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New clues to hepatitis B species restriction could help build a novel model for studying infection and testing therapies
The study overturns decades-long assumptions about why HBV fails to infect mouse liver cells, pointing towards a new disease model.
Getting an unprecedented view of the molecular machines of life
Shixin Liu is pioneering new ways of studying the tiny proteins that copy and transcribe genetic code.
The antioxidant glutathione discovered to play a key role in proper protein folding
The findings may lead to new therapeutic interventions for certain types of neurodegeneration and cancers.
Programming the immune system to manufacture its own therapeutic proteins
By editing blood stem cells, researchers show that the immune system itself can be transformed into a durable, boostable source of therapeutic proteins—opening the door to novel treatments
Novel tool could identify new therapeutic targets in complex diseases like cancer
Researchers devised a platform for mapping the regulatory nodes where genetic variations converge to drive changes in cell behavior.
Symposium highlights SNFiRU's transition from incubator to engine
Three years in, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research has matured into a working pipeline connecting basic science and emerging therapies.
A new mouse model of virus-driven liver cancer may open the door to better diagnosis and treatments
Researchers created the first mouse model in which chronic viral infection progresses to liver cancer, closely mirroring what happens in people with hepatitis C.
Three Rockefeller researchers chosen for the Biohub NY Immune Cell Reprogramming Program
The Rockefeller teams will map immune cell interactions, engineer cells as drug delivery systems, and activate immune responses in hard-to-treat cancers.
Studying two very different viruses is helping this virologist develop new strategies for more potent antiviral treatments
Theodora Hatziioannou used her expertise on HIV-1 to gain insights into SARS-Co-V-2, and vice versa. The potential applications of her insights could be much broader.
New club helps early career scientists explore the challenges and rewards of becoming an entrepreneur
The Rockefeller University Biotech Club is offering a series of talks, bringing in startup founders and industry experts to share their experience of turning lab discoveries into companies.
Key driver of long-term inflammatory memory identified
Researchers used a combination of wet lab research and deep machine learning to pinpoint distinct genetic sequences, work that could inform therapeutic strategies for chronic inflammation.
Microtubules discovered to play an active role in correctly distributing chromosomes during cell division
Long thought to serve as cellular scaffolding, microtubules also reshape the proteins that bind to them—guiding enzyme activity to prevent genetic errors linked to cancer.
How ants distinguish friend from foe
Researchers find that ants continually update their sense of nestmate identity and tolerance for outsiders, a discovery that opens the door to studying the neural circuits behind social recognition.
Most mass spectrometers can process just a few molecules at once. A reengineered prototype does a billion simultaneously
Researchers laid the groundwork for tools that could one day make high-throughput, comprehensive single-cell protein analysis routine.
Movie series debuts on campus
Grab some popcorn and soda in Carson Family Auditorium.
Researchers discover an epigenetic switch that could be targeted by new cancer therapies
Researchers were able to shut down certain malignancies by disabling a protein complex that regulates cell differentiation.
This tiny cellular portal could open vast possibilities for medicine
Michael Rout has spent decades studying the molecular machinery that controls all traffic in and out of the cell’s nucleus. His research could lead to new treatments for cancer and viral diseases.
New tracking tool reveals how T cells adapt in different organs
Researchers uncovered immune dynamics that may inform future therapies for infection, cancer, and autoimmunity.
Rockefeller expands professional development training
The university’s HR department launches a new feature on its centralized platform, which brings together digital tools, leadership training, and in-person learning.
Astronomer Chris Impey to receive 2026 Lewis Thomas Prize
The annual Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science was established by Rockefeller’s trustees in 1993. On March 9, Impey will be honored for his exploration of life’s origins, exoplanets, and humanity’s place in the universe in a ceremony on campus.
Theodora Hatziioannou promoted to research professor
In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the understanding and treatment of infections caused by the HIV-1 and SARS CoV-2 viruses, Theodora Hatziioannou has been promoted to research professor.
Two Rockefeller students are named Weintraub Award winners
Gabriella Chua, who did her Ph.D. research in Shixin Liu’s Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics, and Andrea Terceros, who did her Ph.D. research in Priya Rajasethupathy’s Skoler Horbach Family Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition, have been honored with a prize considered to be one of the mo...
Scientists map how aging reshapes cells across the entire mammalian body
Age-related changes in cells are synchronized across organs, suggesting common molecular signals that could be targeted with drugs.
A new method reveals hidden rules of gene control
A new cell-free genomics framework isolates the primary impacts of transcription factors and establishes tuberculosis as a model for understanding how genes are regulated.
Even during one of the city's coldest winters, our science never takes a snow day
As New York endured severe snowstorms and its coldest winter in decades, the Plant Operations team kept science moving at Rockefeller's historic campus.
Biomedical science in the age of AI 
AI holds enormous potential for the biomedical sciences. To get there, scientists are addressing challenges around trustworthiness, training data, and tool design.
A protein thought to play a supporting role in DNA replication actually facilitates the whole process
Scientists have discovered that a protein once thought to simply help load a factor necessary for the copying of DNA, actually plays a key role in ensuring fast and reliable replication—an insight that could inform research into cancer and other diseases.
In rare cases, autoantibodies can cause severe reactions to a live-attenuated virus Chikungunya vaccine that has been discontinued in the U.S.
A new study shows that preexisting autoantibodies in a small subset of the population can allow weakened vaccine viruses to escape control, explaining some adverse events tied to this one kind of Chikungunya vaccine, which is no longer available in the U.S.
Study on brain navigation reveals function of an unconventional electrical-signaling mode in neurons
New work in fruit flies uncovers an electrical trick that allows neurons to compute direction efficiently by juggling multiple signaling mechanisms. These findings could reframe our understanding of how some neurons operate.
The color of your fat could determine the level of your blood pressure
Scientists knew that obesity raises the risk of hypertension. Now Paul Cohen's team has uncovered the mechanism—and the enzyme—that explains how fat can stiffen blood vessels and drive blood pressure upward.
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