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Coming soon, to The David Rockefeller Program
As the graduating class of 2014 moves on to the next stages of life and career, the Rockefeller community welcomes the incoming group of graduate fellows. There were 744 applications received this year, and after careful consideration by the admissions committee, 77 applicants were offered admiss...
Mucida, Smogorzewska honored with teaching awards
Rockefeller University is best known for its innovative research. But the courses it offers, and the teachers who lead them, are no less impressive. Two such faculty members were honored at this year’s Convocation luncheon with Distinguished Teaching Awards: Daniel Mucida, assistant professor and...
Jennifer Jeanne Bussell
Jennifer Jeanne Bussell Presented byÌýLeslie B. Vosshall B.A., University of Chicago Abdominal-B Neurons Control Drosophila Virgin Female Receptivity Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý I am pleased to present Jennifer Bussell to you today. Jennifer hails from South Carolina, where she graduated from the South Car...
Rohit Chandwani
Rohit Chandwani Presented byÌýAlexander Tarakhovsky A.B., Harvard College M.D., Yale University School of Medicine Stochastic Activation of Enhancers in the Innate Immune ResponseÌýby the Histone Demethylase JMJD2D Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Rohit Chandwani joined my lab after completing his M.D. training...
Chiung-Ying Chang
Chiung-Ying Chang Presented byÌýElaine Fuchs B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University Coordinating Stem Cell Behavior in the Hair Follicle Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Chiung-Ying Chang received her bachelor and master of science degrees from National Taiwan University. She joined my laboratory in summer 2009...
Eric Fritz
Eric Fritz Presented byÌýF. Nina Papavasiliou A.B., Harvard College Genome-wide Characterization of the Effects of Nucleic Acid Modifying Enzymes: Cytidine Deaminases and DNA Methylation Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý In biology, to show that something happens, what we call a positive result, is easy. To demo...
Paul William Furlow
Paul William Furlow Presented by Sohail Tavazoie B.S., Michigan State University M.S., Northwestern University Mutations in a Mechanosensitive Channel Enable Intravascular Metastatic Cell Survival Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Paul infuses a large dose of vitality into all that he does. This is most apparent...
Daniel B. Gilmer
Daniel B. Gilmer Presented byÌýVincent A. Fischetti B.S., Howard University Studies of a Novel Phage Lytic Enzyme, PlySs2 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are viruses that infect bacteria. There are about 10 million phages per gram of soil or milliliter of water, so recent e...
Claire Ellen Hamilton
Claire Ellen Hamilton Presented byÌýF. Nina Papavasiliou B.S., Yale University Transcriptome-wide Characterization of APOBEC1-catalyzed RNA Editing Events in Macrophages Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý It is uncommon for a graduate student to work in a brand new area, especially in a branch of biology, such as...
Evan Heller
Evan Heller Presented byÌýElaine Fuchs B.A., Columbia University Forces Generated by Cell Intercalation Tow Epidermal Sheets in Mammalian Tissue Morphogenesis Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Evan Heller contacted me shortly after he was accepted to Rockefeller’s Ph.D. Program, and inquired about a possible r...
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