One experiment: Organoids as living laboratories 10/30/2020 These tiny balls of cells are revolutionizing the research and treatment of pancreas and other types of cancers. Read the story »
One experiment: DNA barcoding 4/14/2020 High school students at the DNA Learning Center collect, process, and sequence the DNA, contributing to the scientific record of biodiversity. Read the story »
One experiment: The shape of norovirus 10/25/2019 Scientists at CSHL examine the structure of a norovirus under the cryo-electron microscope. Read the story »
One experiment: Observing cancer’s progress in a mouse prostate 3/14/2019 Using a technique originally designed for mapping brains, two CSHL labs have worked together to image cancer progression in a mouse prostate. Read the story »
One experiment: Building a brain 8/16/2018 A genetic program precisely guides development of a part of the brain Read the story »
One experiment: Twice the tomatoes 3/22/2018 Zachary Lippman’s team found a way to boost tomato yield by digging into the plant’s genome and fine-tuning its branching patterns. Read the story »
One experiment: When cancer is hiding in plain sight 3/1/2018 Douglas Fearon's team is figuring out how to get immune cells to recognize—and kill—pancreatic cancer cells Read the story »
One experiment: A beautiful brain, neuron by neuron 11/22/2017 Associate Professor Pavel Osten and colleagues discovered using their qBrain method is discerned by probing hidden relations among the dots. Read the story »
One experiment: Bacteria-trapping DNA webs are repurposed by cancer cells 10/19/2017 Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad discovers that neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) help cancer by creating holes in the tissue. Read the story »
One experiment: A drug for SMA visibly repairs defective cells 12/1/2016 Professor Adrian Krainer develops a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, the leading genetic cause of infant death. Read the story »
One experiment: How the breast “remembers” a first pregnancy 7/2/2016 Professor Greg Hannon and his team, including Assistant Professor Camila dos Santos, learn more about breast cells and tissue. Read the story »
One experiment: Cellular highways carry anti-cancer cargoes 4/9/2015 The gene called PTEN is one of the most important of the body’s natural tumor suppressors. Read the story »
One experiment: McClintock’s historic discovery 12/1/2014 Four decades after this photo was taken, a Nobel Prize was awarded to McClintock, acknowledging her discovery that genetic material is not fixed Read the story »
One experiment: Sometimes our cells express only one gene copy. Why? 6/1/2014 Professor David L. Spector and team discover some monoallelically expressed genes encoded extra RNA, even though they are missing their other gene. Read the story »
One experiment: Capturing a drug in its binding pocket 6/1/2013 Erkan Karakas, a post-doc in Hiro Furukawa's lab, finds an elusive binding pocket that could help in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Read the story »