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Undergraduate Research Program receives $500K gift

Nick Wurm — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:30:17 +0000

Dr. Mukund Padmanabhan and the Guru Krupa Foundation have awarded ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) $500,000. The grant will support a new Undergraduate Research Program (URP) fellowship for aspiring early career scientists. “Smart undergrads who want to pursue science and explore what is not known are sometimes constrained by their financial circumstances,” says Padmanabhan, who...

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AI, monkey brains, and the virtue of small thinking

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:00:30 +0000

What does it take to make AI that can pass as human? Try massive clusters of supercomputers. To build human-like intelligence, computer scientists think big. However, for neuroscientists who want to understand how real brains work, today’s AI only goes so far, as it replaces one deeply complicated system (the brain) with another (AI). How...

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A perception quiz to blow your mind

Communications Department — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:30:40 +0000

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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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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Neuroscience

Communications Department — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:30:25 +0000

Trying to remember that one thing that one CSHL scientist said about the brain that one time? Jog your memory and catch up on what you might have missed in our latest Research Rewind. This week At the Lab, you’ll hear all about our innovative neuroscience research from CSHL scientists Arkarup Banerjee, Benjamin Cowley, Hiro...

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Making headlines

Communications Department — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:30:56 +0000

Several faculty members received mainstream media attention in 2024. Professor and Director of Education Zachary Lippman was featured in The New York Times and on CNN for his team’s discovery of the gene behind plant prickles. Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas was featured in WIRED and on the BBC for her work demonstrating that CAR...

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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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New AI accurately predicts fly behavior

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 22 May 2024 15:00:49 +0000

We’ve been told, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” Well, windows work two ways. Our eyes are also our windows to the world. What we see and how we see it help determine how we move through the world. In other words, our vision helps guide our actions, including social behaviors. Now, a...

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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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Benjamin Cowley joins CSHL neuroscience faculty

Nick Wurm — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:00:35 +0000

Benjamin Cowley joined the ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) neuroscience faculty as an assistant professor on September 26, 2022. The Cowley group studies how the brain processes information gathered by the senses. His team creates computer models to capture the step-by-step calculations across neural circuits. They take a unique approach to building models of the...

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