Samantha Cox, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

"Variation in Human Sexually Dimorphic Phenotypes May Be More Affected by Culture Than Genetics"

Hosted by Dr. Brandon Hedrick

Stephen Hatfield, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Northeastern University

"Targeting Hypoxia-Adenosinergic Immune-Suppression to Reprogram the Tumor Microenvironment and Improve Cancer Immunotherapy"

Hosted by Dr. Anushka Dongre

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 

Daniel Bondeson, PhD

Research Scientist, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

"Precision Medicine in Ovarian Cancer: Targeting Phosphate Dysregulation"

Hosted by Dr. Praveen Sethupathy

The graduate field of Biomedical and Biological Sciences (BBS) is proud to announce the 22^nd annual BBS Symposium, to be held on Thursday, August 17^th. 

The Douglas McGregor Keynote Speaker, Ariella Shikanov will deliver her address at 12:00 pm on Functional and Tunable Biomimetrics for Reproductive Tissue.  Additionally DEI Keynote, Te-Wen Lo will deliver her keynote address at 2:15 pm on Science is for Everyone: Easier Said Than Done.

10:30 am | Registration & Check-In...

Elinor Karlsson, Ph.D.

Director
Vertebrate Genomics
Broad Institute

"Investigating Simple Breed Stereotypes and Genetically Complex Traits in Thousands of Pet Dogs"

Host: Jacquelyn Evans, Ph.D.

This spring, The State Theatre of Ithaca is collaborating with Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine to present a public community screening of the family-friendly documentary, “Inside the Mind of a Cat”. This film explores the amazing physiology, behavior, and history that has contributed to our furry friends’ unique place in the natural world and in our lives. Through interviews with veterinarians, behavior specialists, pet therapists, and the owners of the Savitsky Cats, a trained cat act that made the quarterfinals of America’s Got Talent, we see that cats are...

Diego Diel, DVM, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences,

"The human-animal interface of SARS-CoV-2: a zoonotic virus with a broad host range"