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How our biological clock starts and keeps ticking

Nick Wurm — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:30:14 +0000

C. elegans. The clock ensures that each of four larval stages begins precisely when it should, lasts as long as needed, and never repeats." data-description="A clock with twisting green hands and a spiral effect creating an illusion of infinite time." />Imagine a train parked at the station. Passengers climb aboard and find their seats. Conductors move up and down the aisles, checking tickets. But there’s a problem—the engineer’s watch is broken. As a result, the doors never close, the whistle never sounds, and the train never starts. Something similar occurs in cells when developmental timing...

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What makes a mouse sing?

Communications Department — Thu, 07 May 2026 16:00:20 +0000

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What can singing mice say about human speech?

Jen A. Miller — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:00:07 +0000

Speech is a crowning achievement of human evolution, the skill that separates us from every other animal. So, it would stand to reason that evolving this capability required some enormous leap in brain complexity. A study published today in Nature suggests otherwise. Alston’s singing mouse (Scotinomys teguina), a small rodent from the cloud forests of...

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Singing mice speak volumes

Samuel Diamond — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:00:25 +0000

All mice squeak, but only some sing. Scotinomys teguina, aka Alston’s singing mice, hail from the cloud forests of Costa Rica. More than 2,000 miles north, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) neuroscientists study these musically gifted mammals to better understand the evolutionary origins of vocal communication. Their research could also tell us something about strokes,...

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CSHL Animal Resources team recognized by NY State

Lisa Cruz — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:30:53 +0000

In 2023, the Viscardi Center (VC), a statewide nonprofit helping persons with disabilities find jobs and succeed in the workplace, assisted James Schaefer in securing a position at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) as a cage washer technician. Over the past two years, Schaefer has not only become proficient in his position but also begun training to...

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The journey: One lab’s long winding road to cancer discovery

Margaret Osborne — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:30:59 +0000

As many as one in eight men in America will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives. About one in 44 will die from it. “Prostate cancer is very common,” ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor Lloyd Trotman says. “The vast majority of prostate cancers remain slow-growing and will never be...

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At the Lab: Products of an unseen environment

Communications Department — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:30:34 +0000

Where does autism come from when it’s not genetic? One hypothesis suggests maternal viral infection could be a cause. But how does this work? Research from CSHL Associate Professor Lucas Cheadle and postdoc Irene Sanchez Martin offers possible answers. You may have read the story in the New York Post. Now, hear it from the...

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The greatest challenge in the universe

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:30:41 +0000

Is perception really reality? Philosophical considerations aside, scientists agree that perception certainly dictates reality. Throughout our lifetime, our brains build up a world based on what our senses detect. Often, these senses process environmental stimuli without us even realizing it. For example, the subconscious brain can pick up the rhythm of conversations or notice behavioral...

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Frogs: A biologist’s best friend

Communications Department — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:30:40 +0000

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At the Lab Episode 16: Bats!

Communications Department — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:17 +0000

Sometimes one word says it all. Case in point: Bats. This week At the Lab, we hear from CSHL Professor W. Richard McCombie about the curious origin story behind a recent headline-making study his lab conducted with Professor Adam Siepel, postdoc Armin Scheben, and the American Museum of Natural History.

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At the Lab Episode 15: Fruit flies’ dating lives

Communications Department — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:30:32 +0000

Along with colleagues at Princeton University, ��ϳԹ��Դ Assistant Professor Benjamin Cowley has developed an artificial intelligence model that accurately predicts the courtship behavior of real-life fruit flies. In other words, this AI can essentially glimpse into the fly’s future. Putting aside the argument of free will versus predeterminism, this breakthrough may have...

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Cocktails & Chromosomes: Through the eyes of a fruit fly

Communications Department — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:00:57 +0000

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A quiz for the ages

Communications Department — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:30:33 +0000

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Animal behavior quiz

Communications Department — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:00:19 +0000

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Holy immunity! Bat genes key against COVID, cancer

Nick Wurm — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:30:39 +0000

Artibeus jamaicensis, the Jamaican fruit bat (seen here), and Pteronotus mesoamericanus, the Mesoamerican mustached bat." data-description="" />Bats have acquired remarkable traits throughout their evolution. They’re the only mammals that can fly, and they live much longer than other animals their size. But perhaps most impressive is their robust immune system. It protects bats from viruses that wreak havoc in humans, like COVID-19 or Ebola. It also keeps bats relatively cancer-free. How?...

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For the love of fruit flies

Communications Department — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:00:38 +0000

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CSHL is abuzz with fruit fly neuroscience course

Luis Sandoval — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 20:00:49 +0000

Drosophila Neurobiology course. The course ran from June 30 to July 20, 2023." data-description="" />For nearly 40 years, experts from around the world have flown to ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) to teach the scientific community about a fascinating winged critter, the fruit fly. Also known as Drosophila melanogaster, this tiny creature is the star of the CSHL course “Drosophila Neurobiology: Genes, Circuits & Behavior.” Founded in 1984, it...

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Tools of the trade at CSHL: Tiny scanner, big picture

Jasmine Lee — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:30:11 +0000

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Immune cells versus metastatic tumor cells

Eliene Augenbraun — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 20:30:37 +0000

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Are you sure you heard that sound?

Jasmine Lee — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:00:37 +0000

A new study from ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Research Investigator Katharina Schmack and Adjunct Professor Adam Kepecs uncovered how hallucinations are produced in human and mouse brains. Their new mouse model for hallucination-like behaviors should help uncover mechanisms and treatments for schizophrenia. Schmack was working as a psychiatrist at the Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin studying psychosis...

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