Università Rockfeller

Rockefeller University

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RockefellerUniversityisAworld-renownedbiomedicaleducationandresearchcenterwasestablishedbytheAmericanoilkingRockefeller.Foundedin1901,theRockefellerInstituteofMedicine,inits75independentlaboratories,theuniversityprovidesauniquecollaborativeenvironmentforscientists.TheRockefellerSchoolofMedicineguidespatient-orientedlearningandistheonlyprivatemedicalfacilityintheUnitedStatesexclusivelyusedforclinicalresearch.

TheresearchprojectofRockefellerUniversityprovidesaninnovativeeducationalexperienceforthebestgraduatestudentsintheUnitedStates.Theseoutstandinggraduatestudentscomefrommolecularandcellbiology,genetics,immunology,nervoussystemscience,structuralbiology,biophysicsandbiochemistry.RockefellerUniversityisalsoaleaderintrainingprogramsinsubjectssuchascomputationalbiologyandgenomics.

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Intheearlydays,RockefellerUniversitywasknownforitsscientificachievements.Manyimportantscientificbreakthroughsinthe20thcenturywereborninitslaboratory.AsofOctober4,2011,24scientistsintheRockefellerUniversitylaboratoryhavewontheNobelPrize.Currently,RockefellerUniversityanditsresearchersarecommittedtostudyingallmajordiseasesandhealthproblemsthatplaguesociety.

Location:LocatedinthebustlingUpperEastSideofNewYorkCity,atthesamecrossroadsasMemorialSloanKetteringCancerCenterandWeillCornellMedicine.Theworld-famousTri-institutionofNewYork.

Tenresearchfields:

(1)Biochemistry,Biophysics,ChemicalBiologyandStructuralBiology

(2)CancerBiology

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(3)CellBiology

(4)GeneticsandGenomics

(5)Immunology,VirologyandMicrobiology

(6)Humandiseasemechanism

(7)Neurobiologyandbehavior

(8)Speciesbiologyandevolution

(9)Physics,MathematicsandComputationalBiology

(10)Stemcells,developmentandregeneration,aging

Researchfocus

RockefellerUniversityisahighlycompetitiveresearchinstituteschool.Theresearchdirectionsrelatedtobiologyincludeimmunology,virologyandmicrobiology,genetics,molecular,cellularanddevelopmentalbiology,nervoussystemscience,physicalandmathematicalbiology,biochemistryandstructuralbiology.Applicantsmusthaveoutstandingperformanceinthefieldofbiology.

DoctoralPrograms

TherearetwotypesofdoctoralprogramsforRockefellerUniversityadmissions:TheDavidRockefellerGraduatePrograminBioscience,whichisajointventurewiththethreeinstitutesTrainingPh.Dprogram(Tri-institutionalPh.Dprogram).Thelatterisdividedintothreesub-projectsindifferentfields:chemicalbiology(chemicalbiology),computationalbiology(computationalbiology),andMD-Ph.D.Thesedoctoralprogramsareverycompetitiveanditisverydifficulttoapply.

ResearchInstitute

In1901,RockefellerUniversitywasestablishedinNewYorkastheRockefellerInstituteofMedicine.

Foundedin1970,theAcademyofMedicinewasestablishedtoprotectandimprovethebiomedicalsciencesandhealthprofessions,promoteresearchanddevelopmentrelatedhealthcareandimprovemedicalcare.Theinstituteisalsoconcernedwithresearchinotherfieldsthatarerelatedtohealth,includingbehavioralandsocialsciences,humanities,management,law,physicalsciencesandengineering.Inpursuingitsmission,theinstituteconductsresearchonspecificissues.Themembersoftheassociationcontributetheirknowledgeandprofessionaljudgmenttoformulaterelevantpublicpoliciesbasedontheresultsandrecommendationsofthedevelopment.Theinstitutehas1538activemembers,84foreignaffiliatesand70honorarymembers.

IntroductionofthePresident

PaulNurseistheleaderofthelargestcancerresearchinstitutionintheUK.HerecentlymovedtotheothersideoftheAtlantictoserveasthePresidentofRockefellerUniversityinNewYork,USA.

OnJanuary24,RockefellerUniversityannouncedtheappointmentofcellbiologistPaulNurseastheuniversity’snewpresident.PaulNurseplanstotakeoverthenewpositionfull-timeinNovember.Hesaidhewillfocusondevelopingtheuniversity'sabilitytoengageinmultidisciplinaryandtranslationalresearch.PaulNursebelievesthat"RockefellerUniversityhasgreatstrength,especiallyinthefieldsofcellbiologyandneurobiology.Theuniversityhashigh-qualityresearchhospitalsthatallowresearcherstoexplorehowmagicalbiologycancreatenewtreatments."

ThisuniversityinManhattanhasanextraordinarypositionamongthemajorresearchuniversitiesintheUnitedStates.Ithasnoundergraduatesandnodepartmentalcredits,butithas70completelyindependentlaboratories.

ThepastpresidentsofRockefellerUniversityhavehadabumpyjobpath.Thelastprincipal,ArnoldLevine,resignedduetomisconductwithafemalegraduatestudentinpublic.In1991,DavidBaltimoreresignedasprincipalwhilehandlingamisconductinvolvinghiscollaborators.

PaulNursewontheNobelPrizeinPhysiologyorMedicineforhisresearchoncellcyclein2001,andisthechairmanoftheEmpireResearchFoundation,thelargestcancercharityresearchorganizationintheUK.RockefellerAIDSresearchexpertDavidHesaid:"PaulNursehasexcellentqualitiessuitableforthepositionofPresidentofRockefellerUniversity.HehasaverygoodexperienceincancerresearchintheUK,andhehasaveryhighscientificreputation."

