Congratulations to Matthew Guo and Michael Downey on their first place prize at the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board Spring Forum for their poster "Roles of the Mammalian 9-1-1 DNA Damage Response Clamps in Meiotic Chromosome Maintenance”.

Congratulations to Tim, Amy, and co-authors on their new paper in Cell Reports

http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(17)31541-3

Study Reveals Why Testicular Cancer Responds to Chemo

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/11/study-reveals-why-testicular-cancer-responds-chemo

Dr. Robert Weiss Appointed as New Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

https://www2.vet.cornell.edu/news/20171009/dr-robert-weiss-appointed-new-associate-dean-research-and-graduate-education

Sept. 2017 - The Weiss and Richards Labs get together for a wine and design outing.

August 2017- Weiss lab retreat at Fillmore Glen State Park

Farewell to new Cornell graduates, Ellen Hong (BS 2017) and Qiming Jin (MEng 2017)

Weiss lab tours the Ithaca Beer Company

Weiss lab contributes to collaborative research with the Reinhart-King lab on the effects of matrix stiffness on tumorigenesis.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/01/softening-tumor-tissue-could-aid-cancer-drug-delivery

Congratulations to Tim Pierpont on his successful PhD defense

Congratulations to Catalina Pereira for passing her A-exam

Congratulations to Darshil Patel for his outstanding poster presentation award at the 2016 Genomic Instability GRC in Hong Kong

 "Tumor promoting functions for the DNA damage response protein HUS1"

Congratulations to Elizabeth Moore for her best poster award at the 2016 Cornell BBS symposium

"A novel role for the Fanconi Anemia pathway in bile acid homeostasis"

The Weiss lab participates in the Ithaca Cancer Moonshot Summit

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/07/local-center-part-biden-s-cancer-moonshot-summit

Congratulations to Charlton Tsai and Zanah Francis, Cornell graduates in the class of 2016!

Charlton Tsai is named a 2016 Merrill Presidential Scholar

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/05/33-seniors-honored-2016-merrill-presidential-scholars

Congratulations to Joanna Mleczko on her successful B-exam!

The Weiss lab collaborates with the Hening Lin lab (Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology) to publish new papers on Sirt2 and Sirt5

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/03/enzyme-inhibitor- looks-promising-against-cancer

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/04/cornell-swiss- study-reveals-sirtuin-way- healthy-heart

Congratulations to Darshil Patel for passing his A-Exam!!!

Darshil has proven he has the necessary skills to continue his thesis research as a PhD candidate!

His cake cutting skills still need improvement.

Congratulations to Tim Pierpont for taking second place at the 2015 Cornell Stem Cell Symposium poster competition!

INVESTIGTATING HOW THE DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE AND STEM CELL PROPERTIES OF TESTICULAR GERM CELL CANCERS INFLUENCE CHEMOSENSITIVITY

Pierpont, Timothy M.¹, Lyndaker, Amy M.¹, Anderson, Claire M.¹, Roden, Jamie L.¹, Bagepalli , Lina¹, Kataria, Nandita¹, Braxon, Alicia¹ , Hu, Hilary¹, Garness, Jason², Cook, Matthew S.², Capel, Blanche², Schlafer, Donald H.¹, Southard, Teresa¹, and Weiss, Robert S¹.

¹Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and ²Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Congratulations to Dr. Robert Weiss on being promoted to full professor!

A well deserved promotion!

Here are some photos from the celebratory lab party

Congratulations to Gabi Balmus and co-authors!

Congratulations to Gabi Balmus and co-authors on the acceptance of their manuscript: 

"HUS1 regulates in vivo responses to genotoxic chemotherapies” for publication in Oncogene.

Congratulations to Pei Xin Lim and co-authors!

Congratulations to Pei Xin Lim and co-authors on acceptance of their manuscript:


"Genome Protection by the 9-1-1 Complex Subunit HUS1 Requires Clamp Formation, DNA Contacts, and ATR Signaling-Independent Effector Functions” for publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Congratulations Dr. Pei Xin Lim on receiving his PhD!

Pei Xin's research focused on elucidating the molecular interactions of HUS1 with DNA repair factors with the ultimate goal of formulating novel antitumor therapeutics.

Click here to see Pei Xin's full lab bio

2014 Clinical Investigators' Day Awards

Congratulations to Elizabeth Moore for winning best overall presentation at Cornell's 2014 clinical investigators' day!

Title of presentation: Protection Against Dietary Fat-Induced DNA Damage by the Fanconi Anemia Pathway

The Weiss lab was awarded an NIH/NCI R21 entitled "(PQD2) MOLECULAR BASIS FOR THE CHEMOSENSITIVITY OF TESTICULAR GERM CELL CANCERS"

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Moore for being awarded a 2014 Resident Research Grant.

Weiss lab undergrad graduation celebration

Congratulations to Weiss lab undergraduates David and Aaron for graduating this year with honors!

See the video below for Davids amazing improv Weiss lab song.

Veterinary faculty share work to conquer cancer

On October 25 several Cornell University Council members and guests met for a panel discussion on the future of cancer research. Click here to read more in the Cornell Chronicle.

Professor Rick Cerione (panelist, left) and Bob Weiss (panel moderator, right)

photo © Cornell Chronicle

Weiss lab team will run in the Cancer Resource Center 5k fundraiser

Several Weiss lab members have formed a team to run in the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes 5k fundraising event set to take place on the 26th of October. Click here to support our team! You can visit the main site here or by clicking the icon below.