Events

Baker Institute for Animal Health
75th Anniversary Celebration

Join us as we celebrate our 75th Anniversary. Get a peek behind the curtain of a pioneering research institute at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine leading the way in current and emerging issues in animal health. We work across species and across generations from decoding genetic diseases in puppies to tackling neurological decline in aging horses.

Meet our faculty, trainees and staff, and celebrate the science that leads to the long-term health of our animals, and those who care for them.

Aerial view of Baker Institute for Animal Health

Saturday, November 15, 2025
1:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.
235 Hungerford Hill Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14853

Current Seminars

Celebrate our 75th Anniversary with us by ending the day with science on the hill. Our long list of exceptional trainees spans the globe. This season, hear from three former trainees, now impacting animal and human health through their roles in academia, institutions and industry.

*Seminars are in person and open to the Cornell University Community.

Jennifer Nagashima Ph.D. presenting on ‘The ARTs of fertility preservation in wildlife’.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 4: 00 p.m. in the Thaw Lecture Hall, Baker Institute for Animal Health

Daniel Beiting Ph.D. presenting on ‘The microbiome as a sensor and modulator of inflammation during infection’. Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 4: 00 p.m. in the Thaw Lecture Hall, Baker Institute for Animal Health
Dina Tresnan DVM, Ph.D. presenting on “A glimpse into the journey of a veterinarian scientist in the biopharma industry”. Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 12: 00 p.m. in the Thaw Lecture Hall, Baker Institute

Former Baker Seminar Series Recordings

Speaker	Title
Karin Hoelzer, DVM, PhD, Senior Director, Public Health, Maximus Federal, VA	“Of Microbes and Men - Public Health in Practice”
Gilad Barshad, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Danko Lab	“The loop of fortune: on the relationship between chromatin loops and transcriptional regulation”
Kyeong-Ok Chang, DVM, MS, PhD, Professor, Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University	“Coronavirus 3C-like protease as a therapeutic target“
Laura Goodman, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Cornell University, Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences	“Pathogen discovery in a one health context”
Anne Avery, DVM, PhD, Director, Clinical Hematopathology Laboratory and Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology. Colorado State University	“Good dogs, bad lymphocytes”
Sarah Lepage, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph	“Cartilage tissue engineering for horses: A journey from cell source to osteochondral grafts”
Steve Suter, VMD, MS, PhD, DACVIM, Professor of Medical Oncology, Medical Director: Canine Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, North Carolina State University	"Canine Bone Marrow Transplantation: One Health in Action!"
Floryne Buishand, DVM, PhD, Lecturer, Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery; The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute	“Improving the diagnosis, treatment and prognostication of canine and human endocrine cancers”
Kelsey Hart, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Associate Professor, Large Animal Internal Medicine, Director, DVD-PhD Program, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine	"Immune-endocrine interactions in equine infection -- new approaches in neonates and beyond"
Charles Danko, Robert N. Noyce Assistant Professor in Life Science and Technology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences. Faculty at Baker Institute for Animal Health	"Transcription as a lens for interpreting genome sequence"
Rainer Storb, MD, Professor, Head of Transplantation Biology Program Clinical Research Division, Milton B. Rubin Family Endowed Chair, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA & Dr. Ed Sullivan, Bellingham Washington Veterinary Clinic, Washington.	“History and Future of Allogeneic Transplantation Driven by Intensive Bench-to-Bedside Research”, & Baker Institute 70^th Anniversary Seminar: “Bone Marrow Transplantation & Tumor Immunotherapy in humans and dogs”
Raina Plowright, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University	"Pathogen spillover: lessons learned from emerging bat viruses, part 1 and part 2"
Susan Hafenstein, PhD, Director of the Center for Structural Biology; Huck Chair of Structural Virology; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine	"High resolution cryo EM analysis of human papilloma virus describes capsid flexibility and reveals minor structural protein”
Sarah Caddy, VetMB, PhD, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease, Senior Research Fellow, Magdalene College	“Unraveling mysterious interactions between viruses and antibodies: Molecular mechanisms and importance in vaccination”
Leslie Lyons, PhD, Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor of Comparative Medicine, Dept. of Vet. Med & Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia	“Precision Medicine and Genomic Resources for Domestic Cats”