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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

Autism genetics: The faces behind the data

5/16/2024

CSHL research on autism involves massive databases with thousands of genomes. Meet a few of the brave individuals who help make this work possible. Read the story »

On the passing of Jim Simons

5/10/2024

We are saddened to share the passing of Jim Simons, a CSHL Honorary Trustee and one of our institution’s most significant supporters and donors. Read the story »

Smells like learning

10/31/2023

CSHL research suggests certain neurons help us tell apart different smells while others help us learn to distinguish between similar odors. Read the story »

You say genome editing, I say natural mutation

10/19/2023

CSHL scientists have discovered that evolution and genome editing in crops are less predictable than previously thought. Read the story »

Even fruit flies count

10/25/2022

Fruit flies know if they’ve smelled an odor once, twice, many times, or never before. Read the story »

Deciphering algorithms used by ants and the Internet

3/1/2022

Researchers discovered the same optimization algorithm used by Internet engineers is used by ants when they forage for food. 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 »

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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 »

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 »

How to tune out common odors and focus on important ones

5/11/2020

The fly brain uses a simple computing trick to ignore prevalent odors and focus on newer but rarer odorants. Read the story »

A science career path: David McCandlish

4/10/2020

Assistant Professor David McCandlish is a quantitative biologist who walks the line between advanced mathematics and the life sciences at CSHL. Read the story »

What Google could learn from a fruit fly

1/21/2020

By tapping into life’s algorithms, scientists are finding elegant solutions to some of the hardest problems in computer science. Read the story »

Saket Navlakha taps the power of biology and computers

12/17/2019

Associate Professor Saket Navlakha is bringing ideas about “algorithms in nature” to the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology. Read the story »

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The Lab partners with award-winning magazine

12/6/2019

Nautilus, an award-winning science magazine, has partnered with CSHL to bring the story of the lab’s scientists and research to a brand-new audience. Read the story »

Research profile: Adam Siepel

11/12/2019

Adam Siepel, Chair of the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology, uses advanced computational methods to solve complex biological questions. Read the story »

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