Category: Cover

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  • July/August 2018 Cover

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  • Graduating Class Superlatives

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      Sarah Baker Every group of students that graduates from The Rockefeller University is quite exceptional. Along the way to their PhDs the students who have worked here, struggled here, and accomplished here have become a family. Just like a family, each individual is unique—there is the crazy uncle, the positive go-getter sister, or the…

  • May 2018 Issue Cover

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  • Natural Selections Interviews Ali Brivanlou

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      Natural Selections interviews Ali Brivanlou, Principal Investigator Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology, the Rockefeller University. Guadalupe Astorga Together with his team, Ali investigates the molecular pathways underlying cell communication during development. Notably, his team was recently able to preserve human embryos in culture for up to 14 days. This revolutionary achievement…

  • April 2018 Issue Cover

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  • Wasting Not

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    Sarah Baker   Ainhoa Perez Garijo “Hokusai’s Great Wave” by Bonnie Monteleone, 2016 Greenepeace USA, Turtle and Plastic in the Ocean © Troy Mayne / Oceanic Imagery Publications   Nine years ago Ainhoa Perez Garijo took the first steps towards reducing her waste and today she and her family live almost completely waste-free, meaning they…

  • March 2018 Issue Cover

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  • February 2018 Issue Cover

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  • Word of the Month

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      Dakota Blackman    smitten  adjective  smit·ten  \ ˈsmi-tᵊn \  deeply affected with or struck by strong feelings of attraction, affection, or infatuation  The month of February often conjures up the all too familiar images related to Valentine’s Day: heart-shaped chocolates and balloons, bouquets of flowers, and Hallmark cards passed between young children at school and between romantic partners. In…

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