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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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Congrats to #RockefellerAlum Sichen Yang on being named one of the 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows! Yang aims to explore the role of the immune system in maintaining healthy internal tissue in addition to its role in defending against external pathogens. schmidtsciencefellows.org/fellow/sichen-…

Congratulations to Rockefeller’s Svetlana Mojsov! Breakthrough

Yesterday, Rockefeller's James Krueger was named President of the American Skin Association (AmericanSkinAssociation). Congratulations! More details here: americanskin.org/news/pr_202504…


On Saturday, Rockefeller's Svetlana Mojsov accepted the Breakthrough for her discovery of the peptide hormone GLP-1, which led to a new class of safe and highly effective drugs for type 2 diabetes as well as the treatment of obesity. See her acceptance speech here:

Rockefeller's Erich Jarvis is part of the team of 123 scientists who have sequenced the complete genomes of six ape species. DNA sequences for chimpanzees, orangutan and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other apes. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Open access, peer reviewed, and co-owned, Journal of Human Immunity from Rockefeller U. Press represents a new business model in scientific publishing. Rockefeller's Jean-Laurent Casanova is the founding editor-in-chief. rockefeller.edu/news/37508-roc…

Last week, Rockefeller's The Fuchs lab received the Hope Funds 2025 Award of Excellence for her work on stem cells that has advanced understanding of tissue regeneration and inflammatory disorders as well as malignancy and tumor resistance. Congrats! hope-funds.org/events/recent-…



1/ One of the most intriguing enigmas of the #COVID19 pandemic was the sudden and unprecedented outbreak of chilblains that accompanied the early waves of #SARSCoV2 infections. Our new study in Journal of Experimental Medicine uncovers the underlying immunological mechanism  rupress.org/jem/article/22…





/ I was honored to accept the 2025 Novo Nordisk Prize from Novo Nordisk Foundation at today’s award ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was a wonderful day that included a tour of BioInnovation Institute, lunch at Novo Nordisk Foundation, and an evening award celebration and dinner.



Rockefeller's The Fuchs lab weighs in on new research showing that human wounds take more than twice as long to heal as wounds of any of the other mammals in the The New York Times: nytimes.com/2025/04/29/sci…


Rockefeller's Jean-Laurent Casanova (Casanova Lab) was honored with the 2025 Novo Nordisk Prize (Novo Nordisk Foundation) last week for his pioneering work showing that genetic mutations can make some individuals especially vulnerable to infections. Congrats! youtube.com/watch?v=mzeVoi…

Rockefeller's Svetlana Mojsov, whose research led to the development of drugs for obesity and diabetes, has been elected to National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations! rockefeller.edu/news/37646-sve…
