Wei Zhou (Wei Zhou) is a staff scientist in Junyue's lab. She studies how a cell population maintains homeostasis, and how it is disrupted in aging and aging-related diseases, through profiling + perturbing cell dynamics at single-cell resolution. #AANHPIHeritageMonth

I met this stunning Phidippus audax jumping spider on the Rockefeller University River Campus during lunch today. “Audax” means “audacious”, and for good reason. Here you see this bold little fellow repeatedly attempting to jump on my phone. And look at those iridescent chelicerae! 🤩

Researchers in the Rice Lab have uncovered never-before-seen mechanisms that may lead to new therapeutic approaches for the hepatitis B virus. #RockefellerScience
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Cori Bargmann (Cori Bargmann) has been named a 2024 recipient of the Gruber Neuroscience Prize! She is being recognized for her pioneering work elucidating the organization of circuits in behavior, and for developing new genetics tools. Congratulations!
rockefeller.edu/news/35815-cor…

At only four-months old, the newest member of the Rajasethupathy lab is already cutting her teeth on the latest Rockefeller science. For more food for thought, visit: seek.rockefeller.edu

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Andras Sziraki, our first graduate student, for an outstanding PhD dissertation!! 🎓 Please check out his featured work here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38036784/.

This week, Paul Bieniasz was elected to National Academy of Sciences! His lab, co-led by Theodora, has produced a remarkable body of work on the life cycle of retroviruses and their interactions with host proteins. Congratulations!
rockefeller.edu/news/35799-pau…

At NYAS our co-founder Priscilla joined the president of @rockefelleruniv to share how we’re building AI-powered virtual cells that will help scientists explore the molecular underpinnings of human health + disease

Obesity has been around for centuries, but only now are scientists learning how to treat it. Drugs like Ozempic may just be the beginning.

Hear from Rockefeller scientists at the vanguard of the field in #SeekMagazine : seek.rockefeller.edu/will-science-e…

Following up our work describing FLVCR1 as a high affinity choline transporter Kivanc Birsoy Artem Khan, excited to share our recent work in close collaboration with Yeeun Son Hite Lab describing the structure and mechanism of action of FLVCR1!
nature.com/articles/s4158…

Congratulations to all, especially Rockefeller's Paul Bieniasz!

Telomeres protect the exposed ends of chromosomes, but a telomere in the middle of a chromosome could break it into pieces.

New research from @rockefelleruniv has identified the protein that keeps this catastrophic event from happening.

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This The Scientist piece features research from Titia de Lange's lab that reveals how cells prevent telomerase from meddling with double-stranded breaks:
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Because octopus spend much of their time tucked away in cozy dens, their behavior has been hard to study in the lab. The lab of Marcelo Magnasco (Marcelo Magnasco) designed a novel gadget to capture cephalopod habits on the sly.

Read more in #SeekMagazine : seek.rockefeller.edu/the-octopus-ex…

Olivia Goldman (Olivia Goldman PhD) and Sarah Cai (@SarahWCai) have been named Schmidt Science Fellows. Congratulations!

Learn about their science ambitions beyond Rockefeller here: schmidtsciencefellows.org/news/eric-and-…

This #EarthDay Rockefeller’s Children’s Garden opens for another season! Lovingly tended by teachers, parents, and the kids themselves, the harvest is used in countless classroom science projects. bit.ly/44bKtTx #SeekMagazine #OnCampus

Rockefeller is joining an NYC government initiative, the Plant-Powered Carbon Challenge, to reduce food-related carbon emissions by offering more plant-based dining options on campus. NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy @nycmayor @nycmayorsoffice
rockefeller.edu/news/35763-roc…

What a week for Svetlana Mojsov, whose research paved the way for groundbreaking diabetes and obesity treatments.

This week, she received the 2024 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize AND was named one of 2024's 100 most influential people by TIME!

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