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News / Belfer Research Building

August 26, 2024
Bargonetti Lab Celebrates New Breast Cancer Research Grant and Funding ...

Dr. Jill Bargonetti and her team are celebrating a new grant and a milestone from The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).

August 19, 2024
Hunter Researcher Maps DNA of Lyme Disease Bacteria

Professor Weigang Qiu and an international team mapped the complete genetic makeup of 47 strains of Lyme disease-causing and related bacteria.

July 1, 2024
Hunter Researcher Awarded Bone-Cancer Grant

A Hunter College researcher was awarded $100,000 to pursue cures for a childhood bone cancer by MIB Agents.

August 16, 2019
Hunter Study Shows That Certain Olive Oils Kill Cancer Cells

A research team led by Hunter College has shown that certain extra-virgin olive oils kill human cancer cells with no obvious effect on normal cells.

December 14, 2018
Hunter College Professor Mandë Holford Discovers Healing Potential of ...

Hunter College Professor Mandë Holford harnesses the healing potential found in sea snail venom.

Listen to the Full Discussion on NPR

December 17, 2016
Professor Hiroshi Matsui Leads Belfer Team in Trailblazing Cancer Research

Professor Hiroshi Matsui, an expert in bio-nanotechnology, deployed the resources of his new Belfer lab to create a tiny new anti-cancer drug carrier.

June 8, 2016
David Foster Completes Six Year Term at the National Cancer Institute

David Foster completed his six year term on the Molecular Oncogenesis (MONC) study section for the National Cancer Institute of the National ...

April 22, 2016
Novel Engineered Peptides of a Phage Lysin as Effective Antimicrobials ...

Thandar M, Lood R, Winer BY, Deutsch DR, Euler CW, Fischetti VA. Novel Engineered Peptides of a Phage Lysin as Effective Antimicrobials against ...

January 12, 2016
Targeted Curing of All Lysogenic Bacteriophage from Streptococcus ...

Euler CW, Juncosa B, Ryan PA, Deutsch DR, McShan WM, Fischetti VA. Targeted Curing of All Lysogenic Bacteriophage from Streptococcus pyogenes ...

December 6, 2015
Using a Novel Lysin To Help Control Clostridium difficile Infections

Wang Q, Euler CW, Delaune A, Fischetti VA. Using a Novel Lysin To Help Control Clostridium difficile Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. ...

October 8, 2015
Jill Bargonetti featured on the PBS special American Graduate Day

Hunter’s Jill Bargonetti, professor of biological sciences, featured on the PBS special American Graduate Day

August 3, 2015
Mandë Holford featured on NPR's All Things Considered

Mandë Holford featured on NPR's All Things Considered with Joe Palca - "Snail Venom Yields Potent Painkiller, But Delivering The Drug Is Tricky"

July 31, 2015
Mandë Holford on science's role in diplomacy (Science Magazine)

“Diplomacy is like a 10-speed bicycle—most gears never get used.” –Mandë Holford and Rodney Nichols

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March 16, 2015
Hunter Celebrates Opening of New Research Space in Belfer Research Building

The new space on the fourth floor of Weill Cornell’s Belfer Research Building marks the continuation of an innovative public-private partnership.

March 6, 2015
Jill Bargonetti's paper has been accepted for publication in Cell Cycle

Jill Bargonetti's paper, "Decarbamoyl Mitomycin C (DMC) Activates p53-independent Ataxia Telangiectasia and Rad3 Related Protein (ATR) Chromatin ...

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February 19, 2015
Hunter College's David Foster on NBC

Hunter's David Foster, a professor of biological sciences, explains the cancer fighting potential of extra virgin olive oil in this NBC News 4 ...

October 27, 2014
Mandë Holford’s work on venomics is featured in October 27 issue of ...

Understanding the composition of venoms can yield insight into evolution and provide new inspiration for drugs.

Read Full Article on C&E News

October 19, 2014
Nobel Laureates Pushed Limits of Microscopes

Bio-imaging is the ultimate interdisciplinary advance: fine-scale microscopy allows scientists, including Hunter's bioimaging research group at ...

Read Full Article on The New York Times

September 7, 2014
Asst. Professor Mandë Holford, Chemistry, is elected a "New Champion ...

The World Economic Forum will recognize its 2014 Young Scientists Community at the eighth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, taking place in ...

Read Full Article on World Economic Forum

January 7, 2010
Asst. Professor Chad Euler receives patent approval for "chimeric ...

Hunter Asst. Professor Chad Euler, Medical Lab Science, receives patent approval for "chimeric bacteriophage lysin with activity against ...

View Patent Details on PubChem

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