August 31, 2026 This cartoon contrasts older ways of preventing protein activity with a newer degrader approach, which destroys and recycles the target. Image generated by Kimi AI on Aug. 19, 2026. A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has developed a computer model that will help scientists more efficiently develop protein-destroying therapies, a newer type of treatment that…
August 24, 2026 NEW YORK (Aug. 24, 2026)—Embracing the transformational potential of new molecular profiling and artificial-intelligence-based data processing technologies on clinical and scientific innovation, Weill Cornell Medicine has created a new research department, the Department of Systems and Computational Biomedicine. Dr. Dan Landau, an internationally recognized cancer researcher and geneticist whose pioneering advances include single-cell-profiling technology innovation and…
April 13, 2026 A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators is working to cross-train the next generation of cancer researchers in cancer biology and the use of artificial intelligence tools for research. Dr. Olivier Elemento. Credit: Brad Trent “AI is transforming our world—how we work, live and conduct research,” said Dr. Olivier Elemento, director of the Englander Institute for…
Credit: Shutterstock A major new effort at Weill Cornell Medicine seeks to catalog the normal human virome, the immense ecosystem of viruses that lives in and on us. The work, part of a multi-institution collaboration called Viromes Across Space and Time (VAST), supported by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, will pioneer new techniques,…
A person’s bioenergetic clock ticks forward based on genetics, but having a healthy lifestyle—such as eating a plant-based diet and exercising—may help keep Alzheimer’s symptoms at bay. Credit: Shutterstock A person’s “bioenergetic age”—or how youthfully their cells generate energy—might be a key indicator of whether they’re at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, new research from Weill Cornell Medicine shows. The study,…
The BK ion channel pictured above forms a small pathway in the cell membrane (dark gray) that allows potassium ions (purple) to move in and out of the cell. This channel can stop the flow of ions using a mechanism called ball-and-chain inactivation: a ball-like plug swings from the end of a flexible protein subunit (yellow), blocking the channel. Credit: Elizabeth Kim…
Three Weill Cornell Medicine scientists were honored this week with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the U.S. government’s highest commendation for outstanding early-career scientists and engineers. Drs. Steven Josefowicz, Ekta Khurana and Kristen Pleil were among 400 early-career scientists and engineers to receive the award, announced Jan. 14 by the White House. The award, known as…
Free fatty acids inhibit glutamate transport by dissipating the ion gradient across the membrane. Glutamate transporters pump glutamate from the synaptic cleft back into brain cells after its release during neurotransmission. A new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has found that free fatty acids, including an omega-3 fatty acid called DHA, can reduce the amount of glutamate uptake by…
Source: https://research.weill.cornell.edu/ Dr. Hugh Hemmings (Senior Associate Dean for Research), Dr. Olga Boudker (Interim Chair, Dept of Physiology and Biophysics), and Dr. Lola Brown (Associate Dean for Research) at the John M. Lewis Memorial Lecture. Image Credit: Pat Kuharic On Monday, December 2nd, the Office of the Research Dean hosted the 2024 John M. Lewis Memorial Lecture. The lecture is…