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Scientists detect an ancient odor-detecting mechanism in insects
In 1913 Theodore Roosevelt added cartographer to his resume when he and his crew ventured up an unspeakably dangerous and uncharted tributary named the River of Doubt. Now, on a charting expedition of their own, Rockefeller University scientists have completed a journey that has also defied expec...
Researchers develop a device that mimics one of nature's key transport machines
To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny transport machines called nuclear pore complexes: protein-coated holes surrounded by flimsy, unfolded protein...
Structural study backs new model for the nuclear pore complex
In higher organisms, the genetic material is confined and protected in the cell nucleus. In order for a healthy cell to function, the DNA must send manufacturing orders through the double membrane of the nucleus and into the cell’s cytoplasm, where the protein production factories are and where m...
Center for Clinical and Translational Science funds 18 new pilot studies
The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) has awarded 18 grants to university investigators in its third annual pilot-project grant program. The grants, which range from $2,000 to $25,000 each, will fund early studies in translational science that, if success...
Rockefeller microbiologist tests safety of spiked eggnog
With one in every 20,000 eggs contaminated with Salmonella bacteria, drinking homemade eggnog can be something of a gamble. But an experiment designed to test whether the alcohol in spiked eggnog can kill the deadly bugs suggests that, in general, few bacteria survive in a mixture containing both...
Single letter in the human genome points to risk for high cholesterol
Write out every letter in the human genome, one A, C, T or G per millimeter, and the text would be 1,800 miles long, roughly the distance from New York to Colorado. Now, in the search for genes that affect how humans synthesize, process and break down cholesterol, a consortium of researchers led ...
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Flu shots are available. Occupational Health Services is administering flu shots free of charge to all interested members of campus, including employees of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Population Council who work on the Rockefeller campus. Shots ...
World financial crisis impacts university budget
Turmoil in the world’s financial markets and a contraction of the national and local economies have begun to affect the university’s finances. In response, Rockefeller University’s administrators and trustees have initiated a review of the economic assumptions and models that drive the budget-...
Defensive protein killed ancient primate retroviruses, research suggests
Retroviruses are the worst sort of guest. Over eons, these molecular parasites have insinuated themselves into their hosts’ DNA and caused a ruckus. The poor hosts can’t even be rid of the intruders by killing them, because they stubbornly remain after death. As much as eight percent of the huma...
University funds temporarily frozen during banking crisis
As distress in the markets that buy and sell credit reached its crescendo in late September, the university’s finance office received some sudden news: On September 26, a short-term investment fund in which the university held some $45 million in operating capital would be frozen. The affected ac...
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