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    At the Sarkaria Institute, our purpose is to:
    1. Conduct fundamental research on the physiology and toxicology of insects
    2. Provide training of graduate and under-graduate students
    3. Offer a forum for the advancement of insect physiology and toxicology

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December 23, 2009. Two graduate students in the Department of Entomology, George Guan-Hua Lin and Xiaozhao Song, were recent winners of the President Prize for the student competition at the 2009 annual meeting of the Entomology Society of America held December 1...  MORE >>

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About the Sarkaria Institute (SIPTI)

The Sarkaria Institute of Insect Physiology and Toxicology (SIPTI) is an institute of the Department of Entomology, Cornell University.  It was founded in 2002 through the generosity and foresight of Daljit S. Sarkaria PhD'48 (Entomology) and Elaine Sarkaria.  The institute currently has three faculty members with graduate student support starting in 2007.