Charlotte Hu, Author at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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New brain map could improve AI algorithms for machine vision

August 20, 2019

A revised view of the primate visual system may serve as a future reference for understanding how vision works in humans.

How a lab and its model animals changed science

August 13, 2019

The natural history of science at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory through the lens of animal research.

Understanding pregnancy’s effects on breast cancer risk

August 13, 2019

CSHL researchers authored a review in the journal Cell covering the landscape of breast cancer research.

Of mice and model organisms

July 31, 2019

An in-depth look at how veterinarians at CSHL help take care of the various organisms that help researchers answer fundamental biological questions.

There’s more to smell than meets the nose

July 22, 2019

Neuroscience researchers work to figure out our brains process smells, including what features are essential to identifying and separating odors.

Quantifying how the brain smells

July 22, 2019

Neuroscience researchers at CSHL are trying to figure out how the brain processes smells and what features of odors are important in that process.

Sugars that coat proteins are a possible drug target for pancreatitis

June 20, 2019

CA19-9, a complex sugar structure coating proteins, represents a possible drug target for treatment of pancreatitis and prevention of pancreatic cancer.

Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection

June 13, 2019

Researchers found a specific type of cancer-associated fibroblast interacts with the immune system to help pancreatic cancer cells stay under the radar.

Cryo-EM illuminates intricate designs of noroviruses

June 11, 2019

Researchers reconstruct four different strains of the food-poisoning causing norovirus using the groundbreaking cryo-electron microscope.

Norovirus structures could help develop treatments for food poisoning

June 11, 2019

Researchers at CSHL used cryo-EM to reconstruct the structures of four different strains of human noroviruses, which cause food poisoning.

Interview with a neuroscientist

May 31, 2019

CSHL Professor Bo Li’s lab studies the biology behind mental disorders. Learn more about how Li’s work is changing the way we think about mental health.

Enzyme PHLPP2 could be a viable drug target for treating prostate cancer

May 15, 2019

Researchers have identified an enzyme called Phlpp2 as an attractive drug target for treating prostate cancer.

Remembering John Cairns, CSHL Director, 1963-1968

May 9, 2019

CSHL celebrates the achievements of the late Dr. John Cairns, lab director from 1963 to 1968.

Andrea Schorn zooms in on small RNAs in the cell

April 29, 2019

Dr. Andrea Schorn joins CSHL faculty as research assistant professor. Her focus is exploring transposable elements in the genome of mammalian cells.

NIH grant awarded for interneuron research

April 4, 2019

CSHL postdoc Maggie Crow will use her NIH grant to pursue the quantification and analysis of specific types of neurons in the brain.

Author: Charlotte Hu