Rockefeller University

Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller University is a private university offering postgraduate and postdoctoral education. The Rockefeller University is located on Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue.

Its president is Sir Paul Nurse, who plans to leave Rockefeller University by the end of 2010. Marc Tessier-Lavigne—now executive vice president for research and chief scientific officer at Genentech—is planned to succeed Nurse.

Rockefeller University Rankings

• TOP BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLEGE RANKING IN 2010

Rockefeller University Tuition and Fees

Schools and Colleges of Rockefeller University

• The David Rockefeller Graduate Program
• Postdoctoral Information
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (SURF)
• Summer High School Science Outreach Program
• Bard-Rockefeller Program
• Volunteer Registration
• Clinical Research Training Programs
• Science & Economics Program
• Tri-Institutional Training Program in Chemical Biology
• Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program

Rockefeller University News

• Rockefeller hosts first Leon Levy Neuroscience Fellows Symposium - Wed, 16 May 2012
  The first Leon Levy Neuroscience Fellows Symposium will be held at Rockefeller University on Wednesday, May 16. Levy Fellows from Rockefeller, Columbia and New York universities, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College will discuss their latest neuroscience research with current Leon Levy Fellows as well as their mentors, former fellows and principal investigators involved with the fellowship program. More �

• Vanessa Ruta honored with McKnight Scholar Award - Tue, 15 May 2012
  Vanessa Ruta, assistant professor at The Rockefeller University and head of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior, has been honored with a McKnight Scholar Award for her research on the functional organization of the neural circuits underlying olfactory learning. The 2012 awards, presented by the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, were given to six early-career scientists who have established their own independent laboratories and who have demonstrated a commitment to neuroscience. More �

• In the News - Mon, 14 May 2012
  The Veins of a Leaf: Revealing Nature’s Mathematical System � “Nature is a great architect, and the vascular network – or veins – of a leaf are key to its structure. Mathematical physicists [Marcelo Magnasco and Eleni Katifori] at Rockefeller … More �

• American Philosophical Society elects Cori Bargmann to membership - Fri, 04 May 2012
  Cori Bargmann, Torsten N. Wiesel Professor at The Rockefeller University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society in the biological sciences. The Society elects new members each year who have shown extraordinary accomplishments in their fields. Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, it is the United States’ first learned society, and unique among its peers for the wide variety of academic disciplines represented by its membership. More �

• In the News - Thu, 03 May 2012
  Remote-controlled genes trigger insulin production � “The work, in which a team used radio waves to switch on engineered insulin-producing genes in mice, is published today in Science. Jeffrey Friedman, a molecular geneticist at the Rockefeller University in New York … More �

• Influenza “histone mimic” suppresses antiviral response - Mon, 23 Apr 2012
  Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism by which influenza viruses hijack key regulators of the human body’s normal antiviral response in order to slip by it undetected. The results have major implications for our understanding of the biology of the seasonal influenza virus and suggest a possible target for a new class of antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs. More �

• Rockefeller creates Cohn-Steinman Professorship to honor discoverers of dendritic cells - Fri, 20 Apr 2012
  The family of the late Ralph Steinman, who died in September three days before winning the Nobel Prize, will donate much of the proceeds from the award to establish the Cohn-Steinman Professorship at Rockefeller. Combined with other donations, the professorship will create an enduring memorial to Steinman and his mentor and collaborator, Zanvil Cohn. More �

• In the News - Thu, 19 Apr 2012
  Gift to Support Lab Collaboration � “A pair of Rockefeller University scientists will forever be honored with a new professorship, designed to pay tribute to the spirit of collaboration and mentoring. It was 1970 when Ralph M. Steinman came to Rockefeller … More �

• Nature online: April 4, 2012 - Tue, 17 Apr 2012
  Nature online: April 4, 2012 An RNA interference screen uncovers a new molecule in stem cell self-renewal and long-term regeneration Ting Chen, Evan Heller, Slobodan Beronja, Naoki Oshimori, Nicole Stokes and Elaine Fuchs

• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6205-6210 (April 17, 2012) - Tue, 17 Apr 2012
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 6205-6210 Human broadly neutralizing antibodies to the envelope glycoprotein complex of hepatitis C virus Erick Giang, Marcus Dorner, Jannick C. Prentoe, Marlène Dreux, Matthew J. Evans, Jens Bukh, Charles M. Rice, … More �