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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...

New research retraces connections between nose and brain

Every second our noses are bombarded with hundreds of smells, some pleasant, others not. Before we can react, however, our brains must first recognize an odor, and there are multiple steps between the nose and the brain. New research by Rockefeller’s Peter Mombaerts delves into the function and w...

Study of neurons leads scientists to re-envision vision

As we age, our eyes change shape — that’s why you see your eye doctor every year. But new research from Rockefeller University suggests that how the brain interprets visual information also changes with experience. And by studying the way in which nerve cells form connections between the eye and...

Four Rockefeller scientists elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Four Rockefeller University scientists — Titia de Lange, Charles D. Gilbert, Michael E. O’Donnell and Jeffrey V. Ravetch — have been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the ...

Netrin molecules help neruons shed their symmetry

For years, scientists have known that netrin molecules help guide growing neurons and their axons — the long tendrils that conduct electrical signals. But new research shows that these proteins are also important for helping create the neuron’s characteristically asymmetrical shape. In a recent ...

Paul Nurse elected fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an independent policy research center that undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy announced the election April 24. Founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bow...

Newly discovered protein kills Anthrax bacteria by exploding their cell walls

Not all biological weapons are created equal. They are separated into categories A through C, category A biological agents being the scariest: They are easy to spread, kill effectively and call for special actions by the pubic health system. One of these worrisome organisms is anthrax, which has ...

Genetic data from an island population proves to be useful tool in understanding disease

With fewer than 4,000 residents, the genetically isolated Micronesian island of Kosrae, in the West Pacific, provides an ideal population in which to research heritability of disease. Over the last 12 years, Rockefeller University researchers have been collecting blood samples and other data from...

Help for bleeding hearts: new research links a third protein to blood-clotting disorders

Studying receptors on the surface of blood platelets, sticky cells that cause blood to clot, has given one Rockefeller researcher new insight into potential causes and treatments for certain cardiovascular diseases. Barry Coller, David Rockefeller Professor and the university’s physician-in-chief...

McEwen to receive Pasarow Award

Rockefeller University’s Bruce McEwen, whose laboratory studies how the brain changes in response to stress and other experiences, will receive the 2005 Neuropsychiatry Research Award from the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation. The announcement was made this week by the Pasarow Foundation i...