At the Lab
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 Episode 14: What’s that smell?
You might not realize, but that question is central to the human experience. On this week’s podcast, CSHL’s Saket Navlakha sniffs out answers.
At the Lab Episode 13: A more sustainable chemistry
For this week’s podcast, CSHL Professor John Moses bridges the gap between chemistry and biology in less than three minutes.
At the Lab Episode 12: Cancer cops
In this week’s podcast, CSHL Assistant Professor Semir Beyaz reveals how metastatic breast cancer ‘corrupts’ the body’s immune system.
At the Lab Episode 11: AI brainiacs
What is neuroAI, and how does it help both neuroscientists and computer scientists? In this week’s podcast, CSHL’s Kyle Daruwalla explains.
At the Lab Episode 10: The time of our lives
“You wouldn’t start making the fingernails on an arm until you had started to make the arm,” says CSHL’s Christopher Hammell. How’s that for a visual?
At the Lab Episode 9: Musical mice
We put the ‘mice’ in ‘maestro,’ with singing lessons from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory neuroscientist Arkarup Banerjee.
At the Lab Episode 8: Birds of a feather
How did some birds get such distinct colors? CSHL Professor Adam Siepel joins us for a journey across evolution’s “islands of differentiation.”
At the Lab Episode 7: Women in STEM
CSHL is no stranger to successful female scientists. Today, we remember the life of Martha Chase, famously known for the Hershey-Chase experiment.
At the Lab Episode 6: Supermoms to the rescue
Happy almost Mother’s Day! What drives a supermom to come to the rescue when her child is upset? CSHL’s Stephen Shea shares the biological backstory.
At the Lab Episode 5: A heart of golf
A 500-year-old mystery stumbled on by Leonardo da Vinci has been solved using modern clinical data. Meet the CSHL scientist at the heart of it all.