Category Archives: Campus News
Rockefeller hosts British Prime Minister David Cameron
Cameron’s May 15 visit to the university, part an effort by the British government to acknowledge the value and investment that U.S. biomedical research has in the UK, also included a tour of President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s neuroscience laboratory and a meeting with Nobel Prize winning neurobiologist Paul Greengard. More »
Nobel laureate Christian de Duve dies at 95
Christian de Duve was a Nobel Prize winning cell biologist whose research centered on the separation and characterization of the organelles of living cells. de Duve and his colleagues also made significant contributions to the development of techniques and instrumentation for the study of cell biology. More »
Tags: Christian de Duve, nobel prize
Rockefeller announces 31 percent reduction in carbon emissions
Five years after the university committed to reducing its carbon footprint as part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2030 Carbon Challenge, Rockefeller was one of four participating universities that reached their target ahead of schedule. Bloomberg announced the results today at a press conference held in Rockefeller’s philosopher’s garden. More »
Howard Hang promoted to associate professor
Hang, a chemist who works to develop new tools for the study of host-pathogen interactions, has discovered that many proteins involved in host immunity to viruses and bacteria are regulated by fatty acid modifications.
Tags: Howard Hang, immunology, microbiology
Rockefeller University hosts workshop on Next Generation Science Standards
Rockefeller University will host a series of workshops this weekend designed to help scientists and educators prepare for the adoption of new standards for teaching science in elementary and high schools. More »
New book explores history of cell biology at Rockefeller
Entering an Unseen World: A Founding Laboratory and Origins of Modern Cell Biology 1910–1974 tells the story of a Rockefeller laboratory from its humble beginnings as a cancer lab, through the founding of the new science of cell biology, to the ultimate prize for scientific accomplishment. More »
New neuroscience textbook will be a free reference for students in developing countries
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Robert Darnell named president of New York Genome Center
Darnell will direct all aspects of the NYGC, including its scientific and research activities, and the recruitment and development of a world-class scientific team in genomic research and medicine. Founded in 2010, the NYGC will be one of the largest genomics research facilities in North America, integrating sequencing, bioinformatics and data management. More »
Nicholson Lecture brings vascular biologist to speak at Rockefeller as part of exchange program with Karolinska Institute
Christer Betsholtz will visit the Rockefeller University campus as part of a recently renewed program that supports research exchanges between the university and the Karolinska Institute. Betsholtz studies vascular biology, with a focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms for angiogenesis and vascular permeability. More »
Rockefeller’s 54th convocation awards Ph.D.s to 40 graduating students
Rockefeller creates Cohn-Steinman Professorship to honor discoverers of dendritic cells
The family of the late Ralph Steinman, who died in September three days before winning the Nobel Prize, will donate much of the proceeds from the award to establish the Cohn-Steinman Professorship at Rockefeller. Combined with other donations, the professorship will create an enduring memorial to Steinman and his mentor and collaborator, Zanvil Cohn. More »
Tags: nobel prize, Ralph M. Steinman
Norton Zinder, pioneering molecular geneticist, dies at 83
Zinder was a geneticist and microbiologist whose research on the genetics of bacteria and on the properties of bacteriophages provided important information on the mechanisms of heredity. He died February 3 after a long illness. More »
University joins 10 leading medical and research institutions to form New York Genome Center
The New York Genome Center, which will become one of the largest genomic facilities in North America, will begin operations as early as spring 2012 in its 120,000 square foot Manhattan facility.
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Neurobiologist visits Rockefeller as part of renewed scientific exchange program with Karolinska Institute
Thomas Perlmann, a neurobiologist at the Karolinska Institute who studies the dopamine-producing cells that die during the development of Parkinson’s disease, will visit the Rockefeller University campus this week and give the Nicholson Lecture on Friday. The lecture is part of a recently renewed program that supports research exchanges between the university and the Karolinska Institute. More »
Rockefeller alum Vanessa Ruta named to university’s faculty
Ruta, a neuroscientist interested in understanding how circuits in the brain can be modified by experience, will establish the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior this fall.
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23 students receive Ph.D.s at Rockefeller’s 53rd commencement
The Rockefeller University will award doctoral degrees to 23 students at its commencement ceremony today, and in addition, will award honorary doctor of science degrees to two respected scholars: Richard Axel of Columbia University and Linda B. Buck of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. More »
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Marc Tessier-Lavigne becomes Rockefeller’s tenth president
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a leading neuroscientist and the former chief scientific officer of Genentech, takes over as president of The Rockefeller University today, replacing Paul Nurse, who has left to become president of the Royal Society in London. More »
