Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

$1.3M NIH grant funds brain development, cancer research

Researchers will seek to uncover fundamental processes in brain development and their links to brain cancers with a new grant.

New Baker Institute director inspired by Cornell

Luis M. Schang will become director of the Baker Institute for Animal Health and the Cornell Feline Health Center in the College of Veterinary Medicine in September.

Minglin Ma named a top young innovator

Minglin Ma, assistant professor of biological and environmental engineering, was recently named a Young Innovator Award winner by the journal Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.

Newly discovered bacterium named for Martin Wiedmann

To honor a Cornell researcher who keeps our food supply safe, a recently discovered spoilage bacterium has been named for Martin Wiedmann.

Plant disease clinic identifies new case of oak wilt

Earlier this year, the Cornell University Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (CU-PDDC) used a new rapid test they developed to identify a small number of oak trees with oak wilt disease on Long Island.

Warbler genomes look to be 99.97 percent alike

New research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology shows that, genetically speaking, blue-winged and golden-winged warblers are almost identical.

Vet college hosts international wildlife disease conference

The College of Veterinary Medicine Wildlife Health Group hosted the 65th Annual Wildlife Disease Association Conference on campus July 31-Aug. 5.

Students organize biomedical science symposium Aug. 19

The 15th Annual Biological and Biomedical Sciences and Beyond Symposium will take place in Stocking Hall Aug. 19, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year's theme: "Connect, Collaborate, Create."

Right or left? Study shows how zebrafish answer key question

A study of zebrafish larvae published Aug. 9 in the journal eLife for the first time reveals a circuit that determines the direction of a lightning-quick turn to escape a predator.