwestern University
November 11, 2025 - 1:00pm
The Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture Series presents: Norihiro Goto, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Weill Cornell Medicine
November 13, 2025 - 8:00pm
On November 13, 2025, The Greenwall Foundation will host this year’s William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture in person in New York City and online. Robert Califf, MD, former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine, will discuss the growing crisis of trust in science, medicine, and public health—and the ethics challenges and opportunities it presents for shaping policy and practice in uncertain times. Dr. Califf will be joined in conversation by Matthew Herper, an award-winning journalist and Senior Writer covering medicine at STAT. Registration is free and open to all, but in-person seating is limited.

Thesis Defenses

Zita Aretz
Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 - 2:00pm

Zita Aretz
Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology

Chairperson: Dr. Xinbo Yang
Major Sponsor: Dr. David Scheinberg
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Morgan Huse and Dr. Alex Kentsis

Additional Member: Dr. Christopher Klebanoff (Weill Cornell Medicine)

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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Phrma Foundation Photo
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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