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Thanks for recapping the most intriguing #RockefellerScience stories of 2025 with us, Happy New Year! 👩🏽🔬 🥂 🦠 🎉 🧬
See the full 2025 #YearInReview here: https://bit.ly/44LtGrW
See the full 2025 #YearInReview here: https://bit.ly/44LtGrW
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Thanks for recapping the most intriguing #RockefellerScience stories of 2025 with us, Happy New Year! 👩🏽🔬 🥂 🦠 🎉 🧬
See the full 2025 #YearInReview here: https://bit.ly/44LtGrW
See the full 2025 #YearInReview here: https://bit.ly/44LtGrW
Scientists in the @alushinlab.bsky.social figured out how cells build a structure that lets them migrate. Unpacking these “finger-like” protein bundles that protrude from cells may lead to novel treatments for #metastasis. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3PKErmA
🔗: https://bit.ly/3PKErmA
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Scientists in the @alushinlab.bsky.social figured out how cells build a structure that lets them migrate. Unpacking these “finger-like” protein bundles that protrude from cells may lead to novel treatments for #metastasis. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3PKErmA
🔗: https://bit.ly/3PKErmA
A study from @danmucida.bsky.social and @victora.bsky.social showed how immune cells in the gut distinguish between food and harmful pathogens, shedding light on the origins of #foodallergies. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4hyS18b
🔗: https://bit.ly/4hyS18b
December 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A study from @danmucida.bsky.social and @victora.bsky.social showed how immune cells in the gut distinguish between food and harmful pathogens, shedding light on the origins of #foodallergies. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4hyS18b
🔗: https://bit.ly/4hyS18b
A study from the #RutaLab explained how the fruit fly brain coordinates courtship and aggressive competition—a framework which could help scientists understand how the human brain balances cooperation and competition. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4gI7phV
🔗: https://bit.ly/4gI7phV
December 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A study from the #RutaLab explained how the fruit fly brain coordinates courtship and aggressive competition—a framework which could help scientists understand how the human brain balances cooperation and competition. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4gI7phV
🔗: https://bit.ly/4gI7phV
A study from Erich Jarvis and @darnelr.bsky.social found that a single protein variant found only in humans may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language. When put in mice, the variant altered their vocalizations. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3Yfdcoh
🔗: https://bit.ly/3Yfdcoh
December 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A study from Erich Jarvis and @darnelr.bsky.social found that a single protein variant found only in humans may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language. When put in mice, the variant altered their vocalizations. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3Yfdcoh
🔗: https://bit.ly/3Yfdcoh
A study from the #FriedmanLab identified a neural mechanism involved in leptin resistance, a factor contributing to #obesity. Crucially, they also found a way to reverse it in mice using a well-known drug. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MV0WqC
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MV0WqC
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A study from the #FriedmanLab identified a neural mechanism involved in leptin resistance, a factor contributing to #obesity. Crucially, they also found a way to reverse it in mice using a well-known drug. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MV0WqC
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MV0WqC
Clinical trials based on work from the Nussenzweig lab showed that two broadly neutralizing antibodies can keep #HIV suppressed for months. The data suggest that the antibodies may even diminish the viral reservoir itself. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4pkY045
🔗: https://bit.ly/4pkY045
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Clinical trials based on work from the Nussenzweig lab showed that two broadly neutralizing antibodies can keep #HIV suppressed for months. The data suggest that the antibodies may even diminish the viral reservoir itself. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4pkY045
🔗: https://bit.ly/4pkY045
A new method from @hirofunabiki.bsky.social dramatically improved cryo-EM’s imaging capabilities, enabling visualization of molecules that are very rare, very small, or hard to produce naturally—including some viruses. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4awR4gv
🔗: https://bit.ly/4awR4gv
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A new method from @hirofunabiki.bsky.social dramatically improved cryo-EM’s imaging capabilities, enabling visualization of molecules that are very rare, very small, or hard to produce naturally—including some viruses. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4awR4gv
🔗: https://bit.ly/4awR4gv
The #StricklandLab discovered that amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers and the vascular protein fibrinogen may, when forming a complex, contribute to Alzheimer's disease. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/44Eh31R
