Please join Cornell Public Health on March 3rd for our Spring Seminar Series featuring Dr. Ana Bento, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: Mimicking the Infection Environment to Improve Drug Resistance Detection: The Case of the Antitubercular Drug Pyrazinamide

Speaker Bio: Alexandre Gouzy obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Toulouse, (France) under the supervision of Dr. Olivier Neyrolles. During his Ph.D., he investigated how Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, scavenges nitrogen sources to survive and grow during infection. As a post-doctoral researcher and now an Assistant...

Dr. Arjumand Ghazi, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will speak as part of the CoRe Seminar Series on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, with her talk, "Splicing and Lipids at the Fertility-Immunity Intersection."

Seminar Title: "Harnessing Neutrophil Antigen Presentation for Anti-Tumor Immunity"

By: Dr. Tanya Mayadas, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: From Click to Clinic: Reactivity-Driven Strategies for Antibiotic Discovery and Optimization

Speaker Bio: John E. Moses is Professor of Click Chemistry at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he founded the institution’s first synthetic organic chemistry program in 2020. Trained as a postdoctoral fellow with Nobel Laureate K. Barry Sharpless at the Scripps Research Institute, he has previously held academic appointments at University College London, the University of Nottingham, and La Trobe...

Dr. Callum Donnelly, Assistant Professor in the Section of Theriogeneology and Harry M. Zweig Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, will speak as part of the CoRe Seminar Series on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, with his talk, "Pregnancy as a Metabolic Stress Test: Mechanisms of Insulin Adaptation in Horses."

Seminar Title: "Evolutionary Precursors to High-Level Antibiotic Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii"

By: Dr. Ralph Isberg, Tufts University School of Medicine

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: Biofilm and Antimicrobial Resistance: Structure, Mechanisms, and Emerging Solutions

Speaker Bio: Karin Sauer studies biofilm formation by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She focuses on elucidating regulatory mechanisms underlying biofilm development, biofilm dispersion and biofilm antimicrobial resistance. She earned a doctorate in microbiology and biochemistry from the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, completed post-doctoral fellowships...

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: Metabolic heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Speaker Bio: Lars Dietrich is a professor in the Dept of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. He carried out his doctoral research in the laboratory of Christian Ungermann at Heidelberg University, studying the biochemistry of membrane dynamics in yeast. As a postdoctoral fellow in Dianne Newman’s laboratory at Caltech and MIT, Dietrich studied the interplay between metabolism and multicellular development in the major pathogen...

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: Confronting the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Opportunities and Challenges in Novel Antibiotic Discovery

Speaker Bio: Dr. Man-Wah Tan is an accomplished researcher and leader who currently serves as Vice President and Senior Fellow at Genentech Research and Early Development, where he heads the Infectious Diseases Therapeutic Area and the Translational Immunology departments. His work focuses on developing innovative therapeutics for infectious diseases, while also exploring host...

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: Accelerating antibiotic discovery with AI

Speaker Bio: César de la Fuente is a Presidential Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he leads the Machine Biology Group. He is one of the youngest tenured professors in the history of Penn Medicine. He completed postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and earned a PhD from the University of British Columbia (UBC). His research goal is to use the power of machines to accelerate discoveries in...

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2026

Title: Mechanisms and clinical impact of antibiotic heteroresistance

Speaker Bio: Dr. Weiss is a Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center. He received his PhD in Microbiology from New York University in 2004. Working under Dr. Arturo Zychlinsky, he studied how Toll-like Receptors work together to fight bacterial infections. He completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University under the guidance of Drs. Stanley Falkow and Denise Monack, studying...

Tri-Repro is back at Cornell University! This two-day, multi-institutional symposium on reproductive sciences is the largest in the northeast. This event will feature keynote speakers from institutions across the eastern United States, opportunities for trainee talks and poster presentations, a career panel led by innovators in the field of reproductive sciences for the benefit of trainees, and a fun reception in the Takoda's Run atrium. Registration is required.

For more information about the event and to register, please visit our Eventbrite page and complete your registration by April 1...

The Kristy Richards Memorial Lecture honors the legacy of Dr. Kristy Richards (1968–2019), a beloved member of the Department of Biomedical Sciences whose pioneering work in comparative oncology transformed the study of canine and human lymphoma. Kristy was known for her creativity as a scientist, her generosity as a mentor, and her deep commitment to collaborative discovery. She divided her time between Cornell’s Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine, led an active clinical oncology practice in Manhattan, and played a key leadership role in building and advancing the College of Veterinary...

Get an early start on your Cornell experience and graduate career! This orientation for international graduate and professional students will connect you with fellow global classmates and provide an introduction to the resources and tools you have available to you as an international student. Register by August 10.

Hosted by International Services, part of the Office of Global Learning