Author: Andrea Alfano

Seeding citizen science with DNA barcoding

July 18, 2018

Teachers trained in DNA barcoding can mentor students as they become citizen scientists investigating what interests them most.

Suffrage Science award to Mikala Egeblad

June 8, 2018

Egeblad and 10 other female scientists from around the world were presented with heirloom jewelry at the Suffrage Science awards ceremony.

Microbial masterpieces win ASM Agar Art Contest

June 4, 2018

Science-inspired artworks created at CSHL’s DNA Learning Center win in the 2018 American Society for Microbiology Agar Art Contest

A science writer’s quest to understand heredity

May 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.

Pershing Square Sohn prize to Camila dos Santos

May 22, 2018

Assistant Professor Camila dos Santos, Ph.D., has been awarded the Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research.

How do plants know when to flower?

May 18, 2018

Colorful flowers are a sure sign of spring. But how do flowering plants know that it is time to bloom?

Research profile: Robert Maki

April 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

The course to science stardom

April 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

Evans Foundation MDS Young Investigator Award to Lingbo Zhang

March 28, 2018

CSHL Fellow Lingbo Zhang received a Young Investigator Award from the Edward P. Evans Foundation.

One experiment: Twice the tomatoes

March 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.

Kids today are doing what forensics experts couldn’t just 25 years ago

March 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.

Welcome to the real world of science, I’ll be your guide

February 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.

Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor honored with Mildred Cohn Award from ASBMB

February 2, 2018

Professor Leemor Joshua-Tor receives the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s 2018 Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry.

45 years later, a scientist realizes he’s a star

January 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.

Turning off the immune system is hard. Turning it on against cancer is easier.

January 10, 2018

How Professor Doug Fearon’s experiences with autoimmune disease patients contributed to the discovery of a new potential immunotherapy for cancer.

Dr. Anne Churchland honored with Marshall Award for promoting women in science

December 11, 2017

Associate Professor Anne Churchland was honored with The Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award.

A spot at the podium: The Women in Biology Speakers List

December 5, 2017

The gender imbalance in slates of invited speakers for scientific conferences is an issue that CSHL's Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) group.

Big decisions

November 15, 2017

David Micklos of the DNA Learning Center, and Miriam Rich, a research scholar, talk about the big issues of eugenics.

For brain cells, you are who you speak to

October 31, 2017

Tracking a person entails searching through their email, phone, and other means of communication to map out their network. To do this for a brain cell

Good genes, bad science

October 15, 2017

On this episode, Base Pairs looks into the eugenics movement, including the record kept in CSHL.