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Rockefeller University

Nobel Prize

Since Rockefeller was founded in 1901, 25 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university. Six of these Nobel laureates are current members of our faculty.

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.
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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.
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Paul Nurse
2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Through studies of yeast, Nurse was able to show that a special gene plays a decisive role in several of the cell cycle's phases. In 1987, he identified a corresponding human gene.
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Paul Greengard
2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Greengard’s work has led to the development of dopamine-targeted treatments for Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and ADHD, and provided insight into the brain’s response to addictive substances.
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Günter Blobel
1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Sequences in proteins were responsible for directing traffic, matching up these “zip codes” with transport machinery in the cell that facilitate targeting to the proper cellular membranes.
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Torsten N. Wiesel
1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Wiesel's studies revealed how visual information is transmitted to and processed in the brain’s visual cortex.
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Past Faculty

2011
Ralph M. Steinman
in Physiology or Medicine
1984
R. Bruce Merrifield
in Chemistry
1975
David Baltimore
in Physiology or Medicine
1974
George E. Palade
in Physiology or Medicine
1974
Albert Claude
in Physiology or Medicine
1974
Christian de Duve
in Physiology or Medicine
1972
Stanford Moore
in Chemistry
1972
William H. Stein
in Chemistry
1972
Gerald M. Edelman
in Physiology or Medicine
1967
H. Keffer Hartline
in Physiology or Medicine
1966
Peyton Rous
in Physiology or Medicine
1958
Joshua Lederberg
in Physiology or Medicine
1958
Edward L. Tatum
in Physiology or Medicine
1953
Fritz A. Lipmann
in Physiology or Medicine
1946
John H. Northrop
in Chemistry
1946
Wendell M. Stanley
in Chemistry
1944
Herbert S. Gasser
in Physiology or Medicine
1930
Karl Landsteiner
in Physiology or Medicine
1912
Alexis Carrel
in Physiology or Medicine

About the Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize is one of science's highest honors, given to researchers whose work led to consequential discoveries or important breakthroughs in basic or medical science.

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