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Three Rockefeller researchers chosen for the Biohub NY Immune Cell Reprogramming Program
The Rockefeller teams will map immune cell interactions, engineer cells as drug delivery systems, and activate immune responses in hard-to-treat cancers.

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Theodora Hatziioannou (Credit: Chris Taggart)
Studying two very different viruses is helping this virologist develop new strategies for more potent antiviral treatments
Theodora Hatziioannou used her expertise on HIV-1 to gain insights into SARS-Co-V-2, and vice versa. The potential applications of her insights could be much broader.
Rockefeller’s Biotech Club is holding a series of talks that explore different facets of entrepreneurship.
New club helps early career scientists explore the challenges and rewards of becoming an entrepreneur
The Rockefeller University Biotech Club is offering a series of talks, bringing in startup founders and industry experts to share their experience of turning lab discoveries into companies.
Upon inflammation, mouse epidermal stem cells (green) proliferate and upregulate H2A.Z (red), a histone variant essential for the long-term propagation of inflammatory memory. (Credit: Fuchs lab)
Key driver of long-term inflammatory memory identified
Researchers used a combination of wet lab research and deep machine learning to pinpoint distinct genetic sequences, work that could inform therapeutic strategies for chronic inflammation.
Structure of Ndc80 complex bound to microtubule. Ndc80 complex is the major microtubule3binding module at the kinetochore. Green: α-tubulin, light-blue:β-tubulin, dark blue: HEC1 (a4subunit of the Ndc80 complex), and yellow: NUF2 (a subunit of the Ndc80 complex). (Credit: Funabiki lab)
Microtubules discovered to play an active role in correctly distributing chromosomes during cell division
Long thought to serve as cellular scaffolding, microtubules also reshape the proteins that bind to them—guiding enzyme activity to prevent genetic errors linked to cancer.

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Movie series debuts on campus
Grab some popcorn and soda in Carson Family Auditorium.
Rockefeller expands professional development training
The university’s HR department launches a new feature on its centralized platform, which brings together digital tools, leadership training, and in-person learning.
Two Rockefeller students are named Weintraub Award winners
Gabriella Chua, who did her Ph.D. research in Shixin Liu’s Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics, and Andrea Terceros, who did her Ph.D. research in Priya Rajasethupathy’s Skoler Horbach Family Labora...

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Jeffrey Friedman is included in the Forbes 250 America’s Greatest Innovators List
February 11, 2026
Svetlana Mojsov is named the King Faisal Prize Winner
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