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This fall I had the pleasure of interviewing Sir S. T. Inkerton, also known as Mr. Inky. He is an intimidatingly independent kitty with a soft spot for his owner, Yagmur Konuk, a research assistant in the de Lange lab… Read more: Pets of Tri-I, Pet Sematary 3: Mr. Inky Rises

New York City is a behemoth of a city to tour for any amount of time, so moving and living in the city for the first time is simultaneously exciting and overwhelming. The amazing skyscrapers, bustling traffic, the chaos of… Read more: NYC Study Spots To Explore!

My life in New York City began on August 26th at two points on York Avenue: the Faculty House and the Zuckerman Research Center at MSK. There, I joined Dr. Christina Leslie for my first rotation. In her lab, I… Read more: First-Year Exploration

Jazz Weisman’s desk is in the far-right corner of Gaby Maimon’s lab at Rockefeller University, located on the third floor of Flexner Hall. You can recognize his desk based on the myriad of seemingly unrelated items on display: a series… Read more: Introducing the multitalented Jazz Weisman

Hsuan-an (Sean) Chen is a joint postdoctoral researcher at Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is currently working in the Charles M. Rice Lab, a lab focusing on virology and infectious disease, at Rockefeller University. He provides… Read more: Interview with Hsuan-An Chen

Meeting with your grad school advisor is a stressful situation at the best of times. It can be anxiety-inducing even when we have spent the week preparing, have slides lined up, and are caught up with all the latest papers.… Read more: An underprepared graduate student’s guide to meeting with your advisor

I started relying on ChatGPT in 2022, when my PI bought a premium account for the lab. I had used the free version in the past, but for $20 a month we gained early access to the latest models and… Read more: ChatGPT is Changing the Way We Do Science

The allure of foundation models in medicine is undeniable. Foundation models are large-scale machine learning models trained on broad data at scale and designed to be adaptable to a wide range of downstream tasks. In natural language processing and computer… Read more: Foundation Models in Medicine: Revolution or Hype?

I was born and raised in a remote small town in southwest China where transportation was inaccessible, and the economy was underdeveloped. People made a living by planting rice and corn or working as migrant laborers. My hometown of Baiquan,… Read more: The Moment I Became a Scientist Was When I Realized That I Should Stay at the Table

The simple but bold 68th Street entrance to the Rockefeller campus was erected in honor of the man who in many ways embodies the scientific and social spirit of the institute. The inscription on one of the piers guarding the… Read more: Avery-McCarty-McLeod experiments: The 80th anniversary of identifying DNA as the molecular basis of heredity

On September 28, the tenth annual Science Saturday STEM festival brought together students, educators, volunteers, and families for a day to celebrate the wonders of science. Hosted by Rockefeller University’s RockEDU Science Outreach department, the festival again demonstrated how science… Read more: Science Saturday: Where Curiosity Meets Community

Just before 7 p.m. on September 19, a small crowd of postdocs began gathering outside Founder’s Hall. A few sported stickers proclaiming “I Voted Union Yes!” The air was warm and the nervous excitement palpable as the group began to… Read more: Rockefeller Postdocs Vote to Unionize

In late August, the newest graduate student cohort arrived at Rockefeller University. But most did not set foot in a laboratory until October. Instead, they played the role of an “experimental group” in a reimagined first-year curriculum running throughout September.… Read more: Rockefeller Reimagines the First-Year Curriculum

As one of the world’s leading biomedical research communities, members of the Tri-I appreciate the volume and rigor of research done to seek and support new medical advances. In the U.S., overall life expectancy and survival rates of many diseases… Read more: Healing The Mind and Body: Insights into Complementary and Alternative Healthcare