Here you will find recent and archived news about the Meinig School and our affiliates and partners. For more stories, don't forget to browse our spotlights and annual BME newsletters as well!
A Cornell-led collaboration used machine learning to pinpoint the most accurate means, and timelines, for anticipating the advancement of Alzheimer’s disease in people who are either cognitively normal or experiencing mild cognitive impairment. Read more
A multidisciplinary team of Weill Cornell Medicine researchers has received a five-year $5.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health to fund a center aimed at developing messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to deter cancer development in at-risk groups. Read more
Undergraduate Ashmitha Sivakumar '24 joined the Schaffer-Nishimura Lab research team over the summer, building valuable relationships with faculty and graduate student mentors. Read more
Doctoral student Andrea Garcia-Ortiz (Lewis Lab) recognized as a new Dean’s Scholar by the Cornell Graduate School. Read more
Congratulations to Prof. Chris B. Schaffer on his election as a Fellow in Optica (formerly OSA) for "pioneering optical imaging and manipulation tools to elucidate cellular mechanisms of disease, and for service to Optica.” Read more
Eight Meinig School students named out of 50 Cornell students to receive NSF Graduate Fellowships in 2022. Read more
Recent Ph.D. graduate Nancy Ruiz-Uribe shares her story working to unlock the mysteries of the physiological and molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease, using her background in physics. Read more
A Cornell team has developed a way to spatially map the entire spectrum of RNA in a cell’s transcriptome, revealing the role of previously elusive RNA in skeletal muscle regeneration and viral myocarditis in mice. Read more
Yadong Wang Lab postdoc is taking advantage of several of Cornell’s resources for entrepreneurs as he translates his research into a new venture that hopes to significantly improve the quality of care in vascular health Read more
Associate professor Alex Kwan is using optical microscopy and other tools to map the brain’s neural response to psychedelic drugs, an approach that could lead to the development of fast-acting antidepressants. Read more
