LabDish Archive

Pancakes may never taste this good again

5/15/2025

Graduate student Lucía Téllez Pérez reflects on her experience attending the recent CSHL meeting Cancer Genetics: History & Consequences. Read the story »

A science career path: Jason Williams

4/24/2020

He is now a leader at the DNA Learning Center, the place that taught him to love biology in high school. 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 »

Fresh insights into prostate cancer surprise Movember crowd

11/22/2019

For a special “Movember” edition of Cocktails and Chromosomes, Dr. Lloyd Trotman explained what his lab is doing to understand deadly prostate cancers. Read the story »

The important role of an Uplands Farm cat

10/29/2019

Cats, Uplands Farm’s smallest employees, have always played a big role in plant care and seed guarding. Read the story »

Nobel laureate William Kaelin draws a crowd

10/29/2019

Nobel laureate and cancer researcher William Kaelin holds a seminar on his award-winning research at CSHL. Read the story »

The world of Brianna Bibel, The Bumbling Biochemist

9/17/2019

Brianna Bibel, a third-year graduate student at WSBS, is making ripples in the science community through her social media presence. Read the story »

A survivor’s path to cancer research

8/9/2019

Leukemia survivor and CSHL volunteer Anya Shah talks about her drive to do cancer research and her time in Vakoc lab. Read the story »

Hitting the high notes at the Lab

5/23/2019

The CSHL choir is a cherished tradition, bringing song to some of the Lab’s most important occasions. Learn more about the history of this storied group. Read the story »

Science is a lesson in ‘eye-opening’ for students and teachers

2/27/2019

WSBS graduate student Bruno Gegenhuber embraced teaching at the DNA Learning Center as a learning experience in itself. Read the story »

What does sight mean to a cancer researcher?

2/26/2019

Postdoc Leah Banks discusses vision’s role in cancer research, and how nearly losing her sight gave her a new perspective on her work. Read the story »

From workshops to lab work—right next door

9/13/2018

College student James Korossy’s journey from taking workshops at the DNA Learning Center to working at the bench in CSHL Fellow Lingbo Zhang’s lab. Read the story »

Being a scientist means being part of a team

6/12/2018

High school senior Jerinna Solages learns what it’s really like to do scientific research in CSHL’s Partners for the Future program. 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 »

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 »