Chang-il Hwang, DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis

"Epigenetic alterations promote pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis"

Hosted by Dr. Andrea Flesken-Nikitin 

Title: "Reverse Zoonosis"

By: Dr. Kristina Ceres, Dr. David Russsell, and Dr. Brian VanderVen

Join us on December 6 for Dr. Caitlyn Placek's talk as part of the CoRe Seminar Series, "Biocultural Perspectives on Addiction, Recovery, and Motherhood: A Comparative Study." This event is hybrid.

Title: "Specificity Matters: T Cell Responses to Infections and Tumors"

By: Paul Thomas, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

“Combating Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs by Targeting the Host-Pathogen Interaction”

Abstract:

Antibiotic resistance presents an ever increasing challenge to the public health with a dearth of new drugs in the development pipeline. A single-minded focus on direct antimicrobial activities overlooks the fact that significant infections are really a disease of the host-pathogen interaction. Indeed, before the patient has even seen a doctor, their infection is already being treated by multiple antimicrobials - namely the cellular and molecular components of the innate...

In Dr.  Mandi de Mestre's talk,"Is there anything I can do to prevent pregnancy loss in my mare?" she will discuss the possible reasons why a mare suffers pregnancy loss, including which ones are the most commonly found in clinical cases of pregnancy loss and what you should be looking out for. She will highlight new findings on novel genetic reasons a pregnancy might fail and how such cases can be identified. The talk will end with how we can use all this information in the management of mares to avoid or minimize the impact of pregnancy loss on mare fertility.  

 Prof. Kurt Jordan, director of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program will discuss the Indigenous history of the Ithaca area, Cornell’s relationship to local Indigenous dispossession, and the far-reaching effects of Cornell’s funding via the Morrill Act of 1862.

 Join Zoom Meeting:  https://cornell.zoom.us/j/93871713859?pwd=...

Dr. Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD will be visiting the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine on November 15, 2023 to present his talk, "“Stem Cell-based Modeling of Human Reproductive and Endocrine Organ System” as part of the CoRe Seminar Series