Rockefeller University
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Image:Rockefeller University.JPG Rockefeller University is a private university focusing primarily on graduate and postgraduate education research in the biomedical fields, located between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York.
The original Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was founded in 1901 by John D. Rockefeller, who had earlier founded the University of Chicago. The Rockefeller family has maintained strong links with the institution throughout its history; David Rockefeller, to give just one example, is the current Honorary Chairman and Life Trustee.
The Institute changed its name to Rockefeller University in 1965, after expanding its mission to include education.
The Rockefeller University is a world-renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and physics. Twenty-three Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university, an amazing figure considering that Rockefeller University houses a relatively small number of laboratories (less than 80).
The university has been the site of many important scientific breakthroughs. Rockefeller scientists, for example, established that DNA is the chemical basis of heredity, discovered blood groups, showed that viruses can cause cancer, founded the modern field of cell biology, worked out the structure of antibodies, developed methadone maintenance for people addicted to heroin, devised the AIDS "cocktail" drug therapy, and identified the weight-regulating hormone leptin.
- See also: Education in New York City
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[edit] At A Glance
[edit] Rockefeller University Community
- >70 heads of laboratories
- 190 research and clinical scientists
- 360 postdoctoral investigators
- 1,000 support staff
- 150 Ph.D. students
- 50 M.D.-Ph.D. students
- 890 alumni
(approximate numbers)
[edit] Areas of basic interdisciplinary research
- biochemistry, structural biology and chemistry
- molecular, cell and developmental biology
- immunology, virology and microbiology
- medical sciences and human genetics
- neuroscience
- physics and mathematical biology
[edit] Health conditions under study
- addiction
- aging
- AIDS
- Alzheimer’s disease
- antibiotic resistance
- arthritis
- cancer
- Chagas disease
- cystic fibrosis
- diabetes
- heart disease
- hepatitis C
- hereditary diseases
- memory loss with aging
- neurological disorders
- obesity
- psoriasis
- schizophrenia
- tuberculosis
[edit] Faculty Awards
[edit] Nobel Prize Recipients
- 2003 Roderick MacKinnon
- 2001 Paul Nurse
- 2000 Paul Greengard
- 1999 Günter Blobel
- 1984 R. Bruce Merrifield
- 1981 Torsten Wiesel
- 1975 David Baltimore
- 1974 Albert Claude
- 1974 Christian de Duve
- 1974 George E. Palade
- 1972 Stanford Moore
- 1972 William H. Stein
- 1972 Gerald M. Edelman
- 1967 H. Keffer Hartline
- 1966 Peyton Rous
- 1958 Joshua Lederberg
- 1958 Edward L. Tatum
- 1953 Fritz Lipmann
- 1946 John H. Northrop
- 1946 Wendell M. Stanley
- 1944 Herbert S. Gasser
- 1930 Karl Landsteiner
- 1912 Alexis Carrel
[edit] Lasker Award Recipients
- For Basic Medical Research
- 2003 Robert G. Roeder
- 1999 Roderick MacKinnon
- 1998 Paul Nurse
- 1993 Günter Blobel
- 1982 Hidesaburo Hanafusa
- 1975 Henry G. Kunkel
- 1969 R. Bruce Merrifield
- 1966 George E. Palade
- 1963 Lyman C. Craig
- 1958 Peyton Rous
- 1948 Rene Dubos
- 1947 Oswald T. Avery
- For Clinical Research
- 1988 Vincent Dole
- 1978 Emil C. Gotschlich
- 1957 Richard E. Shope
- 1946 Karl Landsteiner
- For Special Achievement in Medical Science
- 2002 James E. Darnell, Jr.
- 1994 Maclyn McCarty
[edit] National Medal of Science Recipients
- 2003 James E. Darnell Jr.
- 1989 Joshua Lederberg
- 1986 George E. Palade
- 1979 Paul A. Weiss
- 1976 George E. Uhlenbeck
- 1974 James A. Shannon
- 1973 Frederick Seitz
- 1968 Detlev W. Bronk
- 1966 Fritz A. Lipmann
- 1965 Peyton Rous
- 1965 Donald D. Van Slyke
[edit] Members of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Titia de Lange‡
- 2006 Charles D. Gilbert
- 2006 Michael E. O’Donnell
- 2006 Jeffrey V. Ravetch
- 2005 C. David Allis
- 2005 Charles M. Rice
- 2003 Cornelia I. Bargmann
- 2003 Barry S. Coller
- 2001 Jeffrey M. Friedman
- 2001 Ralph M. Steinman
- 2000 Roderick MacKinnon
- 1997 Joel E. Cohen
- 1997 Bruce S. McEwen
- 1996 Elaine Fuchs
- 1995 Jan L. Breslow
- 1995 Paul Nurse‡
- 1994 Donald Pfaff
- 1991 A. James Hudspeth
- 1988 Fernando Nottebohm
- 1988 Robert G. Roeder
- 1987 Emil Gotschlich
- 1985 Hidesaburo Hanafusa‡
- 1983 Günter Blobel
- 1980 Torsten Wiesel‡
- 1978 Paul Greengard
- 1975 Kenneth M. Case
- 1975 Christian de Duve‡
- 1975 Philip Siekevitz
- 1973 James E. Darnell, Jr.
- 1972 Vincent P. Dole
- 1972 R. Bruce Merrifield
- 1969 Norton D. Zinder
- 1959 Frank Brink
- 1957 Joshua Lederberg
- 1951 Frederick Seitz
‡ Foreign Associates
[edit] Members of the Institute of Medicine
- 2005 Jeffrey M. Friedman
- 2002 Ralph M. Steinman
- 2000 Günter Blobel
- 1999 Barry S. Coller
- 1999 Paul Greengard
- 1998 Bruce S. McEwen
- 1997 Jan L. Breslow
- 1997 David D. Ho
- 1996 Torsten Wiesel
- 1994 Elaine Fuchs
- 1993 Jules Hirsch
- 1988 Emil C. Gotschlich
- 1971 Vincent P. Dole
- 1971 Joshua Lederberg
[edit] Gairdner Foundation International Award Recipients
- 2005 Jeffrey M. Friedman
- 2003 Ralph M. Steinman
- 2001 Roderick MacKinnon
- 2000 Robert G. Roeder
- 1992 Paul Nurse
- 1986 James E. Darnell, Jr.
- 1982 Günter Blobel
- 1970 Vincent P. Dole
- 1970 R. Bruce Merrifield
- 1967 Christian de Duve
- 1967 George E. Palade
- 1964 Keith R. Porter
- 1962 Henry G. Kunkel
[edit] MacArthur "Genius Grant" Recipients
- Joel Cohen
- Albert Libchaber
- Robert Shapley
- Jay Weiss
[edit] Faculty history
In the mid 1970's, Rockefeller succeeded in attracting a few prominent academics in the humanities, most notably Saul Kripke, a notable logician, philosopher of language, and expositor of the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. More recently, its faculty were winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2003.
Previous Faculty Members: Harry Frankfurt
[edit] Prominent alumni
Barbara Ehrenreich, social commentator and author of the 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America.
Robert Sapolsky, Stanford Professor, MacArthur Grant recipient, and writer of numerous books on stress and natural history.
David Baltimore, recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine in 1975 for the discovery of reverse transcriptase. Has served as president of both The Rockefeller University and the California Institute of Technology.
[edit] Further reading
- Chernow, Ron. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., London: Warner Books, 1998.
- Rockefeller, David. Memoirs, New York: Random House, 2002.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Rockefeller University
- Rockefeller University Hospital
- Natural Selections (a Rockefeller University newsletter)de:Rockefeller University
