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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: June 17, 2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: June 17, 2013 Prenylome profiling reveals S-farnesylation is crucial for membrane targeting and antiviral activity of ZAP long-isoform Guillaume Charron, Melody M. H. Li, Margaret R. MacDonald and Howard C. Hang
17 students receive Ph.D.s at Rockefeller's 55th Convocation
The Rockefeller University awarded doctoral degrees to 17 students at its convocation ceremony yesterday. Additionally, two Nobel winning scientists and members of the Rockefeller faculty, Günter Blobel and Paul Greengard, received honorary degrees along with James H. Simons, a mathematician, inv...
Paul Nurse receives Albert Einstein World Award of Science
The World Cultural Council has awarded Paul Nurse, president emeritus and head of the Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology at The Rockefeller University, its Albert Einstein World Award of Science. The award honors those whose research has brought “true benefit and well-being to mankind,...
Nature 498: 190-197 (6-13-2013)
Nature 498: 190-197 X-ray structure of the mammalian GIRK2-βγ G-protein complex Matthew R. Whorton and Roderick MacKinnon  
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A Mosquito that Won’t Ruin a Barbecue   "To create the mutant mosquitoes, Dr. Vosshall and her colleagues altered an odor receptor, orco. Not only did the resulting mosquitoes struggle to tell the difference between humans and other animals, but they were unable to detect the presence of DEET, t...
Nature Cell Biology 15: 546-554 (June 2013)
Nature Cell Biology 15: 546-554 Control of metastatic progression by microRNA regulatory networks Nora Pencheva and Sohail F. Tavazoie  
Mutant mosquitoes lose their appetite for humans
What draws a mosquito to bite its host has long been studied from the perspective of the victim — uncovering which smells and chemicals lure the insect in. But researchers at Rockefeller’s Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, headed by Robin Chemers Neustein Professor Leslie Vosshall, are a...
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NSF-funded Rockefeller University mathematical biologist Joel Cohen discusses human migration patterns   "I think the problems of life are the most fascinating problems, and I love the clarity of mathematical tools.... I think of humans as embedded in a network of relationships with the species w...
Cell online: May 30, 2013
Cell online: May 30, 2013 53BP1 mediates productive and mutagenic DNA repair through distinct phosphoprotein interactions Elsa Callen, Michela Di Virgilio, Michael J. Kruhlak, Maria Nieto-Soler, Nancy Wong, Hua-Tang Chen, Robert B. Faryabi, Federica Polato, Margarida Santos, Linda M. Starnes, Dua...
Mike Young to receive Shaw Prize
Michael W. Young, Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor and head of the Laboratory of Genetics, will receive the 2013 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine in recognition of his work on the molecular biology of circadian rhythms. The prize was announced this week at a press conference in Hong Kon...
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