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April 7, 2016

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine Lab focus in bacterial signaling controlling biofilm formation and pathogenicity, and membrane trafficking in eukaryotes with applications in human disease, dairy industry Learn...

March 30, 2016

Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences Wolfner's research focuses on understanding the important reproductive processes that occur around the time when a sperm fertilizes an egg at the molecular/gene level, and...

March 30, 2016

Professor of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Harrington's research focus is in biology, behavior and ecology of mosquitoes that transmit human pathogens She is interested in the biology, ecology and behavior of disease vectors; global health and...

March 24, 2016

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Laboratory focus on genomic investigation of dogs as a model of genetic disease and evolutionary genetics Find his full bio...

March 24, 2016

Taking a One Health Approach to Public Health A Brief History of One Health One Health is a term used to describe the collective health of people, animals, and the environment in which we live, and speaks specifically to the effect each element has on the health of...

March 23, 2016

As the global population grows and human innovations abound, the world becomes a smaller yet more complex place With sufficient resources, one can get to almost any point in the world in some 48 hours With this mobility, ideas and commerce move rapidly Along with them,...

March 22, 2016

Bruce Calnek, DVM '55, the Steffen Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, and Karel Schat, PhD '78, professor emeritus in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology were awarded the 2015 Ezra Technology Innovator Award for their work as inventors of the...

March 22, 2016

A Rapid Response Fund grant from the Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has allowed Cornell researchers and collaborators from the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs to mark and monitor stray animals that have been treated with contraception...

March 22, 2016

Through a genetic analysis of 4,200 dogs, Cornell researchers led by biomedical sciences professor Adam Boyko, have investigated 180,000 genetic markers and taken a big step forward in mapping genes responsible for diseases in dogs This study - the largest of its kind...

March 22, 2016

Cornell entomology professor Laura Harrington and molecular biology and genetics professor Mariana Wolfner are studying the mosquito mating process in hopes of discovering a way to control mosquito reproduction Researchers believe that it could be possible to...

March 21, 2016

Ronnie Coffman, international plant breeder and director of Cornell's office of International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is the director of the newly funded $24 million grant project Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat that has...

March 21, 2016

Associate Director of International Programs and the Master of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine Gen Meredith, a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine (Occupational Therapy) and the University of Massachusetts’ School of Public Health...