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Cornell team finds new way to cut cancer’s lipid lifeline | Cornell Chronicle Researchers at Cornell have uncovered molecules that can preserve crucial cellular processes while blocking malignant proteins, indicating a new approach to fighting cancer

Members of @jeremybaskin.bsky.social lab at @weillinstitute.bsky.social learn to defeat cancer cells by blocking how they read lipid signals, using a compound called NF14 that targets the PLEKHA4 protein, offering a new alternative to current lipid-pathway drugs. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

A little upstate NY fog and drizzle aren’t going to get in the way of a walking tour of Cornell’s gorges and quads on @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social’s visit for the biannual Weill Institute Symposium! @weillinstitute.bsky.social

Weill Institute to host 8th biennial symposium, Oct. 13–14 | Cornell Chronicle The Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology will bring together leading scientists from across the globe and across disciplines for its 8th Biennial Weill Institute Symposium, Oct. 13–14. The t...

Come spend the some time with us! @weillinstitute.bsky.social hosts its 8th Biennial Symposium Oct. 13–14. Emerging scholars kick off the event, followed by keynotes on climate, cancer, cell biology & the origins of genetic material. 🌱🧬
🔗 news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Nobel-winning biochemist to speak on the origins of life | Cornell Chronicle Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, will return to campus to give the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture on Oct. 9.

The Weill Institute is thrilled to host Nobel laureate Jack Szostak (Ph.D. ’77) as he returns to Cornell this fall. He will speak on “Replication of the Primordial Genetic Material” during the Weill Institute Symposium, an all-day life sciences event on October 14. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607

📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word!
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WE'RE HIRING: Cornell University’s Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology and the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics are seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose research integrates cell and molecular biology with an evolutionary perspective.
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Emr wins the World Laureate Association Prize | Cornell Chronicle Scott Emr, the Samuel C. and Nancy M. Fleming Professor Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the World Laureate Association Prize, one of the world’s highest-funded scientific awards.

🌟 Congratulations to @weillinstitute.bsky.social founding director Scott Emr, on winning the prestigious World Laureate Association Prize! His landmark work on the ESCRT pathway reshapes our understanding of infection, cancer & neurodegeneration. 🌟

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first Trainee Works in Progress Seminar of the fall semester with Mingqin Chang of @fromme-lab.bsky.social

‘Three-tailed’ lipid helps cells survive during heart attack, stroke | Cornell Chronicle Cornell researchers have uncovered the surprising role played by a “three-tailed” fat molecule in cellular survival during heart attack and stroke: protecting the cells against damage when oxygen runs...

@jeremybaskin.bsky.social lab researchers have uncovered the surprising role played by a “three-tailed” fat molecule in cellular survival during heart attack and stroke: protecting the cells against damage when oxygen runs out. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Cornell biologists expose bacteria’s hidden Achilles’ heel | Cornell Chronicle Helping to combat the rising threat of antibiotic resistance, Cornell biologists have identified a surprising mechanism that weakens bacteria from within—an insight that could guide the next generatio...

Research led by @weillinstitute.bsky.social Doerr Lab
postdoctoral fellow Megan Keller reveals how sugar-phosphate buildup disrupts cell wall synthesis, offering clues to fight drug resistance. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Plant cell wall mechanics inform how to grow usable forms | Cornell Chronicle Cornell scientists work toward engineering plants and other organisms to grow into usable, biodegradable forms.

New research from @roederlab.bsky.social: Plant cell wall mechanics inform how to grow usable forms news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

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ONO INITIATIVE 2025 AWARDEES ANNOUNCED The Ono Pharma Foundation was established to support academic research in relevant scientific fields, which have the potential of making significant impact on therapeutic approaches to disease and pai...

