News and Publications

A Cornell-led study published May 11 in the journal Cell Host Microbe provides the strongest evidence yet that human DNA influences the type and number of bacteria that reside in each person’s gut.

Professor Emeritus Stanley Zahler passed away at 89

Andy Clark elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Maggie Gustafson, a fifth-year doctoral student in the field of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, won the Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award.

Chris Fromme awarded Guggenheim fellowship in the life sciences

Genetic cues from male mosquitoes passed on during sex affect which genes are turned on or off in females post-mating, offering clues for controlling mosquitoes that carry diseases.

Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship, in recognition of outstanding teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students

Mutational Strand Asymmetries in Cancer Genomes Reveal Mechanisms of DNA Damage and Repair

MBG Tommy Vo is quoted in NextGen VOICES section of Science Magazine

Cornell researchers have used mathematical models to illuminate the promises – and potential problems – of a new genome editing mechanism, called a gene drive.

George Paul Hess, professor emeritus of biochemistry and a pioneer in the study of a class of proteins called ion channels that allow specific small molecules to enter cells, died Sept. 9.

Structure of the eukaryotic MCM DNA replication complex at 3.8 angstrom resolution.

Doctoral student Shaogeng Tang won the Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award for his research into cells' waste disposal.