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llamas participating in research
Innovative approach opens the door to COVID nanobody therapies
The relatively simple and low-cost procedure could empower laboratories in low-resource areas to generate nanobodies against SARS-CoV-2, as well as other viruses.

Latest news
New technique captures unprecedented view of the active brain
The tech, dubbed MesoLF, captures 10,500 neurons buried at once-inaccessible depths, firing from brain regions many millimeters apart, simultaneously—all with unprecedented resolution.
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Pioneering forestry researcher Suzanne Simard to receive the 2023 Lewis Thomas Prize
The author of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest will be presented with Rockefeller’s prestigious science writing award on April 17.
Mixed colony of wild-type and queen-like mutant clonal raider ants
Illuminating the evolution of social parasite ants
The findings offer a new way to understand how some ants become total layabouts.
Emil Gotschlich in the lab
Emil C. Gotschlich, creator of lifesaving vaccines, has died
A molecular chemist whose work has protected millions of people from bacterial meningitis, Gotschlich passed away on February 14. He was 88.

Featured science news

Featured campus news

Elaine Fuchs awarded Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
Fuchs receives the honor for illuminating the genetics of skin diseases and the mechanisms that guide skin renewal, yielding insights into aging, inflammation, and cancer.
Remembering a pioneer of chromatin biology
Charles David Allis, a molecular biologist who shaped the field of chromatin biology, died on January 8 at the age of 71.
A new institute devoted to research on global infectious disease is funded by a $75 million grant
Rockefeller’s new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research will provide a framework for international scientific collaboration.

Latest awards & honors

Alipasha Vaziri is elected as a Fellow Member of Optica
November 9, 2022
Jeffrey V. Ravetch is honored with National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award
November 8, 2022

Rockefeller in the news

New Scientist
Rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups linked to gum disease
February 22, 2023
The Washington Post
David Allis, researcher who explored ‘on-off’ switch in genes, dies at 71
January 21, 2023
The New York Times
Ant Milk: It Does a Colony Good
November 30, 2022
Popular Mechanics
Scientists Have Finally Discovered Why Some People Are Mosquito Magnets
November 2, 2022

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