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Elaine Fuchs awarded distinguished medal from New York Academy of Medicine

Elaine Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor and head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University, will be awarded the 2012 Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science from the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), for her innovati...

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Good Viruses Will Fight Acne as 1915 Discovery Is Revived   "The research re-energizes a century-old treatment method that was abandoned with the rise of antibiotics during World War II. As germs have built up a resistance to those drugs in recent years, scientists are seeking alternatives and th...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: October 15, 2012

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: October 15, 2012 Effects of long DNA folding and small RNA stem-loop in thermophoresis Yusuke T. Maeda, Tsvi Tlusty and Albert Libchaber

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109:16498-16503 (10-9-12)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109:16498-16503 Structural evolution of the membrane-coating module of the nuclear pore complex Xiaoping Liu, Jana M. Mitchell, Richard W. Wozniak, Günter Blobel and Jie Fan
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Flexner move-ins begin as construction winds down

by ZACH VEILLEUX After five years of work, construction on the Collaborative Research Center is drawing to a close, and crews are now in the final stages of finishing work to outfit laboratories and install equipment in Flexner Hall.   “Labs on several floors are actually complete an...
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Shai Shaham and Sean Brady receive promotions

by LESLIE CHURCH and ZACH VEILLEUX Two Rockefeller faculty members have received promotions, both of which were approved by the Board at its June 7 meeting. Shai Shaham, head of the Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, has been awarded tenure and promoted to professor; Sean Brady, head of the La...
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New faces on campus

The newest graduate students are here and ready to don their lab coats. There are 27 students — 18 are a part of the Rockefeller Ph.D. program, one student is in the Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology program and eight are M.D.-Ph.D. students. First row: Mariel Bartley, Joan Pulupa, Dylan Kwart...
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Following in dad's footsteps

by LESLIE CHURCH Frank Pansini has done stone setting work all over New York City, but restoring the marble path in front of Caspary has a special meaning for him — it’s the same path his father put in place 50 years ago. Mr. Pansini, owner of U.S. Stone Setting, Inc., was hired by Turner Const...
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The Rockefeller University Press’s ‘Google Earth’-like tool for cell biology

by LESLIE CHURCH In science, seeing the big picture is key. The Rockefeller University Press has taken that literally. Using an online image publishing tool they originally developed in 2008, The Journal of Cell Biology (JCB) has released what it believes is the largest image ever published onlin...
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FY2012 budget closes with modest deficit

by ZACH VEILLEUX The university’s fiscal year 2012 operating budget ended with a $6.8 million deficit, largely the result of reduced endowment spending over the past three years. But the shortfall was expected and has been covered with reserve money from prior year budget surpluses. “The fis...
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