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Congrats to Sarah Saddoris & Franklin Gu for their outstanding presentations at the 38th International Conference on Antiviral Research! #ICAR2025 Both earned competitive travel awards, Franklin received runner-up honors in the PechaKucha competition!

Today’s #HallsOfBaker spotlight features Shawna Cook from the Evans Lab, preparing canine DNA samples for gel electrophoresis as part of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This process helps advance our understanding of specific genetic mutations in dogs.

Sarah Caddy has been sharing her impactful research & reconnecting with inspiring scientists across the globe! Giving talks at Trudeau Institute, Liverpool, and the University of Cambridge, where she visited longtime mentor Ulrich Desselberger, a legend in rotavirus research.

The Baker Institute for Animal Health (Baker Institute for Animal Health) has a long history of innovative collaborative research and pioneering discoveries, and that continues with Dr. Sarah Caddy’s work on how antibodies are passed from mother to offspring. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Virologists build on Baker Institute’s 75-year groundbreaking history! Learn more about our work on distemper, parvovirus, and rotavirus, plus learn how our faculty are advancing a legacy of groundbreaking research in the full article. vet.cornell.edu/about-us/news/…

Congratulations to Jessica Schneider, a second-year BMCB graduate student in the Evans lab, and Saloni Dhopte, a second year GGD student in the Danko lab, who both received honorable mentions for their National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program proposals.

The Baker Institute is celebrating 75 years as a center for animal health research making real world impact through collaboration & connected pathways to discovery. If there is anything more compelling than our past, it is the excitement & promise that our future holds.

Today's #ThrowbackThursday features Dr. Doug Antczak in 1983. He served as director of the Baker Institute for 15 yrs & served as the Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine, before retiring in June 2024 after his decades-long career contributions to vet med.

“This is an update on a very old story for us & for the institute, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year,” said Colin Parrish, “As new technologies become available, we can apply them to understand old questions.” Link to Chronicle article: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Pet CPR Day – April 22nd Every second counts when a dog or cat experiences cardiac or respiratory arrest. April 22nd is Pet CPR Day, a reminder of how vital it is to be prepared with life-saving skills. Being prepared can make all the difference — for both dogs and cats. 🐶🐱

Today’s #HallsOfBaker features Malgorzata Rychlowska in the Travis Lab, analyzing data from a recent test. The Travis Lab studies of reproduction, wildlife, and public health to help create healthier animals and humans. To learn more click the link below vet.cornell.edu/.../alexander-…

Cornell's 2025 incubator cohort has collectively generated 33 high-tech jobs, underscoring the university's role in translating research into impactful startups. TETmedical is co-founded by Roy Cohen & Alex Travis from the Baker Institute. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Today’s #ThrowbackThursday photo features Dr Roy Pollock, a former graduate student who worked with Drs Carmichael & Appel on the parvovirus in the late 1970’s. The team developed a diagnostic test & created a vaccine by growing a less virulent form of the virus in cell cultures.

One of the things that makes the Baker special is our collaborative spirit. Wednesday mornings, we host coffee break where everyone is welcome to gather, share updates on research or just chat about hobbies. It’s a great way to pause, connect, & strengthen our community.

Todays #ThrowbackThursday features Dr. Judith Appleton, Alfred H. Caspary Professor Emeritus of Immunology, who joined Dr. McGregor’s lab at Baker as a postdoctoral researcher, stayed on as a faculty member, served as a Vice Provost for Cornell University & retired in 2019.

Recently, we sat down with John S. L. Parker, BVMS, PhD, associate professor at the Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, and asked him, “What does the Baker Institute mean to you?”

Sarah Caddy, assistant professor at Baker Institute for Animal Health & Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, & Meng Wang, assistant professor at the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences have been selected for funding through the Cornell Center for Immunology's 2025 Multidisciplinary Seed Grants. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

This week's #hallsofbaker photo features Tom Lonergan, laboratory technician in the Caddy lab at the Baker Institute, working on a project. The lab works hard to unravel some of the puzzles surrounding how antibodies work.

We invite the Cornell University community to join Jennifer Nagashima, PhD, Research Biologist with Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute in the Center for Species Survival & former Baker trainee on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 4pm.