🔗: https://bit.ly/44Eh31R
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The #StricklandLab discovered that amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers and the vascular protein fibrinogen may, when forming a complex, contribute to Alzheimer's disease. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/44Eh31R
🔗: https://bit.ly/44Eh31R
The #StellerLab found that boosting PI31 can prevent neuronal degeneration, restore synaptic function, and significantly extend lifespan in fly and mouse models of rare genetic disorders similar to Parkinson’s. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MOlmSc
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MOlmSc
December 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The #StellerLab found that boosting PI31 can prevent neuronal degeneration, restore synaptic function, and significantly extend lifespan in fly and mouse models of rare genetic disorders similar to Parkinson’s. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MOlmSc
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MOlmSc
Research from the Fuchs lab showed that low levels of the amino acid serine trigger a process that turns hair follicle stem cells into skin repair specialists—and that diet may have a role to play. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jfd9CA
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jfd9CA
December 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Research from the Fuchs lab showed that low levels of the amino acid serine trigger a process that turns hair follicle stem cells into skin repair specialists—and that diet may have a role to play. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jfd9CA
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jfd9CA
Rockefeller's Li Zhao spent nearly a decade cataloguing evolutionarily young genes. This year, her lab demonstrated how these new genes are regulated and expressed. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jdvwb8
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jdvwb8
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Rockefeller's Li Zhao spent nearly a decade cataloguing evolutionarily young genes. This year, her lab demonstrated how these new genes are regulated and expressed. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jdvwb8
🔗: https://bit.ly/4jdvwb8
Treatments for autoimmune diseases have big shortcomings, including high cost and supply shortages. A alternative developed this year from the #RavetchLab achieves the same effectiveness at a fraction of the dose. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3HFdsbs
🔗: https://bit.ly/3HFdsbs
December 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Treatments for autoimmune diseases have big shortcomings, including high cost and supply shortages. A alternative developed this year from the #RavetchLab achieves the same effectiveness at a fraction of the dose. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3HFdsbs
🔗: https://bit.ly/3HFdsbs
A study from the Birsoy lab showed that the antioxidant glutathione, when operating inside mitochondria, is a key factor enabling tumors to spread from the breast to the lung. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/44GfOPG
🔗: https://bit.ly/44GfOPG
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A study from the Birsoy lab showed that the antioxidant glutathione, when operating inside mitochondria, is a key factor enabling tumors to spread from the breast to the lung. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/44GfOPG
🔗: https://bit.ly/44GfOPG
Shortly before his death this year, James Hudspeth achieved a groundbreaking technological advancement: the ability to keep a tiny sliver of the cochlea alive and functional outside of the body for the first time. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/49oaOlo
🔗: https://bit.ly/49oaOlo
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Shortly before his death this year, James Hudspeth achieved a groundbreaking technological advancement: the ability to keep a tiny sliver of the cochlea alive and functional outside of the body for the first time. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/49oaOlo
🔗: https://bit.ly/49oaOlo
The #BradyLab identified compounds that appear effective against drug-resistant bacteria using a new technique that could uncover many more antibiotics, as well as help illuminate a previously hidden microbial world. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4sjhV6j
🔗: https://bit.ly/4sjhV6j
December 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The #BradyLab identified compounds that appear effective against drug-resistant bacteria using a new technique that could uncover many more antibiotics, as well as help illuminate a previously hidden microbial world. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4sjhV6j
🔗: https://bit.ly/4sjhV6j
The first detailed look at how mosquitoes mate from the Vosshall lab reversed the assumption that male mosquitoes control the process, finding that a subtle female behavior dictates if mating will take place or not. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
🔗: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
December 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The first detailed look at how mosquitoes mate from the Vosshall lab reversed the assumption that male mosquitoes control the process, finding that a subtle female behavior dictates if mating will take place or not. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
