How a lab and its model animals changed science August 13, 2019 The natural history of science at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory through the lens of animal research.
How much are we learning? Natural selection is science’s best critic December 17, 2018 Researchers determine that natural selection and our evolutionary history may be the best guides for future research.
Evolving sets of gene regulators explain some of our differences from other primates January 29, 2018 What makes us different from our primate relatives? Gene regulation is one important evolutionary factor
Study suggests methylation and gene sequence co-evolve in human-chimp evolutionary divergence September 15, 2011 High-resolution comparison of methylation ‘bookmarks’ across species and individuals.
CSHL team helps Neanderthal Genome Project identify differences between Neanderthals and modern humans May 6, 2010 Only 83 Neandertal proteins are found to differ from human proteins.
Alternative pathway of microRNA generation is uncovered April 28, 2010 A unique class of proteins called Argonautes help microRNAs control gene expression in organisms ranging from bacteria all the way up to humans.
Songbird study provides concrete way of measuring biology’s impact on culture, say CSHL, CCNY scientists May 5, 2009 Can birds raised in complete isolation evolve “normal” species song over generations?
