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The At the Lab podcast dives into Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s (CSHL) breakthrough bioscience research in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, and genomics, and brings you the latest discoveries with the potential to change lives and the world—all this in 3 minutes or less.

Each episode features a CSHL researcher or educator focused on the biggest global issues and scientific mysteries of the past, present, and future—from deadly diseases to climate change.

Tune in to hear our latest bioscience breakthrough broken down in 3 minutes or less.

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At the Lab: AI evolves

CSHL neuroscientists discuss the biological brain’s multibillion-year advantage over AI—and the new algorithm they built based on that concept.

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At the Lab: UTIs in women’s health

Why do breast cancer researchers focused on pregnancy start looking into urinary tract infections? The backstory is as intriguing as the story itself.

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At the Lab: The nuclear speckle option

Speckles sound innocent enough, like little spots. But don’t be fooled. These tiny structures could someday have big implications for cancer care.

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At the Lab: Dancing with fire

What happens to our brain receptors’ “dance routines” when the brain comes under immune system attack? Tune in to find out.

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At the Lab: Products of an unseen environment

You may have read about their fascinating research in New York Post. Now, hear about it directly from the researchers themselves.

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At the Lab: Science for lovers

You can’t spell evolution without l-o-v-e. A tale of passion and curiosity takes us from New York to Australia, France, the U.K., and South America.

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At the Lab: A vitamin for prostate cancer

For the Season 2 premiere of our podcast, we sit down with CSHL Professor Lloyd Trotman to discuss what could be a major breakthrough in men’s health.

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: AI+

This season’s final Research Rewind brings us from the realm of quantitative biology to neuroscience, genomics, and beyond.

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Genetics

It’s the code for all life on Earth. This week At the Lab, we’re hacking it with the help of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s geneticists.

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Neuroscience

What do you think? How do you know? And who are you anyway? We probe each of these questions with the help of Cold Spring Harbor’s neuroscientists.

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