News and Events
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| Congratulations to Ian Hewson on the PNAS paper featured in the Chronicle article. |
| Congratulations to Microbiology graduate student Chantal Koechli, recipient of a three year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. ongratulations to Microbiology graduate student Chantal Koechli, recipient of a three year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. |
| Congratulations to Brittany Chao, a Cornell Biology major with a Microbiology concentration, who is the newest Gates Cambridge Scholar. Brittany is one of 40 U.S. students who will attend Cambridge University on the scholarship, which supports post-baccalaureate study in any field to students from around the world. Brittany has conducted research on tomato pathogens in the laboratory of Professor Alan Collmer in the department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology. At Cambridge she will earn an M.Phil in Biological Science in the Department of Pathology. |
| Two Microbiology faculty receive 2011 CALS Research & Extension and Staff Awards. Stephen H. Zinder for Outstanding Accomplishments in Basic Research and Ruth E. Ley for Outstanding Accomplishments in Early Achievement. |
| Ruth Ley featured in Chronicle Online. Study of twins will explore links among genes, gut bacteria. |
| Susan Merkel featured in Cornell Chronicle OnLine. Cornell instructor leads team to revamp national microbiology curriculum. |
| Susan Merkel: 2011 recipient of the CALS Innovative Teaching Award. |
| Microbiology faculty featured in recent CALS/Cornell publications. Ian Hewson and Eugene Madsen talk about Living waters, Ruth Ley wins an NIH award to study microbes and metabolic syndrome and Esther Angert talks about her research with an unusually large bacterium. |
| Ruth Ley receives the Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. Read about the award in the Cornell Chronicle. |
| William Ghiorse featured in the Daily Sun |
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Ruth Ley wins NIH Director's New Innovator Award to study ways of using the adaptive immune system to reshape gut microbial communities as a therapy for metabolic syndrome. Read about the award, one of 3 received by Cornell faculty, in this Cornell Chronicle article. |
| The Ley lab publishes a report in PNAS on the bacteria of the mouth, gut and atherosclerotic plaques of patients with heart disease. Read the Cornell Chronicle article here (includes picture by Microbiology Faculty Ian Hewson!) |
| How diet affects intestinal microbiota in infants |
| The 28th Annual NEMPET Meeting (Northeast Microbiologists; Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy) meeting June 24-26, 2011 at Minnowbrook Lodge, Blue Mountain Lake, NY |
| Dan Buckley and Stephen Zinder lead Woods Hole Microbial Diversity Course Course Date: June 12 - July 29, 2010 |
| Kathryn Boor (PhD Microbiology, 1994), a member of the Field of Microbiology, is selected as the next CALS Dean |
| Bretscher and Helmann named Microbiology fellows |
| Assistant Professor Ruth Ley receives Hartwell research award |
| Ruth Ley Earns Beckman Award for Study of Gut Bacteria |
| Toxin sensor made from a 'biobrick' takes bronze in international contest |
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