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The Rockefeller University is a world-renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics and physics.

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Then and Now: Rockefeller's @junyue_cao! Don't miss this article from @TheScientistLLC on how Cao's work on the genomics of aging has evolved.
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In @NatureRevGenet: Titia de Lange highlights new insights into how #telomere attrition guards against #cancer, contrary to the popular perception that telomere shortening is harmful.
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Rockefeller's Barry Coller is designing a toolkit that helps scientists develop their research in ways that facilitates global access to their biomedical innovations. The aim is to make therapies more affordable and accessible in lower income countries.
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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

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Don't miss Rockefeller's Paul Cohen on @NPR with @WStoneReports! He discusses his latest work showing that high-intensity training, like sprinting, provokes a remarkably robust response throughout the bloodstream in a way that moderate exercise does not. https://t.co/qM2Ugptb1g

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Rockefeller's Jaejin Kim of the @ElaineFuchsLab and Bailey Schultz of the @RockLabTB have been named @DamonRunyon Fellows! Congratulations 🎉

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Rockefeller's Birsoy (@KivancBirsoy) and Vinogradova (@katenokv) labs have teamed up to study how cancer cells rewire their metabolism, and how these changes could be targeted therapeutically.

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By deciphering the molecular signatures of millions of mouse cells, Rockefeller's @junyue_cao has found that aging is not haphazard wear and tear but rather a “remodeling of the cell society.”

Learn more in this piece from @QuantaMagazine: https://t.co/QQB3k2w7n3

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A study from @vivrisca's lab in @LSAjournal 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.

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Congratulations to Rockefeller's Krithi Irmady (@k_irmady), a 2026 recipient of the Fellows-to-Faculty Award from the @simonsfdn! She investigates how RNA regulation shapes synaptic plasticity and neuronal function.

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"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.

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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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This 12 year old has mastered 132 bird calls! This explainer from @azanimals goes into the science behind his skill, including work from Rockefeller's @erichjarvis on how songbirds learn to sing.
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In @CellRepMed: 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

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A new study from Rockefeller's Joel Cohen finds that the older people get, the less alike their multiple chronic conditions are. The discovery raises questions about clinical recommendations based on a person’s age alone.
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A new @PNASNews 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.

🔗: https://t.co/DUN7GuR01A

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In @CellCellPress: @erichjarvis's 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://t.co/TOGS5ZGUWw

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#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.

🔗: https://t.co/RlVCmnbUP1

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A recent study from Vanessa Ruta's lab at Rockefeller showed that for flies to track smells in turbulent air, it takes a keen sense of direction and sharp memory.

@arstechnica explains: https://t.co/Eu5uxeWNpR

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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.

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