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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 24/09/2026

Rockefeller's @hirofunabiki.bsky.social studies how chromosomes are copied and maintained. In this Q&A, he discusses how this #basicresearch is shedding light on #cancer, rare #immunediseases, and even how our bodies recognize #viruses. 🔗: bit.ly/4xF17YV

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 23/09/2026

THREE Rockefeller scientists are being honored by the Blavatnik Awards this year! Trevor van Eeuwen of the #RoutLab and Barbara Bosch of the #CampbellLab have been named 2026 Laureates. Andreas Mueller of the #DarstLab has been named a finalist. Congratulations! 🎉 🔬 🎉

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 23/09/2026

Happy first day of fall from our beautiful campus 🍁 🍂 🍁

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 22/09/2026

We are thrilled to announce that molecular biologist and neuroscientist Catherine Dulac of @harvardmcb.bsky.social is the 2026 winner of Rockefeller's Pearl Meister Greengard Prize! Register now for the award ceremony on Oct 20. #WomenInScience 🔗: bit.ly/3V2pZMA

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 21/09/2026

Cysteine is essential for life, but toxic in excess. A new study from Rockefeller's Kivanc Birsoy in @natmetabolism.nature.com reveals why: free cysteine can unleash stored iron, overwhelming mitochondria and triggering a form of cell death. 🔗: bit.ly/4iG3UNI

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 16/09/2026

Rockefeller grad student Natalie Alexander of @thefuchslab.bsky.social investigates the connection between #obesity and #inflammation in skin—a focus she crafted by following her curiosity through different labs and scientific disciplines. 🔗: bit.ly/3VxJSuW

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 08/09/2026

In 1964, R. Bruce Merrifield published one of the most cited papers in scientific history, unveiling a method for synthesizing large peptides that later drove transformative advancements in drug development. In 1984, he won the @nobelprize.org in Chemistry. #125YearsofRockefeller

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 31/08/2026

Rockefeller researcher H. Keffer Hartline relied on the optical system of the horseshoe crab to make @nobelprize.org-winning discoveries about the complex interplay between the eye and the brain—work that inspired another Rockefeller laureate, Torsten Wiesel. #125YearsofRockefeller

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 25/08/2026

Rockefeller's Jaejin Kim of the Fuchs lab and Bailey Schultz of the Rock lab have been named @damonrunyon.org Fellows! Congratulations 🎉 🔗: bit.ly/4cj7Gby

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 24/08/2026

Rockefeller's Birsoy and Vinogradova (@katyavinogradova.bsky.social) labs have teamed up to study how cancer cells rewire their metabolism, and how these changes could be targeted therapeutically. 🔗: bit.ly/4zC8oLk

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 20/08/2026

A study from @vivrisca.bsky.social's lab in @lsajournal.org shows how the senescent state induced by #sarcoma and #breastcancer drugs drives #inflammation. The results point to a strategy for tuning therapies to avoid inflammation-promoting side effects. 🔗: bit.ly/4wIR5W2

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 19/08/2026

Congratulations to Rockefeller's Krithi Irmady (@splicendice.bsky.social), a 2026 recipient of the Fellows-to-Faculty Award from the @simonsfoundation.org! She investigates how RNA regulation shapes synaptic plasticity and neuronal function. 🔗: bit.ly/4yXUjrd

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 18/08/2026

"Sometimes the most esoteric science leads to new clinical or scientific implications that you didn’t see coming." In this Q&A, Robert Darnell tells us how an insight from a rare brain disease took his career in an unexpected direction. 🔗: bit.ly/4wtWMXH

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 17/08/2026

Rockefeller's Paul Greengard discovered chemical signaling is the primary way nerve cells communicate in the brain—a paradigm shift that greatly advanced the understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders and earned him a Nobel Prize in 2000. #125YearsofRockefeller

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 13/08/2026

In @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social: Paul Cohen's lab at Rockefeller finds that three minutes of sprinting can do something that 90 minutes of moderate exercise cannot: dramatically reshape the molecular contents of the bloodstream. #hearthealth #metabolicdisease #aging 🔗: bit.ly/3SuOD7y

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 10/08/2026

A new @pnas.org paper from Elizabeth Campbell and Seth Darst solves a longstanding mystery about how a class of antibiotics works and simultaneously reveals a key structural mechanism behind one of biology's most important enzymes: RNA polymerase. 🔗: bit.ly/45jaPV8

