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The new era of AI in human biology

Communications Department — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:00:52 +0000

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AI in Biology: The 90th CSHL Symposium

Communications Department — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:30:18 +0000

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AI goes biological at 90th CSHL Symposium

Samuel Diamond — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:00:42 +0000

One computer scientist introduced the virtual patient, a “digital twin” capable of modeling different cancer treatments and their potential outcomes. Another used AI to predict how viruses like COVID might mutate, so that vaccines can be prepared in advance. A third suggested drug development steps that normally take three years could be completed in as...

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Helen Hou partners with International Brain Laboratory

Caroline Cosgrove — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:34 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ Assistant Professor Helen Hou and her lab have been selected as one of the seven inaugural project partners of the International Brain Laboratory (IBL). Supported by the Simons Foundation, the IBL is a global collaboration of independent labs seeking to bring about a better understanding of the brain. The 22-member consortium...

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In nature’s math, freedoms are fundamental

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 28 May 2025 11:30:07 +0000

Numbers have a funny way about them. Young math students are taught various strategies to make problem-solving easier. Comparing fractions? Find a common denominator or convert to decimals. The strategies get more complex when doing the kind of math used to describe the activities of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences. In science, when you make...

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AI training: A backward cat pic is still a cat pic

Jennifer Michalowski — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:38 +0000

Genes make up only a small fraction of the human genome. Between them are wide sequences of DNA that direct cells when, where, and how much each gene should be used. These biological instruction manuals are known as regulatory motifs. If that sounds complex, well, it is. The instructions for gene regulation are written in...

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CSHL to receive $2 million in federal budget for 2023

Samuel Diamond — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:30:14 +0000

Cancer is the cause of one in every four deaths in the United States. The later the diagnosis comes, the lower the patient’s chances of survival. Experts agree that next-generation artificial intelligence will lead to advanced diagnostic tools and precision treatments that can save lives. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) is at the forefront of...

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Finding the right AI for you

Luis Sandoval — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:00:40 +0000

The human genome is three billion letters of code, and each person has millions of variations. While no human can realistically sift through all that code, computers can. Artificial intelligence (AI) programs can find patterns in the genome related to disease much faster than humans can. They also spot things that humans miss. Someday, AI-powered...

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Getting a step ahead of TB’s drug resistance evolution

Jennifer Michalowski — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:30:17 +0000

In the face of natural selection, genetic mutations set some individuals up for success. A single change to the sequence of a gene can give an organism an advantage—and if that mutation is passed to future generations, it may shape the fate of the species. Now, scientists have determined that evolutionary adaptation is steered in...

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Building on 150 years of neuroanatomy

Jasmine Lee — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:30:38 +0000

Learn about some of the milestones in neuroanatomy history with our interactive timeline, and read more about CSHL contributions in recent years. In 1873, an Italian biologist named Camillo Golgi stained nerve cells at high resolution. He thought neurons formed a branched and cohesive network and were not individual cells. Fifteen years later, Santiago Ramón...

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Think a census of humans is hard? Try counting their brain cells!

Jasmine Lee — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:00:02 +0000

Read about CSHL’s contributions to neuroanatomy in recent years, and learn more about related milestones in our interactive timeline. How does the human brain work? For the last 150 years, researchers have tried to assess its function from its structure, but the answer is still elusive. On October 7, 2021, scientists reached a major milestone,...

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qBrain: Mapping out brain similarities and differences

Jasmine Lee — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:00:47 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Associate Professor Pavel Osten and his lab map brain connections and catalog different cell types throughout the brain in a quantitative brain-wide (qBrain) catalog. qBrain combines several techniques developed by CSHL and other scientists to label, preserve, image, visualize, count automatically, and trace cells. With these methods, the researchers can...

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Using “guilt by association” to classify cells

Jasmine Lee — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:30:43 +0000

Biologists are trying to figure out what makes a cell unique in form and function. But they are not certain which components are key to making similar cells behave differently. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Associate Professor Jesse Gillis and his lab are tackling this problem with a new statistical method: they are analyzing the...

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Solving genetic disease puzzles with quantitative biology

Communications Department — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:00:59 +0000

The boy was only a month old but had developed over a lifetime of health problems. He was constantly suffering from bacterial infections, battling unexplained inflammation, and not gaining weight. Most alarmingly, he had bloody diarrhea. Artemio Miguel Jongco, an allergy and immunology specialist at Northwell Health, recalls seeing the boy on the first day...

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Let’s talk about the elephant in the data

Jasmine Lee — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:30:27 +0000

You would not be surprised to see an elephant in the savanna or a plate in your kitchen. Based on your prior experiences and knowledge, you know that is where elephants and plates are often to be found. If you saw a mysterious object in your kitchen, how would you figure out what it was?...

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Making AI algorithms show their work

Luis Sandoval — Thu, 13 May 2021 18:00:23 +0000

Artificial intelligence (AI) learning machines can be trained to solve problems and puzzles on their own instead of using rules that we made for them. But often, researchers do not know what rules the machines make for themselves. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Peter Koo developed a new method that quizzes a machine-learning...

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Jason Williams named 2020 Kavli Frontiers of Science fellow

Sara Roncero-Menendez — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:09:57 +0000

Jason Williams, Assistant Director of External Collaborations of the DNA Learning Center (DNALC), has been named a 2020 Kavli Frontiers of Science fellow. Run by the National Academy of Sciences, Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium brings together outstanding young scientists to discuss exciting advances and opportunities, emphasizing communication of a wide range of contemporary science...

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Finally, machine learning interprets gene regulation clearly

Brian Stallard — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:00:20 +0000

In this age of “big data,” artificial intelligence (AI) has become a valuable ally for scientists. Machine learning algorithms, for instance, are helping biologists make sense of the dizzying number of molecular signals that control how genes function. But as new algorithms are developed to analyze even more data, they also become more complex and...

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NIH grant awarded for interneuron research

Charlotte Hu — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:35:44 +0000

Dr. Maggie Crow, a CSHL postdoctoral researcher in quantitative biology, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for her research at the intersection of genomics, neuroscience, and computer science. Crow, who is affiliated with Associate Professor Jesse Gillis’ lab, will use the grant for her project studying interneurons, which she likens to...

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Genetic ‘usual suspects’ identified in researchers’ new list

Brian Stallard — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 22:07:30 +0000

Cold Spring Harbor, NY — It’s no secret that our genes are what makes us… us! But genes are often also the basis for debilitating diseases. One of the major clues to understanding any illness is seeing which genes are acting unusually during disease onset. But it’s not often clear if unusual gene activity is...

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