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Author: Brian Stallard

How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses

7/15/2020

Breast cancer cells sabotage nearby immune cells to evade detection and destruction by the body’s defenses. Read the story »

How an antiviral immune reaction can go too far

5/23/2020

White blood cells sacrifice themselves to ensnare invaders in a sticky NET (neutrophil extracellular trap), but in COVID-19, NETs may hurt us. Read the story »

Teachers make genomes more useful… from home

5/21/2020

Researchers and educators participated in an online annotation jamboree to help researchers understand the corn genome. Read the story »

How to tune out common odors and focus on important ones

5/11/2020

The fly brain uses a simple computing trick to ignore prevalent odors and focus on newer but rarer odorants. Read the story »

Predicting the evolution of genetic mutations

4/14/2020

CSHL quantitative biologists have designed a computational approach for predicting the evolution of a rapidly mutating virus or cancer. Read the story »

A science career path: David McCandlish

4/10/2020

Assistant Professor David McCandlish is a quantitative biologist who walks the line between advanced mathematics and the life sciences at CSHL. Read the story »

Carol Greider: Nobel Prize-winning rogue biologist

3/31/2020

CSHL alumna Carol Greider won the Nobel Prize and is a champion for diversity. But her dyslexia almost derailed her career before it began. Read the story »

Barbara McClintock: Free to discover

3/23/2020

Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock spent half her life at CSHL, enjoying the freedom to explore new ideas and ignore criticism. This is her journey. Read the story »

Images of ‘invisible’ holes on cells may jumpstart research

3/3/2020

Cellular pores, once impossible to see, have been imaged for the first time. This sets the stage for new discoveries about blood pressure and pain. Read the story »

Mutation’s role in blood cancers revealed by ideal team-up

1/31/2020

Researchers from CSHL and MSKCC have determined how a mutation implicated in many blood cancers reduces the proteins that make healthy blood cells. Read the story »

New look at odd holes involved in taste, Alzheimer’s, asthma

1/27/2020

Large holes in our cells have been implicated in depression, Alzehimer’s disease, asthma, and even taste. Now, we know what two of these pores look like. Read the story »

New tool for investigating brain cells, Parkinson’s, & more

1/22/2020

Researchers have crafted a compound for targeting specific brain cell receptors, creating new opportunities to study the brain and Parkinson’s disease. Read the story »

Vitamin B6, leukemia’s deadly addiction

1/13/2020

Acute Myeloid Leukemia is addicted to vitamin B6. Now that researchers know this, they can pursue new treatment options for the deadly blood cancer. Read the story »

Finally, machine learning interprets gene regulation clearly

12/26/2019

Machine learning and a new kind of easily-interpretable artificial neural network is helping scientists make sense of crucial gene regulation. Read the story »

A new tomato ideal for urban gardens and even outer space

12/23/2019

Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to optimize tomatoes for urban agriculture, preparing them for the city rooftops and possibly space missions. Read the story »

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