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 06/08/2026

In @cellpress.bsky.social: The @erichjarvis.bsky.social lab has produced the first complete genome assembly of a songbird. The study reveals thousands of previously hidden genes and chromosome structures, some of which may explain birds' remarkable vocal learning abilities. 🔗:https://bit.ly/4fUsRSp

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 05/08/2026

#Immunotherapy has proven to be a wonder drug—for some patients, against some cancers. Rockefeller scientists are providing striking new insights into the immune system that could help immunotherapy finally live up to its full potential. 🔗: bit.ly/4cfQCTJ

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 03/08/2026

Rockefeller's Elizabeth Campbell aims to kill harmful bacteria by shutting down its ability to access its own genes. We spoke to Campbell about watching a pathogen read its own DNA, and what her work means for treating #infectiousdisease. 🔗: bit.ly/3Rpl2vW

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 31/07/2026

Michael Young won the 2017 @nobelprize.org for his discovery of how genes control the 24-hour circadian rhythm. His work explains how internal clocks regulate sleep, eating behavior and metabolism. 26 scientists have won Nobel Prizes in our 125 year history. #125YearsofRockefeller

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 30/07/2026

In @cellpress.bsky.social: @sohailtavazoie.bsky.social's lab has discovered that #arginine deficiency interferes with #immunesystem gene expression. Increasing arginine in combination with other therapies could be used to help treat both #cancer and #viralinfections. 🔗: bit.ly/4pSQQ9g

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 28/07/2026

This #WorldHepatitisDay, we recognize the power of scientific discovery to change lives. Rockefeller's Charles Rice was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that led to the identification and control of the hepatitis C virus.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 27/07/2026

Congrats to Rockefeller's @tomaskay.bsky.social of @danielkronauer.bsky.social's lab, who has been named a 2026 Branco Weiss Fellow! Tomas investigates how cooperation and competition shape the evolution of animal societies, aiming to identify the traits that determine evolutionary success.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 23/07/2026

In @natmethods.nature.com: A tool from the #VaziriLab reveals how signals flow, cells connect, and computations emerge in a living mouse brain. FlatMux sets new benchmarks, imaging activity from ~200 neurons, deep in the mammalian brain, and across layers. 🔗: bit.ly/4hrbhaS

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 22/07/2026

A @nature.com study from the #RutaLab reveals how fruit flies store a #memory of how to relocate a #scent, even after it disappears. It depends a #brain region used by insects for #spatialnavigation, showing that odor tracking is not simply reflexive. 🔗: bit.ly/4wrKEHB

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 14/07/2026

Rockefeller's Charlie Rice has discovered that the brain prepares for a potential viral attack in advance, thanks to a signaling network that transmits advanced intelligence about infection from distal regions of the body. @cp-immunity.bsky.social 🔗: bit.ly/4hdtQ28

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 10/07/2026

New findings from Rockefeller's Robert Roeder in @cp-molcell.bsky.social could illuminate how the epigenetic modifier MLL4 helps switch genes on—including #cancer genes in #leukemia. 🔗: bit.ly/4yg5afE

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 08/07/2026

A new study from Rockefeller's @danielkronauer.bsky.social in @nature.com finds that parenting behavior in ants—who are highly attuned to their young—appears to have evolved in by repurposing ancient neural circuits rather than inventing entirely new brain systems. 🔗: bit.ly/4vUY6Uc

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 06/07/2026

RockEDU’s long-running "Jumpstart" program at Rockefeller gives NYC high school students access to authentic research experiences and a chance to envision themselves as scientists. 🔗: bit.ly/4oW9dta

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 01/07/2026

Sean Brady's approach to finding and studying drug candidates has identified new types of antibiotics. With better gene sequencing technologies the promise of improved AI modeling, Brady says what he’s found thus far is just the tip of the iceberg. 🔗: bit.ly/4ggBc4L

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 29/06/2026

This #AlzheimersandBrainAwarenessMonth we’re highlighting Rockefeller’s Nathaniel Heintz, whose work has helped identify abnormal pathways that feed into the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's, which may help stop the disease before these pathologies develop.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 24/06/2026

Chris Giuliano of the Birsoy lab has been selected as a 2026 #JCCFellow by @jcchildsfund.bsky.social! Giuliano studies how microbes share and trade nutrients to help reveal novel ways to treat cancer. Congratulations, Chris!

