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News

Scott Emr awarded 2024 Horwitz Prize for discovering ESCRT pathway

“This award places Scott Emr in the company of many of the top figures in molecular biology and biomedical sciences from the past 50 years.”

  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
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CALS’ Research and Innovation Office is offering $10,000-$50,000 awards to support proposal development, patent or technology development, commercialization or community uses of AI.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
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Cornell Atkinson’s annual Academic Venture Fund will provide nearly $1 million in seed funding to support research teams across five colleges and 11 departments, many with key external partnerships.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Animal Science
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Field Note

Lauren Anderson started working with the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) in Fall 2023 through the TST BOCES New Visions program . Anderson is now continuing with NMSP as a summer intern, working on a soil health project. Read on to...
  • Animal Science
  • Microbiology
  • Agriculture
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News

A study identifies microbes that potentially play important roles in breaking down harmful PFAS chemicals and points to functional genes that may be involved.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Planet
  • Microbiology

Seminar Series

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Seminar

Microbiology Seminar - Dr. Josh Neufeld
Enrichment culture from a Boreal Shield lake sheds new light on the evolution of phototrophy Josh Neufeld Professor & University Research Chair Department of Biology University of Waterloo
  • Microbiology
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Seminar

Thiamine Deficiency from a One Health Perspective Katie Edwards Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Binghamton University
  • Microbiology
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Seminar

Microbial diversity across spatial and temporal scales in high mountain watersheds of the Teton Range, U.S.A Taylor Price Ph.D. Candidate Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of Minnesota
  • Microbiology