Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting bacterial motility, preventing their spread through the body. The findings could have wide-ranging impacts on the treatment of infections in the future as concern about antibiotic-resistant strains grows. This research was conducted by members of the Weill Institute’s Crane lab as well as...

A study from Yu Lab researchers in the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell University could enable a quantum leap forward in identifying and deciphering cancer-driving genetic mutations, the first step in developing effective...

  Beth Ryan, a Chemistry and Chemical Biology graduate student in the Weill Institute’s Baskin Lab, has been chosen as a Young Scientist invited to attend the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Chemistry, this June 2025. Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and 600 highly talented Young Scientists from around the world will come together in Lindau, Germany, for a unique week of scientific...

ACS Chemical Biology and the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry have announced Dr. Jeremy Baskin of Cornell University as the recipient of the 2024 ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award. This award honors the contributions of an early-career individual doing outstanding work in chemical biology. Dr. Baskin will present the ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Lecture during ACS...

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers, including Weill Institute faculty member Adrienne Roeder, is developing HelioSkin, an aesthetically appealing solar-collection fabric that is inspired by the biological mechanisms that enable plants to bend toward the...

Brian Crane, the George W. and Grace L. Todd Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, an interdisciplinary hub for life sciences research at Cornell. Crane brings to the institute decades of experience studying the structure, function and mechanism of the protein systems...