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Bacteria may carry the seeds of their own destruction. @CornellCALS biologists found that sugar-phosphate buildup weakens cell walls, a discovery that could open new paths to fight antibiotic resistance. Read more: bit.ly/3VHacQa

Cornell researchers discovered that a “three-tailed” fat molecule called NAPE helps protect cells during heart attack and stroke by driving lactic acid out of oxygen-starved cells. Studies point to a potential new way to limit tissue damage. Read more: bit.ly/3V6exfF

Baskin Lab researchers have uncovered the surprising role played by a “three-tailed” fat molecule in cellular survival during heart attack and stroke: protecting the cells against damage when oxygen runs out. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Research led by @weillinstitute postdoctoral fellow Megan Keller in @DoerrLab reveals how sugar-phosphate buildup disrupts cell wall synthesis, offering clues to fight drug resistance. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

New research from the @RoederLab: Plant cell wall mechanics inform how to grow usable forms news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

@dylancalhoon, @science_sneha, @Richieli_Biomed, @EmilySiniscalco, Todd Douglas @CraigMCrews Lab, Athanasios Litsios @DonnellyCentre, Joseph Lobel @nickingolia Lab, Mandi Ma @RohatgiLab

We’re thrilled to announce our Weill Institute 2025 Emerging Scholars –– eight outstanding grad students & postdocs selected for their innovative research, from institutions across the US and Canada. We'll welcome them to Cornell’s campus Oct 13–14, 2025. bit.ly/45f5GwQ

The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. hrvd.me/ResearchFundin…

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New AI tool "PIONEER" predicts how human proteins interact, helping to speed up research & develop better disease treatments. It was tested on 33 cancer types, showing how specific mutations affect treatment responses & patient survival. #WorldCancerDay news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/1…

Some good news: applications are open for the Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium @ Cornell! Senior PhD students and, now, postdocs interested in networking & presenting their work in cell & molecular biology should apply by Apr 14. wicmb.cornell.edu/emerging-schol… Please repost!

There is more to photovoltaic panels than the materials that comprise them: The design itself can also drive – or potentially diminish – the widespread adoption of solar technology. Put bluntly: Most solar panels are not much to look at. And their flat, nonflexible composition means they can only be affixed to similarly flat structures. But what if photovoltaic panels were instead a hinged, lightweight fabric that was aesthetically attractive and could wrap around complex shapes, even contorting its form to better absorb sunlight? Thus was born the idea for HelioSkin, an interdisciplinary project led by Jenny Sabin, the Arthur L. and Isabel B. Weisenberger Professor in Architecture in @CornellAAP, in collaboration with Itai Cohen, professor of physics in @CornellCAS, and Adrienne Roeder, professor in the Section of Plant Biology in the School of Integrative Plant Science, in @CornellCALS and at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology. Sabin, the inaugural chair of the new multicollege Department of Design Tech, has made a career of collaborating with diverse disciplines and taking cues not just from architecture, but also engineering. And physics. And mathematics. And, perhaps most importantly, biology. All of her projects are united by the same question: How might buildings and their integrated material systems behave more like organisms, responding and adapting to their local environments? Learn more at news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0….

Thrilled to welcome Cassie and Jade, two new @CornellChem PhD students, to the lab! Cassandra Ohnmeiss joins us from @UBuffalo, and Jade Xia comes to us from @WakeForest. blogs.cornell.edu/baskin/lab-mem…

Happy Halloween

A full house for presentation on image analysis methods by Sarah Henretta @LammerdingLab, recent winner of a Research Expertise Advancement Program award!

🎃 Happy #lipidtime Halloween from our lab! 👻 Scary membrane decorations by @bethylacetate & @RichardYHEudean

Happy Halloween! #GhostlyGolgi

@haiyuanyu @FeixiongCheng @CornellCALS @weillinstitute @CCLRI @CleClinicLCM @cwru @columbiacancer @ECNUER @BrighamWomens Effects of mutations on protein-protein interactions predicted by new AI tool #NBTintheNews via @GENbio genengnews.com/topics/artific…

@haiyuanyu @FeixiongCheng @CornellCALS @weillinstitute @CCLRI @CleClinicLCM @cwru @columbiacancer @ECNUER @BrighamWomens New AI tool predicts protein-protein interaction mutations in hundreds of diseases #NBTintheNews via @CCLRI lerner.ccf.org/news/article/?…

A structurally informed human protein–protein interactome reveals proteome-wide perturbations caused by disease mutations go.nature.com/3BYJBrg