The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics shares a leading role in research and teaching in modern biology at Cornell University. The department has over 35 faculty and most are housed in the Biotechnology Building, a state-of-the-art facility with individual laboratories and core research facilities. Some MBG faculty are also members of the new Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and have their offices in the adjoining new Weill Hall.
The research and teaching interests of the faculty include fundamental, as well as medically relevant, problems in molecular biology, genetics, genomics, population genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, development, and macromolecular structure.Our faculty also play key roles in the New Life Sciences Initiative, which includes the Cornell Genomics Initiative.
Chip Aquadro receives
ARRA funds to study
Why do human
populations differ?
(October 2009)
Former BMCB graduate
student Jack Szostak
(Wu Lab, PhD 1977)
shares The Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine 2009
Heather Flores(G&D Grad Student)
selected as a winner IN the NYSTEM
Stem Cell Awareness Day Image
Contest (September 2009)
John Lis receives prestigious NIH
Transformative R01 grant
(September 2009)
Jerry Feigenson receives almost
$1 million to study cholesterol in cell membranes
(September 2009)
Studies in Doina Tumbar's lab
show some mice stem cells
divide in unexpected
ways, study says
(August 2009)
2008-2009 MBG Annual Awards Ceremony-click here for a list of award recipients
Maureen Hanson awarded the 2009
CALS Research & Extension Award
for Outstanding Accomplishments
in Basic Research (October 2009)
Link to follow
Andy Clark was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Oulu in Finland (May 2009)
Click here for details
MBG Archive News
2009- 2010 Weekly Seminars Series
Regular seminars in Molecular Biology and Genetics are generally given at 4:00 PM on Fridays in G10 Biotechnology Building (large conference room). However, we have quite a few special seminars given on alternate days of the week, please check the date carefully. Seminars that are not held in G10 Biotechnology Building, or are at a time other than 4:00 PM will be otherwise noted.
Novermber 5, 2009
2009 Racker Lecture
Joseph Schlessinger
Title: "Journey of a biophysical chemist in biomedical research"
Call Auditorium-Kennedy Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Reception to follow outside of the Auditorium
Host: David Shalloway
November 6, 2009
MBG Friday Seminar
Joseph Schlessinger
4:00 P.M. G-10 Biotech Building
Title:"Cell signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases; from molecules to cancer therapy"
Reception at 5:00 P.M. Atrium-outside of G-10
Host: David Shalloway
November 13, 2009
Hannah Klein
Title: "Regulating Rad51 Recombinase through DNA Translocases"
Host: Eric Alani
http://www.med.nyu.edu/biochem/labs/klein/
November 20, 2009
Dan Starr
Title: "Positioning nuclei with a nuclear envelope bridge"
Host: Kelly Liu
http://sandtiger.dbs.ucdavis.edu/FacultyProfiles/CDB_GG/DisplayFacultyProfile.cfm?ResearcherID=1829
- MBG Seminar Calendar
(Updated listing of 2009-2010)
Calendar for BMCB Monday graduate student seminars
Calendar for G&D Wednesday graduate student seminars