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 22/06/2026

A new protein-tracing platform from Rockefeller's Ekaterina Vinogradova and Paul Cohen in @cellpress.bsky.social reveals how fat and liver cells communicate during fasting, inflammation, and obesity, and links many of those signals to human disease. 🔗: bit.ly/4uOU9ik

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 17/06/2026

Alexander Lercher of Rockefeller's Rice lab studies how fighting off one virus changes the way the immune system responds to a totally unrelated one. His work is uncovering immune pathways that let our bodies adapt to viral threats over time. 🔗: bit.ly/43GfYWw

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 16/06/2026

Rockefeller's @steve-bonilla.bsky.social has been named a 2026 scholar by @pew.org! Steve is recognized for his work investigating how RNA molecules fold into three-dimensional structures to drive complex biological processes. Congratulations!

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 15/06/2026

A new study from Hermann Steller and colleagues identifies genetic mutations that interfere with the body’s ability to degrade the protein clumps characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. 🔗: bit.ly/4oC4AEI

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 12/06/2026

Last month, Rockefeller's Women & Science initiative held its annual spring event featuring our very own Vanessa Ruta, where she spoke about her pioneering research deciphering how smell works.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 09/06/2026

The @victora.bsky.social lab at Rockefeller has turned germinal centers into a living laboratory for one of biology's oldest questions: how much of #evolution is shaped by chance? Learn more in this Q&A with Victora and graduate fellow Ashni Vora: bit.ly/4fB23bm

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 05/06/2026

Congratulations to Lucas Tian, recipient of the 2026 Tri-I Breakout Award! Lucas is being recognized for pioneering research that explores one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience: how the brain uses existing knowledge to solve entirely new problems.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 05/06/2026

A new study from Rockefeller's @victora.bsky.social in @cellpress.bsky.social reveals how germinal centers produce powerful antibodies through noisy rounds of mutation and selection, offering new insight into vaccine design—and larger themes in evolution. 🔗: bit.ly/3Sor6Ve

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 04/06/2026

Congratulations to Rockefeller’s #classof2026, here’s to your next adventure! 🍾 🔬 🎉 #PHDone

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 04/06/2026

How can a brain no bigger than a poppy seed offer insights into the mechanisms by which humans navigate the world and make choices? Rockefeller's Gaby Maimon addresses this question, and more, in a #SeekMagazine interview: bit.ly/4ogZv4n

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 01/06/2026

A new study from the @rocklabtb.bsky.social in @natmicrobiol.nature.com finds that one of the most common drug resistance mutations in #tuberculosis creates subtle metabolic weaknesses that could be exploited with future combination therapies. 🔗: bit.ly/3RG6wj2

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 29/05/2026

This #SkinCancerAwarenessMonth, we’re highlighting Rockefeller's Elaine Fuchs, who has spent decades studying skin stem cells and what happens when they turn dysfunctional. Her work has shed light on how they can become the seeds of cancer or chronic inflammation.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 28/05/2026

2026 marks a major milestone for Rockefeller: 125 years ago, the university was founded as the Rockefeller Research Institute. In this in-depth Q&A, President Rick Lifton discusses the enduring power of our guiding mission. #125YearsofRockefeller 🔗: bit.ly/3RAUzeq

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 22/05/2026

The transition from undergraduate science to professional research can be daunting. Rockefeller's Research Assistant Association is designed to build community and skills among its early-career scientists. 🔗: bit.ly/4tVe278

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 20/05/2026

In @nature.com: Winrich Freiwald's lab has discovered the first evidence of the neural substrates that underlie the basic units of thought. The findings have implications for improving computer-brain interfaces and studying brain disorders. 🔗: bit.ly/4dvTzkt

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 14/05/2026

Rockefeller scientists are studying the molecular machines that read, copy, repair, and package DNA. Their findings could change how we prevent and treat diseases, including cancer. Learn more in #SeekMagazine: bit.ly/3RmAvfC

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 13/05/2026

Rockefeller's Lamia Wahba studies how information outside the genetic code—epigenetic signals—can pass between generations and what that means for evolution and disease. We spoke to Wahba about how this work could reshape our understanding of heredity: bit.ly/4tC29CO

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 12/05/2026

Two techniques from Rockefeller's Junyue Cao—one for optics-free spatial mapping of tissue organization and the other for the enrichment of rare cell types—offer new ways to study aging and disease. 🔗: bit.ly/4u8CLpq

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