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And while scientists have identified enzymes that remove a chemical modification known as lysine myristoylation – a “code” used for cell signaling – the enzymes that add such modifications have proved elusive. Knowledge of such modifications...

• Biology
• Microbiology

The program is open to anyone, on or off campus, but is limited to the first 25 registrants. The workshop costs $850; payments must be received by March 10. Visit the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences website to register. The workshop is...

• Food Science
• Communication

The eBird program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology just released 500 animated maps spanning the entire Western Hemisphere. The maps show in fine detail where hundreds of species of migratory birds travel, and how their numbers vary with habitat...

• Lab of Ornithology
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This year’s grants support four faculty research projects and four international conferences or workshops; the awards total more than $50,000. Launched in fall 2005, the Einaudi Center’s grants provide funding to seed faculty-led international...

• Microbiology
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The center’s Faculty Fellows Program has named 11 faculty members from six colleges and schools as its 2020-21 cohort. The yearlong fellowships, including a semester in residence at the center, are designed to give promising early-career faculty...

• Development Sociology
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The university will launch the Cornell School of Public Policy, a separate school with its own dean who will report to the provost. In addition, “superdepartments” drawing faculty from multiple colleges or schools will be created or expanded in...

In recent progress reports, the team leaders updated the status of their projects, which were selected by President Martha E. Pollack to expand learning and research opportunities for students and faculty, and to complement work in Ithaca during...

• Lab of Ornithology
• Department of Communication
• Animals