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Remote-controlled genes trigger insulin production   "The work, in which a team used radio waves to switch on engineered insulin-producing genes in mice, is published today in Science. Jeffrey Friedman, a molecular geneticist at the Rockefeller University in New York and lead author of the study,...

Influenza “histone mimic” suppresses antiviral response

For a virus like influenza, the key to success isn’t in overpowering the immune system, it’s in tricking it. A team of researchers led by scientists at The Rockefeller University has identified a novel mechanism by which influenza viruses hijack key regulators of the human body’s normal antivi...

Rockefeller creates Cohn-Steinman Professorship to honor discoverers of dendritic cells

The Rockefeller University is creating the Cohn-Steinman Professorship to honor two of its most accomplished scientists, Nobel Prize winner Ralph Steinman and his mentor Zanvil A. Cohn, both of whom made seminal scientific discoveries that transformed the field of immunology. Steinman passed away...

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Gift to Support Lab Collaboration   "A pair of Rockefeller University scientists will forever be honored with a new professorship, designed to pay tribute to the spirit of collaboration and mentoring. It was 1970 when Ralph M. Steinman came to Rockefeller University to be a postdoc in the lab of ...

Nature online: April 4, 2012

Nature online: April 4, 2012 An RNA interference screen uncovers a new molecule in stem cell self-renewal and long-term regeneration Ting Chen, Evan Heller, Slobodan Beronja, Naoki Oshimori, Nicole Stokes and Elaine Fuchs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6205-6210 (April 17, 2012)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6205-6210 Human broadly neutralizing antibodies to the envelope glycoprotein complex of hepatitis C virus Erick Giang, Marcus Dorner, Jannick C. Prentoe, Marlène Dreux, Matthew J. Evans, Jens Bukh, Charles M. Rice, Alexander Ploss, Dennis R...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6181-6186 (April 17, 2012)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6181-6186 Mouse model recapitulating human Fcγ receptor structural and functional diversity Patrick Smith, David J. DiLillo, Stylianos Bournazos,Fubin Li and Jeffrey V. Ravetch

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6072-6077 (April 17, 2012)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6072-6077 RNA ligase RtcB splices 3'-phosphate and 5'-OH ends via covalent RtcB-(histidinyl)-GMP and polynucleotide-(3')pp(5')G intermediates Anupam K. Chakravartya, Roman Subbotin, Brian T. Chait and Stewart Shuman

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6175-6180 (April 17, 2012)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6175-6180 Viral-induced encephalitis initiates distinct and functional CD103+ CD11b+ brain dendritic cell populations within the olfactory bulb Paul M. D'Agostinoa, Changsoo Kwaka, Haley A. Vecchiarellia, Judit Gal Totha, James M. Millera, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 5779-5784 (April 10, 2012)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 5779-5784 Mutagenesis of pairwise combinations of histone amino-terminal tails reveals functional redundancy in budding yeast Jung-Ae Kima, Jer-Yuan Hsub, M. Mitchell Smithb and C. David Allis