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A new study reveals how bacteria in the gut can help determine whether the amino acid asparagine from the diet will feed tumor growth or activate immune cells against the cancer​, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. This casts the gut microbiome—the trillions of microorganisms living in the intestine—as a central player in the body's response to cancer and to modern cancer treatments like immunotherapies.

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Weill Cornell Medicine has received a $5.2 million, initial two-year award  from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Lymphatic Imaging, Genomics, and pHenotyping Technologies (LIGHT) program to develop a comprehensive and innovative approach to diagnosing lymphatic disease. LIGHT is led by ARPA-H Program Manager Kimberley Steele, M.D., Ph.D....

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Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. However, political differences over who is responsible will shape the country’s next phase of drug policy.

Historically, Americans have viewed people who use opioids as primarily responsible for the overdose crisis, with conservatives especially emphasizing...

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Upcoming Seminars

January 30, 2026 - 1:00pm
"Exploring the function of type-I interferon-encompassing chromosome 9p21.3 deletion in glioblastoma" Tao Wang, PhD candidate in Neuroscience (Parada lab), Sloan Kettering Institute, MSKCC
February 6, 2026 - 1:00pm
"Human iPSC models as a tool to dissect chromatin regulatory mechanisms in neurodevelopment and brain cancer" Zuleka Qadeer, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
February 10, 2026 - 6:00pm
Join this virtual workshop to have all of your questions answered and feel confident about your application. This workshop covers the M.S. Biomedical Imaging and M.S. Computational Biology applications.

Thesis Defenses

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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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