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News & Events

News

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News

Deep connections drive psychedelic research
  • Computational Biology
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Seed banks may complicate gene drives aimed at controlling weeds

While gene drives have great potential for controlling weeds, seed banks can foil their efforts.

  • Computational Biology
  • Plants
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Key adaptation helps nomadic people survive in extreme desert

Changes in the genomes of the Turkana of northern Kenya reveal how they have evolved to survive in extreme desert conditions for thousands of years.

  • Computational Biology
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New method explores dormancy in TB, other organisms

A new computational method developed by researchers at Cornell sheds light on how going dormant – sometimes for multiple generations – has affected the evolution of the tuberculosis bacterium and other organisms that can temporarily drop out of...

  • Computational Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease

Graduate Highlights

Award

2025-2026 CALS Outstanding Teaching Assistant

Congratulations to Katalin Voss! Kat received the CALS Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Fellowship

Luxembourg National Research Fund Fellowship

Marie Hedo receives fellowship through Luxembourg National Research Fund's AFR Individual 2025 Call. Bravo, Marie!

Award

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Kudos to Amanda Sun, Computational Biology graduate student in the Enbody Lab, for receiving a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

Award

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Congratulations to Jaclyn Liquori of the Musharoff Lab! Jaclyn receives a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

Award

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Kudos to Hein Lab's Katya Kouakova, who received a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

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Amanda Sun
Jaclyn Liquori
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Faculty Highlights

Award

SMBE Mid-Career Excellence Award

Dr. Pennell receives this year's Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution Mid-Career Excellence Award. Congratulations, Matt!

Award

Neuroscience Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring

Kudos to Dr. Kuceyeski! Amy received Weill Cornell Medicine's award in Neuroscience Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring.

Research

Hein Lab Publishes New Research

The Hein Lab publishes "A brief natural history of misinformation" in The Royal Society.  

Research

Two New Publications from Dr. Kuceyeski

Two recent publications from Dr. Kuceyeski profiled by Weill Cornell's Impact Magazine and WCM's Newsroom.

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Seminar Series

The Department of Computational Biology holds seminars throughout the year to discuss topics related to the field.

Seminar Series
seminar speakers from 2025 to 2026