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Rockefeller researcher H. Keffer Hartline relied on the optical system of the horseshoe crab to make @NobelPrize-winning discoveries about the complex interplay between the eye and the brain—work that inspired another Rockefeller laureate, Torsten Wiesel. #125YearsofRockefeller
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
Michael Young won the 2017 @NobelPrize 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.
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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.
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Herbert Gasser, Rockefeller’s director from 1935 to 1953, discovered that nerves carry different kinds of signals at different speeds, and helped clarify how the nervous system transmits sensation, movement, and pain. In 1944, Gasser won the @NobelPrize. #125YearsofRockefeller
In 1911, Peyton Rous, a Rockefeller physician, made a discovery with sweeping implications. Viruses can cause cancer. His findings laid the foundation for modern cancer biology. In 1966, Rous won a @NobelPrize. #125YearsofRockefeller
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Rockefeller scientists have played a critical role in establishing that obesity is a condition with biological underpinnings. Jules Hirsch, Jeffrey Friedman, and Svetlana Mojsov have changed how we think of obesity and made it possible to treat it.
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In 1940, Karl Landsteiner made a discovery in his lab at Rockefeller with huge implications: his research revealed the Rh factor—an antigen on the surface of red blood cells that can cause severe complications during pregnancy.
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In 1943, Rockefeller’s Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty demonstrated that #DNA carries an organism’s genetic information. Their discovery launched a scientific revolution that’s placed genetics at the core of modern biomedical science.
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