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Gene is linked to deadly runaway fungal infection

For most people, a fungal infection like athlete’s foot means a simple trip to the drugstore and a reminder to bring shower shoes to the gym. But in very rare cases, fungal infections can spread below the skin’s surface and onto the lymph nodes, bones, digestive tract or even the brain. Research...
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Rockefeller scientists among those involved in search for Higgs boson

This week’s announcement that two physicists have received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of the Higgs boson is also a victory for thousands of scientists, including more than 2,000 from the United States, who worked to collect data and analyze results from particle collisions con...

Cell 155: 345-356 (10-10-13)

Cell 155: 345-356 Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of telomeres reveals TRF2-dependent t-loop formation Ylli Doksani, John Y. Wu, Titia de Lange and Xiaowei Zhuang

Nature Biotechnology online: October 6, 2013

Nature Biotechnology online: October 6, 2013 Strategic addition of an N-linked glycan to a monoclonal antibody improves its HIV-1-neutralizing activity Ruijiang Song, Deena A. Oren, David Franco, Michael S. Seaman and David D. Ho
Awards and Honors

Neurobiologist Vanessa Ruta receives New Innovator Award to fund research on memory wiring in the brain

Vanessa Ruta, head of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior, is the latest Rockefeller scientist to be given a prestigious NIH Director’s Award, a collection of awards that recognize highly innovative approaches to contemporary challenges in biomedical research. The New Innovator Award, ...
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Trio of New York biomedical institutions join forces to accelerate drug development

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medical College announced today that they have formed the pioneering Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. (Tri-I TDI) and have partnered with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. This new, grou...

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NYC cockroach study: Bugs vary by neighborhood   "Over the past year, Mark Stoeckle and his team from Rockefeller University did some pretty dirty work, collecting hundreds of dead cockroaches for the National Cockroach Project, a study aimed at analyzing the usually unwelcome creatures."

Cell 155: 107-120 (9-26-13)

Cell 155: 107-120 Hira-dependent histone H3.3 deposition facilitates PRC2 recruitment at developmental loci in ES cells Laura A. Banaszynski, Duancheng Wen, Scott Dewell, Sarah J. Whitcomb, Mingyan Lin, Nichole Diaz, Simon J. Elsässer, Ariane Chapgier, Aaron D. Goldberg, Eli Canaani, Shahin Rafii...

Developmental Cell online: September 25, 2013

Developmental Cell online: September 25, 2013 Chromatin-bound Xenopus Dppa2 shapes the nucleus by locally inhibiting microtubule assembly John Z. Xue, Eileen M. Woo, Lisa Postow, Brian T. Chait and Hironori Funabiki

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: September 25, 2013

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: September 25, 2013 Adaptor complex AP2/PICALM, through interaction with LC3, targets Alzheimer's APP-CTF for terminal degradation via autophagy Yuan Tian, Jerry C. Chang, Emily Y. Fan, Marc Flajolet and Paul Greengard
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