CVG Co-Sponsored Events
The CVG collaborates with other campus initiatives and programs to bring high-profile visiting speakers to Cornell. These events are announced via the Verge-L email list.
Past Events
May 7, 2024
Dr. Kenneth Zaret
Joseph Leidy Professor
Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
co-sponsored with BBS3 Seminar Series
April 29, 2024
Dr. Leslie Lyons
Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor of Comparative Medicine
Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri - Columbia
co-sponsored with the Cornell Feline Health Center
October 20, 2023
Dr. Kate Galloway
WM Keck Career Development Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
co-sponsored with the School of Biomedical Engineering
May 12, 2023
EvoDay 2023: Genomics of Adaptation
Evoday brings together speakers from Cornell and other universities in the region for talks and discussions about Evolutionary Biology. This year's theme is the Genomics of Adaptation.
co-sponsored with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, the Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics (3CPG), and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Finance Commission (GPSAFC).
November 8, 2022
Doubling down on pairing: From ultraconserved elements to super-resolution imaging.
Dr. Ting Wu
Director, Constorium for Space Genetics
Director, Personal Genetics Education Project
Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
co-sponsored with BBS3 Signature Seminars
September 30, 2022
2022 Cornell Immunogenomics Symposium
An in-person symposium focusing on research at the nexus of Immunology and Genomics with an outstanding lineup of speakers.
co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and the Provost's Genome Biology Initiative
September 9, 2022
Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Biology
Dr. Elaine Mardis
Co-Executive Director, Inst. for Genomic Medicine
Nationwide Children's Hospital
co-sponsored with the Comparative Cancer Biology Program
April 26, 2022
Germline and Somatic Genetics of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: A Human Genetics Story
Dr. Douglas Marchuk
Director, Division of Human Genetics
James B. Duke Professor
Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University School of Medicine
co-sponsored with BBS3 Signature Seminars
October 28, 2021
"The cell as a bag of RNA."
Dr. Stephen Quake
Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering
Co-President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Professor of Applied Physics
Professor of Physics (by courtesy)
Stanford University
co-sponsored with Biomedical Engineering Professor-at-Large
September 28, 2021
Comparing Coronary Artery Features in Regenerative and Non-Regenerative Hearts
Dr. Kristy Red-Horse
HHMI Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Stanford University
co-sponsored with BBS3 Signature Seminars
March 22, 2021
Mapping Emotions: Discovering Structure in the Mesoscale Electrical Brain Recordings
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Duke University
co-sponsored with BBS3 Signature Seminars
March 2, 2021
Archaic Genomics
Dr. Svante Pääbo
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
Max Planck Institute
co-sponsored with BBS3 Signature Seminars
November 17, 2020
Eggs, Expression and Ecology: Regulation and Evolution of Reproductive Capacity.
Dr. Cassandra Extavour
Professor
Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
co-sponsored with BBS3 Signature Seminars
October 1, 2019
3D Genome Organization & Transcription Regulation
Dr. Yijuan Ruan
Professor
Dept. of Genome Sciences
The Jackson Laboratory
co-sponsored with BBS3 Signature Seminars
July 31, 2019
Making the New Head and Heart of Vertebrates
Dr. Marianne Bronner
Director of the Beckman Institute
Distinguished Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology
CVG visiting speaker