@weillinstitute.bsky.social Trainee Spotlight: @havingfern.bsky.social, PhD candidate in @roederlab.bsky.social. Michelle's research investigates the sophisticated communication networks that allow plants to sense and adapt to their surroundings. wicmb.cornell.edu/learning-to-...

👨‍🔬 🔬 🧠 How do we better understand, and ultimately fight, neurodegenerative disease? Grad student Nicolas Vergara Ruiz is tackling that question through his research in Weill Institute's Han lab. His story highlights the passion, perseverance, and curiosity behind scientific discovery. Read more:

Interested in #Mechanobiology? Join us for the Mechanobiology Symposium, hosted by the new Cornell Mechanobiology Hub @weillinstitute.bsky.social in Ithaca, NY, this summer. More information at mechanobiology.wicmb.cornell.edu/events-progr... Deadline for abstract submission is April 15, 2026

REMINDER: 🧬 Support Weill Institute on Giving Day 🧬 If you’ve been considering a gift, we’d be grateful for your support today. Every contribution, no matter the size, helps strengthen research and training at the Weill Institute. Make your Giving Day gift here: givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/we...

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I’m ready to support Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology on March 12, 2026 during Cornell Giving Day. Learn more about Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology

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TODAY is Cornell Giving Day and a chance to support the impactful science happening at @weillinstitute.bsky.social. Every day, our scientists work to uncover the fundamental mechanisms of life and advance discoveries shaping the future of biology. Donate here: givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/we...

Cornell University Giving Day is next week! Consider supporting @weillinstitute.bsky.social and our faculty, staff, and students working to advance discovery in cell and molecular biology. Visit our donation page on March 12th: givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/we...

📣 Weill Institute Research Spotlight 🔬 ⚙️ 🧬 Baskin lab: New SHKBP1–p62 interaction helps balance cellular recycling Crane lab: Calcium “gate” controls nitric oxide production Yu lab: Promoters & enhancers share unified regulatory logic 👉 Learn more: wicmb.cornell.edu/news/ 👈

🌟 Join our team! 🌟 We have several openings available for Postdoctoral Associates (Neurodegeneration, Organelle Quality Control & Immunity, Polyploidy, Computational) as well as Research Technician positions! 🧠 🌱 💻 See all of our opportunities here: wicmb.cornell.edu/join-our-team/

Thanks Vincent E. Cerbantez-Bueno for a great conversation. @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/news-events/...

Adrienne Roeder and her love of visualizing plant development — Arabidopsis Community as supported by NAASC

Vincent Cerbantez-Bueno, elected as a NAASC Early Career Scholar in 2024, interviews former NAASC faculty member Adrienne Roeder about her career: her background and personal journey to becoming a pla...

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Negin Majedi delivering a fantastic kick-off presentation on the #mechanobiology of cancer immune engineering as part of the new #MechanobiologyHub seminar series hosted by the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University.

Weill Institute is recruiting postdocs, please share! Fischer Lab: lnkd.in/eMnveqyv Hu Lab: lnkd.in/epsGK7wd

We are absolutely THRILLED to welcome our newest faculty member @tarafisch.bsky.social to the @weillinstitute.bsky.social community. We look forward to the exciting and impactful work ahead! news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

Weill Institute welcomes Tara Fischer as newest research member | Cornell Chronicle

Fischer investigates how cells detect and repair organelle damage, and how these processes influence inflammation and the progression of neurodegenerative disease.

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👏 Congrats to postdoc Lanxi Hu, member of @roederlab.bsky.social, for being selected as the 2025 Weill Institute Fleming Fellowship recipient, for her research on how plant tissues keep their shape under stress and how those insights inspire adaptive design. 🌱 🧑‍🔬 news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology awards 2025 Fleming Fellowship | Cornell Chronicle

For research excellence into how living structures recover and preserve order in morphology amid constant disruption, postdoctoral scientist Lanxi Hu has been awarded the Weill Institute for Cell and ...

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Random cellular “noise” can, when combined with growth, generate surprisingly orderly patterns. Researchers from @roederlab.bsky.social in @weillinstitute.bsky.social have revealed that randomness itself can be a powerful driver of biological design. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Randomness reveals hidden order in the plant world | Cornell Chronicle

Findings from a recent study show how randomness and growth together create the striking cellular patterns that shape plant organs—and perhaps all multicellular life.

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@smolka-lab.bsky.social researchers in @weillinstitute.bsky.social developed a new biosensor technique using barcoded peptides and mass spec to map when and where hundreds of kinase enzymes are active in cells, revealing insights into cell signaling and drug action. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

New biosensor technology maps enzyme mystery inside cells | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have developed a powerful new biosensor that reveals, in unprecedented detail, how and where kinases – enzymes that control nearly all cellular processes – turn on and off inside l...

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Happy Halloween! Our lab door decorations show our research experimenting on us.

Looking spooky 👻 🕸️ 🎃 around @weillinstitute.bsky.social!

Members of @jeremybaskin.bsky.social lab at @weillinstitute.bsky.social learn to defeat cancer cells by blocking how they read lipid signals, using a compound called NF14 that targets the PLEKHA4 protein, offering a new alternative to current lipid-pathway drugs. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Cornell team finds new way to cut cancer’s lipid lifeline | Cornell Chronicle

Researchers at Cornell have uncovered molecules that can preserve crucial cellular processes while blocking malignant proteins, indicating a new approach to fighting cancer

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A little upstate NY fog and drizzle aren’t going to get in the way of a walking tour of Cornell’s gorges and quads on @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social’s visit for the biannual Weill Institute Symposium! @weillinstitute.bsky.social

Come spend the some time with us! @weillinstitute.bsky.social hosts its 8th Biennial Symposium Oct. 13–14. Emerging scholars kick off the event, followed by keynotes on climate, cancer, cell biology & the origins of genetic material. 🌱🧬 🔗 news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Weill Institute to host 8th biennial symposium, Oct. 13–14 | Cornell Chronicle

The Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology will bring together leading scientists from across the globe and across disciplines for its 8th Biennial Weill Institute Symposium, Oct. 13–14. The t...

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The Weill Institute is thrilled to host Nobel laureate Jack Szostak (Ph.D. ’77) as he returns to Cornell this fall. He will speak on “Replication of the Primordial Genetic Material” during the Weill Institute Symposium, an all-day life sciences event on October 14. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Nobel-winning biochemist to speak on the origins of life | Cornell Chronicle

Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, will return to campus to give the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture on Oct. 9.

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We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607

📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607

WE'RE HIRING: Cornell University’s Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology and the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics are seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose research integrates cell and molecular biology with an evolutionary perspective. apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f...

🌟 Congratulations to @weillinstitute.bsky.social founding director Scott Emr, on winning the prestigious World Laureate Association Prize! His landmark work on the ESCRT pathway reshapes our understanding of infection, cancer & neurodegeneration. 🌟 news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Emr wins the World Laureate Association Prize | Cornell Chronicle

Scott Emr, the Samuel C. and Nancy M. Fleming Professor Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the World Laureate Association Prize, one of the world’s highest-funded scientific awards.

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