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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: genome sequencing

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Branching out: Tomato genes point to new medicines

7/9/2025

Why are some vines straight and others branched? CSHL’s answer could help scientists fine-tune plant breeding techniques and clinical therapeutics. Read the story »

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The food and fuel that farms itself

4/1/2025

Duckweed can grow practically anywhere there’s sun and standing water. CSHL plant biologists identify the genes behind some of its most useful traits. Read the story »

CSHL and global collaborators map Solanum pan-genome

3/5/2025

Landmark study carves a path for plant breeders to improve crops across the globe and expand the variety of produce available in grocery stores. Read the story »

Corn’s ancient ancestors are calling

2/6/2025

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professors Thomas Gingeras and Rob Martienssen have launched a new genomic encyclopedia called MaizeCODE. Read the story »

Cocktails & Chromosomes: Long-lived creatures of the night

11/19/2024

Bat genes may hold the keys to aging, immunity, and cancer. Find out how, as we relive a special Halloween night event with CSHL’s Dick McCombie. Watch the video »

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New DNALC program aims to improve pandemic response

11/4/2024

The federally funded initiative will train undergraduate teachers in disease-tracking techniques that could help prevent future pandemics. Read the story »

Cocktails & Chromosomes: Barcoding, bugs, and brews

10/23/2024

See Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s DNA Learning Center turn a crowd of bar patrons into citizen scientists. Watch the video »

At the Lab Episode 26: The golden grail of genomics

10/1/2024

For our Season 1 finale, we invite you to step inside EN-TEx, a catalog of more than one million genomic variants. Listen to the podcast »

At the Lab Episode 25: How maize became corn

9/24/2024

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory solves a plant biology mystery some 4,000 years in the making. The implications may go far beyond vegetables. Listen to the podcast »

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Corn’s ‘missing link’

8/7/2024

CSHL researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that may explain how corn spread so rapidly across the Americas 4,000 years ago. Read the story »

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Every rose has its thorns … or does it?

8/1/2024

CSHL biologists have found a way to remove prickles from plants genetically. Their discovery could change the way we think about evolution in general. Read the story »

At the Lab Episode 16: Bats!

7/23/2024

Shriek if you must. Their remarkable genome might provide new insights into natural links between the immune system, aging, and cancer resistance. Listen to the podcast »

At the Lab Episode 8: Birds of a feather

5/21/2024

How did some birds get such distinct colors? CSHL Professor Adam Siepel joins us for a journey across evolution’s “islands of differentiation.” Listen to the podcast »

Autism genetics: The faces behind the data

5/16/2024

CSHL research on autism involves massive databases with thousands of genomes. Meet a few of the brave individuals who help make this work possible. Read the story »

At the Lab Episode 3: Autism Awareness Month

4/16/2024

It’s Autism Awareness Month! CSHL Professor Ivan Iossofiv shares what researchers know about autism so far and how they plan to uncover its origins. Listen to the podcast »

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