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Meet the School of Biological Sciences Class of 2026

Communications Department — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:30:54 +0000

The ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) School of Biological Sciences (SBS) takes an innovative approach to advanced science education. Graduates of the doctoral program go on to pursue a wide range of careers across academia and industry. On May 3, the SBS awarded six graduates Ph.D. degrees. Here, the class of 2026 reflects on their...

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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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Gut health à la CAR T

Margaret Osborne — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:30:53 +0000

Ever notice that as you get older, some foods no longer sit with you the same? This could be due to a breakdown of the intestinal epithelium, a single layer of cells that forms the organ’s lining. The intestine plays a crucial role in many health functions, including digestion. Under normal conditions, the entire intestinal...

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Her science could help you live healthier, longer

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:30:51 +0000

When Corina Amor Vegas was just 7 years old, her mother, Esperanza, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Esperanza’s treatment would take over a decade. However, after participating in a clinical trial for a new cancer drug, she entered remission. Today, Amor Vegas is happy to say her mother is doing “very well.” The clinical trial...

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The 10th annual CSHL Raft Race

Nick Wurm — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:30:53 +0000

On a sunny September afternoon, ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) annual Raft Race returned to CSHL’s Airslie Beach. Six teams of rowers dropped their makeshift rafts into the harbor. Race commodore, and CSHL COO, John Tuke started the countdown. Oars tensed. Coworkers, friends, and family crowded the sandy shore, eyes glued to the tiny fleet...

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Amor Vegas named 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

Nick Wurm — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:30:04 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas has been named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are appointed for up to two five-year terms and receive up to $8.6 million to support their research. “This will provide us with the resources and the...

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Zombie cells: The intersection of cancer and aging

Communications Department — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:30:13 +0000

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The 2024 CSHL Raft Race

Communications Department — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:30:09 +0000

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CSHL’s oldest haunts

Nick Wurm — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:30:24 +0000

ave you ever opened a door and felt like you were stepping back in time? It may come as a surprise to those who’ve never been here before, but ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) is not one lab or building. Over 50 CSHL facilities stand along the hilly shores overlooking Long Island’s Cold Spring Harbor....

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23rd Annual Women’s Partnership for Science raises over $360,000

Jill Stone — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:17:56 +0000

On the sunny morning of September 15th, 2024, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) held its 23rd Annual Women’s Partnership for Science Lecture and Luncheon at the Banbury Conference Center in Lloyd Harbor. With almost 300 attendees, the event raised over $360,000 to support women scientists’ research at CSHL. The featured speaker was CSHL’s Dr. Corina...

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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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Cocktails & Chromosomes: Why do we age?

Communications Department — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:30:26 +0000

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From novel discovery to anti-aging therapy

Jen A. Miller — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:30:37 +0000

Major scientific breakthroughs are often dismissed as “novel” discoveries. This is especially true in fundamental biology. It’s hard to fathom the importance of something if its real-world applications are not readily apparent. And it’s even harder when dealing with a topic that isn’t well understood in the first place. Take, for example, the groundbreaking work...

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A quiz for the ages

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

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The fountain of youth is … a T cell?

Luis Sandoval — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:00:45 +0000

The fountain of youth has eluded explorers for ages. It turns out the magic anti-aging elixir might have been inside us all along. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas and colleagues have discovered that T cells can be reprogrammed to fight aging, so to speak. Given the right set of genetic...

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Inside a Nobelist’s notebooks

Nick Wurm — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:00:45 +0000

It takes a lot of work to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. For over 130 years, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) has stood at the forefront of genetics research. And throughout this rich history, the Laboratory’s Meetings & Courses Program has hosted countless Nobel laureates. CSHL is also home to eight of...

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CSHL celebrates 50th anniversary of McClintock Laboratory

Nick Wurm — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:00:06 +0000

Barbara McClintock’s career at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) revolutionized genetics research. At CSHL’s “Animal House,” her groundbreaking experiments with corn led to the discovery of transposons, or “jumping genes” in 1944. Fifty years ago, at its 1973 Symposium, CSHL renamed the building in McClintock’s honor. Ten years later, in 1983, Barbara McClintock became the...

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President’s essay: Bringing bold visions to life

Communications Department — Fri, 26 May 2023 11:30:08 +0000

The art of high-impact research, which is at the core of ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL), is to pursue important questions, follow unanticipated leads, and be bold in crafting new ideas. In this way, we challenge our researchers to move science into new frontiers. While our scientists have freedom to pursue their ideas, they are...

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MWCABC donates $75,000 to CSHL’s Dr. Corina Amor

Jill Stone — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:55:49 +0000

On October 19, 2022, members of Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer (MWCABC) presented a $75,000 check to ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL) Dr. Corina Amor to support her research project – Harnessing Senolytic CAR T Cells for The Treatment of Breast Cancer. Since 1999, CSHL has received nearly $650,000 in funding for breast cancer research...

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��ϳԹ��Դ: Foundations for the Future

Communications Department — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:30:31 +0000

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