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Long dismissed as impossible, nerve regrowth is offering new hope for injuries and neurodegeneration. In this @sciam.bsky.social piece, learn how Rockefeller's Fernando Nottebohm contributed to the evidence that neurons in the body and brain can repair themselves.
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.
Applications for faculty positions at Rockefeller are now open! We are seeking exceptional, creative scientists to join our faculty. Learn more below:
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.
A new study from the #BirsoyLab shows that the antioxidant glutathione, when operating inside mitochondria, is a key factor enabling tumors to spread from the breast to the lung. #RockefellerScience
Published in @cp-cancercell.bsky.social, 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
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 interdisciplinary collaborations.
👂 Listen to the latest episode of our podcast We Ask a Scientist, featuring Paul Nurse, who discusses creativity, intuition, and humor in doing research. #AskAScientist 🧪 📻
The RockEDU Sandbox is a classroom research framework developed by RockEDU, Rockefeller’s outreach team, 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.
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.
Now online in Cancer Discovery @aacrjournals.bsky.social: Mitochondrial Glutathione Import Enables Breast Cancer Metastasis via Integrated Stress Response Signaling - by Hsi-wen Yeh, Nicole Del Gaudio, Kivanç Birsoy, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159... @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social
Caskey's work is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research at Rockefeller.
“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.
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.
Catch up on the latest chromosome news from The Scientist, 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.
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! bit.ly/45ayCpL
Scientist-philosopher & former @jem.org editor René Dubos is the focus of a new e-book from @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social. The annotated bibliography by Carol Moberg covers his ideas on health, society, ecology, and humanity, all strikingly relevant today. More here: doi.org/10.48496/r61...
A new tool from the #BradyLab that helps predict antibiotic resistance could help pharmaceutical companies design longer lasting drugs. #RockefellerScience @pnas.org
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation 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:
In this Q&A with @natsmb.nature.com, Rockefeller's Charles Rice and Yael David of @mskcancercenter.bsky.social comment on new work that advances the molecular understanding of and, potentially, the clinical arsenal against infection with Hepatitis B virus. #WorldHepatitisDay
New research from @danielkronauer.bsky.social's lab in @pnas.org sheds light on how a young ant’s future is determined by genetics and the environment, finding that genes not only influence size, they change what a given size means for the colony. #RockefellerScience
Alexander Lercher of the Rice lab has been named a @cytokinesociety.bsky.social Young Investigator! He works on how past inflammatory events can result in durable antigen-independent innate immunity, enabling cross-protection against heterologous pathogens. Congrats!
Rockefeller's @lizhao.bsky.social has spent nearly a decade cataloguing evolutionarily young genes. Now, complementary studies in @pnas.org and @natecoevo.nature.com are the first to demonstrate how these new genes are regulated and expressed.
Scientists in the #HeintzLab discovered an identical neural circuit that operates differently in male and female mice. #RockefellerScience
Research from @thefuchslab.bsky.social in @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social shows that low levels of the amino acid serine trigger a process that turns hair follicle stem cells into skin repair specialists—and that diet may have a role to play. #RockefellerScience
A @pnas.org study from the MacKinnon lab finds that proteins contact each other in a variety of ways to form self-clusters, highlighting the diversity of chemical interactions nature uses in the formation of protein assemblies in cell membranes.
A @cellpress.bsky.social study from the #CampbellLab demonstrates that a previously published structure/mechanism for RNA capping at work in coronaviruses is incorrect, with potentially sweeping implications for drug development targeting these pathogens.
In this @natmed.nature.com piece, Rockefeller's Jeffrey Friedman recalls the heady excitement when his group discovered leptin, a hormone that regulates appetite.
Rockefeller's Jeffrey Ravetch is a recipient of this year's Max Cooper Prize in Immunology from @emoryuniversity.bsky.social! He is recognized for his research on antibodies and immune cells’ Fc receptors, work that has paved the way for new disease treatments.
ALDH9A1 deficiency as a source of endogenous DNA damage that requires repair by the #FanconiAnemia pathway. From Moonjung Jung, Jungwoo Kim, Agata Smogorzewska @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #CellMetabolism #DNAbiology #Disease #Genetics #DNADamage
"This work by Shira highlights new dark matter in viral genomes that can influence disease and how we design vaccines," says Charles Rice. "It’s yet another layer of biology that was not appreciated but opens up exciting new opportunities for exploration."
A recent study from @shiraweingarten.bsky.social, a former postdoc in the Rice laboratory, revealed 4,208 previously unknown proteins that are made by viruses such as influenza and H.I.V. using a new technique called massively parallel ribosome profiling.
