Nobel Prize day quiz How much do you know about the Nobel Prize-winning science that happened at CSHL? Take our quiz to find out. Take the quiz »
A home like no other, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 11/7/2019 Hear why our campus, our community, and our collaborative nature makes us a place that so many scientists call "home." Watch the video »
Historic lab at CSHL transformed for future cancer research 10/30/2019 NY Governor Andrew Cuomo cut the ribbon for CSHL’s renovated Demerec lab space, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the historied building. Read the story »
Historic building—groundbreaking science 10/29/2019 The Demerec building has been monumental in scientific history. Now, a $75 million renovation of this celebrated labspace will define CSHL’s future. Read the story »
How one family secured the future of a laboratory 9/12/2019 The Robertson family gifts to CSHL in the early 1970s were of extraordinary importance, for without them the Laboratory might not have survived. Read the story »
How a lab and its model animals changed science 8/13/2019 The natural history of science at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory through the lens of animal research. Read the story »
Leading discovery 5/20/2019 Current discoveries about DNA and human genome position CSHL scientists to make life-changing breakthroughs that will improve the human condition. Read the story »
An essay from the President: Biology for the planet 5/16/2019 CSHL plant scientists are looking for solutions to the biggest questions in agriculture as environments are reshaped by climate change. Read the story »
Remembering John Cairns, CSHL Director, 1963-1968 5/9/2019 CSHL celebrates the achievements of the late Dr. John Cairns, lab director from 1963 to 1968. Read the story »
The case for open and inclusive science 6/8/2018 America must continue to a place where the most talented people in the world want to live, study and work. Read the story »
Toasting serendipity 11/21/2017 Four decades ago, scientists made a discovery that “completely transformed all of biology,” according to Nobelist James Watson. Read the story »
Big decisions 11/15/2017 David Micklos of the DNA Learning Center, and Miriam Rich, a research scholar, talk about the big issues of eugenics. Read the story »
Good genes, bad science 10/15/2017 On this episode, Base Pairs looks into the eugenics movement, including the record kept in CSHL. Read the story »
Science and architecture: Back to the future! 7/20/2017 3D images are a throwback to the past as CSHL and Centerbrook Architects rediscover a 1950s building that has been occupied by some of the Laboratory. Read the story »
Eugenics used to be incredibly popular. We can’t let that happen again. 7/5/2017 Miriam Rich, the recipient of CSHL’s 2017-18 Sydney Brenner Research Scholarship, is determined to show how the concept of “good genes” became. Read the story »
