18+ hour, 19+ min ago  (608+ words) The Rockefeller University Paula Volent Transitions to Senior Advisor Role after Five Years of Exemplary Service; Jun Yang Named Successor Paula Volent and Jun Yang After five years leading Rockefeller's Investment Office, Paula Volent has elected to step back from…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (346+ words) From left to right: Jeanne Garbarino, Anne van Vlimmeren, Jen Bohn, Adela Dujsikova, Raffia Ahmed, Parviz Daniel Hejazi Pastor, Kelly Eckartt, Sara Omer, and Sasha Mills (Credit: Jessi Hersh) Rockefeller is a place of facts, but it's also a place…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (358+ words) Left: Nerve fibers from healthy brain tissue are shown in magenta with support cells called glia in green. Right: Neurons deprived of PI31 are swollen and damaged. Glia are activated and enlarged as they try to remove faulty connections between cells....

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (94+ words) 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of Rockefeller's graduate program. (Credit: Scott Rudd) On June 4, The Rockefeller University's 2026 graduating class received their Ph. D. s in Caspary Hall in a ceremony that began with a luncheon in Welch Hall, followed by the traditional procession…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (367+ words) The event highlights the chemistry, biology, and neuroscience of food through tastings and sensory experiments. (Credit: Lori Chertoff) A new sort of lab is coming to Rockefeller on June 11 Kitchen Lab: Science Through the Lens of Food. The interactive experience,…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago  (315+ words) A new study tracking thousands of B cells across more than 100 germinal centers in mice reveals how the system consistently produces highly effective antibodies. Inside germinal centers, B cells rapidly mutate and compete to produce antibodies that bind successively better…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (226+ words) Alexander Talaie and Chidera Udedibia (Credit: Lori Chertoff) On May 20, dozens of research assistants presented posters explaining experiments they helped design, troubleshoot, and carry out across Rockefeller laboratories and facilities. For many, it was one of their first opportunities to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (730+ words) If you ask a child to draw an animal that doesn't exist, they'll often cobble together components from real ones'say, the body of a seal with an elephant's trunk, four octopus arms, and one lizard eye. In their findings, the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (620+ words) The Rockefeller University Svetlana Mojsov promoted to Research Professor Svetlana Mojsov, whose research led to the development of revolutionary obesity drugs, has been promoted. She is now Rockefeller's Lulu Chow Wang and Robin Chemers Neustein Research Professor. This promotion recognizes…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (733+ words) While much is mysterious about the aging process, change over time remains its cornerstone. The biological shifts that accompany aging seemingly occur in many cells in the body. The problem is, we have tens of billions of cells, and what…...