Please join us for Markus Library Open House! November 16th, 2023 from 3-5pm Main Reading Room, 2nd floor, Welch Hall Win raffle prizes! Meet Library Staff! Lean new resources and services! Enjoy our latest exhibit, The Rockefeller Story! Take a break with some refreshments! Everyone is welcome!
In celebration of Women's History Month, the Markus Library is pleased to introduce The Lost Women of Science Initiative , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with two related missions: to tell the forgotten stories of female scientists who made groundbreaking achievements in their fields and to inspire girls and young women to embark on careers in [...]
In honor of Black History Month 2023, the Markus Library wants to acknowledge African American women who have made contributions to the fields of science and medicine by highlighting a few books from its Diversity, Equality, and Inclusivity collection. African American Women Chemists written by Jeannette E. Brown, an African American chemist herself, examines the [...]
Pneumococcus colony. Avery et al.: Transformation of pneumococcal types. From J Exp Med 1944, 79(2): 137-158 On February 1, 1944, The Journal of Experimental Medicine published an account by Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty of what Nobelist Peter Medawar called “the most interesting and portentous biological experiment of the 20th century.” [...]
100 years ago, on January 16th, 1923, Ezechiel Godert David “Eddie” Cohen, the Professor Emeritus at The Rockefeller University and leader in statistical physics and nonequilibriu statistical mechanics, was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, into a Jewish family. His father, David Ezechiel Cohen, studied medicine in Amsterdam and after receiving his Ph.D. in 1913, specialized [...]
This month the Markus Library remembers lesser-known women scientists at The Rockefeller University Clara Nigg Clara Nigg. Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center Clara Ida Nigg (1897-1986) was an American bacteriologist who developed methods of cultivating Rickettsia prowazekii and proved that this organism only reproduces in living cells. Clara Nigg was born [...]
This month the Markus Library remembers lesser-known women scientists at The Rockefeller University Elaine Diacumakos Elaine Diacumakos with Peter Sellers and Merrill Chase at the June 11th alumni reunion, 1984 Elaine Diacumakos (1930-1984) was an American cell biologist and head of the cytobiology laboratory at The Rockefeller University who developed the first techniques [...]
This month the Markus Library remembers lesser-known women scientists at The Rockefeller University Evelyn Tilden Evelyn Butler Tilden poses with a microscope at the National Institutes of Health, 1940 Evelyn Butler Tilden (1891 – 1983) was an American microbiologist who researched rare carbohydrates, oral bacteria, fungal endotoxins, and animal infections. Tilden was born [...]
As the Rockefeller University Press and the whole Rockefeller community celebrate the 125th anniversary of Journal of Experimental Medicine, the Markus Library is pleased to present a new exhibit JEM: The Beginnings that highlights the lives and careers of two first editors of the journal: William H. Welch and Simon Flexner. The exhibit contains early [...]
