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Recombinant DNA and Biological Warfare

10/20/2021

In 1975 David Baltimore wrote to his colleagues about the potential weaponization of recombinant DNA technology. Read the story »

Exploring the Norton Zinder Collection: Getting Scooped

10/4/2021

Getting Scooped: Then and Now Read the story »

Cold Spring Harbor and German Eugenics in the 1930s

9/23/2021

Letters from German eugenicists to Charles Davenport highlight the complex connections between American and German "racial hygiene" in the 1930s. Read the story »

Scientific Papers of Dr. Matthew Meselson Now Available

9/17/2021

Discover the recently processed scientific papers of geneticist and molecular biologist Dr. Matthew Meselson. Read the story »

Life, Hope & Science: Three Journeys in Research

9/14/2021

What can we learn from the life stories of eminent women scientists? Join our free webinar on Monday, Oct 18, 2021 at 12PM EST / 9AM PST / 5PM BST. Read the story »

Exploring the Norton Zinder Collection: Penicillin, Auxotrophic Mutants, and Tricks of Memory

9/13/2021

Norton Zinder and Joshua Lederberg look back on a paper that they published in the 1940s. Read the story »

Cold Spring Harbor and Nazi Germany: A Jewish Scholar Seeks a Position in the United States

9/7/2021

A German Jewish refugee scholar seeks a job at Cold Spring Harbor in the late 1930s. Read the story »

Select Lecture Series at CSHL

8/27/2021

A listing of selected lecture series held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory over the years. Read the story »

CSHL Oral History Digitization: Preserving the History of Scientific Discoveries in Modern Biology

4/30/2021

CSHL Archives awarded CLIR's Recording at Risk grant to preserve the history of scientific discoveries in modern biology. Read the story »

Student Life at the Biological Laboratory in the early 1900s

4/26/2021

Newly digitized archival material offers a glimpse into student life at the Biological Laboratory in the early 1900s. Read the story »

Rosalind Franklin would be 100 years old today

7/25/2020

On July 25, 2020 Rosalind Franklin would be 100 years old. Read the story »

Waclaw Szybalski

12/29/2015

At the close of this year, we would like to honor Dr. Waclaw Szybalski, world-renowned molecular biologist and CSHL alumnus. Read the story »

Ghostly habitues of the store-house loft

10/24/2014

A ghostly photograph taken in from 189, is part of a scrapbook depicting Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory that was made by Harry Perkins. Read the story »

Albert F. Blakeslee postcard—a special find

9/25/2014

A lab employee purchased and donated a postcard to the archives of the Carnegie Building in 1905. Read the story »

Celebrating Margaret Jean Mitchell Watson

5/8/2014

James D. Watson’s mother, Margaret Jean Mitchell Watson, travelled to Cambridge, England in June of 1952 to visit her son and daughter, Betty. Read the story »

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