Author: Qiong Wang

  • Louise Pearce – An Extraordinary Woman of Medicine

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    By Susan Russo In 1913, the Rockefeller Institute appointed its first woman researcher, Louise Pearce, M.D., who worked as an assistant to Simon Flexner. Pearce was promoted to Associate Member in 1923, and continued in this position until 1951, when she became President of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. During her career, Pearce attained…

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes.

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    Part XVII: Torsten Wiesel, 1981 Prize in Physiology or Medicine. By Joseph Luna In the late 1950’s, two scientists sat with a cat in a darkened room and flicked on a projector screen. For this particular movie night with kitty, the scientists showed a series of simple images to the cat, and between each one…

  • Neuroscience Night

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    By Aileen Marshall March 14 through the 20 was National Brain Awareness Week. In honor of that, the Rockefeller University’s Science and Media Group sponsored an event called Neuroscience Night, run by the organization KnowScience. The event consisted of several talks by local scientists about their fascinating research on the brain. The topics ranged from…

  • Culture Corner

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    Book Review: Sudden Death: A Novel, by Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer By Bernie Langs I often view the study of European history as a lesson in arbitrarily defined epochs populated by individuals lost in a haze of their own coping mechanisms, against the ingrained, systematic, and what they felt at the time to…

  • New York State Of Mind

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      This month Natural Selections interviews Ian Brown Group Leader, Comparative Bioscience Center Interview by Guadalupe Astorga How long have you been living in the New York area?  I’ve been living here for 36 years. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I currently live in Brooklyn, and my favorite neighborhood is Clinton Hill in…

  • QUOTABLE QUOTE

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    Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.  —Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

  • Supreme Effort

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    By George Barany and Friends This bipartisan politically themed puzzle was created within hours of a much-anticipated announcement by a consortium of friends of Rockefeller alum (1977) George Barany, who is currently on the faculty of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to its answer, visit here.…

  • Life on a Roll

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    By Elodie Pauwels It is that time of the year when mountains are covered with snow. I took a few days off to forget all about the urban and stressful lifestyle. Walking for hours in such black & white scenery, with my steps and the distant echo of a bell or the barking of a…

  • Reflections on the Updated Periodic Table

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    By Paul Jeng Where does science live? For me these days, it’s in the fifteen open tabs lagging my browser as I switch from email to PubMed. It’s in hot coffee in the morning and red velvet seminar cookies in the afternoon. It’s spelled out in Calibri on slides or floating around inside the heads…

  • Zika Virus

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    By Aileen Marshall What should you know about the Zika virus? It’s been around for over 50 years, but it’s only recently that it’s spread has increased around the world, especially in South America. The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes, but for most people it only causes a mild infection. However, an infection in…