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News & Events

News

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News

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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News

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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News

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
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Spotlight

Meet our faculty: Erik Enbody
Academic focus: Evolutionary and conservation genomics Research summary: I study evolution in natural populations. I am motivated by questions that help us understand biodiversity on a fundamental level. What are the origins of biodiversity...
  • Computational Biology
  • Animals
  • Genomics

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.

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Marie Hedo
Amanda Sun
Jaclyn Liquori

Seminar Series

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

Seminar Series
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Members of the Clark Lab gather for a lab meeting with lab leader, Andrew Clark, professor in the Department of Computational Biology. Credit: Allison Usavage