The 2025 Ono Initiative Award is presented to @jeremybaskin.bsky.social, Stacy Malaker, ‪@angadmehta.bsky.social‬ as noted. Congratulations!
Jeremy Baskin, Cornel University
Stacy Malaker, Yale University
Angad Mehta, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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We’re thrilled to announce our Weill Institute 2025 Emerging Scholars –– eight outstanding grad students & postdocs selected for their innovative research, from institutions across the US and Canada. We'll welcome them to Cornell’s Ithaca campus Oct 13–14, 2025.
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Exciting new research exploring dispersed thermal sensing and response, featured in the June "Plants & Heat" special issue of Science. Led by our own Roeder Lab postdoctoral associate Avilash Singh Yadav! @roederlab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

NSF, NIH Funding Cuts Spur Student-Led Science Communication Campaign In the wake of funding cuts from the Trump administration, Cornell University students and early career researchers are turning to local media to make their voices heard.

Check out this awesome grassroots science communication campaign, the *McClintock Letters* led by Cornell students! www.forbes.com/sites/shalin...

3D rendering of a Ankyrin R adaptor protein

We are counting down the days to our Protein Science Symposium on June 10-12! Thrilled to be hosting our colleagues from WCM @weillcornell.bsky.social as well as keynote speakers Dr. Christopher Lima @christopherdlima.bsky.social and Dr. ‪Jin Zhang @jinzhanglab.bsky.social

Don't miss The Plant Cell May 2025 issue, edited by our Arabidopsis thaliana expert @roederlab.bsky.social

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The 2025 ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award goes to Professor Jeremy Baskin! Congrats to Jeremy & our other esteemed presenters for yesterday's great symposium!
Jennifer Prescher, @jeremybaskin.bsky.social, Carsten Schultz, @chembiobryan.bsky.social, @sonjakrane.bsky.social, @pubs.acs.org

DR5 is a favorite auxin reporter. In @natcomms.nature.com we show DR5 expression is stochastic, exhibiting both intrinsic and extrinsic noise. We put two different color DR5 reporters in the same plant and see stochasticity. Congrats Shuyao Kong, Byron Rusnak, and Mingyuan Zhu rdcu.be/emNVQ

An ATM-PPM1D Circuit Controls the Processing and Restart of DNA Replication Forks In response to DNA replication stress, DNA damage signaling kinases inhibit origin firing and promote the remodeling and stabilization of replication forks, leading to a systemic reduction in DNA synt...

New preprint from the lab:

ATM controls fork processing and restart, and the PPM1D phosphatase is needed to properly balance this action of ATM.

Congratulations to @yitingcao.bsky.social @yingzhengwang.bsky.social and Jumana Badar.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Image Text: Panel Discussion: Translating from Arabidopsis. Speakers: Federico Ariel, Michael Bevan, Anna Stepanova, and Xiaolan Zhang. Host: Adrienne Roeder and Cris Argueso. Featuring Speaker photos and ASPB and The Plant Cell logos on themed-background.

📣 Join us on May 30 at 9 EDT, for a The Plant Cell panel discussion focusing on “Translational Research from Arabidopsis to Crop Plants and Beyond".🌱

👉Learn more and register at blog.aspb.org/may-30-plant....

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Cindy Liu, grad student in the Hu lab and winner of the 2025 Harry & Samuel Mann Award, explains her research on neurodegeneration. Cindy investigates the role of the protein TDP-43 in microglia, a type of brain cell. “I fell in love with TDP-43 the first time I heard about it.” shorturl.at/uG2BO

@roederlab.bsky.social is highlighted in this exciting interdisciplinary project!

What if solar panels could be both more effective and beautiful? Cornell researchers—led by Professor Jenny Sabin, Chair of the Department of Design Tech—are revolutionizing solar energy with HelioSkin: bit.ly/41vkTI9

@cornellaap.bsky.social @cornellcals.bsky.social @weillinstitute.bsky.social

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Applications are open for the Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium @ Cornell! Senior PhD students and, now, postdocs interested in networking & presenting their work in cell & molecular biology should apply by April 14, 2025. Please repost! wicmb.cornell.edu/emerging-sch...