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Charting a course for the future

In 2015, 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) celebrated its 125th anniversary. Throughout its storied history, CSHL has helped shape modern science through discoveries in cancer, plant biology, neuroscience, and quantitative biology. This foundation has positioned CSHL as one of the top research and science education institutions in the world.

Find out what鈥檚 next for 黑料吃瓜资源, in ‘Our vision’ for the years just ahead, and a preview of ‘Tomorrow鈥檚 science.’

Our vision

Lab leaders Dr. Bruce Stillman, President & CEO, and W. Dillaway Ayres, COO, have charted a course for the future that stresses excellence, a growing endowment & continued independence. 10 brief videos tell the story.

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Basic vs. applied research

CSHL is world-famous for its basic research, but what about real-world applications?

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Curing incurable cancers

How will basic research contribute to efforts to treat now-incurable cancers?

0:38

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Understanding the brain

How long will it take for biologists to really make sense of the human brain?

1:07

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Tomorrow鈥檚 food & energy

How will today鈥檚 research on plant genetics impact tomorrow鈥檚 supplies of food and energy?

0:45

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Education pioneers

When did science education begin at CSHL?

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Science for citizens

How is CSHL helping citizens to thrive in a world of biotech crops and personalized medicine?

0:53

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Good neighbors

How does the Lab envision its role in the community?

0:49

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Top priorities

How is CSHL doing compared with other top research institutions? What are its top priorities?

1:32

You can make a difference in our future

The revolution in molecular biology is far from over. In the years ahead, CSHL researchers are going to expand upon the extraordinary infrastructure we have developed, using molecular and cellular technologies to make discoveries that will improve the human condition.

Tomorrow's science

Seven senior CSHL scientists and Nobel laureate James Watson speak briefly鈥攊n unrehearsed video candids鈥攐n where research will lead us in the years just ahead.

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Leemor Joshua-Tor, Ph.D.

Understanding what goes wrong in cells

2:06

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Robert Martienssen, Ph.D.

Getting more food & energy from plants

1:51

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W. Richard McCombie, Ph.D.

Decoding biological complexity

1:42

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David L. Spector, Ph.D.

Basic research is paying off

1:49

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David Tuveson, M.D., Ph.D.

New diagnostics & therapy targets for the most difficult cancers

2:12

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James D. Watson, Ph.D.

鈥淐an we radically change cancer treatment in the next 5 years? Yes.鈥�

2:48

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Michael Wigler, Ph.D.

Game-changing insights from single-cell analysis

2:52

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Anthony Zador, M.D., Ph.D.

Mapping the brain to grasp cognition

1:45