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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
Joined March 2009
A new journal club is offering students, postdocs, early career researchers, and the entire Rockefeller community the chance to break bread with some of Rockefeller’s prominent researchers—and learn about the process behind their seminal breakthroughs.
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The monthly lunch series offers attendees the chance to break bread with prominent scientists on campus.
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Applications for faculty positions at Rockefeller are now open! We are seeking exceptional, creative scientists to join our faculty. Learn more below: .
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Featured in @TheScientistLLC: @lizzyzhao's computational research in fruit flies is revealing how spontaneously arising genes are tightly controlled, offering insights into evolution.
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Computational research in fruit flies revealed how spontaneously arising genes are tightly controlled, offering insights into evolution.
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We are deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague Jim Hudspeth passed away on Saturday. We will remember and continue to be inspired by Jim’s integrity, his humility, and his unwavering commitment to discovery.
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A. James Hudspeth, a Rockefeller neuroscientist who discovered how sound waves are converted into electrical signals in the ear’s cochlea, died Saturday at his home in Manhattan. A pioneering...
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A new study from @KivancBirsoy's lab in @CD_AACR shows that the antioxidant glutathione, when operating inside mitochondria, is a key factor enabling tumors to spread from the breast to the lung. #RockefellerScience.
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The mitochondria may be the powerhouse of the cell, but mounting evidence suggests this organelle is also a driving force behind cancer. Now, new evidence points to the mitochondrial metabolite...
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RT @KivancBirsoy: New work from our lab describing a role for mitochondrial glutathione in breast cancer metastasis @nicoledelgaudio @Ro….
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Abstract. Cancer cells require substantial metabolic adaptations to metastasize to distant organs, but the metabolites essential for successful colonization remain poorly defined. Here, we used a...
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Published in @Cancer_Cell, the #RavetchLab demonstrates in a phase 1 clinical trial that an engineered antibody improves a class of cancer drugs—called CD40 agonist antibodies—that has struggled to make good on its early promise. #RockefellerScience .
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The researchers demonstrate that an engineered antibody improves a class of drugs that has struggled to make good on its early promise.
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In a Price Family Center for the Social Brain symposium last month, scientists shared new insights on vocal learning, mate choice, and more—advancing the center’s mission to deepen our understanding of social behavior and foster collaborations.
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Three years after its founding, the Price Family Center for the Social Brain at Rockefeller has made many noteworthy advances. In a joint symposium with Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute,...
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RT @LaskerFDN: 👂Listen to the latest episode of our podcast We Ask a Scientist, featuring Paul Nurse, who discusses creativity, intuition,….
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Notable scientists discuss the roles of instinct, uncertainty, and inspiration on their roads to success. They talk about their approaches to collaborations and how they handle roadblocks. As you...
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The RockEDU Sandbox is a classroom research framework developed by @rockedu_ to guide open-ended exploration in a structured environment. In it, students investigate real scientific questions but with plenty of room to follow their own curiosity.
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On a summer morning at Rockefeller University, high school students huddle over lab benches, cultivating stem cells, testing water samples from New York Harbor, or designing diagnostic tools for...
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Congratulations to our 2025 SURF & SSRP Scholars! After a summer of immersive, hands-on research, our incredible undergraduate and high school scholars have wrapped up their time at Rockefeller with an inspiring poster session highlighting their work.
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Caskey's work is supported by the @SNForg Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research at Rockefeller.
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“So far, what we are most excited about is that we see among participants with delayed rebound that they show different patterns of rebound dynamics, and some of these participants maintain low level viremia for a prolonged period of time,” Caskey said.
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Last month at #IAS2025, Rockefeller's Marina Caskey presented new findings from a clinical trial showing that broadly neutralizing antibodies plus an immune-modulating drug called N-803 (Anktiva) may delay HIV rebound.
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More than half of people who received a pair of broadly neutralising antibodies (bnAbs) plus the immune-modulating drug N-803 (Anktiva) had delayed viral rebound or maintained a low or suppressed...
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Catch up on the latest chromosome news from @TheScientistLLC, including work from our own Titia de Lange! Recent work found that DNA's well-known end replication problem is more complex than we thought, with telomerase providing only part of the solution.
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In the 150 years since chromosomes were first discovered, scientists have studied them in various contexts, from insect cells to artificial systems.
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Rockefeller's Svetlana Mojsov has made the #ForbesOver50 list! She is recognized for her discovery of GLP-1 and its role in insulin secretion and blood glucose, which led to a revolutionary class of medicines for diabetes and obesity. Congratulations!
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RT @JExpMed: Scientist-philosopher & former @JExpMed editor René Dubos is the focus of a new e-book from @RockefellerUniv. The annotated bi….
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A new tool from the #BradyLab that helps predict antibiotic resistance could help pharmaceutical companies design longer lasting drugs. #RockefellerScience @PNASNews .
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Multidrug resistant bacteria kill five million people each year, with newly resistant germs emerging faster than scientists can develop treatments. Now, researchers have developed a platform that...
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The @SNForg Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research at Rockefeller fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations that are leading to more breakthroughs, faster. Learn more about the collaborations here:
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When dozens of infectious disease researchers took the stage at Rockefeller’s Caspary Auditorium in May, they weren’t just offering a rapid-fire tour of recent breakthroughs in understanding the...
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In this Q&A with @NatureSMB, @RiceLaboratory and Yael David of @MSKCancerCenter comment on new work that advances the molecular understanding of and, potentially, the clinical arsenal against infection with Hepatitis B virus. #WorldHepatitisDay.
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Yael David leads her lab focused on studying the fundamental mechanisms of epigenetic regulation of transcription at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer...
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