graduate school, biomedical research, nobel prize, lasker, medicine, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, apoptosis, cell death, bird song mechanics, brain development, brain repair, cell biology, chaos theory, circadian rhythms, computational biology, developmental biology, dna replication, embryo development, genetic engineering, genomics, hormones, human genetics, immunology, infectious diseases, ion channels, learning and memory, mass spectrometry, mathematical biology, neuron development, olfaction, parasitology, particle physics, pheromones, plant biology, population mathematics, proteomics, reproductive behavior, rna, mrna, rnai, sensory neuroscience, signal transduction, stress and its effects on the body, structural biology, telomeres and cell death, transcription, trypanosomes, visual system, yeast genetics, nematoad, histone, chromatin, new york, manhattan, upper east side

a world-renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences. founded in 1901 as the rockefeller institute for medical research, the university provides a uniquely stimulating and collaborative environment for scientists working in its 75 independent laboratories. patient-oriented studies are conducted in the rockefeller university hospital, only private medical facility in the u.s. devoted entirely to clinical research.