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Searching for drugs in dirt, researchers call on citizen scientists

Microbes are not only a rich source of disease, but also a rich source of medicines, and experts think many life-saving compounds produced by as-yet-unnamed bacteria are awaiting discovery. But they don’t always give up their secrets easily. Researchers must know where to look to find promising b...
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Rockefeller ranks first in scientific impact among list of global institutions

The Rockefeller University has the highest percentage of frequently cited scientific publications of 750 top universities worldwide, according to the CWTS Leiden Ranking, which measures citation impact and scientific collaboration. The ranking, conducted by the Center for Science and Technology S...
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NY City Council approves new Rockefeller laboratory building

The Rockefeller University’s proposal to build a two-story, 160,000 square foot building over the FDR Drive adjacent to its campus passed an important milestone today with the City Council’s vote to approve the plan. The project now awaits final approval by the mayor following a five-day review ...

Journal of Experimental Medicine online: May 12, 2014

Journal of Experimental Medicine online: May 12, 2014 A novel Aβ-fibrinogen interaction inhibitor rescues altered thrombosis and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease mice Hyung Jin Ahn, J. Fraser Glickman, Ka Lai Poon, Daria  Zamolodchikov, Odella C. Jno-Charles, Erin H. Norris and Sidney Str...
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Tri-Institutional Breakthrough Prize winners establish new award for postdocs

Three winners of the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Charles L. Sawyers of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Cornelia I. Bargmann of the Rockefeller University and Lewis C. Cantley of Weill Cornell Medical College, have used a portion of their awards to establish a new annua...

Journal of Experimental Medicine 211(6):1049-62

Journal of Experimental Medicine 211(6):1049-62 A novel Aβ-fibrinogen interaction inhibitor rescues altered thrombosis and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease mice Hyung Jin Ahn, J. Fraser Glickman, Ka Lai Poon, Daria Zamolodchikov, Odella C. Jno-Charles, Erin H. Norris and Sidney Strickland

Cell 157: 935-949 (14-5-8)

Cell 157: 935-949 Transit-amplifying cells orchestrate stem cell activity and tissue regeneration Ya-Chieh Hsu, Lishi Li and Elaine Fuchs  
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Stem cell progeny tell their parents when to turn on

Stem cells switch off and on, sometimes dividing to produce progeny cells and sometimes resting. But scientists don’t fully understand what causes the cells to toggle between active and quiet states. New research in Elaine Fuchs’ Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development focused on s...

Neuron 82: 682-694 (14-5-7)

Neuron 82: 682-694 Incremental integration of global contours through interplay between visual cortical areas Minggui Chen, Yin Yan, Xiajing Gong, Charles D. Gilbert, Hualou Liang and Wu Li
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Discovery helps explain how B cells adapt to their targets

Over the weeks following an invasion by a disease-causing microbe, the human immune system fine tunes its defenses, producing proteins called antibodies that are ever more precisely targeted at the invader. New research in Michel Nussenzweig’s Laboratory of Molecular Immunology helps explain how ...
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