Women’s Partnership luncheon raises $150,000 for research 9/29/2020 The nineteenth annual Women’s Partnership for Science luncheon was held with social distancing to support CSHL women researchers. Read the story »
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 »
Seeking better treatment for ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease 10/29/2019 Researchers found that ‘jumping genes’ were de-silenced in post-mortem tissue samples of ALS patients. 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 »
Molly Hammell wins CZI award for ALS study 12/5/2018 Associate Professor Molly Hammell wins award for proposed study to find transposable elements that are implicated in ALS. Read the story »
Base Pairs Episode 9.5: Redefining biologists, redefining genes 5/16/2017 We talk with Molly Hammell about peering into deep space using a high-tech telescope, we also talk to Tom Gingeras about redefining the gene. Listen to the podcast »
Redefining biologists, redefining genes 5/16/2017 Drs. Molly Hammell and Thomas Gingeras talk about redefining what a biologist is and what genes are. Read the story »
Research suggests a possible role for a storm of ‘jumping genes’ in ALS 3/27/2017 New research demonstrates that some transposons are no longer effectively inhibited, resulting in a storm of jumping genes, leading to DNA damage. Read the story »
Dark matter of the genome, part 1 3/15/2017 This episode of Base Pairs digs into "dark matter" a type of genetic information that could help scientists better understand diseases like Read the story »
Base Pairs Bonus Episode: Molecules and a mission 1/27/2017 In this bonus episode, we explain the molecules and the metaphor of our podcast name: Base Pairs. Listen to the podcast »
Riding out of the shadows of ALS, toward better treatments 8/1/2016 Graduate student Lisa Krug discusses her research and personal connection to ALS, and Ride for Life, a not-for-profit organization for ALS research. Read the story »
ALS Ride for Life comes to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 5/23/2016 CSHL gathered to welcome Chris Pendergast and his ALS Ride for Life team to campus on Monday, May 16. Read the story »
Ride For Life gives $300,000 for ALS research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) 10/20/2015 ALS Ride For Life this month presented $300,000 to CSHL Assistant Professor Molly Hammell and Associate Professor Josh Dubnau Read the story »
CSHL’s Dr. Molly Hammell named 2014 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar 7/1/2014 Dr. Hammell wins an award for young investigators for innovative biomedical research. Read the story »