Adrian Krainer wins 2019 Peter Speiser Award 11/27/2019 Professor Adrian Krainer was awarded the Peter Speiser Award for advances in the pharmaceutical sciences. Read the story »
Adrian Krainer elected to National Academy of Medicine 10/23/2019 Professor Adrian Krainer joins the National Academy of Medicine in honor of his groundbreaking work on SMA. Read the story »
Adrian Krainer wins Zülch Prize for lifesaving SMA Treatment 10/8/2019 Professor Adrian Krainer is awarded the K-J. Zülch Prize for the development and testing of a first-of-its-kind treatment for spinal muscular atrophy. Read the story »
Mutant cells team up to make an even deadlier blood cancer 10/2/2019 Two very different mutations have been identified as unexpected partners-in-crime for causing the deadly blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia. Read the story »
Adrian Krainer wins RNA Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award 3/8/2019 Professor Adrian Krainer was awarded the RNA Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his life-saving research. Read the story »
Predicting how splicing errors impact disease risk 8/30/2018 New research helps correlate genetic mutations with errors in RNA splicing that can cause serious illness Read the story »
Toasting serendipity 11/21/2017 Four decades ago, scientists made a discovery that “completely transformed all of biology,” according to Nobelist James Watson. Read the story »
SMA and the drug that fights it, explained 12/28/2016 With help from our friends at Youreka Science, CSHL explains SMA and the promising solution that fights it. Watch the video »
Just what is RNA splicing? 10/17/2016 Youreka Science and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory team up to explain how RNA splicing happens. Watch the video »
How a cold-causing virus and inexplicable experiments helped revolutionize thinking about the genome 9/6/2016 Nobel laureate Richard Roberts discusses the importance of RNA splicing and how scientists can learn from "failed" experiments. Read the story »
New method prevents cells from prematurely halting protein production in certain genetic illnesses 12/14/2015 Research team succeeds in paradoxically inhibiting a process cells have evolved to prevent imperfect proteins from being synthesized Read the story »
A summer splicing with first-year student Lital Chartarifsky 7/9/2014 Lital Chartarifsky, a former URP, and her journey to neuroscience research. Read the story »
CSHL’s Adrian Krainer selected for prestigious award from National Institutes of Health 7/24/2012 Research to understand RNA splicing mechanisms will facilitate drug development for genetic diseases. Read the story »
CSHL study uncovers a new exception to a decades-old rule about RNA splicing 5/17/2012 Scientists identify a new exception to the rule governing the recognition of RNA splice sites. Read the story »
Study reveals details of alternative splicing circuitry that promotes cancer’s Warburg effect 11/2/2011 Dr. Krainer and his team discovered details of the molecular events that trigger the production of the enzyme that drives the Warburg effect. Read the story »