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Lisa Danzig named Rockefeller University's chief investment officer
Lisa Danzig, director of investments at Rockefeller University, has been appointed vice president and chief investment officer effective July 1, President Paul Nurse has announced. Danzig, who joined the university’s Office of Investments in December 2000, will assume responsibility for managing ...
RU mourns loss of Maclyn McCarty, scientist responsible for “pivotal discovery of 20th-century biology”
On Jan. 3, 2005, Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse informed the campus community about the death of Maclyn McCarty, one of the three Rockefeller scientists who in 1944 proved that DNA is the chemical basis for heredity. Following is Nurse’s e-mail to the campus. Dear colleagues, It is ...
Rockefeller University establishes stem cell research center
                $5 million endowment by NYC philanthropist Harriet Heilbrunn for research to advance basic research knowledge about stem cells   For more information about Rockefeller research using stem cells, visit http://www.rockefeller.edu/stemcell.   With the support of...
Internationally renowned neurobiologist to join Rockefeller University; Cori Bargmann discovered "matchmaker" molecule
Cornelia I. Bargmann, Ph.D., universally recognized as a scientific leader in research on how the circuitry of the brain is organized and influences behavior, will join The Rockefeller University, its President Paul Nurse, Ph.D., announced today. Currently an investigator at the Howard Hughes Med...
Nobel laureate Paul Nurse joined Rockefeller University as President on September 1, 2003
Paul Nurse, Ph.D., became the ninth president of the distinguished 102-year-old Rockefeller University on Sept. 1. In January, the university's Board of Trustees unanimously elected the Nobel laureate and British biologist to the position, following an international search. "I'm very enthusiastic...
"Stressed out" by living and working in NYC?
Experts on stress will speak on April 29, at Rockefeller Univ. lecture for public Car alarms. Traffic jams. Job layoffs. These almost daily events are among the reasons that New Yorkers often feel stressed out. But while many people can identify what triggers their stress, they may not understand...
Rockefeller University Names Sir Paul Nurse President
Nobel laureate, British cancer biology researcher elected ninth RU President The Rockefeller University announced today that its Board of Trustees has elected Sir Paul Nurse, Ph.D., as the ninth President of the university. Nurse currently is Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, the world's lar...
Rockefeller University Announces Scholarship Fund in Name of Employee Who Died at World Trade Center
Shaheed Mohammed Salman Hamdani Memorial Fund will benefit Pakastani-American Students Rockefeller University's Acting President Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D., announced today the establishment of the Shaheed Mohammed Salman Hamdani Memorial Fund, named for the 23-year-old research technician who died w...
Rockefeller University Appoints Thomas P. Sakmar Acting President
NEW YORK, NY — The Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller University today named Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D., to serve as acting president of the university. Sakmar replaces Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D., who announced his intention to resign yesterday. A biochemist and physician whose research contributions ...
Rockefeller Heart Disease Study Seeks Patients
Researchers test a fatty acid found in fish on at-risk population A new study at The Rockefeller University Hospital will assess the potential of a fatty acid found in fish to reduce heart attack risk. The researchers are testing the hypothesis that a daily dose of the omega-3 fatty acid known as...
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