PaulNursehasneverhadafull-timejobintheUnitedStates.Hesaidthatmanyresearchershaveworkedinothercountriesearlyintheircareers,buthedidsolateinhiscareer.

Well-knownalumni

  • NobelPrizewinner

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NobelPrizewinnersrelatedtoRockefellerUniversity

Year

Name

Awardcategory

2020

CharlesRice

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

2020

EmanuelCharpentier

ChemistryAward

2017

MichaelYoung

PhysiologyOrMedicalAward

2016

YoshinoriOhsumi

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

2011

RalphSteinMan

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

2003

RodrikMcKinnon

ChemistryAward

2001

PaulNass

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

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2000

PaulGreengard

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1999

GutBlobel

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1984

RobertBruceMerrifield

ChemistryPrize

1981

TosteinWitzel

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1975

DavidBaltimore

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1974

AlbertCrowder

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1974

ChristineDeDeve

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1974

GeorgeEmileParad

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1972

StanfordMoore

ChemistryAward

1972

William·HowardStein

ChemistryAward

1972

GeraldEdelman

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1967

HoldenKeferHartland

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1966

PettonRouth

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

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1958

JoshuaLederberg

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1958

EdwardTataM

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1953

FritzAlbertLipman

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1946

JohnHowardNorthrop

ChemistryPrize

1946

WendallMeredithStanley

ChemistryAward

1944

HerbertSpencerStopper

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1930

KarlLandsteiner

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

1912

AlexisKarel

PhysiologyorMedicineAward

SpecialGrant

TheRockefellerArchivesCenterannouncedaspecialgrantThepurposeoftheprojectwastosupporttheresearchworkoftheRockefellerUniversityAffiliatedHospitalfrom2008to2009.Thehospitalofficiallyopenedin1910andwasthefirstclinicaloutpatientresearchhospitalintheUnitedStates.Thehospitalisintheworldinthefieldofclinicaloutpatientresearch.Leadingposition,anddevelopedmanydisciplinesrelatedtothebasicknowledgeofdiseaseandhumanphysiology.

TheAffiliatedHospitalofRockefellerUniversityispreparingforthecentennialcommemorationin2010.Therearemanyactivities,includingspeeches,symposiums,exhibitions,andotheractivities.InordertobetterencouragepeopletoreflectmoredeeplythehistoryoftheRockefellerUniversityAffiliatedHospitalthroughactivities,theRockefellerArchivesCenterandtheRockefellerUniversityAffiliatedHospitalprovidedfourspecialgrantstosupporttheRockefellerArchivesCenter'sarchives.Researchwork.

TheRockefellerArchivesCenterstoresalargeamountofRockefellerUniversitydata,includingscholars’personalresearchdata,suchas:AlfredE.Cohn,RenéDubos,ThomasRivers,HomerSwiftandDonaldVanSlyke’sresearchdata,managementRecord,recordthepicturefilesofRockefellerUniversity,etc.

Thisspecialgrantismainlyforscholarsinthefieldsofmedicalhistory,naturalsciences,history,andhealthhistory.However,scholarsinotherresearchfieldsarealsowelcometoapplyforfunding.

2016NobelPrize

The2016NobelPrizekickedoff.Amongthe273nominatedscientists,JapanesescientistYoshinoriOhsumifinallywontheaward.Wonthe2016NobelPrizeinPhysiologyorMedicinealone.

Thereasonfortheawardistheoutstandingcontributioninthefieldofautophagy.

YoshinoriOhsumiisthe23rdNobelPrizewinnerborninJapanandthe6thNobelPrizewinnerinPhysiologyorMedicineborninJapan.YoshinoriOhsumiworkedasapostdoctoralfellowatRockefellerUniversityfrom1974to1977.Thereisthebirthplaceofcellbiology.Atotalof4NobelPrizesinCellBiologywereawarded:Claude(AlbertClaude),Palladium(GeorgePalade)andDiff(ChristiandeDuve),andGunterBlobe(GunterBlobe).Theirstudentshavedoneaward-winningworkincellbiologyintheirownplaces.

SchoolRanking

Duetoitsspecialresearchnature,itsfocusonthefieldofbiomedicine,anditsextremelycompactsize,RockefellerUniversitydoesnotparticipateinthecomprehensiveworlduniversityrankings.However,inthescientificcommunity,itshigh-qualityresearchlevelenjoysareputationasapalace.

Inthe2021RankingofWorld-ClassSubjects(GRAS)ofShanghaiScienceandTechnology(GRAS),RockefellerUniversityranks5thintheworldinthebiologylist.ThetopfourareHarvardUniversity,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,StanfordUniversity,CambridgeUniversity.

Inthe2021RankingofWorld-ClassSubjects(GRAS)ofShanghaiScienceandTechnology(GRAS),RockefellerUniversityranks5thintheworldinthelistofbasicmedicine.ThetopfourareHarvardUniversity,UniversityCollegeLondon,ColumbiaUniversity,andMaProvincialInstituteofTechnology.

OnAugust15,2019,the2019AcademicRankingofWorldUniversities(ARWU)wasreleased,andRockefellerUniversityranked35th.

Inthe2018internationalrankingofscientificinfluence,RockefellerUniversityrankedfirstintheworldwithahighcitationrateof33.3%.

Inthe2018U.S.NewsrankingofthebestbiosciencegraduateschoolsintheUnitedStates,RockefellerUniversityranked13th.

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