Kip Lacy (@mendelslols.bsky.social) of @danielkronauer.bsky.social's lab has won the W. D. Hamilton Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation from @sse-evolution.bsky.social for his talk "Unselfish meiotic drive maintains heterozygosity in the clonal raider ant." Congrats!
Rockefeller's @veenapadmanaban.bsky.social of @sohailtavazoie.bsky.social's lab has received a Career Transition Award from @susangkomen.bsky.social. Congratulations! bit.ly/40huGSi
The kumquat trees spent their summers at a NYC restaurant called Barbetta (owned by Gunter’s wife) and wintered in the RRB. It’s been several years since they’ve been brought to campus for the winter.
Rockefeller's @sohailtavazoie.bsky.social speaks to the @ascopost.bsky.social about his discovery of a commonly inherited genetic alteration that is driving breast cancer metastasis and predicting survival.
New research from the #StricklandLab suggests that amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers and the vascular protein fibrinogen may, when forming a complex, contribute to Alzheimer's disease. #RockefellerScience
Happy first day of summer from Rockefeller's feathered friends! 🦆 🦆 🦆
The @bwfund.bsky.social has named Clinical Scholar Nicolas Gomez-Banoy of Paul Cohen's lab as a recipient of the 2025 Career Awards for Medical Scientists! He is recognized for his work unraveling genetic determinants of thermogenic adipose tissue in humans. Congrats!
Meet Gaby Maimon, Director of the Kavli Neural Systems Institute (@rockefelleruniv.bsky.social). In his lab, he aims to push the boundaries of brain research.🧠 At the institute, he creates opportunities to support early career researchers. Learn more: bit.ly/3ZwId8h. #KavliNeuro #KavliInstitute
Listen to the latest episode of the @laskerfdn.bsky.social podcast series featuring @leslievosshall.bsky.social, who discusses how to approach collaborations, staying optimistic when facing major setbacks, and how old articles inspire her.
Charles Dowell of the Ruta lab has been named a member of the @simonsfoundation.org Society of Fellows for his work dissecting how spatial memories of odor structure an animal’s navigational objectives. Congratulations!
Rockefeller's Lamia Wahba has been named a 2025 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar for her work on the non-DNA-based mechanisms through which biological information is transmitted across generations. Congratulations!
Don't miss this piece in The Scientist on how former president of Rockefeller Torsten Wiesel helped discover how the cerebral cortex processes visual information, earning him a @nobelprize.bsky.social.
Rockefeller's Kivanc Birsoy is uncovering the hidden metabolic pathways that cancer cells exploit. In this Q&A, he discusses how his work could also optimize strategies for using nutrition to improve human health:
Last week, 43 students received Ph.D.s at Rockefeller's 67th convocation. Scientists Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool Karim, philanthropist Marlene Hess, and Rockefeller's own Michael W. Young were also given honorary degrees. Congrats to all!
Xiaojing Huang, a Clinical Scholar in Paul Cohen's lab, has been named a 2025 Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator for her work on obesity-dependent changes in adipose and tumor macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Congrats! breastcanceralliance.org/researchgrants
Congratulations to Rockefeller’s #classof2025!!! #PhDone 🔬🎉🧬
In @pnas.org: The #BieniaszLab designed an algorithm that predicts which host genes will be regulated by zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) and identified a small subset of host genes that are ZAP-regulated in the context of an interferon response.
Rockefeller’s Rising Scholars Workshop helps undergraduates from minority-serving institutions envision futures in research.
Did you know that gum disease can cause arthritis flare-ups? A study led by Rockefeller's Dana Orange found that leaky gums allow oral bacteria to enter the blood, triggering inflammatory responses related to rheumatoid arthritis. #ArthritisAwarenessMonth
Today would have been former Rockefeller president and @nobelprize.bsky.social laureate Joshua Lederberg's 100th birthday. He was just 33 when he won for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria.
