The Rockefeller University

Current Faculty and Emeriti

Michael W. Young

2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Young used genetics to identify mutations that disrupt the ability of the fruit fly to appropriately modulate its internal clock in response to a changing environment.

Roderick MacKinnon

2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

MacKinnon’s discoveries offered insight into a variety of disorders caused by abnormalities in ion channel function, including epilepsy, ataxia, migraines and other electrical signaling diseases.

Paul Nurse

2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Paul Greengard

2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Günter Blobel

1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Torsten N. Wiesel

1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Past Faculty

2011

Ralph M. Steinman

in Physiology or Medicine

Nobel Prize

Current Faculty and Emeriti

Michael W. Young, Ph.D.

Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.

Paul Nurse, Ph.D.

Paul Greengard, Ph.D.

Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D. (1936–2018)

Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D.

Past Faculty

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