CSHL Story archive for Tag: DNA

An essay from the President: Biology for the planet

May 16, 2019

CSHL plant scientists are looking for solutions to the biggest questions in agriculture as environments are reshaped by climate change.

DNA and pop culture quiz

Public Lecture: SEEING WITH SEQUENCING

April 17, 2019

Come hear from three quantitative biologists as they discuss how they see with sequencing to solve mysteries ranging from the genetics of evolution...

President Bruce Stillman wins prestigious Gairdner Award

April 2, 2019

Dr. Bruce Stillman, President & CEO of CSHL, has been awarded the 2019 Canada Gairdner International Award for his work on eukaryotic DNA replication.

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

February 27, 2019

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

Public Lecture – Genetic privacy: friend or foe?

October 23, 2018

The 2018 Lorraine Grace lectureship on societal issues of biomedical research - GENETIC PRIVACY: Friend or foe? with Dr. Yaniv Erlich...

The Message: A play about the discovery of messenger RNA

October 5, 2018

After the discovery of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick, the race was on to discover how the information encoded in the sequence of DNA is...

A lesson in class

December 15, 2017

In this episode of Base Pairs, we discuss how genetic information is changing how we define important categories.

Research profile: Leemor Joshua-Tor

November 27, 2017

A CSHL faculty member since 1995, a professor since 2005, Joshua-Tor is among the most distinguished members of the Laboratory community.

Toasting serendipity

November 21, 2017

Four decades ago, scientists made a discovery that “completely transformed all of biology,” according to Nobelist James Watson.

Cryo-EM imaging suggests how the double helix separates during replication

October 23, 2017

Special cryo-EM imaging helps figure out how the double helix of DNA separates when it replicates

Molecules and a mission

January 27, 2017

A special bonus episode of Base Pairs offering an explanation of why the name "Base Pairs" was chosen

The “secret” science center where openness is everything

October 27, 2016

Lyme disease researcher Steven Schutzer talks about the important meetings held in the Banbury Center.

How a cold-causing virus and inexplicable experiments helped revolutionize thinking about the genome

September 6, 2016

Nobel laureate Richard Roberts discusses the importance of RNA splicing and how scientists can learn from "failed" experiments.

From phages to faces

June 15, 2016

In the pilot episode of Base Pairs, two stories of DNA research that show how far the field has come