NEW YORK (Dec. 7, 2005) -- Turning a corner in the history of cancer research, a Weill Medical College of Cornell University team, led by Dr. David Lyden, has pinpointed key players in "pre-metastasis" -- cells and compounds that coalesce in tumor-specific niches before the arrival of cancer cells to create the "fertile ground" metastasis needs to spread and grow. The research is being published in the Dec. 8 issue of Nature.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $2 million grant to Cornell University, Colorado State University and the University of Nebraska to examine ways to control the deadly foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Colorado State will be the lead institution on this project, and Cornell's Martin Wiedmann, professor of food science, will serve as the co-primary investigator. (December 7, 2005)
Gannett Health Services is again scheduling appointments for faculty, staff and students for flu vaccines after temporarily halting appointments due to a shortage from the vaccine suppliers. Call 255-5155 to schedule an appointment. (December 7, 2005)
Cornell evolutionary biologist Paul Sherman teaches his Darwinian medicine class hoping to inform premedical and pre-veterinary seniors about human evolution in ways that add to traditional medical education. (December 07, 2005)
About 18 Cornell University students hired by the Cornell Theory Center for its SciFair outreach program serve as online mentors to middle and high school students across the nation to help them research, design and build virtual worlds based on such issues as Mars exploration and the human genome project. (December 07, 2005)
At the second of six forums held by the University Assembly to seek input from the Cornell community about transportation, parking and sustainability issues on Dec. 1, four panelists fielded questions from about 25 faculty, staff and students in Kaufmann Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall. (December 07, 2005)
Students in a sophomore design studio interpreted techniques from 15th-century Japan to create new spaces by "slowing time down" through obstruction of movement. Their exhibit, for example, featured a 'mouse hole' among other pathways. (December 07, 2005)
In compliance with a new New York state law, Cornell University will notify anyone whose personal data may have been compromised by a computer break-in. (December 06, 2005)
Cornell is the focal point of Northeast LambdaRail, an organization that will enable educational institutions in New York and New England to connect to National LambdaRail, a high-bandwidth fiber-optic network dedicated to scientific research.
Cornell students dove headlong this semester into the works of some of the university's most acclaimed writers, including alums Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Toni Morrison and Thomas Pynchon. (December 06, 2005)
Larry Walker, professor of biological and environmental engineering, has been awarded $750,000 by the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research to explore the use of plant and microbial resources to produce biofuels, industrial chemicals, natural products and other consumer goods. (December 6, 2005)
