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

Title: Taming the Hydra: Novel Pharmacologic and Immunologic Strategies to Defeat Mtb Persisters

Speaker Bio: Petros C. Karakousis, M.D., M.A., is Professor of Medicine, International Health and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he also serves as Director of the Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) and as an Attending Physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University...

Join us for an inspiring presentation featuring Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, a Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Distinguished Speaker, as she shares her work and passion for advancing wildlife conservation and community livelihoods.

The Hargila Army—How Women Are Saving a Stork—and Transforming Conservation in Assam
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, from 4:00–5:00 pm
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Lecture Hall 4
Pizza and beverages provided for the first 100 attendees!
Please register here.

Affectionately known as the “Hargila Baideu” (Stork Sister), Dr. Purnima Devi...

Dr. Patrick Murphy, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell Univeristy, will speak as part of the CoRe Seminar Series with his talk, "Maternal Effect Gene ANP32E Allows for Transcriptional Priming of Young Transposons."

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

Title: Functional redundancy amongst PBPs confers condition-dependent beta-lactam resistance

Speaker Bio: Petra Levin is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and completed her postdoctoral training at MIT. Focusing on the intersection of the environment and microbial physiology, research in the Levin lab probes the mechanisms governing bacterial growth, cell cycle progression, and antibiotic sensitivity. Leveraging...

Seminar Title: "Deciphering the Chemical Crosstalk of Host-Gut Microbiota Interactions"

By: Dr. Pamela Chang, Cornell University

In recent years, increasing interest in small-scale farming in suburban, peri-urban, rural and even urban areas of the U.S. has fueled growing demand for veterinary care. The book Practical Guide to Adding Livestock to Your Veterinary Practice (Wiley, 2026) offers veterinarians an accessible starting point to meet this need. Co-authored by veterinarian Michelle Buckley—an assistant professor of practice in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Medicine at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine—the book contains essential information on physiology, management, handling, and...

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

Title: The Bottlenecks Biology Gave Us - and the Ones We Built - in the Discovery of New Antibiotics

Speaker Bio: Dr. Erin Duffy is a Senior Program Officer on the drug-discovery team at the Gates Foundation. She leads the Foundation’s efforts in drug discovery for treatment of infections due to antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, specifically the Gr-ADI program that is co-funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Wellcome. Before joining the Gates Foundation last December, Erin spent six...

Film screening: Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut with the Director, Anjali Nayar.

Join us for a special screening of Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut, a Netflix documentary featuring director Anjali Nayar on September 29 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Schurman Hall, Lecture Hall 4.

This informative yet lighthearted film explores the complexities of the digestive system and its vital role in maintaining overall health and well-being. Hack Your Health received four Emmy Award nominations in 2025, winning one award. The documentary also...

Seminar Title: "Measuring Membrane Diversity in Mycobacteria"

By: Dr. Jessica Seeliger, Stony Brook University

Cornell Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship Spark Talk Series: Andrew Quagliata, PhD is an award-winning communication professor with more than 20 years of experience helping students and professionals communicate more effectively. He is a teaching professor of management communication at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and regularly works with leaders and organizations through executive education programs and workshops. His teaching and speaking focus on interpersonal communication, relationship building, influence, storytelling, and presentation skills. Andrew is...

Seminar Title: "How Diet and the Microbiome Combine to Induce Intestinal Inflammation"

By: Dr. Timothy Hand, University of Pittsburgh

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

Title: Relapsing Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Antibiotic Failure, not just a matter of Resistance

Speaker Bio: Dr Kidd is a teaching and research academic, leading the Bacterial Stress Response research group at Adelaide University. He is also the Director of the One Health focussed and Adelaide-based research centre: the Australian Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology (ACARE). After completing his PhD on the molecular microbiology and gene regulation in Aeromonas hydrophila at the...

The Cornell Equine Hospital and Cornell Cooperative Extension are proud to host the Equine Seminar Series. These monthly virtual talks are presented by equine experts on important equine health and management topics.

"Equine Pain Management: From the Farm to the Operating Room to the ICU" Presented by Jordyn Boesch, DVM, PhD, DACVAA Founding Fellow - Pain Management, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

This lecture will review the various strategies, from systemic medications to advanced regional anesthetic techniques, utilized on an out- or in-patient basis to manage...

Seminar Title: "Developmental Transcriptional Programs Establish Layered Immunity of Unconventional T Cells at Barrier Tissues"

By: Dr. Michela Frascoli, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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

The 25th Annual Biomedical & Biological Sciences Symposium—a day celebrating student research, alumni insights, and our vibrant scientific community will take place on August 19th at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Beverly Mock, PHD, cancer biologist from Bethesda, MD will provide the annual Douglas C. McGregor Research Lecture. Her talk “ From Population Biology Studies of Trypanosomes in Newts to Preclinical Cancer Trials in Mice" will take place from 10:30AM - 11:30AM in LH1.

Duffield Institute Service Dog Symposium

Dates: August 6 & 7, 2026

Location: College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Join us for a two-day in-person symposium focused on:

Bringing together people across the service dog community to share and learn about evidence-based practices and innovative research. Advancing the understanding of canine health and behavior to improve service dog training and welfare.Fostering collaboration between service dog professionals and partners to address challenges in the field. Who should attend?

Breeders

Handlers

Puppy Raisers...

The Fred Scott Feline Symposium is an annual professional development symposium offered and organized by the Cornell Feline Health Center.

The preeminent conference on feline health, the Fred Scott Feline Symposium is organized by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine experts in feline and animal health.

The 38th Annual Fred Scott Feline Symposium, will be presented in a hybrid format (live and simultaneous online live streaming) at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York from July 24 - 26th, 2026. We look forward to welcoming you to another...

Dr. Kun Zhang, Principal Investigator at the College of Animal Science at Zhejiang University, will speak as part of the CoRe Seminar Series with his talk, "Deciphering Bovine Embryogenesis Through Cutting-Edge Molecular Tools."

Unlock the secrets of the canine genome this summer at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Join this exciting 6-week 3 credit course Genomic Data Science in Dogs and learn how to analyze real datasets from world-class canine research.

- Test your own dog’s DNA

- June 22 - July 31

- 3 Credits

- 100% Online

Enroll today!