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When it comes to mating, female mosquitoes call the shots
Scientists discovered that a subtle behavior by the female mosquito dictates whether mating is successful.
Steve Bonilla is named an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
Bonilla is the first Rockefeller scientist to be named a Hrabowski Scholar. The program invests in exceptional early-career scientists, providing salary and generous support for research and equipment for five years.
New study reveals how tiny but powerful gatekeepers guard the nucleus
Scientists solve the long-standing mystery of how nuclear pore complexes make split-second decisions about which molecules to allow to pass through their molecular gates.
Jeffrey M. Friedman is awarded the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize
Friedman is recognized for his discovery of the hormone leptin, establishing a biological basis for obesity.
Rockefeller University Press returns to campus
After decades operating off campus, the university’s scientific publishing arm has a sunny new office on the top floor of Weiss. 
Breaking bread and building bonds
Rockefeller’s new Community Connections Lunch Series invites colleagues to take a break, meet new people, and share in a sense of belonging.
How cells move and change shape—and why it matters for our health
Greg Alushin is decoding how the body’s building blocks sense and respond to force, with implications for everything from cancer to developmental disorders.
Pickleball mania comes to Rockefeller
There are a variety of ways to participate in the wildly popular sport on campus.
What could an ant’s sense of smell teach us about social organization?
Scientists have revealed a previously unknown form of ofaction gene regulation that may be broadly shared across insect species—opening up a new window into studying connections between genes and social behaviors.
Nearly a thousand kids and their families attend Rockefeller’s annual science festival
RockEDU’s annual festival for kids in kindergarten through grade eight, drew another excited and energized crowd.
Preserving synaptic communication may be key to preventing neurodegeneration
By boosting a single protein, PI31, Rockefeller scientists restored a cleanup system in the brain—preventing neuronal degeneration and extending lifespan in flies and mice, and potentially pointing toward a new strategy for treating Alzheimer's and related disorders.
Peggy Rockefeller concert series kicks off new season
The popular chamber music series, featuring acclaimed artists performing in Caspary Auditorium, returns on September 30.
Six postdocs from around the world share their experience at Rockefeller
In celebration of National Postdoc Week, we spoke with several young scientists around campus about life at Rockefeller.
How an ant's nose knows
New study reveals a previously unknown mechanism that ensures that each olfactory neuron expresses only one odorant receptor, with broad implications for the study of gene regulation.
Increasing levels of the protein PI31 demonstrates neuroprotective effects in mice
Boosting PI31 has been shown to head off Parkinson’s-like disorders and extend lifespan in fruit flies and mice, pointing to a possible new therapeutic target for treating rare neurodegenerative diseases, as well as more common disorders, such as Alzheimer's.
There are countless species of bacteria scientists have never seen. This lab develops techniques that allow scientists to see them.
Their newest technique has already uncovered hundreds of hidden bacterial genomes and two promising antibiotics. Now, the same approach could unlock an entire microbial universe—reshaping drug discovery and our understanding of how bacteria shape our environment.
Hundreds of new bacteria, and two potential antibiotics, found in soil
Newly identified compounds appear effective against drug-resistant bacteria. The technique used to reveal them could uncover many more antibiotics, as well as help illuminate a previously hidden microbial world.
Developmental biologist Maria Jasin wins the 2025 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Jasin's fundamental research on repair of damaged DNA in cells has transformed our understanding of cancers linked to inherited gene mutations. She will be presented with the award on September 16.
Researchers keep a mammalian cochlea alive outside the body for the first time
The technological breakthrough may improve our understanding of the cellular mechanisms behind hearing and its loss, which remain poorly understood.
David Baltimore, Rockefeller's sixth president, has passed away
An extraordinary scientist, Baltimore’s discovery of reverse transcriptase—the copying of RNA into DNA that could be inserted into the genome—had profound implications in biology.
These genetic insights into rheumatoid arthritis could help design better treatments
Dana Orange’s research may help predict flares, provide precise drug targets, and enable interventions that block symptoms before they begin.
Campus club discusses milestone discoveries with the Rockefeller researchers who made them
The monthly lunch series offers attendees the chance to break bread with prominent scientists on campus.
A. James Hudspeth, neuroscientist who unlocked secrets of hearing, has died
Hudspeth, a Rockefeller neuroscientist who discovered how sound waves are converted into electrical signals in the ear’s cochlea, was 79.
Mitochondrial antioxidant found to drive breast cancer metastasis
Researchers have learned that the antioxidant glutathione, when operating inside mitochondria, is a key factor enabling tumors to spread from the breast to the lung.
Immunotherapy drug eliminates aggressive cancers in clinical trial
The researchers demonstrate that an engineered antibody improves a class of drugs that has struggled to make good on its early promise.
Researchers gather to investigate the building blocks of social behavior
From mosquito courtship to primate memory, a recent symposium hosted by the Rockefeller’s Price Family Center and the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University highlighted ongoing research into how social behaviors emerge.
RockEDU helps local teachers reimagine classroom research
Developed through Rockefeller’s summer outreach program, the “RockEDU Sandbox” offers a path to hands-on inquiry that sparks curiosity and exploration, on and off campus.
New tool helps predict antibiotic resistance
Using the novel platform could help pharmaceutical companies design longer lasting drugs.
Symposium highlights growing synergy in infectious disease research
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations that are leading to more breakthroughs, faster.
How ant queens are made
New research offers fresh insight into how different morphological types and social roles emerge in ant societies, confirming that size is coupled to caste, with genes ultimately deciding how size and caste are related within the context of a colony.
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