Many congratulations to Destiny Van on her successful defense! We will miss your bright, sunshiny personality around the lab and can’t wait to see what you achieve next!
Congratulations Dr. Van!
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on Michelle and Gerardo participate in the Douglas D. McGregor Research Lecture & 3MT Competition!
on Michelle and Gerardo recently presented in a three minute thesis (3MT) competition! Gerardo’s thesis was titled “DNA Damage? Call 9-1-1”, and Michelle’s thesis was “Small RNA, Big Impact: Tackling Testicular Tumors”. Pictured is Michelle and Gerardo with Dr. George Yancopoulos, co-founder and president/CSO of Regeneron, the keynote lecturer.
Weiss lab receives a Bass seed grant!
on Weiss lab has received a Bass seed grant to further research on “Determining the Role of the miR290-295 Cluster in Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Progression.”
See the article for more info!: https://www.vet.cornell.edu/about-us/news/sandra-atlas-bass-endowment-advances-cancer-research-through-seed-grants
Congratulations Max, on passing your A-Exam!
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Congrats Celine!
on Many congratulations to Celine on her recent graduation from Cornell, as well as her senior honors thesis entitled “Breast cancer metastasis promoting effects of mitochondrial sirtuin SIRT5”. A talented crocheter, Celine gave hand-crafted bucket hats to her mentors Destiny and Bob as a parting gift (see pictures). We wish you all the best in your future endeavors, the lab will miss you!
Check out our newest collaborative paper!
on Check out our newest publication in eLife, a collaboration with the Cohen and Smolka labs: “A TOPBP1 allele causing male infertility uncouples XY silencing dynamics from sex body formation” (click here!)
Check out the Chronicle story featuring our research!: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/03/sperm-formation-step-could-hold-clues-male-contraception
Congrats to Michelle on receiving a CVG Scholar Award!
on The CVG Scholar Award is intended to recognize the genomics promise and exciting research goals of early stage trainees. With 26 applicants, the review was more competitive than ever before. Even with those odds, Michelle still received a top-3 score- congrats Michelle!
Check out our latest publications:
on The Weiss lab teams with the Schroeder lab at Boyce Thompson Institute on a new paper linking sirtuins to the generation of acylspermidines that affect cell proliferation and longevity:
Bob and co-authors from the Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium (MaGIC) publish a commentary related to chemical exposures and testicular germ cell tumor occurrence in military servicemen:
Bob takes on a new administrative role!
on Bob takes on a new administrative role as Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School (check out the article below!):
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/robert-weiss-named-senior-associate-dean-graduate-school
Check out our newest preprint, as well as a collaborative study:
on Amanda and co-authors publish a new preprint on miRNAs in germ cell tumors on bioRxiv:
The Weiss lab contributes to a new collaborative study on nanoparticle oral delivery: