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Hospital to grant master's degrees

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science begins degree program in clinical and translational research by TALLEY HENNING BROWN In 2010, The Rockefeller University will include more than Ph.D.s among its alumni. As part of the plan established when Rockefeller received its first Clinical a...
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Patricia Rosenwald and Peter Grauer join Board of Trustees

Patricia Rosenwald and Peter Grauer join Board of Trustees by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Patricia P. Rosenwald and Peter T. Grauer, familiar faces in New York philanthropy and business circles respectively, are the two newest faces of The Rockefeller University. Mrs. Rosenwald, alumna and former longti...
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Message in a bottleneck

Software bugs revealed during upgrades this summer caused unusual interruptions in e-mail service by TALLEY HENNING BROWNThe two Sun Microsystem servers that process and deliver the university’s e-mail look and perform a lot like any other desktop computer: a plastic box, a few fans, a processor,...
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Friday lectures under way

This year’s program, which began September 7, brings 30 speakers from some of the world’s top universities and institutions to Rockefeller for the university’s weekly lecture series. October 5  Allan C. Spradling director, department of embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington William ...
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On the wing

Butterfly gardens planted this spring have led to sightings of several different species across the Rockefeller campus. Photos taken by Anne Nurse, wife of President Paul Nurse, show, clockwise from top left, eastern tiger swallowtail, monarch, cabbage white and black swallowtail butterflies in ...
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Milestones

Awarded: C. David Allis, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Merck Award, for contributions to the field of chromatin biology. The award will be presented at the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in April in San Diego, California. Nina V. Fedoroff (alumna), the 2006 Nation...
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Viewing dye-packed vesicles causes them to explode

It’s a long-standing question: Can just the act of observing an experiment affect the results? According to a new study by Rockefeller University scientists, if the experiment uses a fluorescent dye called acridine orange, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Cells use a process called exocyto...
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Sizing cells up: Researchers pinpoint when a cell is ready to reproduce

For more than 100 years, scientists have tried to figure out the cell size problem: How does a cell know when it is big enough to divide? In research conducted in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), scientists at Rockefeller University have now identified the cellular event that marks the m...
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New cell death pathway involved in sperm development

Heavy and bulky sperm would not be good swimmers. To trim down, sperm rely on cell death proteins called caspases, which facilitate the removal of unwanted cellular material and radically remodel these cells into their sleek, light shape. New research from scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical ...
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Gene determines whether male body odor smells pleasant

To many, urine smells like urine and vanilla smells like vanilla. But androstenone, a derivative of testosterone that is a potent ingredient in male body odor, can smell like either — depending on your genes. While many people ascribe a foul odor to androstenone, usually that of stale urine or st...
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