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Immunologist Philippa Marrack to receive Rockefeller University’s Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
The second annual Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, a major international prize awarded by The Rockefeller University to an outstanding woman scientist, will be presented to immunologist Philippa Marrack on November 10. The prize, which was established by Rockefeller University Professor and Nobel l...
Margaret Hamburg elected to Rockefeller Board of Trustees
Rockefeller University’s Trustees have elected Margaret Hamburg, M.D., a former New York City Health Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services and one of the youngest people ever elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine, to serve on the university’s Board. “Peggy ...
Jeffrey Friedman elected to Institute of Medicine
Rockefeller University’s Jeffrey M. Friedman, a molecular geneticist whose discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has changed our understanding of the causes of human obesity, was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, it was announced toda...
Torsten Wiesel receives Rall Medal for human rights work
Rockefeller University President Emeritus Torsten Wiesel received the Institute of Medicine’s David Rall Medal, it was announced today. The medal is awarded annually to an IOM member who has demonstrated particularly distinguished leadership as chair of a study committee or other activity, showin...
Titia de Lange receives NIH Pioneer Award
Rockefeller University’s Titia de Lange, Ph.D., is a recipient of the National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, the NIH announced today. She will receive up to $500,000 in direct costs per year for five years to fund research that will examine how cells respond to DNA damage. The...
Thomas Eisner to receive 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science
A world authority on animal behavior, ecology and evolution, Thomas Eisner, has been chosen to receive The Rockefeller University’s 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science. Eisner will receive the prize, and give a lecture titled “The Ruling Class: Tales of Insect Survival,” on Tuesd...
York Avenue at 68th Street is named Mary Woodard Lasker Way
The block of York Avenue at 68th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, which is adjacent to Rockefeller University’s campus, has been named Mary Woodard Lasker Way, in honor of the late champion of biomedical research. A new street sign, which hangs at the southeast corner of the intersection, ...
Paul Nurse to receive Copley Medal
The Royal Society has chosen Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse to receive the prestigious Copley Medal, its premiere award. Nurse will be honored for his “contributions to cell biology in general and to the elucidation of the control of cell division.” The Copley Medal is the Royal So...
Rockefeller University scientist elected fellow of Royal Society
David Gadsby, Ph.D., professor and head of the Laboratory of Cardiac and Membrane Physiology at the Rockefeller University, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society today for his research into how ion transporters function, and specifically for furthering our understanding of the origins of cyst...
Two Rockefeller scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 72 new members this morning, including two Rockefeller University scientists: C. David Allis, Ph.D., Joy and Jack Fishman Professor and head of the Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, and Charles M. Rice, Ph.D., Maurice R. an...
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