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colonoic organoid

A new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine found that the protein caspase-5 (CASP5), long thought to be a foot soldier in the body’s defense against bacterial infection, does not actually help clear invaders the way its close cousin caspase-4 (CASP4) does. Instead, the researchers discovered that CASP5 boosts the signal to proliferate in a population of gut cells that maintains a healthy intestinal lining and replaces injured cells with new, healthy ones.

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illustration of TMEM16F protein in closed and open conformations

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have revealed the detailed workings of a cell membrane protein that has essential roles in all animals. The discovery could lead to new therapeutic strategies for blood coagulation disorders, cancers and other conditions in which the protein, called a TMEM16 scramblase, works abnormally.

Scramblases operate within cell membranes, where they alter or “scramble” the normal layered...

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Temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops inside the cell’s nucleus drastically disrupted the three-dimensional structure of the genome, but surprisingly most genes continued to function as usual, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found. However, they also discovered a small group of affected genes that play a critical role in guiding cells to become specific types, for example heart, brain, or liver cells.

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Upcoming Seminars

April 24, 2026 - 1:00pm
"Enriched Detection of Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin on Multiple Sclerosis Lymphocytes and Its Effects on Immune Function" Jennifer R Linden, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, WCM
Dr. Sheila Nirenberg
December 30, 2026 - 3:00pm
Systems and Computational Biomedicine (SCB) Seminar Series Presents: Sheila Nirenberg, Ph.D. Professor in Systems and Computational Biomedicine Nanette Laitman Professor in Neurology and Neuroscience

Thesis Defenses

Arianna Richelle Izawa-Ishiguro
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 - 9:00am

Arianna Richelle Izawa-Ishiguro

Pharmacology

 

Chairperson: Dr. Lonny Levin

Major Sponsors: Dr. Daniel Heller and Dr. Ingo Mellinghoff

Minor Sponsors: Dr. Adrienne Boire and Dr. Jacob Geri

Student Research

Notice of 2026 NIH F31 program awardees
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers in the 2026 National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) program.

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Notice of 2025 NIH F31 program awardees
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers in the 2025 National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) program.

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Notice of 2026 PhRMA Foundation Fellowship Awards
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates our graduate student who received an award offer in the PhRMA Foundation Fellowship program.

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