#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://bit.ly/4cfQCTJ

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.com explains:

How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source

Tracking smells in turbulent air takes a keen sense of direction and sharp memory.

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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. 🔗: https://bit.ly/3Rpl2vW

Michael Young won the 2017 @nobelprize.org 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. #125YearsofRockefeller

In @cellpress.bsky.social: @sohailtavazoie.bsky.social's lab has discovered that #arginine deficiency interferes with #immunesystem gene expression. Increasing arginine in combination with other therapies could be used to help treat both #cancer and #viralinfections. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4pSQQ9g

In @natcomms.nature.com: A new paper from @junyuecao.bsky.social finds that a conserved EMT-linked axis organizes convergence across tumor lineages, revealing that cancer cell identity is shaped not only by tissue of origin but also by recurrent regulatory states.

Single-cell multimodal profiling of pan-cancer cell lines uncovers gene regulatory principles underlying intrinsic cell states and environmental features - Nature Communications

‘The characterization of cancer intrinsic regulatory landscape remains elusive. Here, the authors generate a pan-cancer single cell transcriptomic and epigenomic atlas and identify subtype-specific ge...

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This #WorldHepatitisDay, we recognize the power of scientific discovery to change lives. Rockefeller's Charles Rice was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that led to the identification and control of the hepatitis C virus.

Congrats to Rockefeller's @tomaskay.bsky.social of @danielkronauer.bsky.social's lab, who has been named a 2026 Branco Weiss Fellow! Tomas investigates how cooperation and competition shape the evolution of animal societies, aiming to identify the traits that determine evolutionary success.

In this podcast from the American Philosophical Society, Rockefeller's Joel Cohen discusses trends in humanity's growing population, as well as predictions on topics like economic equality, immigration, and family dynamics.

Episode 9– (Joel Cohen) “The Millennium Project”: Human Populations and Livelihood in the 21st Century | American Philosophical Society

In 1999, the American Philosophical Society held a symposium that gathered experts from around the world to make predictions about humanity in the 21st century. One of those experts, demographer and statistician Joel Cohen, met with host Patrick Spero t...

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In @natmethods.nature.com: A tool from the #VaziriLab reveals how signals flow, cells connect, and computations emerge in a living mouse brain. FlatMux sets new benchmarks, imaging activity from ~200 neurons, deep in the mammalian brain, and across layers. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hrbhaS

A @nature.com study from the #RutaLab reveals how fruit flies store a #memory of how to relocate a #scent, even after it disappears. It depends a #brain region used by insects for #spatialnavigation, showing that odor tracking is not simply reflexive. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4wrKEHB

In The Scientist: @danielkronauer.bsky.social's lab identifies two evolutionary ancient neuropeptides in the ant brain that modulate parental behavior in opposite directions: One increases the tendency to nurse and be close to larvae, while the other promotes foraging.

Ancient Neuropeptides Shape Modern Ant Parental Care | The Scientist

​By repurposing ancient feeding signals, clonal raider ants coordinate brood care and foraging, offering new insights into the evolution of social behavior.

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Congratulations to all, especially Rockefeller's Svetlana Mojsov!

Broermann Medical Innovation Award@broermannaward.bsky.social · 3w ago

We are proud to announce the BMIA 2026 laureates: * Prof. Richard D. DiMarch * Prof. Svetlana Mojsov * Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Matthias Tschöp Congratulations! #GLP1 #Diabetes #Obesity #TranslationalResearch #Weightloss #Ozempic

Rockefeller's Charlie Rice has discovered that the brain prepares for a potential viral attack in advance, thanks to a signaling network that transmits advanced intelligence about infection from distal regions of the body. @cp-immunity.bsky.social 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hdtQ28

Some people are mosquito magnets while others go all summer without a single bite. Work from Rockefeller's @leslievosshall.bsky.social helps explain why: Mosquitoes prefer the scent of individuals with higher carboxylic acids. Learn more from the BBC: https://bbc.in/4wETph4

Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others?

Long before they land, mosquitoes are reading our body signals from afar. Find out if you feature high on the bloodsuckers' hit list.

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New findings from Rockefeller's Robert Roeder in @cp-molcell.bsky.social could illuminate how the epigenetic modifier MLL4 helps switch genes on—including #cancer genes in #leukemia. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4yg5afE

A study from Rockefeller's Winrich Freiwald adds support to the long-standing idea that the brain accomplishes novel problems by piecing together bits of existing knowledge—a process called compositional generalization. @thetransmitter.bsky.social explains:

Macaque brains remix learned actions to solve new problems

When monkeys draw novel complex shapes, neural activity representing a previously learned repertoire appears in a single brain area.

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A new study from Rockefeller's @danielkronauer.bsky.social in @nature.com finds that parenting behavior in ants—who are highly attuned to their young—appears to have evolved in by repurposing ancient neural circuits rather than inventing entirely new brain systems. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4vUY6Uc

Don't miss this @nytimes.com piece on Rockefeller's @erichjarvis.bsky.social, who studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an animal that can make new calls, work that could lead to treatments for people with speech problems.

A Bird's Brain Holds Clues to the Sounds of Music

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an animal that can make new calls.

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RockEDU’s long-running "Jumpstart" program at Rockefeller gives NYC high school students access to authentic research experiences and a chance to envision themselves as scientists. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4oW9dta

Sean Brady's approach to finding and studying drug candidates has identified new types of antibiotics. With better gene sequencing technologies the promise of improved AI modeling, Brady says what he’s found thus far is just the tip of the iceberg. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4ggBc4L

This #AlzheimersandBrainAwarenessMonth we’re highlighting Rockefeller’s Nathaniel Heintz, whose work has helped identify abnormal pathways that feed into the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's, which may help stop the disease before these pathologies develop.

Chris Giuliano of the Birsoy lab has been selected as a 2026 #JCCFellow by @jcchildsfund.bsky.social! Giuliano studies how microbes share and trade nutrients to help reveal novel ways to treat cancer. Congratulations, Chris!

Rockefeller's Winrich Freiwald is a 2026 winner of the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation’s Prize for Translational Neuroscience! He is honored for his work deciphering complex neural processes in visual perception and social cognition. Congratulations!

Doris Tsao and Winrich Freiwald Receive the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience

Researchers are honored for their groundbreaking insights into the neural basis of face and object recognition

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Tremendously excited to announce that I will be joining @rockefeller.edu as an Assistant Professor and Head of Lab starting in January 2027! My group will be broadly focused on theoretical neuroscience, and mathematical problems in neural computation in the large.

A new protein-tracing platform from Rockefeller's Ekaterina Vinogradova and Paul Cohen in @cellpress.bsky.social reveals how fat and liver cells communicate during fasting, inflammation, and obesity, and links many of those signals to human disease. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4uOU9ik

Alexander Lercher of Rockefeller's Rice lab studies how fighting off one virus changes the way the immune system responds to a totally unrelated one. His work is uncovering immune pathways that let our bodies adapt to viral threats over time. 🔗: https://bit.ly/43GfYWw

Rockefeller's @steve-bonilla.bsky.social has been named a 2026 scholar by @pew.org! Steve is recognized for his work investigating how RNA molecules fold into three-dimensional structures to drive complex biological processes. Congratulations!

A new study from Hermann Steller and colleagues identifies genetic mutations that interfere with the body’s ability to degrade the protein clumps characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4oC4AEI

Last month, Rockefeller's Women & Science initiative held its annual spring event featuring our very own Vanessa Ruta, where she spoke about her pioneering research deciphering how smell works.