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Molecular Psychiatry 18: 943-950 (8-13)
Molecular Psychiatry 18: 943-950 The adhesion-GPCR BAI3, a gene linked to psychiatric disorders, regulates dendrite morphogenesis in neurons V. Lanoue, A. Usardi, S.M. Sigoillot, M. Talleur, K. Iyer, J. Mariani, P. Isope, G. Vodjdani, N. Heintz and F. Selimi
Scientists discover new way protein degradation is regulated
Proteins, unlike diamonds, aren’t forever. And when they wear out, they need to be degraded in the cell back into amino acids, where they will be recycled into new proteins. Researchers at Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have identified a new way that the cell’s pr...
Cell 153: 614-627 (4-25-13)
Cell 153: 614-627 Proteasome regulation by ADP-ribosylation Park F. Cho-Park and Hermann Steller
Nature online: April 24, 2013
Nature online: April 24, 2013 Random convergence of olfactory inputs in the Drosophila mushroom body Sophie J. C. Caron, Vanessa Ruta, L. F. Abbott and Richard Axel
Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Jeffrey Friedman elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced its new class of members today, including two Rockefeller University researchers. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Rockefeller president, Carson Family Professor and head of the Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, and Jeffrey M. Friedman, Marilyn M...
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Bring your child to work. In celebration of national Take Your Child to Work Day, Human Resources will host activities for 8- to 12-year-olds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 25. Children must be registered by April 19 and must be accompanied by an adult to attend. Space is limited. For more inform...
Welch Hall reopens as library and student center
By Zach Veilleux After nearly five years of construction, the final piece of the north campus modernization process is now complete and opens to the campus this month. The Welch Hall refurbishment, which began in January 2011, has finished on time and on budget and will link the north and south p...
Frozen in time: Flexner’s historic lab re-opens with early inventions on display
by LESLIE CHURCH You don’t always know you’re making history when it’s happening. But it’s a good idea to hang on to all the evidence, just in case. That’s exactly what Merrill W. Chase did when he began collecting instruments invented at Rockefeller throughout the twentieth century. And ...
CRC auditorium is named for Russ Carson
By Zach Veilleux For the first time since 1958, there’s a new auditorium in town. The CRC auditorium, the last piece of the Collaborative Research Center to be finished, opened January 25, and has been named the Carson Family Auditorium in honor of Russ Carson, chair of the university’s Board o...
Scientists displaced by Sandy take refuge at Rockefeller
by LESLIE CHURCH When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, Susan Zolla-Pazner thought her lab would be fine. On the 18th floor of the Veterans Affairs Hospital at First Avenue and 23rd Street, the lab wasn’t in danger of flooding. But when millions of gallons of water surged over the banks of the E...
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