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Mike Rossner takes the helm at The Rockefeller University Press
Managing editor of the JCB assumes responsibility for the university’s scientific publishing unit by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Mike Rossner, who has served as managing editor of the Journal of Cell Biology since 1997, was promoted to executive director of The Rockefeller University Press, effective De...
Paul Nurse co-hosts new PBS show with Charlie Rose
The 'Charlie Rose Science Series' brings current research, and researchers, into the public eye by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Paul Nurse is taking his views on science and society, well known in the Rockefeller community, to a wider forum: a new public television series. Dr. Nurse is co-host, with Emmy...
McKinney to head new lab at EPFL
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN John McKinney, associate professor and head of Rockefeller’s Laboratory of Infection Biology, has accepted a new appointment at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, as a professor in the recently established Global Health Institute withi...
Milestones
Awarded: Science Outreach students Theodore Drivas (2006, Gadsby Lab, mentor Attila Gulyas Kovacs) and Christopher Loo (2005–06, Chua Lab, mentors Rafael Catala-Rodriguez and Nam-Hai Chua), semifinalists in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search. Jeffrey M. Friedman, the Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko...
Rockefller donated $10,000 to public school
The Rockefeller University has donated $10,000 to New York City’s Public School 183, Robert Lewis Stevenson Elementary School. The money is designated for the school’s science program and will be used to purchase equipment and supplies and pay for other costs associated with teaching science to ...
Rockefelller, with 42 other institutions, to create regional academic job bank
A new partnership among 43 leading higher education institutions in the region, including Rockefeller University, announced its first product today: a comprehensive job bank of academic opportunities in the greater New York City and southern Connecticut region. The partnership, known as the Metro...
Chromosome linked to cholesterol absorption
Normal mice don’t have to worry about their cholesterol, but mice from Jan Breslow’s lab at Rockefeller University do. By genetically altering mice to isolate genes that are important for the regulation of cholesterol levels, scientists are helping unravel the genetics of heart disease. His late...
Chemical immunologist recruited to head new Rockefeller lab
A faculty search process begun last year has yielded its second successful recruit, the chemical immunologist Howard Hang, who will join The Rockefeller University as assistant professor and head of the Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis in early 2007. Hang, who comes to Ro...
Twenty-eight degrees awarded at Rockefeller's 48th convocation
Rockefeller University’s 48th Convocation, held yesterday, marked the completion of graduate studies for 28 students. Twenty-six of this year’s 28 graduates participated in a formal presentation of Ph.D.s held in Caspary Auditorium on the university’s Manhattan campus. President Paul Nurse a...
Natural products chemist to become Rockefeller's newest lab head
Following a yearlong search process involving an applicant pool of close to 700 candidates, Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse has announced that Sean Brady, a chemical biologist with a background in organic chemistry, microbiology and plant biology, will become assistant professor and h...
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