CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: Molly Gale Hammell

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 »

Public Lecture: Seeing With Sequencing

8/8/2019

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 »