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Rockefeller ranks first in scientific impact among list of global institutions
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...
NY City Council approves new Rockefeller laboratory building
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
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...
Tri-Institutional Breakthrough Prize winners establish new award for postdocs
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
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 (14-5-8)
Cell 157: 935-949 Transit-amplifying cells orchestrate stem cell activity and tissue regeneration Ya-Chieh Hsu, Lishi Li and Elaine Fuchs  
Stem cell progeny tell their parents when to turn on
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...
Neuron 82: 682-694 (14-5-7)
Neuron 82: 682-694 Incremental integration of global contours through interplay between visual cortical areas Minggui Chen, Yin Yan, Xiajing Gong, Charles D. Gilbert, Hualou Liang and Wu Li
Discovery helps explain how B cells adapt to their targets
Over the weeks following an invasion by a disease-causing microbe, the human immune system fine tunes its defenses, producing proteins called antibodies that are ever more precisely targeted at the invader. New research in Michel Nussenzweig’s Laboratory of Molecular Immunology helps explain how ...
Robert Darnell elected to National Academy of Sciences
Robert B. Darnell, Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn Professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-oncology, has been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Darnell is one of 84 newly elected members announced today by the Academy; an additional 21 foreign associates from 15 cou...
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