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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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