Postdoctoral researchers from Cornell in Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York will come together in Ithaca May 8 for the second annual Postdoc Research Day. More than 50 speakers and poster sessions will highlight the broad array of research going on across the university's campuses.

The day will begin at 8:30 a.m. in G10 Biotech with welcome remarks by Stephen Kresovich, vice provost for life sciences, and conclude at 8 p.m. with a reception. Joseph Vacca, executive director of medicinal chemistry at Merck Inc., will deliver the keynote speech at 5:15 p.m., which will be followed by an awards reception at the Big Red Barn. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. All events are open to the Cornell community.

"Postdoc Research Day will enable postdocs to gain valuable experience presenting their work and allow them to draw important multidisciplinary connections across the postdoc community," said Christine Holmes, director of postdoctoral studies at Cornell. "The event will also make the postdocs' research more visible to Cornell faculty and graduate students."

Postdoc Research Day is sponsored by the Graduate School and hosted by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies. Co-sponsors include the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Human Ecology and Engineering; Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Food Science, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell Center for Materials Research, Biotechnology Center, Applied Biosystems, Fisher, PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Qiagen Inc. and LPS Inc.