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Research at the Rockefeller University

Research at the Rockefeller University
Our scientists ask tough questions, and have the passion and persistence to answer them.

Research Areas and Laboratories

20 Labs Chemical and Structural Biology
20 Labs Genetics and Genomics
20 Labs Immunology, Virology, and Microbiology
15 Labs Medical Sciences, Systems Physiology, and Human Genetics
37 Labs Molecular and Cell Biology
33 Labs Neurosciences and Behavior
6 Labs Organismal Biology and Evolution
13 Labs Physical, Mathematical, and Computational Biology
17 Labs Stem Cells, Development, Regeneration, and Aging

Clinical Research and The Rockefeller University Hospital

An exchange of ideas between fundamental research and clinical investigation is at the core of Rockefeller’s mission. The Rockefeller University Hospital serves as a crucial link between bench and bedside.

Clinical Research Studies 

Research studies conducted at The Rockefeller University Hospital offer volunteers the opportunity to advance research knowledge and medical progress.

Collaborations and Partnerships

Tri-Institutional and External Collaborations

Rockefeller scientists move discoveries beyond the laboratory through active collaborations in New York City and beyond.

Interdisciplinary Centers

Rockefeller’s interdisciplinary centers unite researchers in disparate labs around specific clinical goals, fostering collaboration.

Technology Transfer

The Office of Technology Transfer helps university personnel shepherd inventions, materials, and technologies into useful commercial products.

Research Support

Resource Centers

More than a dozen shared resource centers provide scientists with access to advanced tools and technology.

Research and Grant Assistance 

The Office of Sponsored Research and Program Development assists investigators with securing and managing sponsored research awards.

Markus Library

The university’s library supports the community with technology, innovation, and collaboration in the field of science information and communication.

Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D.
Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Rockefeller is an oasis of science. I had a very profound feeling about it from the moment I stepped onto the grounds. You have the freedom to follow your instincts and be creative. I love that and I thrive here.
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Jean-Laurent Casanova, M.D., Ph.D.
PROFESSOR
We come here with ideas, with a vision, and are given the autonomy to follow our instincts. Rockefeller allows us to do the transformative science that we anticipate will have an enduring impact on the well-being of our world.

The Rockefeller University Press 

For more than 100 years, the Rockefeller University Press has provided scientists and the public with peer-reviewed results of groundbreaking research.

Recent Scientific Publications

 
A Novel Case of IFNAR1 Deficiency Identified a Common Canonical Splice Site Variant in DOCK8 in Western Polynesia: The Importance of Validating Variants of Unknown Significance in Under-Represented Ancestries
 
Challenges, advances, and opportunities in RNA structural biology by Cryo-EM
 
Exclusive Characteristics of the p.E555K Dominant-Negative Variant in Autosom...

Recent Awards and Honors

2024 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

2024 National Academy of Sciences

News

New faculty member studies how to leverage microbial forces to combat climate change

Avi Flamholz joins Rockefeller to investigate how microbes process nutrients and how that understanding can help develop tools to better anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Winrich Freiwald wins 2025 Rosenstiel Award

Freiwald is honored for his groundbreaking work revealing biological mechanisms of facial recognition.

Newly discovered neurons change our understanding of how the brain handles hunger

A new cell type provides a missing piece of the neural network regulating appetite.

Upcoming Events

Harvey Society

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May the Force Be with You! Piezo Channels in Sensory Physiology and Disease

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The Immune System of Bacteria: Beyond CRISPR

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