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An essay from the President: Biology for the planet

May 16, 2019

CSHL plant scientists are looking for solutions to the biggest questions in agriculture as environments are reshaped by climate change.

Genomes, justice, and the journey here

September 15, 2018

CSHL Professor W. Richard McCombie discusses genomic privacy and sequencing technology in this episode of Base Pairs.

Massive genome havoc in breast cancer is revealed

July 12, 2018

Researchers have made a highly detailed map of 20,000 structural variations in a cancer cell’s genome

Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse

April 27, 2018

A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field

New study casts sharpest light yet on genetic mysteries of autism

October 29, 2014

Our picture of how genetic errors contribute to autism has just gotten sharper.

Putting together the genome with first-year student Maria Nattestad

May 21, 2014

Student Maria Nattestad looks to develop a fast and accurate way of putting short DNA sequences back together into the long, linear sequences.

Research sees overlap in altered genes found in schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disability

April 28, 2014

New evidence supports theory that some cases of schizophrenia and autism have malfunctions in some of the same genes are contributing to pathology.

Bread wheat’s large and complex genome is revealed

November 27, 2012

Analysis of the genome of one of world’s ‘big three’ food crops provides clues to better breeding, higher yield.

Knowing thy genome: The science and ethics of personal genome sequencing

July 10, 2012

W. Richard McCombie talks about the ethics of getting one's genome sequenced, and what consequences it may have.

‘Most comprehensive’ genetic analysis of maize plant will help raise yields, expand its range

June 1, 2012

An international research team involving 17 institutions has published the most comprehensive analysis to date of the maize genome.

CSHL is part of international team that sequences genomes of the “Heinz” tomato & its wild ancestor

May 25, 2012

Led by Asst. Prof. Zach Lippman, CSHL researchers sequenced the genome of the domesticated tomato's wild ancestor.

A striking link is found between the Fragile-X gene and mutations that cause autism

April 25, 2012

Scientists found a striking association between genes disrupted in children with autism and genes that are targets of FMRP

Genomics pioneer W. Richard McCombie of CSHL elected a 2011 AAAS Fellow

December 22, 2011

Professor W. Richard McCombie of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Scien

New York Plant Genomics Consortium maps evolutionary relationships, gene functions for 150 species

December 16, 2011

The New York Plant Genomics Consortium have developed a genome “tree of life” that is largest yet for seed plants.

Study suggests methylation and gene sequence co-evolve in human-chimp evolutionary divergence

September 15, 2011

High-resolution comparison of methylation ‘bookmarks’ across species and individuals.

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