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Rockefeller team finds flawed data in recent study relevant to coronavirus antiviral development
New research demonstrates that a previously published structure and mechanism for RNA capping at work in coronaviruses is incorrect, with potentially sweeping implications for the quest to develop drugs targeting these pathogens.
Why scientists and policy experts are trying to map the genomes of every animal, plant and fungal species in the US
The Vertebrate Genomes Project has set its sights on creating high-quality reference genomes to help answer some of science’s biggest questions.
Rockefeller to expand residential composting program
With support from students and city policy, the university’s popular residential composting program is helping turn food waste into community benefit
How an Alzheimer's peptide and a blood protein may combine to drive early disease pathology
New research suggests that amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers and the vascular protein fibrinogen may, when forming a complex, contribute to Alzheimer's disease.
Mapping how nutrients move through the body to treat cancer
Kivanç Birsoy is uncovering the hidden metabolic pathways that cancer cells exploit. His work could also optimize strategies for using nutrition to improve human health.
A community health hub that tends to body and mind
University Health and Wellness does everything from flu shots to biosafety level 3 testing.
43 students receive Ph.D.s at Rockefeller’s 67th convocation
Scientists Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool Karim, philanthropist Marlene Hess, and Nobel-prize winner Michael W. Young were also given honorary degrees.
New understanding of protein processing could have implications for Alzheimer’s and some cancers
Study provides a model for how different enzymes unfold proteins and remove tags, solving a longstanding mystery about how the two interact.
Rockefeller’s Rising Scholars Workshop opens doors to science
An immersive program helps undergraduates from minority-serving institutions envision futures in research
Novel method dramatically improves cryo-EM’s imaging capabilities
Researchers have devised a way to visualize molecules that are very rare, very small, or hard to produce naturally—including some viruses.
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