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Could Bacteria-Fighting Viruses Replace Overused Antibiotics?   "The first trials for patient safety are expected to start this year. It is a moment that Vincent Fischetti, a 71-year-old microbiologist at the Rockefeller University, has been approaching for decades. A child of working-class paren...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 17, 2012

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 17, 2012 Mild exercise increases dihydrotestosterone in hippocampus providing evidence for androgenic mediation of neurogenesis Masahiro Okamoto, Yasushi Hojo, Koshiro Inoue, Takashi Matsui, Suguru Kawato, Bruce S. McEwen and Hideak...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 17, 2012

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: July 17, 2012 Mild exercise increases dihydrotestosterone in hippocampus providing evidence for androgenic mediation of neurogenesis Masahiro Okamoto, Yasushi Hojo, Koshiro Inoue, Takashi Matsui, Suguru Kawato, Bruce S. McEwen and Hideak...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 11699-11704 (July 17, 2012)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 11699-11704 Molecular mechanism of proton transport in CLC Cl-/H+ exchange transporters Liang Feng, Ernest B. Campbell and Roderick MacKinnon

Genes & Development 26: 1626-1642 (July 15, 2012)

Genes & Development 26: 1626-1642 Ptbp2 represses adult-specific splicing to regulate the generation of neuronal precursors in the embryonic brain Donny D. Licatalosi, Masato Yano, John J. Fak, Aldo Mele, Sarah E. Grabinski, Chaolin Zhang and Robert B. Darnell

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology online: July 15, 2012

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology online: July 15, 2012 Phosphorylation of histone H3 Ser10 establishes a hierarchy for subsequent intramolecular modification events Stamatios Liokatis, Alexandra Stützer, Simon J Elsässer, Francois-Xavier Theillet, Rebecca Klingberg, Barth van Rossum, Dirk Sc...

Convocation 2012

  The 2012 Convocation honored one of the largest graduating classes in Rockefeller history with 40 Ph.Ds awarded, bringing the total number of Rockefeller alumni to 1,110. Celebrations included an evening reception for the graduates and their families, a luncheon, the traditional cap-and-gown p...

Honorary degree recipients advanced knowledge of RNA function

by LESLIE CHURCH  Two pioneers in the field of molecular biology were recipients of the honorary doctor of science degree at the June 14 Convocation ceremony: Rockefeller’s own James E. Darnell Jr., Vincent Astor Professor Emeritus and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, and Yale U...

Daniel Gilmer awarded David Rockefeller Fellowship

by LESLIE CHURCH Daniel Gilmer, a graduate fellow in Vincent A. Fischetti’s lab, has been awarded the 2012 David Rockefeller Fellowship, given each year to an outstanding third-year student for demonstrating exceptional promise in science and leadership. A native of Central Florida, Mr. Gilmer...

Teaching awards honor Brivanlou and Fuchs

Ali H. Brivanlou (right), head of the Laboratory of Molecular Vertebrate Embryology, and Elaine Fuchs, head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, were this year’s recipients of Distinguished Teaching Awards. The awards were established in 2005 to recognize outstanding indiv...