CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: DNA

The non-human living inside of you

1/9/2020

A large part of human DNA doesn’t aid the normal workings of the body. This “junk DNA” contains ancient viruses that may spur diseases like ALS. Read the story »

DNA Learning Center takes New York

12/12/2019

DNA Learning Center is expanding its educational reach into the greater New York area through the opening of two new centers. Read the story »

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 »

Making sense of the genome…at last

12/6/2019

Quantitative biologists like Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Adam Siepel are finally making sense of the flood of data contained in the human genome. Read the story »

The Lab partners with award-winning magazine

12/6/2019

Nautilus, an award-winning science magazine, has partnered with CSHL to bring the story of the lab’s scientists and research to a brand-new audience. Read the story »

Research profile: Adam Siepel

11/12/2019

Adam Siepel, Chair of the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology, uses advanced computational methods to solve complex biological questions. Read the story »

Public Lecture: Seeing With Sequencing

8/8/2019

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 »

DNA and pop culture quiz

When artistic expression meets gene expression, how well does art imitate life? Take our five-question science IQ quiz to find out. Take the quiz »

President Bruce Stillman wins prestigious Gairdner Award

4/2/2019

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

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

2/27/2019

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

Genetic privacy: A friend or foe?

10/23/2018

How concerned should you be about keeping your DNA private? Watch the video »

Base Pairs Episode 17.5: Special interview with Yaniv Erlich

10/16/2018

We sat down with Dr. Yaniv Erlich, chief scientific officer at MyHeritage DNA, to get his unique perspective on the use of personal genetic info. Listen to the podcast »

Visualizing how new DNA is born

1/23/2018

CSHL President Bruce Stillman researches how cells are unfathomably busy making millions of copies of your DNA. Watch the video »

A lesson in class

12/15/2017

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