Seeding citizen science with DNA barcoding 7/18/2018 Teachers trained in DNA barcoding can mentor students as they become citizen scientists investigating what interests them most. Read the story »
Suffrage Science award to Mikala Egeblad 6/8/2018 Egeblad and 10 other female scientists from around the world were presented with heirloom jewelry at the Suffrage Science awards ceremony. Read the story »
Microbial masterpieces win ASM Agar Art Contest 6/4/2018 Science-inspired artworks created at CSHL’s DNA Learning Center win in the 2018 American Society for Microbiology Agar Art Contest Read the story »
A science writer’s quest to understand heredity 5/30/2018 LabDish spoke with science writer Carl Zimmer about what he learned about heredity as he zig-zagged through CSHL while writing his new book. Read the story »
Pershing Square Sohn prize to Camila dos Santos 5/22/2018 Assistant Professor Camila dos Santos, Ph.D., has been awarded the Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. Read the story »
How do plants know when to flower? 5/18/2018 Colorful flowers are a sure sign of spring. But how do flowering plants know that it is time to bloom? Read the story »
Research profile: Robert Maki 4/2/2018 Straddling CSHL and Northwell Health gives Dr. Maki the perspective he needs to bring cancer research closer to the practice of treating patients Read the story »
The course to science stardom 4/2/2018 At least 10 CSHL Courses alumni have gone on to win a Nobel Prize, while others have become leaders of major scientific institutions Read the story »
Evans Foundation MDS Young Investigator Award to Lingbo Zhang 3/28/2018 CSHL Fellow Lingbo Zhang received a Young Investigator Award from the Edward P. Evans Foundation. Read the story »
One experiment: Twice the tomatoes 3/22/2018 Zachary Lippman’s team found a way to boost tomato yield by digging into the plant’s genome and fine-tuning its branching patterns. Read the story »
Kids today are doing what forensics experts couldn’t just 25 years ago 3/6/2018 An 11-year-old student uses DNA testing to try to solve a 5,000-year-old murder mystery at CSHL’s DNA Learning Center. Read the story »
Welcome to the real world of science, I’ll be your guide 2/5/2018 Jackie Novatt was determined to show the people on her campus tours how science really works—and landed her dream job in the process. Read the story »
Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor honored with Mildred Cohn Award from ASBMB 2/2/2018 Professor Leemor Joshua-Tor receives the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s 2018 Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry. Read the story »
45 years later, a scientist realizes he’s a star 1/24/2018 David Haas was stunned to learn the impact of work he abandoned decades ago. He took a CSHL course to see it for himself. Read the story »
Turning off the immune system is hard. Turning it on against cancer is easier. 1/10/2018 How Professor Doug Fearon’s experiences with autoimmune disease patients contributed to the discovery of a new potential immunotherapy for cancer. Read the story »