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A secret weapon against superbugs

Gina Dipietro — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:11 +0000

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria, shown here. The bacteria cause staph infections, which can spread rapidly in hospitals and nursing homes, often with deadly results. Image: © Maxim - stock.adobe.com" data-description="Colorful microscope image showing orange, yellow, and white spheres among pink and yellow fibrous strands." />Antibiotic resistance has quietly become one of the greatest threats to global healthcare. Each year, drug-resistant bacteria claim lives by rendering once-reliable antibiotics ineffective, turning routine surgeries, cancer treatments, and even common infections into potentially life-threatening events. Scientists around the world are racing to find new ways to stay ahead of these evolving pathogens. The...

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Born of curiosity, CSHL Fellows Program marks 40 years

Gina Dipietro — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:30:56 +0000

Long before a scientist wins a Nobel Prize, develops an FDA-approved medicine, or makes a breakthrough discovery, she asks a question. Often, it’s one no one else thinks is worth asking. For 40 years, the Cynthia R. Stebbins Fellows Program at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) has been built around such curiosity. Unlike traditional postdoctoral...

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Cynthia Stebbins extends support to CSHL Fellows

Gina Dipietro — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:00:15 +0000

Cynthia Rossbach Stebbins has pledged a significant financial contribution to ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) to endow the CSHL Fellows Program, empowering early-career scientists to pursue high-impact research in areas from cancer biology to artificial intelligence. Stebbins’ gift, which will be matched by ��ϳԹ��Դ Chair Marilyn Simons, was announced during a special...

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Our Daughters Foundation donates $200,000 to CSHL

Gina Dipietro — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:30:29 +0000

This Endometriosis Awareness Month, there is much to be hopeful for at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL). CSHL Associate Professor Semir Beyaz’s lab, in collaboration with Northwell Health, has published results from the world’s first endometrial biobank. This new platform for discovery was made possible through patient volunteers who donated tissue for fundamental biology research...

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Corina Amor Vegas awarded $750K MIND Prize

Gina Dipietro — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:20 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas has been named a recipient of the Pershing Square Foundation’s 2026 Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery (MIND) Prize. This coveted prize is awarded annually to five to seven early-to-mid-career investigators who dare to challenge conventional thinking around neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, which...

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Brescia Foundation supports ILFS-1 research at CSHL

Gina Dipietro — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:30:58 +0000

When Patricia and Jason Brescia welcomed their first child, Jason Michael Brescia Jr., in December 2022, they could not have imagined how quickly joy would turn to heartbreak. Born prematurely at 27 weeks, Jason Michael Jr. spent 54 days in intensive care before being diagnosed with Infantile Liver Failure Syndrome type 1 (ILFS-1), a rare...

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Researchers find new way to slow memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Gina Dipietro — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:30:28 +0000

Alzheimer’s disease is often measured in statistics: millions affected worldwide, cases rising sharply, costs climbing into the trillions. For families, the disease is experienced far more intimately. “It’s a slow bereavement,” says ��ϳԹ��Դ Professor Nicholas Tonks, whose mother lived with Alzheimer’s. “You lose the person piece by piece.” There’s a lot of...

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Borniger wins Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award

Gina Dipietro — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:17 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Associate Professor Jeremy Borniger is among five scientists to receive this year’s Bakewell Emerging Leader Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. The Award provides Borniger’s lab $750,000 over three years. Borniger’s research explores the potential of synthetic torpor—a hibernation-like metabolic state—as a novel anti-cancer strategy. By suppressing metabolism,...

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