Cornell researchers and scientists collaborate in an atmosphere where intellectual work takes precedence over departmental and college divisions. Examples include:

• Patrick Stover, associate professor of nutritional sciences, is working with pathologists and computer scientists to determine the role genes play in making an individual susceptible to diseases like colon cancer and how diet contributes to the progression of the disease.

• Michael Shuler, professor of chemical engineering; Ray Glahn, research physiologist/food science, the USDA Agricultural Research Service lab at Cornell; and Greg Baxter, formerly a senior research associate in the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, teamed to reproduce the physiology of an animal on a chip. Not only can this device accelerate the testing necessary to produce promising drug therapies, but it can also greatly reduce the numbers of animals used for this testing.

• Richard Cerione, professor of molecular medicine and of chemistry and chemical biology, and Andrew Dannenberg from Cornell's Weill Medical College are developing personalized drug therapies for treating cancer and other diseases.

• Kathryn Boor, associate professor of food science, works closely with faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine, creating strategies to prevent human exposure to dangerous pathogens like E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes. She conducts an extension program with the New York State dairy industry to ensure safe and high-quality dairy products.

More on Cornell faculty collaborations.