New tool for investigating brain cells, Parkinson’s, & more 1/22/2020 Researchers have created a new chemical tool for revealing how specific types of brain cell receptors function in the brain. Watch the video »
New tool for investigating brain cells, Parkinson’s, & more 1/22/2020 Researchers have crafted a compound for targeting specific brain cell receptors, creating new opportunities to study the brain and Parkinson’s disease. Read the story »
One experiment: The shape of norovirus 10/25/2019 Scientists at CSHL examine the structure of a norovirus under the cryo-electron microscope. Read the story »
Cryo-EM illuminates intricate designs of noroviruses 6/11/2019 Researchers reconstruct four different strains of the food-poisoning causing norovirus using the groundbreaking cryo-electron microscope. Read the story »
Targeting ‘hidden pocket’ for treatment of stroke and seizure 1/18/2019 Researchers have identified a hidden molecular “pocket” in a special neuron receptor, which could lead to better treatments for stroke and seizures. Read the story »
Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse 4/27/2018 A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field Read the story »
45 years later, a scientist realizes he’s a star 1/24/2018 David Haas was stunned to learn the impact of work he abandoned decades ago. He took a CSHL course to see it for himself. Read the story »
Research profile: Leemor Joshua-Tor 11/27/2017 A CSHL faculty member since 1995, a professor since 2005, Joshua-Tor is among the most distinguished members of the Laboratory community. Read the story »
Freeze-frames of enzymes in action have implications for a new cancer treatment concept 7/3/2017 TUTase enzymes interact with let-7, a regulator of development; targeting them could help control certain cancers. Read the story »
CSHL’s Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor is elected to The National Academy of Sciences 5/2/2017 Professor Leemor Joshua-Tor has been elected to The National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Read the story »
Protein complex that takes first steps in human DNA replication dance is captured at high atomic resolution 3/16/2017 Human ORC complex captured in action in x-ray crystallography and cryo-EM Read the story »
New art supplies for visualizing tiny machines in the brain 3/1/2017 An unusual, but beautiful sight can be found among the figures of a recent scientific paper about some of the tiny machines in our brain: watercolor. Read the story »
Detailed images of NMDA receptor show how zinc and a potential drug affect its function 12/1/2016 Drugs precisely targeting portions of the NMDA receptor may have applications in Alzheimer’s, depression and schizophrenia. Read the story »
In a role reversal, RNAs proofread themselves 1/29/2015 Molecular photographs of an enzyme bound to RNA reveal a new, inherent quality control mechanism Read the story »
RNA and U with fifth-year student Jack Walleshauser 12/10/2014 Jack Walleshauser wins the student poster prize at the 2014 in-house symposium. Read the story »