Researcher: Studies of farm animals' infections can shed light on diarrhea in hospitals

Veterinary epidemiologist Yrjo Grohn has a new grant to study the bug that is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals, using what he's learned from studying pathogens in farm animals.

Trustees approve new Weill Cornell research building

The Cornell Board of Trustees voted Jan. 22 to authorize construction of Weill Cornell Medical College's new Medical Research Building.

Jocelyn Rose to lead Institute for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Technologies

As director of the Institute for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Technologies, Jocelyn Rose will promote and enhance research and infrastructure associated with life sciences at Cornell. (Feb. 1, 2010)

Like little escape artists, rotifers elude their enemies by drying up and -- poof! -- they are gone with the wind

Bdelloid rotifers haven't had sex in 30 million years, but scientists have discovered the secret to their evolutionary longevity.

Study: Trees retaliate when fig wasps don't service them

When a species in a mutually beneficial relationship fails to hold up its end of the bargain, sanctions may be necessary to maintain the relationship, a Cornell study of figs and wasps finds.

Deadly fish virus now found in all Great Lakes

A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great Lakes.

Matt DeLisa honored by American Chemical Society

DeLisa has been selected as the 2010 Young Investigator of the society's Division of Biochemical Technology.

New vaccine method is cheaper and more effective

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has devised a new way to make vaccines that promises to prevent diseases much more cheaply. (Jan. 25, 2010)

Watt Webb receives National Academy of Sciences Hollaender Award for biophysics

The award cites Webb for 'pioneering the applications of rigorous physical principles to the development of optical tools that have broadly impacted our ability to examine biological systems.'