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HT Winter 2009

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:36 GMT

Harbor Transcript - Winter 2009

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On the cover:
In the Uplands Farm greenhouse, Prof. David Jackson (center) discusses maize genetics with members of his lab, Morgan Xu and Tara Zadrozny.

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Crown jewels

Work begins in the new Hillside Laboratories to solve pressing questions about cancer, the brain

Teaming up against cancer

The collective efforts of the CSHL labs yield a major advance in screening for cancer genes

One experiment

An experiment in the Zador lab offers a new way of determining how the brain processes sound

Research Profile: David Jackson

Studies in plant genetics are teaching us about how organisms develop

Faculty & Friends

4th Double Helix Medals

A Nobel for Carol Greider

NIH 'Transformative' grants to Mitra, Dubnau

President's Council, Fall 2009

Faculty briefs

HT Spring 2009

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:53:00 GMT

Harbor Transcript - Summer 2009

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Orubba Almansouri, who emigrated to the U.S. from Yemen only two years ago, preparing a sample of her own mitochondrial DNA at the new Harlem DNA Lab. She is the student body president at Brooklyn International H.S. “In my country,” she says, “the public schools were always very crowded, maybe 80 students per class. The girls
were separate from the boys. We didn’t do labs.”

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The Harlem DNA Lab opens

Bringing CSHL's educational vision to nation's largest public school system

The gene, redefined

Tom Gingeras and the ENCODE 'heresy'

Research Profile: Linda Van Aelst

Cell signaling opens a window on cancer, cognitive disorders

One experiment

Focusing on a single experiment by CSHL scientists, recently in the news

Watson School of Biological Sciences: Class of 2009

For 5 new Ph.D.s, an auspicious beginning

Faculty & Friends

3rd annual Double Helix Medals

6th Watson School Commencement

CSHL thanks the Montis

Sass Fellowship in Cancer Research

Professor Joshua-Tor elected AAAS Fellow

HT Winter 2010

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:59:46 GMT

Harbor Transcript - Summer 2013

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On the cover:
Assistant Professor Zachary Lippman seeks to identify the genetic basis of heterosis, the phenomenon that allows hybrid plants — in this case, tomatoes — to achieve higher yields
than their parents.

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Research Profile: Bruce Stillman

Understanding the chromosome cycle

Scholar's oasis

Elegant new spaces in the renovated Carnegie Building draw the next generation of researchers

One experiment

Grigori Enikolopov and colleagues track the effect of deep brain stimulation on neuronal stem cell populations

High-yield agriculture

A century of plant genetics at CSHL seeds new approaches

Faculty & Friends

5 new faculty

Double Helix Medals Dinner raises more than $3 million

CSHL Board elects new chairman

President's Council, Fall 2010

Faculty briefs

HT Summer 2010

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:42:45 GMT

Harbor Transcript - Summer 2010

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On the cover:
The Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center provides a stylish yet informal setting for gatherings of up to 550 scientists. The
cafe is shown on the cover.

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CSH Asia

The 'CSHL idea' takes root in China with the opening of Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou

Molecules of memory

Discoveries by Yi Zhong explain some of memory's mysteries

One experiment

Scientists in the Wigler lab have devised a new way of tracking tumor progression

Watson School 2010 graduates

In its 11th year, the WSBS produces 10 new Ph.D.s

Research Profile: Adrian Krainer

Tinkering with the cell's RNA-editing process to treat genetic disease

Faculty & Friends

CSHL ranked #1 in research impact

Pancreatic Cancer Research Consortium founded

WSBS honorary degrees awarded

New Trustees elected

Faculty briefs

HT Summer 2013

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:25:55 GMT

Harbor Transcript - Summer 2013	Table of Contents
Download the entire HT Summer 2013 issue On the cover: Charles A. Jencks, Spirals Time - Time Spirals The 15-foot-high sculpture reminds us, in the sculptor’s words, of DNA’s “many different manifestations” by catching and reflecting light in varied ways. The sculpture is installed, appropriately, between the Watsons’ current residence and Airslie House, the President’s residence.	Features Jim & Liz celebrate 45 years A few of their favorite memories, in their own words Marking an epochal discovery A meeting to celebrate 60 years of the double helix Watson School 2013 graduates In the school's 14th year, 8 students earn their Ph.D.s One experiment From the Furukawa lab, a view of a drug in its binding pocket Research Profile: David L. Spector Spector's lifelong study of the cell nucleus is yielding valuable insights about disease Faculty & Friends NYC ♥ STEM Open house brings new friends WSBS confers honorary degrees Professor Hannon elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences Professor Joshua-Tor elected AAAS Fellow CSHL contributes to online Codebreakers archive CSHL's Walking Tours

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Studies generate ‘comprehensive’ list of genes required to defend sex cells from transposons

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:12:53 GMT

The piRNA pathway protects eggs and sperm from ‘jumping genes’ that can cause developmental defects, sterility

Neuroscience research brief: Rats take high-speed multisensory snapshots

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:25:19 GMT

Smell and touch, sniffing and “whisking,” are locked in sync

Scientists discover how brain’s auditory center transmits information for decisions and actions

tarr@cshl.edu (Peter Tarr) — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:13:55 GMT

Specialized neurons in the auditory cortex ‘represent’ and transmit the ‘votes’ of other neurons to the striatum

Watson School of Biological Sciences graduates 10th class on 60th anniversary of double helix

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:21:29 GMT

The Watson School of Biological Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) celebrated its 10^th commencement Sunday afternoon, April 28...

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Letters shed new light on Nobel prizes for discovery of DNA’s double helix structure

rals@cshl.edu (Robert Als) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:11:21 GMT
Today, the 60th anniversary of the publication by James D. Watson and Francis Crick of an article describing the double-helical structure of the DNA molecule,...

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