CSHL wins ACS grant based on crowdsourced support 2/4/2021 CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer received a grant through the American Cancer Society’s new social media platform TheoryLab™. Read the story »
Why we’re a lot better at fighting cancer than we realized 8/12/2020 Using data mining techniques, doctors have discovered dozens of anti-tumor drugs hiding in plain sight. Read the story »
Smoking increases SARS-CoV-2 receptors in the lung 5/18/2020 An increase in lung ACE2 may explain why smokers are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. Read the story »
Carol Greider: Nobel Prize-winning rogue biologist 3/31/2020 CSHL alumna Carol Greider won the Nobel Prize and is a champion for diversity. But her dyslexia almost derailed her career before it began. Read the story »
Extra chromosomes in cancers can be good or bad 2/24/2020 Extra chromosomes are typical in cancerous tumor cells, but not all extra copies promote cancer growth. Read the story »
Ann Lin named in Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2020 12/16/2019 Ann Lin, a former intern in CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer’s lab, has been named a top entrepreneur on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Read the story »
Scientists take action to prevent sexual harassment and bias 11/7/2019 Scientists gathered at Banbury Center last year to discuss ways to prevent gender bias and sexual harassment in science. Read the story »
Nobel laureate William Kaelin draws a crowd 10/29/2019 Nobel laureate and cancer researcher William Kaelin holds a seminar on his award-winning research at CSHL. Read the story »
Cancer drugs don’t always work as intended, researchers warn 9/11/2019 Ten experimental cancer drugs kill tumors in ways that are entirely different than how clinicians thought they did, revealing important insights. Read the story »
Sheltzer wins Presidential Early Career Award 7/9/2019 CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his work in cancer research. Read the story »
CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer wins innovation award 1/25/2019 CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer wins the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award for his work on cancer. Read the story »
The year of CRISPR 12/26/2018 A look at the various labs across CSHL that utilize CRISPR in their research, and the groundbreaking discoveries they help uncover. Read the story »
Taking uncertainty out of cancer prognosis 12/11/2018 An analysis of 20,000 patients has revealed that copy number variations in specific gene sites can help predict how deadly a cancer will be. Watch the video »
Taking uncertainty out of cancer prognosis 12/11/2018 CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer has analyzed nearly 20,000 cancer patient histories and genetic data to take the guesswork out of prognosis. Read the story »
Base Pairs Episode 14.5: Medicine and mad scientists 4/16/2018 A follow-up discussion with CSHL Fellow Jason Sheltzer from Base Pairs episode 14, “The cancer answer that wasn’t.” Listen to the podcast »