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- ↑ Endowed Professorships Archived 2008-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Four from Cornell are winners of '00 Guggenheim Fellowship awards Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Cornell University Graduate Program in Life Sciences Faculty Profile: John T. Lis
- ↑ Lis Lab
- ↑ Endowed Professorships Archived 2008-08-30 at the Wayback Machine