🔗: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
Neuroscientists have long posited that #memory functions like an on/off switch—either your brain remembers something or it doesn’t. The #RajasethupathyLab discovered that the truth is more complicated. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MoSsrj
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MoSsrj
December 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Neuroscientists have long posited that #memory functions like an on/off switch—either your brain remembers something or it doesn’t. The #RajasethupathyLab discovered that the truth is more complicated. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MoSsrj
🔗: https://bit.ly/3MoSsrj
The #WalzLab revealed key details about the T cell receptor, which is essential to T cell immunotherapies. The findings could expand T cell therapies, bringing their benefits to a broader group of #cancer patients. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3L0r3vK
🔗: https://bit.ly/3L0r3vK
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The #WalzLab revealed key details about the T cell receptor, which is essential to T cell immunotherapies. The findings could expand T cell therapies, bringing their benefits to a broader group of #cancer patients. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview
🔗: https://bit.ly/3L0r3vK
🔗: https://bit.ly/3L0r3vK
Winter break is upon us! Stay tuned as we count down the most intriguing #RockefellerScience stories of 2025. #YearInReview
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Winter break is upon us! Stay tuned as we count down the most intriguing #RockefellerScience stories of 2025. #YearInReview
Researchers in the #RavetchLab have developed a potential replacement for treating #autoimmunedisease that’s significantly more potent than intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
Learn more in this Q&A with Jeffrey Ravetch and first author Andrew Jones: https://bit.ly/3KTnzLy
Learn more in this Q&A with Jeffrey Ravetch and first author Andrew Jones: https://bit.ly/3KTnzLy
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Researchers in the #RavetchLab have developed a potential replacement for treating #autoimmunedisease that’s significantly more potent than intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
Learn more in this Q&A with Jeffrey Ravetch and first author Andrew Jones: https://bit.ly/3KTnzLy
Learn more in this Q&A with Jeffrey Ravetch and first author Andrew Jones: https://bit.ly/3KTnzLy
In creating the first reference brain for the clonal raider ant, @danielkronauer.bsky.social has discovered a surprising individuality of brain characteristics that may yield new insights into the #neuroscience of individuality within animal societies.
🔗: www.rockefeller.edu/news/38754-a...
🔗: www.rockefeller.edu/news/38754-a...
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In creating the first reference brain for the clonal raider ant, @danielkronauer.bsky.social has discovered a surprising individuality of brain characteristics that may yield new insights into the #neuroscience of individuality within animal societies.
🔗: www.rockefeller.edu/news/38754-a...
🔗: www.rockefeller.edu/news/38754-a...
New Rockefeller research from Michael Rout and Brian Chait finds that nuclear pore complex (NPC) machinery is an extraordinarily dynamic system, offering new insights into diseases such as #cancer and #neurodegeneration that are linked to NPC breakdown: https://bit.ly/3KAlrIk
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New Rockefeller research from Michael Rout and Brian Chait finds that nuclear pore complex (NPC) machinery is an extraordinarily dynamic system, offering new insights into diseases such as #cancer and #neurodegeneration that are linked to NPC breakdown: https://bit.ly/3KAlrIk
New #research from Priya Rajasethupathy shows that long-term memory is formed by a cascade of molecular timers across brain regions.
“What we choose to remember is a continuously evolving process rather than a one-time flipping of a switch," she says.
🔗:https://bit.ly/44tpEUT
“What we choose to remember is a continuously evolving process rather than a one-time flipping of a switch," she says.
🔗:https://bit.ly/44tpEUT
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New #research from Priya Rajasethupathy shows that long-term memory is formed by a cascade of molecular timers across brain regions.
“What we choose to remember is a continuously evolving process rather than a one-time flipping of a switch," she says.
🔗:https://bit.ly/44tpEUT
“What we choose to remember is a continuously evolving process rather than a one-time flipping of a switch," she says.
🔗:https://bit.ly/44tpEUT
This #WorldDiabetesDay we're highlighting Rockefeller's own Svetlana Mojsov, whose work on GLP-1 led to a new class drugs for type 2 diabetes as well as the treatment of obesity.
Check out this interactive timeline to learn more: https://bit.ly/47YGDPQ
Check out this interactive timeline to learn more: https://bit.ly/47YGDPQ
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This #WorldDiabetesDay we're highlighting Rockefeller's own Svetlana Mojsov, whose work on GLP-1 led to a new class drugs for type 2 diabetes as well as the treatment of obesity.
Check out this interactive timeline to learn more: https://bit.ly/47YGDPQ
Check out this interactive timeline to learn more: https://bit.ly/47YGDPQ