CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: RNA splicing

The Adenovirus Gazebo

6/26/2025

It’s not just any gazebo—it’s a meeting place, a scenic overlook, and a monument to CSHL’s decades of revolutionary genetics research. Read the story »

Cocktails & Chromosomes: Heresy in genetics

6/17/2025

Imagine everything you learned about DNA wasn’t quite wrong, but was only a fraction of the truth. Now, get more of the whole story. Watch the video »

SBS awards honorary degree to accomplished biologist

5/7/2025

James L. Manley is the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Life Sciences at Columbia University and a leading expert in eukaryotic gene expression. Read the story »

Nature is trying to tell you something

2/3/2025

Former Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientist Richard Roberts won the Nobel Prize in 1993. Here, he recalls the “failure” that made him famous. Read the story »

Adrian Krainer wins Albany Prize for biomedical research

10/8/2024

A pioneer in the burgeoning field of RNA therapeutics, Krainer has now received America’s second-highest prize in medicine. Read the story »

Katherine Alexander joins CSHL cancer faculty

8/5/2024

Her team will explore mysterious cellular structures known as nuclear speckles and their role in diseases such as cancer. Read the story »

RNA splicing’s spotters

6/10/2024

RNA therapeutics pioneer CSHL Professor Adrian Krainer has discovered a link between two important regulator proteins, SRSF1 and DDX23. Read the story »

President’s essay: The continuous cycle of discovery

5/30/2024

CSHL President & CEO Bruce Stillman discusses our institution’s societal impacts and global connections as forces for further scientific progress. Read the story »

Why some RNA drugs work better than others

3/6/2024

CSHL’s Justin Kinney and Spinraza inventor Adrian Krainer tested the newly approved SMA treatment, risdiplam, and another RNA therapeutic, branaplam. Read the story »

Learn about the cool campus artwork at CSHL

Different structures and artworks around campus hint at a history of groundbreaking molecular science. Take the quiz »

This killer protein causes pancreatic cancer

4/26/2023

CSHL researchers have found that high levels of a protein called SRSF1 can cause pancreatitis and jumpstart tumor development. Read the story »

Krainer named Society for RNA Therapeutics board member

4/18/2023

He helped pioneer the field. It changed medicine. Now, he joins a group of renowned scientists and physicians aiming to take it to the next level. Read the story »

From tragedy, a potential pediatric cancer treatment

4/12/2023

CSHL Professor Adrian Krainer, the man behind the “miracle drug” known as Spinraza®, has found a way to fight a deadly pediatric brain cancer in mice. Read the story »

A new treatment approach for cystic fibrosis

7/14/2022

Molecules called antisense oligonucleotides may help lung cells make a protein missing in people with cystic fibrosis. Read the story »

Krainer awarded Watanabe Prize in Translational Research

6/16/2022

Indiana University School of Medicine honored Krainer for his pioneering work on RNA splicing, which led to the first FDA-approved SMA therapeutic. Read the story »