Rockefeller Univ

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The Rockefeller University is a world-renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics and physics.

New York NY
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Joined March 2009
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  1. Apr 3

    Today Rockefeller hosts the 7th Annual Leon Levy Fellows in Neuroscience Symposium, bringing together early-career scientists from Rockefeller, , , and .

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  2. Mar 30

    The 2017-2018 Peggy Rockefeller Concert Series concludes on April 11th with the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds. Tickets are still available - get yours today!

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  3. Mar 29

    Stem cells have a knack for fending off viruses, including dangerous ones like dengue and zika. The has gained new insight into stem cells’ curious defense strategies, knowledge that could fuel the development of drugs against a range of diseases.

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  4. Mar 29

    Studies in and from the are shedding light how some cells use molecular pumps to expel chemotherapy drugs before they have a chance to work.

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  5. Mar 28

    Astrophysicist and Laureate Kip Thorne has been named the 2018 recipient of Rockefeller’s Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science. Join us for a reception and the prize presentation in Caspary Auditorium on April 17.

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  6. Mar 27

    Featuring work from the !

    The clouds of spaghetti that keep DNA data safe: intrinsically disordered proteins in the nuclear pore. via
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  7. Mar 19

    The is interested in how cells die—not only in the death itself, but what happens to cellular corpses. In new work, they describe an eccentric form of cell death whose discovery may shed light on how deceased cells are gobbled up and eliminated.

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  8. Mar 15

    An intricate portal controls access to and from a cell’s headquarters, its nucleus. The and have mapped the details of this structure in , an accomplishment that could aid studies of disease.

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  9. Mar 14

    New research from the shows that fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma liver cancer can spread to the brain.

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  10. Mar 12

    By discovering how the antibiotic fidaxomicin kills the bacteria that cause , the offers hope for new drugs to treat the disease—and possibly others, as well.

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  11. Mar 9

    The has used to capture the very first snapshots of the large ribosomal subunit—part of the ribosome responsible for forging bonds between amino acids, the building blocks of proteins—coming together.

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    Mar 8

    “We are trying to build the field of mosquito neurobiology,”—Leslie Vosshall (), HHMI Investigator

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  13. Mar 8

    Antibiotics are increasingly losing their effectiveness against dangerous bacteria. It sounds scary—and it is—but possible solutions are emerging. The latest is a brand new antibiotic from the , derived from simple soil.

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  14. Mar 1

    Congratulations to Rockefeller's Lillian Cohn, a recipient of this year's Weintraub award! The Weintraub, given by the Cancer Research Center, is the world’s premier award for graduate students in the biosciences.

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  15. Feb 27

    Patients with the rare autoinflammatory disorder Aicardi-Goutières syndrome suffer from brain damage. A new study from the suggests an inability to control inflammatory signals may contribute to these neurological problems.

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  16. Feb 22

    The has identified mutations in a single gene that leave otherwise healthy individuals susceptible to brain infections from common viruses like herpes simplex or influenza.

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  17. Feb 19

    We are sad to announce the death of our cherished Rockefeller colleague Günter Blobel, an iconic scientist who made extraordinary contributions to fundamental cell biology and biochemistry. He will be sorely missed.

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  18. Feb 16

    A study illuminates the biology that guides behavior across different stages of life in worms. They found that the innate system that controls behavior is not entirely inflexible, allowing some individuals to stand out from the crowd.

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    Feb 14

    A potentially powerful new antibiotic is discovered in dirt

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  20. Feb 12

    Learn more about Sean Brady's research, highlighted today in the .

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