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January 26, 2010

The Rockefeller University Rallies for Multiple Sclerosis
By Caroline Melendez

Research Nurse Brian Millan recruited fourteen members of the Rockefeller Community to team up and bike for a good cause: Research in Multiple Sclerosis. The National MS Society’s 25th Anniversary ride was on Sunday, October 4, 2009. The Clinical Research Support Office’s Recruitment Staff helped to promote the event locally, and provided specially designed Rockefeller University event T-shirts for the ride. The Rockefeller University team gathered at dawn on Manhattan’s westside to join 5,000 others for an unforgettable ride that coursed over more than 30 miles of NYC streets. Over $3,000 was raised by the Rockefeller University team to fight Multiple Sclerosis.

 
  
The Rockefeller University Team: Cynthia de la Fuente, Rice Laboratory; James Doyle, Plant Operations HVAC Shop; Pat Gilledeau (virtual rider), Krueger Laboratory; Markus Grammel, Hang Laboratory; Bregtje Hartendorf-Wallach, Occupational Health Services; Sachin Kadam, Laboratory Safety and Environment Health; Marina Maiuri, MacKinnon Laboratory; Brian Millan, Hospital Nursing Inpatient; Deena Oren and her relatives Avi and Yogal, Structural Biology Resource Center; Peter Selestrin, Plant Operations Power House; John Ulmer, Housing Scholars Residence; Isaul Vargas, Information Technology


For more pictures of the event visit: http://rucares.blogspot.com/



Rockefeller University researcher Dr. Knut Wittkowski recently published an exciting study on MS: http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/?page=engine&id=883.