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Stabilizing chromosomes to tackle tumors

3/17/2022

Dicer and its partner BRD4 stabilize chromosomes. Targeting this pair could provide new therapeutic opportunities against cancer. Read the story »

Deciphering algorithms used by ants and the Internet

3/1/2022

Researchers discovered the same optimization algorithm used by Internet engineers is used by ants when they forage for food. Read the story »

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Getting a step ahead of TB’s drug resistance evolution

2/15/2022

Mutations are not random, with some kinds of changes occurring more often than others. CSHL researchers may be able to predict which direction evolution is li Read the story »

How to outwit evolution

7/21/2021

CSHL Assistant Professor David McCandlish uses statistical methods to predict the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Read the story »

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How plants leave behind their parents’ genomic baggage

5/20/2021

A baby plant resets its genome, erasing the changes that its parents accumulated. CSHL scientists found how the plant adds back a few necessary ones. Read the story »

Patricia Churchland: Social Conscience

11/24/2020

Patricia Churchland, founder of the field of neurophilosophy, discusses research on the origins of human morality and social bonding. Watch the video »

LIVE At the Lab with Patricia Churchland: Social Conscience

11/24/2020

Scientist and philosopher Patricia Churchland discusses the evolutionary basis of morality and social bonding in humans. Read the story »

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Birds of a feather do flock together

11/17/2020

Researchers found a genetic mechanism for how brand new species acquire distinct traits. Read the story »

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Predicting the evolution of genetic mutations

4/14/2020

CSHL quantitative biologists have designed a computational approach for predicting the evolution of a rapidly mutating virus or cancer. Read the story »

Saket Navlakha taps the power of biology and computers

12/17/2019

Associate Professor Saket Navlakha is bringing ideas about “algorithms in nature” to the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology. 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 »

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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 »

Seeing with sequencing—A public lecture with three CSHL experts

4/19/2019

Quantitative biologists discuss how physics, modern computing power, and a new perspective on biology can make sense of our complex genomes. Watch the video »

How does natural selection affect the genome?

12/18/2018

Adam Siepel explains how natural selection can tell researchers how informative sifting through the complex human genome will be. Watch the video »

How much are we learning? Natural selection is science’s best critic

12/17/2018

Researchers determine that natural selection and our evolutionary history may be the best guides for future research. Read the story »

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