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Michael A. Foley named director of Tri-I Therapeutics Discovery Institute
Michael A. Foley, anÌýaccomplished chemist and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of industry and academic experience, has been named director of the new Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute,Ìýa pioneering collaboration of Weill Cornell Medical College, ÐÓ°É an...
Rockefeller scientists among those involved in search for Higgs boson
This week’s announcement that two physicists have received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of the Higgs boson is also a victory for thousands of scientists, including more than 2,000 from the United States, who worked to collect data and analyze results from particle collisions con...
Trio of New York biomedical institutions join forces to accelerate drug development
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, ÐÓ°É and Weill Cornell Medical College announced today that they have formed the pioneering Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. (Tri-I TDI) and have partnered with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. This new, grou...
Structural biologist, interested in ribosome assembly, to join Rockefeller faculty
At the heart of the central dogma of biology — that DNA makes RNA and RNA makes proteins — is the ribosome. Ribosomes serve as a cell’s protein factories, linking amino acids together into complex proteins according to instructions encoded in the cell’s messenger RNAs. It’s a process that ...
Convocation 2013
The 2013 Convocation awarded 17 Ph.Ds to Rockefeller graduate fellows, bringing the total number of Rockefeller alumni to 1,127. Although rain in the early afternoon forced the cancellation of the traditional academic procession from Weiss to Caspary Auditorium, it did not dampen spirits. Followi...
David Rockefeller Fellowship awarded to neuroscientist Jason Pitts
by LESLIE CHURCH Jason Pitts wasn’t entirely sure what to do with his life after graduating from college, back in 2008. So like any good scientist facing a big question, he came up with a series of experiments. Mr. Pitts tested out several careers — from medicine to teaching to pharmaceuticals ...
Coming soon, to The David Rockefeller Graduate Program
As the graduating class of 2013 moves on to the next stages of life and career, the Rockefeller community welcomes the incoming group of graduate fellows. There were 719 applications received this year, and after careful consideration by the admissions committee, 69 applicants were offered admiss...
Four leaders in science and philanthropy given honorary degrees
by LESLIE CHURCH At this year’s Convocation ceremony, honorary degrees were awarded to four proponents of basic science who have made invaluable contributions to science, through research and philanthropy. Günter Blobel, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor at Rockefeller; Paul Greengard, Vincent A...
Marraffini and Tavazoie recognized for excellence in teaching
Two Rockefeller faculty members were honored at the Convocation luncheon with this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards: Assistant Professor Luciano Marraffini and Leon Hess Assistant Professor Sohail Tavazoie. It is the 10th year that the awards, which recognize excellence in and dedication to t...
Pinar Ayata
Pinar Ayata Presented by Nathaniel Heintz B.S., Sabanci University Decoding 5hmC as an Active Chromatin Mark in the Brain and its Link to Rett Syndrome Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý As I stand here before you, I feel a real sense of pride in Pinar Ayata’s achievements. This young woman has so many facets ...
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