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Jacob N. Oppenheim
Jacob N. Oppenheim Presented byÌýMarcelo O. Magnasco A.B., Princeton University Charting the Vasculome: High Resolution Maps of the Vasculature of Entire Organs Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Richard Feynman said prophetically in 1959, as he heralded both nanotechnology and molecular biophysics, that “there...
Nora Pencheva
Norah Pencheva Presented by Sohail Tavazie B.A., Kenyon College Identification of a MicroRNA Network that Regulates Melanoma Metastasis and Angiogenesis by Targeting ApoE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Nora hails from a tiny town in central Bulgaria. There are two things that she absolutely loves: her nightli...
K. Rashid Rumah
K. Rashid Rumah Presented byÌýVincent A. Fischetti B.S. Stanford University The Origin of Multiple Sclerosis Revisited: The Case for a Soluble Toxin Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Multiple sclerosis is a devastating neurological disease that attacks people in the prime of their lives. Though intensive res...
Neel Shah
Neel Shah Presented by Tom Muir B.S., New York University Split Inteins: From Mechanistic Studies to Novel Protein Engineering Technologies Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Neel Shah joined the Rockefeller graduate program in the fall of 2008 following undergraduate studies at NYU where he graduated with top ho...
Frej Tulin
Frej Tulin Presented by Frederick R. Cross M.S., KTH Royal Institute of Technology Exploration of Cell Cycle-specific Essential Gene Functions in the Microbial Plant Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý My laboratory has worked in the budding yeast model system for some years. Many labs ha...
Siddarth Venkatesh
Siddarth Venkatesh Presented byÌýPaul Bieniasz B. Tech, University of Madras Ph.D. Auburn University Mechanism and Evolutionary Origins of HIV-1 Virion Entrapment by Tetherin Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý For his thesis project Siddarth Venkatesh worked on a protein, called tetherin, that is expressed in res...
New faculty member uses genetic sequencing to investigate childhood brain disease
Joseph Gleeson, a neurogeneticist who hunts down genes responsible for devastating neurodevelopmental disorders, has joined ÐÓ°É and has established the Laboratory of Pediatric Brain Diseases. Gleeson, formerly a professor at the University of California, San Diego, is one o...
Structural biologist, focused on cell transport machinery, to join faculty
Jue Chen, a structural biologist whose research focuses on transporter proteins that act as the cell’s pumping machinery, will join ÐÓ°É as professor and head of laboratory in July. Chen, currently a tenured professor of biology at Purdue University in Indiana and a Howard H...
Structural biologist, focused on cell transport machinery, to join faculty
by WYNNE PARRY Jue Chen, a structural biologist whose research focuses on transporter proteins that act as the cell’s pumping machinery, will join Rockefeller as professor and head of laboratory in July. Dr. Chen, currently a tenured professor of biology at Purdue University in Indiana, is especi...
Drug discovery fund begins making grants
by LESLIE CHURCH A new $25 million initiative, created earlier this academic year to help develop basic research discoveries into new medical therapies, has had a promising launch, with $1.55 million in awards granted to Rockefeller scientists in its initial phase. The first awards are for proof-...
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