Welcome to the Weiss lab! We part of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University. Our research focuses on how mammalian cells maintain genomic stability and how the loss of genomic integrity and metabolic control contributes to cancer and other diseases.
Michelle awarded CVM Graduate Scholarship!
Michelle has been awarded a CVM Graduate Scholarship for “Small RNA, Big Impact: Key roles for pluripotency miRNAs in malignant germ cell tumors.”- congrats!
Max wins 1st place in poster competition!
Max won first prize in the poster competition at the Intercampus Cancer Metabolism Symposium for his poster entitled “SIRT5-mediated Metabolic Regulation in Endothelial Cells Promotes Breast Cancer Progression”. Congrats Max!
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation award
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has awarded an innovation grant to a multi PI team involving the Weiss lab and the groups of Frank Schroeder and Marc Antonyak.
Welcome Nuno!
A warm welcome to Nuno Tavares, a Fulbright Scholar from IPO-Porto visiting the Weiss lab!
Michelle wins a first place poster prize!
Michelle Liu won the first place poster prize at the 2025 Biomedical and Biological Sciences (BBS) Symposium Poster Session for her poster “Roles for pluripotency-associated miRNAs and extracellular vesicles in malignant testicular germ cell tumor progression”. Congrats Michelle!