Günter Blobel was born #OTD in 1936. He won a #LaskerAward for landmark discoveries concerning the processes by which intercellular proteins are targeted across cell membranes. 🧪 @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social ow.ly/BqoX30ovZ2Y
Researchers in the #FunabikiLab have devised a way to visualize molecules that are very rare, very small, or hard to produce naturally—including some viruses. @elife.bsky.social #RockefellerScience
A new paper from the #MacKinnonLab in @pnas.org finds that while Kv2.1 and EAG1 are from distinct architectural classes of voltage-dependent ion channels, the way the voltage sensors gate their pores is very similar. #RockefellerScience
A study from the #MarraffiniLab in @science.org shows that newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population. Learn more: bit.ly/4dvmBij
A collaborative study between the labs of @danmucida.bsky.social and @victora.bsky.social earlier this year showed how immune cells in the gut distinguish between food and harmful pathogens, shedding light on the origins of food allergies: bit.ly/4hyS18b #FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek
I’m very glad to share our recent publication @pnas.org , led by UnJin Lee from our lab at @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social : pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... In this work, he 1) developed a method to efficiently compare single-cell RNA-seq data from rapidly evolving tissues across multiple species, and
Mutations in FANCX appear to cause a lethal form of Fanconi anemia, a finding from the Smogorzewska lab in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social that sheds light on unexplained pregnancy loss and offers new avenues for genetic screening. #RockefellerScience
Incoming graduate fellow Julie Chen, who studies complex biological systems and the regulation of cell fates, has been named a 2025 Hertz Fellow. Congratulations!
Grad student Héloïse Carion of the Marraffini lab was interviewed by Molecular Cell about her latest paper on the activation of bacterial programmed cell death by phage inhibitors of host immunity. Check it out here:
New findings from the #GilbertLab in @pnas.org suggest neurons have much more functional dexterity than scientists previously realized. #RockefellerScience
Rockefeller's Svetlana Mojsov, whose research led to the development of drugs for obesity and diabetes, has been elected to @nasonline.org. Congratulations!
Rockefeller's Jean-Laurent Casanova was honored with the 2025 Novo Nordisk Prize last week for his pioneering work showing that genetic mutations can make some individuals especially vulnerable to infections. Congratulations!
Rockefeller's @thefuchslab.bsky.social weighs in on new research showing that human wounds take more than twice as long to heal as wounds of any of the other mammals in the @nytimes.com:
On #DNADay we celebrate the seminal 1944 discovery at Rockefeller by Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty that DNA, not protein, is the substance that carries genetic information. This *basic science* research opened the gateway to the modern era of the life sciences.
Rockefeller's @danielkronauer.bsky.social is featured in the latest Science Sessions podcast from @pnas.org on modeling collective animal behaviors. He discusses his finding that clonal radar ants decide as a group to evacuate their nest when temperatures rise.
This #EarthDay we are highlighting Rockefeller's Avi Flamholz, who is dedicated to leveraging microbial forces to combat climate change. Understanding how communities of microbes release and absorb carbon will help lead to more accurate climate models. www.rockefeller.edu/news/36919-n...
1/ One of the most intriguing enigmas of the #COVID19 pandemic was the sudden and unprecedented outbreak of chilblains that accompanied the early waves of #SARSCoV2 infections. Our new study in @jem.org uncovers the underlying immunological mechanism rupress.org/jem/article/...
This month we are remembering Rockefeller's Bruce McEwen, best known for his studies on how stress hormones reshape neural circuits and brain structures. Learn more about his life and legacy below. #NationalStressAwarenessMonth
A new study from the #HudspethLab finds that non-muscle myosin II (NM2) and the phosphorylation of regulatory light chain (RLC) modulate the physiological function of hair cells and thereby help to set the normal operating conditions of hair bundles.
Open access, peer reviewed, and co-owned, @jhumimmunity.org from @rupress.org represents a new business model in scientific publishing. Rockefeller's Jean-Laurent Casanova is the founding editor-in-chief.
On Saturday, Rockefeller's Svetlana Mojsov accepted the Breakthrough Prize for her discovery of the peptide hormone GLP-1, which led to a new class of safe and highly effective drugs for type 2 diabetes as well as the treatment of obesity. See her acceptance speech here:
Congrats to #RockefellerAlum Sichen Yang on being named one of the 2025 @schmidtfellows.bsky.social! Yang aims to explore the role of the immune system in maintaining healthy internal tissue in addition to its role in defending against external pathogens.
#CZBiohubNY welcomes its latest cohort of Investigators, including @katyavinogradova.bsky.social and Kivanç Birsoy! They’re developing new tech to characterize + bioengineer immune cells—creating novel methods for early disease detection.
Artist-in-residence Max Pruefer collaborates with scientists in @danielkronauer.bsky.social's lab to explore how chemical communication drives social behavior between ants. Learn more: bit.ly/4hU0nY1
Results presented at #CROI2025 from a collaboration between the #NussenzweigLab and colleagues at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk show that two broadly neutralizing antibodies can keep HIV suppressed for months. #RockefellerScience
Announcing the launch of the Weill Cancer Hub East, bringing together experts from Rockefeller, Princeton University, @weillcornell.bsky.social, and @ludwigcancer.bsky.social to innovate cancer treatment, supported by a generous donation from the Weill Family Foundation.
