What does RU stand for?

Rockefeller University

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The research team at Rockefeller University have found that the survival of the deadly bacterium Bacillus anthracis is directed and shaped by the DNA of bacteria-infecting viruses.

How anthrax bacteria survive dormant stage

Situated between First and York Avenues, 429 East 75th Street is a short walk from Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Lenox Hill Hospital, The Hospital for Special Surgery and Rockefeller University Hospital.

First new UES medical condo in 15 years tops out

Magnasco of Rockefeller University in New York and Constantino Baikouzis of the Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina, acknowledge they had to make some assumptions to determine the date Odysseus returned to his kingdom of Ithaca.

United States: Date set for Odysseus' return from Trojan War

Byline: Louise Danielle Palmer In clinical studies, repeated stress caused the number of neurons in the brain to diminish -- at least in rats, reports Bruce McEwen, head of the neuroendocrinology laboratory at Rockefeller University in New York City.

How Stress Shrinks Your Brain

Despite this variability, Leslie Vosshall and her colleagues of Rockefeller University in New York City reported last year that the protein encoded by a single odor-receptor gene, known as Or83b, works in conjunction with almost every odor receptor in fruit flies.

Master gene found for insect smell

The Rockefeller University (New York, NY) has patented a plant gene, Esr 1, which when overexpressed in plant cells results in cells which have cytokinin-independent cell growth.

Boehringer Ingelheim obtains United States patent

One prominent researcher at Rockefeller University, Dr.

Global food cops

The breakthrough, reported today in the journal Science, was made at Rockefeller University, New York.

Instant spray-on cure for sore throats