Marc Paul Waase*
B.S., Cornell University The in Vivo Characterizations of Two Novel Genes in Mus musculus: ADAM11 and StARD5 presented by Jan L. Breslow It has been my privilege to work with Marc Waase since the summer of 2004, when he did a rotation in my laboratory followed by his Ph.D. thesis work. Marc came to...
Homare Yamahachi
Licenciado, University of Buenos Aires Circuit Dynamics of Adult Visual Cortex presented by Charles D. Gilbert Homare (Matias) Yamahachi did his undergraduate degree in biology at the faculty of natural sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work involves making a window on the living...
Yun Zhong
B.E., M.Eng., Osaka University Biochemical and Genetic Studies of Beclin 1 Function in Autophagy presented by Nathaniel HeintzYun Zhong arrived at Rockefeller from Osaka University, having completed both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biophysical engineering. While at Osaka, Yun won a series...
Announcements
Convocation is June 11. With 41 graduates, the class of 2009 is Rockefeller’s largest yet. Due to the large number of graduates, this year’s Convocation has been divided into a morning presentation ceremony and an afternoon hooding ceremony. The schedule of events: 10 a.m. Presentation of Gradua...
Alumna Agata Smogorzewska named to faculty
by THANIA BENIOS Agata Smogorzewska, a physician-scientist whose research focuses on DNA repair and on the molecular basis of Fanconi anemia, a genomic instability syndrome that leads to leukemia and other forms of cancer, is Rockefeller University’s newest faculty recruit. The 2002 Rockefeller a...
Karen Booth to head Child and Family Center
by ZACH VEILLEUX Karen Booth, a teacher and administrator with over 35 years of experience in early childhood education, has been named director of the university’s Child and Family Center. She will take over the center’s operations this summer, replacing Marjorie Goldsmith, who is leaving afte...
Telomerase researchers honored with Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Defenders of DNA. From left to right, the 2008 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize recipients Vicki Lundblad, Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth H. Blackburn. The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, Rockefeller University’s annual award for outstanding women in science, was presented th...
Hidesaburo Hanafusa, professor emeritus, dies at 79
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN As an innovative researcher, spirited colleague and devoted mentor, Hidesaburo Hanafusa’s renown reached around the globe. Though he retired from The Rockefeller University and returned to his native Japan more than a decade ago, his influence as a member of the Rockefelle...
Caremark to save Rockefeller $150,000 per year
by ZACH VEILLEUX A decision to replace the company that manages prescription drug benefits for personnel enrolled in The Rockefeller University Group Health Care Expense plan, implemented in March, is expected to result in cost savings of at least $150,000 per year, according to Virginia Huffman, v...
Heredity at the hospital
In 1944, Rockefeller scientists Oswald T. Avery, Colin M. MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty made the landmark discovery that DNA is the molecule responsible for carrying genetic information. Sixty-five years later, dozens of colleagues, family members and admirers gathered in the first-floor lobby of The R...