Last week, neuroscientist @standehaene.bsky.social received the 2025 Lewis Thomas Prize. He was honored with Rockefeller’s prestigious science writing award for his collection of books that demystify the inner workings of the mind. Congratulations!
A study from Richard Lifton and @yale.edu colleagues in @pnas.org finds that a mix of inherited and de novo mutations in 60 genes contribute to 10% of congenital heart disease cases. Many of the same mutations also contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders.
On #WorldOralHealthDay we're sharing research from @darnelr.bsky.social and Dana Orange showing that damaged gums may release bacteria that trigger arthritis flare-ups, potentially explaining why people with gum disease don't respond as well to arthritis treatments.
New imaging from @victora.bsky.social's lab reveals a built-in safeguard that allows B cell populations to rapidly expand in germinal centers without introducing deleterious mutations. #RockefellerScience
A new study from the Nussenzweig lab demonstrates how high-affinity B cells "bank" their best traits instead of rolling the dice and risking deleterious mutations, with implications for better vaccine design. #RockefellerScience
In the most recent episode we talked with @vivrisca.bsky.social from @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social about her work on RICC-Seq and how it's used to probe DNA-DNA contacts in intact or fixed cells using ionizing radiation. #podcast #epigenetics Listen here: activemotif.com/podcasts-viv...
Congrats to @standehaene.bsky.social, who will be presented with the 2025 Lewis Thomas Prize on Monday! Dr. Dehaene is being honored with Rockefeller’s prestigious science writing award for his writings that demystify the inner workings of the mind.
On #WorldSleepDay we recognize Michael Young's discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 2017. Learn more here: bit.ly/4hB2NKI
This #BrainAwarenessWeek we are highlighting Winrich Freiwald’s groundbreaking work on the biological mechanisms of facial recognition and his quest to build a new kind of artificial intelligence to mimic how the brain recognizes faces. Learn more: seek.rockefeller.edu/what-you-get...
Congratulations, @thefuchslab.bsky.social!
Research from Rockefeller's @sohailtavazoie.bsky.social is in this year's #STATMadness competition from @statnews.com! Vote now for Tavazoie's discovery that a patient’s own genes may be driving breast cancer metastasis: statnews.com/feature/stat... Click through to the end to submit your vote!
Kavli NSI @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social member & former Director Leslie Vosshall has been awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience for her groundbreaking work on the neural mechanisms of mosquito behavior. 🦟🔬 Congrats, Dr. Vosshall! 🎉 #Neuroscience #KavliNeuro mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/l...
On the causes of #obesity and its treatment: The end of the beginning from Professor Friedman @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
1/ I am both delighted and relieved to share my inaugural editorial for the @jhumimmunity.org rupress.org/jhi/article/...
Wenbin Mei of @sohailtavazoie.bsky.social's lab is a winner of the 2025 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award! He is recognized for work showing that a commonly inherited mutation governs breast cancer metastasis and influences survival. Congratulations!
A new study from the #FriedmanLab in @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social identifies a neural mechanism involved in leptin resistance—and, crucially, a way to reverse it in mice using a well-known drug. #RockefellerScience
In honor of #WorldHearingDay, watch (and listen!) to this fabulous 2020 TED from Rockefeller's Jim Hudspeth: The Beautiful, Mysterious Science of How you Hear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn8N...
This #RareDiseaseDay we are highlighting fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FLC), a rare liver cancer. In Sanford Simon's lab, patients and scientists work side by side to investigate FLC. Learn more here: seek.rockefeller.edu/lab-partners/
Congrats to Tamar Berger in Rockefeller's Smogorzewska lab for receiving a @preventcancer.org award exploring early genetic changes in the cells lining the mouth of patients with Fanconi anemia before developing oral cancer.
A new study from the Alushin lab shows how afadin strengthens cytoskeletal engagement by the cadherin-catenin cell adhesion complex. Dysregulated afadin expression has been associated with carcinogenesis and cancer metastasis. #RockefellerScience
A gene called NOVA1 may be part of the solution to the mystery of how our ancestors evolved language. Here's my story about mice with strange squeaks. [Gift link] nyti.ms/3XuVehN 🧪
Rockefeller researchers found intriguing evidence that a single protein variant found only in humans may have helped shape the emergence of complex speech. “This gene hints at the potential ancient origins of spoken language,” says lab head @darnelr.bsky.social.