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Metal-Free Carbon Monoxide Prodrugs May Help Prevent Cancer’s Deadly Spread

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A carefully designed metal-free carbon monoxide prodrug—an inactive compound that is converted into its active form in the body—may help prevent some of the deadliest forms of cancer from spreading, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The recent preclinical study, published...

A Breakthrough Single-Cell Method for Mapping DNA-Protein Interactions

A new technology allows scientists to map, in single cells, the DNA binding sites of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins that control gene activity, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center. With key advantages over methods currently in use, the technology is expected to be a powerful addition to biologists’ toolkit for studying cells in health and disease...

Grant Aims to Transform Care for Young Cancer Survivors

Weill Cornell Medicine received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop innovative support strategies for an understudied group of cancer patients: adolescents and young adults (AYAs). For these individuals, cancer survival often marks the beginning of lifelong challenges from treatment effects.

Every year, over 80,000 people aged 15 to 39 are diagnosed with cancer. And more than 2...

Carl Nathan, M.D. Lectureship: "Immune escape, stealth and frontal attack: the evolution of diverse virulence strategies in Mycobacterium tuberculosis" - Dr. Sarah Fortune

June 16, 2026 - 11:00am

The Carl Nathan, M.D. Lectureship was created to recognize Dr. Carl Nathan’s extraordinary accomplishments and unwavering dedication to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology over the past 27 years. We are excited to welcome you to June's lecture, delivered by Sarah Fortune, M.D. entitled "Immune escape, stealth and frontal attack: the evolution of diverse virulence strategies in Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Dr. Sarah Fortune is the John LaPorte Given Professor and Chair of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. We are grateful to our generous donors for their support.

A new and unexpectedly effective treatment for restoring sight

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

Human Genetic Variants Impacting Efficacy of Adeno-associated Virus Mediated Gene Expression

Date: Monday, June 15, 2026 - 2:00pm

Jenifer Melissa Vasquez
Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology

Chairperson: Dr. Olivier Elemento
Major Sponsor: Dr. Ronald Crystal
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Todd Evans and Dr. Geoffrey Pitt

Dystonia in a Timothy Syndrome Mouse Model Uncovers an Interaction Between CA2+ and Metabolism

Date: Monday, June 22, 2026 - 1:00pm

Patrick Towers
Neuroscience

Chairperson: Dr. Timothy Ryan
Major Sponsor: Dr. Geoffrey Pitt
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Jeremy Dittman and Dr. Anjali Rajadhyaksha

Regulation of UCK2 and its Therapeutic Potential

Date: Monday, June 22, 2026 - 2:00pm

Brittany Q. Pham
Pharmacology

Chairperson: Dr. Alban Ordureau
Major Sponsor: Dr. Heeseon An
Minor Sponsors: Dr. John Blenis, Dr. Daniel Heller and Dr. Pengbo Zhou

2026 NSF GRFP Awardees and Honorable Mentions

Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers and honorable mention recognition in the 2026 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

2026 NIH Parent 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.

2025 NIH Parent 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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