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AI is helping scientists explain our brain

2/28/2022

Neuroscientists are turning to artificial intelligence to help them understand the brain, but what if AI misses the true story? Read the story »

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Getting a step ahead of TB’s drug resistance evolution

2/15/2022

Mutations are not random, with some kinds of changes occurring more often than others. CSHL researchers may be able to predict which direction evolution is li Read the story »

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Brain waves churn differently when paying attention

2/2/2022

See the shapes and speeds of electrical waves in the brain change in response to attentiveness. Watch the video »

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Finding structure in the brain’s static

2/1/2022

CSHL researchers found that the brain’s state of attentiveness may be encoded in the shapes and speeds of slow electrical waves. Read the story »

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Calculating the path of cancer

10/4/2021

A new mathematical approach is helping cancer researchers at CSHL determine how mutations lead to different behaviors in cancerous cells. Read the story »

URP: Summer camp for undergrads

7/29/2021

The Undergraduate Research Program brings college students from around the world to CSHL for a summer of research and fun. Read the story »

How to outwit evolution

7/21/2021

CSHL Assistant Professor David McCandlish uses statistical methods to predict the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Read the story »

Using “guilt by association” to classify cells

7/14/2021

Using a new computational statistics tool, CSHL researchers classify cells to understand how an organism functions. Read the story »

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Solving genetic disease puzzles with quantitative biology

6/17/2021

CSHL quantitative biologist Jesse Gillis teams up with an immunology specialist at Northwell Health to analyze a complex genetic disorder. Read the story »

Making AI algorithms show their work

5/13/2021

AI machines are often better than humans at discerning patterns. CSHL researchers developed a way to find out why. Read the story »

illustration of the coronavirus with binary code

How a bad day at work led to better COVID predictions

5/3/2021

A CSHL computer scientist and an MSK infectious disease physician developed a method for predicting COVID-19 severity in cancer patients. Read the story »

Are you sure you heard that sound?

4/14/2021

CSHL and Washington University of St. Louis researchers studied hallucination-like perceptions in humans and mice that mimic schizophrenia symptoms. Read the story »

AI researchers ask: What’s going on inside the black box?

2/8/2021

Although researchers have figured out how to train computers to recognize things, they have yet to understand how machines make those predictions. Read the story »

illustration of the human thymus gland in a body

How does anyone stay healthy in a world full of germs?

1/15/2021

Computational biology is uncovering the immune system’s tricks for identifying foreign invaders. Read the story »

Mice with too many chandelier cells lack depth perception

12/8/2020

Chandelier cells should decrease in number as animals develop. Mice with too many cells lack depth perception. Watch the video »

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