Microbiology and Immunology | Weill Cornell Medicine

Microbiology and Immunology

Meet Our Faculty

Jenny Z. Xiang, M.D.

Research Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

jzx2002@med.cornell.edu

Rm. A-165

Tel: (212) 746-4258

Fax: (212) 746-8587

Genomics technologies and applications

Recent Publications

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Programs of Study

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Study Reveals Functions of Proteins that Protect Chromosome Ends

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have gleaned new insights on the ways cells maintain the tips of their chromosomes, or telomeres. The findings...

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Protein Found in Aggressive Ovarian Cancers Promotes Tumor Growth by Bringing In Protective Immune Cells

Ovarian tumors can be made more sensitive to immunotherapy by blocking the recruitment of certain cells to the area surrounding the cancer, according...

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Department Of Microbiology And Immunology Monthly Research In Progress Seminars

Sarah Schrader, MD/PhD
Candidate Nathan Lab
“Perturbation of arginine biosynthesis in mycobacteria elicits tolerance, persistence, and MIC-shifted resistance to antibiotics with other targets”

Tingting Li, PhD
Guo Lab
“Gut bacterial transamination impacts host amino acid homeostasis and physiology”

Please email Deidre McIntosh-Brown, dem2017@med.cornell.edu. for ZOOM details.

Meetings will occur from 12:00-1:00 pm on the 2nd Monday of each month from October 12, 2020-July 12, 2021 Via Zoom

January 26, 2021 - 4:00pm

Molecular Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Programs

"Synthetic Lethality of Wnt Pathway Activation and Asparaginase for Cancer Therapy" Alejandro Gutierrez, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology & Oncology Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA Host: Dr. Alex Kentsis

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