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Pictured: 2012 Rock Stars of Science
Announcement
Geoffrey Beene Rock Stars of Science™ Campaign Features Memorial Sloan Kettering Researchers

The initiative, focused on investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, highlights the critical need for funding scientific research.
Pictured: Scott Lowe
Q&A
At Work: Biologist Scott Lowe, Chair of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

In the lab of cancer biologist Scott Lowe, researchers are investigating the processes that naturally inhibit cancer development.
Pictured: PET Scan
In the Lab
New Imaging Agent Could Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering are developing a new strategy for PET imaging of tumors that could result in new tools to detect and monitor prostate cancer.
Equipped for Discovery

Various facilities provide the services and technology that support Memorial Sloan Kettering’s cancer genomics studies.
Hundreds of high school students and teachers from the New York City area attend the annual seminar.
Event
Webcast of 2012 Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research

For the first time, our annual seminar for high school students and teachers from the New York City area will be available to watch live from around the nation and the world.
Pictured: Scott Armstrong
Scott Armstrong and Kitai Kim Named to Endowed Chairs

Pediatric oncologist Scott A. Armstrong has been named the incumbent of the Grayer Family Chair, and stem cell biologist Kitai Kim has been named to a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair.
Pictured: Structure of Synthesized Erythropoietin
In the Lab
Memorial Sloan Kettering Investigators Synthesize Vital Biological Molecule Erythropoietin for the First Time

Researchers have produced a fully synthetic, functional version of erythropoietin, the hormone that controls production of red blood cells.
Pictured: Alexander Rudensky
Announcement
Alexander Rudensky Appointed Immunology Program Chair

Dr. Rudensky studies the development of white blood cells called T lymphocytes, which participate in the immune system response to infection. He joined the Sloan Kettering Institute in 2009.
Pictured: Tunneling Nanotubes
Snapshot
Tunneling Nanotubes Connect Cancer Cells

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have discovered a way that cancer cells may be able to exchange information by establishing long bridges between cells called tunneling nanotubes.
Pictured: Natural Killer Cells & Cancer Cell
In the Lab
Study Suggests Refined Donor Selection Could Improve Outcomes of Bone Marrow Transplantation in Leukemia

In the future, more-advanced genetic testing might offer better ways to match up patients who need a bone marrow transplant with potential donors.