Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111: 7325-7330 Histone variant H3.3 is an essential maternal factor for oocyte reprogramming Duancheng Wen, Laura A. Banaszynski, Ying Liu, Fuqiang Geng, Kyung-Min Noh, Jenny Xiang, Olivier Elemento, Zev Rosenwaks, C. David Allis and Shahin Rafii

Hacking the mind: How to harness the power of the body's greatest tool   "Ultimately, the neuroscience experts concluded, for all the research and progress that’s been done about the brain and its many powers, there’s still a far way to go. 'It's like the space program except it's inner-space ...

Microbes are not only a rich source of disease, but also a rich source of medicines, and experts think many life-saving compounds produced by as-yet-unnamed bacteria are awaiting discovery. But they don’t always give up their secrets easily. Researchers must know where to look to find promising b...

The Rockefeller University has the highest percentage of frequently cited scientific publications of 750 top universities worldwide, according to the CWTS Leiden Ranking, which measures citation impact and scientific collaboration. The ranking, conducted by the Center for Science and Technology S...

The Rockefeller University’s proposal to build a two-story, 160,000 square foot building over the FDR Drive adjacent to its campus passed an important milestone today with the City Council’s vote to approve the plan. The project now awaits final approval by the mayor following a five-day review ...

Journal of Experimental Medicine online: May 12, 2014 A novel Aβ-fibrinogen interaction inhibitor rescues altered thrombosis and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease mice Hyung Jin Ahn, J. Fraser Glickman, Ka Lai Poon, Daria  Zamolodchikov, Odella C. Jno-Charles, Erin H. Norris and Sidney Str...

Three winners of the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Charles L. Sawyers of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Cornelia I. Bargmann of the Rockefeller University and Lewis C. Cantley of Weill Cornell Medical College, have used a portion of their awards to establish a new annua...

Journal of Experimental Medicine 211(6):1049-62 A novel Aβ-fibrinogen interaction inhibitor rescues altered thrombosis and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease mice Hyung Jin Ahn, J. Fraser Glickman, Ka Lai Poon, Daria Zamolodchikov, Odella C. Jno-Charles, Erin H. Norris and Sidney Strickland

Cell 157: 935-949 Transit-amplifying cells orchestrate stem cell activity and tissue regeneration Ya-Chieh Hsu, Lishi Li and Elaine Fuchs  

Stem cells switch off and on, sometimes dividing to produce progeny cells and sometimes resting. But scientists don’t fully understand what causes the cells to toggle between active and quiet states. New research in Elaine Fuchs’ Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development focused on s...