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Congratulations to our latest award winners:

Cori Bargmann has been awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Oxford. Dr. Bargmann was one of nine distinguished figures who was celebrated at Encaenia, the university’s annual honorary degree ceremony, on June 22. Dr. Bargmann is Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and head of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior(opens in new window).

Postdoctoral fellow John Maciejowski has won the 2016 Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation. The national award, given by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., honors innovative young scientists based on proposals they submit that have the potential to drive biomedical research forward. Dr. Maciejowski, of Titia de Lange’s Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics(opens in new window), will receive a $50,000 prize and a $5,000 donation to Rockefeller to support a seminar series.

Michel C. Nussenzweig has received the 2016 Robert Koch Award. Nussenzweig will share the €100,000 prize, given by the Robert Koch Foundation of Germany, with Alberto Mantovani from Humanitas University for their outstanding achievements in immunology. They will be honored at a formal ceremony in November. Dr. Nussenzweig is senior physician at The Rockefeller University Hospital and Zanvil A. Cohn and Ralph M. Steinman Professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology.

The Rockefeller community welcomes its latest hires:

Oladapo Adaramola, Visiting Medical Student, Coller Laboratory
(opens in new window)Terieke Anthony, Animal Attendant, Comparative Bioscience Center
Alyssa Ayala, Research Assistant, Greengard Laboratory
(opens in new window)Miles Barney, Research Assistant, Greengard Laboratory
(opens in new window)Juan Carlos Bautista, Assistant Teacher, Child and Family Center
Erol Bayraktar, Postdoctoral Associate, Birsoy Laboratory
(opens in new window)Rachel Belote, Postdoctoral Associate, Simon Laboratory
(opens in new window)Dakota Blackman, Research Assistant, Freiwald Laboratory
(opens in new window)Sergio Botero, Postdoctoral Associate, Simon Laboratory
(opens in new window)Rachel Caron, Research Assistant, Rosenberg Laboratory
(opens in new window)Michael Chang, Research Assistant, Tuschl Laboratory
(opens in new window)Courtney Chiu, Research Assistant, Darst Laboratory
Paolo de Angelis, Research Assistant, McEwen Laboratory
(opens in new window)Lily Delalande, Research Assistant, Liu Laboratory
(opens in new window)Andreia Estrela, Postdoctoral Associate, Brady Laboratory
(opens in new window)Ava Farrell, Research Assistant, Greengard Laboratory
(opens in new window)Shlomo Finkin, Postdoctoral Associate, Nussenzweig Laboratory
Erin Flansburg, Associate Controller, Finance Controllers Office
Kadija Fofana, Recruitment Specialist, Hospital Clinical Research Office
Peter Fridy, Postdoctoral Associate, Rout Laboratory
(opens in new window)Stefanie Gerstberger, Postdoctoral Associate, Tuschl Laboratory
(opens in new window)Jose Angel Gonzalez, Visiting Medical Student, Krueger Laboratory
(opens in new window)Ava Griffith, Grants Management Specialist, Sponsored Research and Program Development
Zhanna Hakhverdyan, Postdoctoral Associate, Rout Laboratory
(opens in new window)Jason Hawkes, Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Krueger Laboratory
(opens in new window)Madeline Hwee, Research Assistant, Ravetch Laboratory
(opens in new window)Peter Insley, Postdoctoral Associate, Shaham Laboratory
(opens in new window)Wenyan Jiang, Postdoctoral Associate, Marraffini Laboratory
(opens in new window)Pauline Johnson, Clinical Research Specialist, Hospital Medical Science
Moonjung Jung, Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Smogorzewska Laboratory
(opens in new window)Theodora Karagounis, Visiting Student, Nussenzweig Laboratory
Sean Kelly, Postdoctoral Associate, Comparative Bioscience Center
Lodoe Lama, Postdoctoral Associate, Tuschl Laboratory
(opens in new window)Jongmi Lee, Research Associate, Krueger Laboratory
(opens in new window)Youngmin Lee, Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Tuschl Laboratory
(opens in new window)Olga Leus, Human Resources Assistant, Human Resources
Logan Mendez, Research Assistant, Tavazoie Laboratory
(opens in new window)Katrina Millard, Clinical Research Nurse Practitioner, Nussenzweig Laboratory
Stefannie Moak, Research Assistant, Gilbert Laboratory
(opens in new window)Monica Mugnier, Postdoctoral Associate, Papavasiliou Laboratory
(opens in new window)Joy Pai, Bioinformatics Specialist, Nussenzweig Laboratory
Corrine Quirk, Research Assistant, Rice Laboratory
(opens in new window)Dennis Schaefer-Babajew, Visiting Student, Nussenzweig Laboratory
Tshering Sherpa, Research Assistant, Simon Laboratory
(opens in new window)Johanna Sotiris, Research Support Specialist, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Resource Center
Mukesh Babu Sundara Babu, Information Security Analyst, Information Technology
Mahira Tiwana, Research Assistant, Greengard Laboratory
(opens in new window)Donovan Ventimiglia, Postdoctoral Associate, Bargmann Laboratory
(opens in new window)Hanbin Wang, Research Assistant, Brivanlou Laboratory(opens in new window)

The following researchers have been promoted:

Stylianos Bournazos, to Research Assistant Professor, Ravetch Laboratory
(opens in new window)Juana Gonzalez, to Senior Research Associate, Krueger Laboratory
(opens in new window)Eve-Ellen Govek, to Staff Scientist, Hatten Laboratory
(opens in new window)Yuval Itan, to Research Assistant Professor, Casanova Laboratory(opens in new window)