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The awards and grants won by various Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory faculty in the fields of cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative biology, and genomics.

Corina Amor Vegas awarded $750K MIND Prize

3/10/2026

The Pershing Square Foundation award will fund research aimed at developing CAR T cell therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. Read the story »

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Douglas Fearon elected as Fellow of AACR Academy

1/27/2026

The recently retired CSHL professor is recognized for pioneering research that linked innate and adaptive immunity, laying the groundwork for immunotherapy. Read the story »

Bruce Stillman, Michael Lukey, and Leemor Joshua-Tor people stand indoors; the middle person holds a framed award. A spiral sculpture is in the background.

Lukey receives 2025 Stone Faculty Award

1/22/2026

His innovative research is reshaping science’s understanding of cancer metabolism. Read the story »

Jeremy Borniger with light hair stands in a bright laboratory with shelves, equipment, and computers in the background.

Borniger wins Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award

1/13/2026

The prestigious award is given to outstanding early career investigators, enabling them to pursue high-impact, high-risk projects. Read the story »

Joshua-Tor joins American Academy of Sciences and Letters

11/13/2025

The prestigious group counts among its ranks Sir Salman Rushdie and three Nobel laureates, all with a background in chemistry. Read the story »

Alexander wins Kidney Cancer Association Trailblazer Award

11/4/2025

The $75,000 grant supports her lab’s cutting-edge research on the role of nuclear speckles in kidney and renal pelvic cancers. Read the story »

Kate Alexander wins NIH Director’s New Innovator award

10/8/2025

The award supports Alexander's cutting-edge research on the role of nuclear speckles in gene regulation and disease. Read the story »

CSHL Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas in a lab coat smiles in a laboratory with equipment, bottles, and a computer in the background.

Amor Vegas named 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

9/29/2025

Amor Vegas was recognized for pioneering research on senescence and immune response, which may lead to new treatments for aging-related conditions. Read the story »

Borniger reaches Cancer Grand Challenges finals

9/24/2025

The CSHL scientist is on one of 12 teams chosen from a pool of 227. Next March, seven teams will be selected to receive over $20 million in funding. Read the story »

Adrian Krainer in front of shelves filled with laboratory equipment and supplies.

Adrian Krainer wins 2025 Heinrich Wieland Prize

7/16/2025

Krainer is recognized for his lifesaving research on mRNA splicing and RNA therapeutics. Read the story »

Image of Arkarup Banerjee speaking with graduate students at the 2025 CSHL Innovators Symposium

Arkarup Banerjee named 2025 McKnight Scholar

6/19/2025

The CSHL neuroscientist will receive $225,000 over three years for his lab's studies of the neural mechanisms underlying vocal communication. Read the story »

Moses elected Fellow of Learned Society of Wales

4/29/2025

The Welshman immigrated to the U.S. in 2020. He uses a revolutionary process called click chemistry to identify and test potential cancer treatments. Read the story »

Lucas Cheadle awarded $750K MIND Prize

4/1/2025

Support from the Pershing Square Foundation empowers the CSHL neuroscientist to take a bold, new view of Alzheimer’s disease. Read the story »

Banerjee named NAS Kavli Fellow

3/4/2025

The National Academy of Sciences selects CSHL Assistant Professor Ararkup Banerjee to participate in its annual Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium. Read the story »

Janowitz elected to ASCI

1/27/2025

As a physician-scientist at CSHL, Tobias Janowitz has led early-phase clinical trials to develop therapeutic strategies for patients with cancer. Read the story »

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