The Rockefeller University

Abbas, Malak
Postdoctoral Associate

TBD

Adi, Alana
Student

TBD

Elalouani, Meryeme
Student

TBD

Kow, Lee-Ming
Senior Research Associate

Lee-Ming Kow, Ph.D., a CalTech educated biophysicist, he has published more than 100 papers. His work on rapid membrane-initiated hormone actions complements classical treatments of hormone receptors as ligand-activated transcription factors.

Martinez, Priscilla
Research Assistant

TBD

Mikhaylov, Avi
Student

TBD

Pfaff, Donald
Head of Laboratory

Donald Pfaff, Ph.D., is interested in the use of current neuroscientific knowledge to understand problems of human behavior.

Yuabov, Michelle
Research Assistant

Michelle Yuabov, an undergraduate honors student (Hunter) working with Dr. Kandel.

News

July 23, 2018

Giant neurons in the brain may play similarly giant role in awareness and cognition

Scientists find that certain neurons release nitric oxide onto nearby blood vessels, and potentially use this mechanism to control awareness in the brain.

March 8, 2017

Study tests the “three-hit” theory of autism

Since the first case was documented in the United States in 1938, the causes of autism have remained elusive. Hundreds of genes, as well as environmental exposures, have been implicated in these brain disorders. Sex also seems to have something to do with it: About 80 percent of children diagnosed…...