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2011 News Releases

News Releases	Date
Local painter brings 1848 whaling vessels in Cold Spring Harbor to life	February 10, 2012
Gene mutation in autism found to cause hyperconnectivity in brain’s hearing center	January 31, 2012
CSHL genetics education pioneer David Micklos wins Genetics Society of America award	January 20, 2012
CSHL team introduces automated imaging to greatly speed whole-brain mapping efforts	January 15, 2012
Acclaimed volume from CSHL Press makes Choice magazine’s ‘25 Outstanding Academic Titles’ list	January 07, 2012
GABA signaling prunes back copious ‘provisional’ synapses during neural circuit assembly	January 03, 2012
Study uncovers a molecular “maturation clock” that modulates branching architecture in tomato plants	December 26, 2011
CSHL’s DNA Learning Center awarded Science magazine SPORE prize	December 22, 2011
Genomics pioneer W. Richard McCombie of CSHL elected a 2011 AAAS Fellow	December 24, 2011
First comprehensive DNA study of mast cell leukemia uncovers clues that could improve therapy	December 16, 2011
New York Plant Genomics Consortium maps evolutionary relationships, gene functions for 150 species	December 16, 2011
Unexpected signaling role for foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide in cell response to protein misfolding	December 13, 2011
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory honors stars of science and sports at sixth annual gala	November 16, 2011
CSHL mourns passing of Honorary Trustee and cancer advocate Evelyn H. Lauder	November 14, 2011
Study reveals details of alternative splicing circuitry that promotes cancer’s Warburg effect	November 02, 2011
Digitizing the Watson and Brenner papers: bringing great scientific discoveries within reach	October 26, 2011
X-linked mental retardation protein is found to mediate synaptic plasticity in hippocampus	October 19, 2011
Study reveals new role for RNA interference during chromosomal replication	October 17, 2011
Study shows how “bookmarking” genes before cell division accelerates their subsequent reactivation	October 11, 2011
Antisense therapy delivers long-term correction of severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy in mice	October 05, 2011
CSHL team finds evidence for the genetic basis of autism	October 03, 2011
Powerful antibody-based strategy suggests a new therapeutic approach to diabetes and obesity	September 29, 2011
Research reveals how dynamic changes in methylation can determine cell fate	September 26, 2011
CSHL celebrates 10 years of the Women's Partnership For Science lecture and luncheon	September 23, 2011
CSHL team creates genetic ‘GPS’ system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells	September 21, 2011
Study suggests methylation and gene sequence co-evolve in human-chimp evolutionary divergence	September 15, 2011
Molecular chaperones traffic signaling proteins between cells in plant stem-cell maintenance pathway	August 25, 2011
Long Island 2 Day Walk donates to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory breast cancer research	August 23, 2011
CSHL neuroscientists show activity patterns in fly brain are optimized for memory storage	August 18, 2011
Relationship between two mutated genes can dictate prostate cancer outcome, aid treatment decisions	August 15, 2011
North Shore-LIJ Establishes Health & Wellness Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	August 08, 2011
Unconventional hunt for new cancer targets leads to a powerful drug candidate for leukemia	August 04, 2011
Plant biologists dissect genetic mechanism enabling plants to overcome environmental challenge	August 03, 2011
CSHL scientists reveal mechanism behind ‘oncogene addiction’ in acute leukemia	August 01, 2011
CSHL to help assemble ‘knowledgebase’ on plants, microbes, to aid US biofuel, environment efforts	July 15, 2011
CSHL team identifies enzyme that is an important regulator of aggressive breast cancer development	June 30, 2011
Plant scientist Rob Martienssen receives prestigious appointment as HHMI-GBMF Investigator	June 16, 2011
CSHL structural biologists reveal novel drug binding site in NMDA receptor subunit	June 16, 2011
Autism study validates importance of spontaneous causal mutations and sheds new light on gender skew	June 08, 2011
Bank of America supports budding scientists in Uniondale	June 06, 2011
Study identifies stem cell-related changes that may contribute to age-related cognitive decline	May 05, 2011
Watson School of Biological Sciences commencement recognizes Long Islanders making global impact	May 04, 2011
CSHL structural biologists reveal molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit	April 26, 2011
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Renews Support for CSHL Postgraduate Courses	April 25, 2011
DNA Day for Brentwood Students Highlights National Grid Foundation Support for LI Programs	April 21, 2011
Labapalooza! at CSHL attracts 400 guests, raises $150,000 for cancer and brain research	April 20, 2011
Watson School of Biological Sciences Prof. Gregory Hannon honored with major mentoring award	April 14, 2011
CSHL team perfects non-lethal way of switching off essential genes in mice	April 13, 2011
Researchers identify therapeutic target for liver cancer and a predictive biomarker of response	March 14, 2011
With new method, CSHL team is able to infer how tumors evolve and spread	March 14, 2011
New method powerfully boosts efficiency of RNA interference (RNAi) in shutting down genes	February 25, 2011
Neuroscientists find overlooked brain area is an important locus of depression	February 28, 2011
Study finds a stem cell origin of skin cancer and the genetic lesions that promote its malignancy	February 04, 2011
CSHL is part of international team that sequences the ‘chocolate’ genome	January 14, 2011
The Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer Donates $50,000 to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	January 14, 2011

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