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CSHL launches DNA Subway 2.0

Communications Department — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:30:26 +0000

The DNA Learning Center (DNALC) at ��ϳԹ��Դ has released DNA Subway 2.0, a comprehensive update to its globally recognized genomics education platform. DNA Subway 2.0 is the first bioinformatics toolkit engineered specifically for mobile interfaces, allowing students, educators, and researchers to analyze DNA sequences directly on smartphones and tablets. Bioinformatics—the data science...

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Secrets of evolution found in ancient plant DNA

Samuel Diamond — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:00:13 +0000

You’ve heard of deep space, but what about deep time? Today’s geneticists and evolutionary biologists can extend their investigations further back in time than ever imagined. Still, many mysteries remain. One has vexed biologists for decades. In both plants and animals, gene sequences and functions are often conserved across species over hundreds of millions of...

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AI offers ‘roadmap’ to plant genetics

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:30:47 +0000

As global temperatures rise, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) scientists work to grow stronger, more resilient crops. Yet, this process is challenging. Plants often have several related genes that control desirable traits, such as size or drought resistance. Finding genes with overlapping functions, or “redundant genes,” is a near-impossible scavenger hunt. “Most of the time,...

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Cancer: A disease of genes and … garbage?

Communications Department — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:30:19 +0000

Peter Westcott begins the latest installment in our Cocktails & Chromosomes series with an inspirational quote from Oscar the Grouch.

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Dicer: Life’s ancient repair tool

Nick Wurm — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:00:47 +0000

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals surprising similarities. That’s because we share a common ancestor called LECA (last eukaryotic common ancestor). Before this single-celled organism died off around 2 billion years ago, it passed down Dicer, a key protein humans and...

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Can DNA deliver liberty and justice for all?

Emma Courtney — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:31:13 +0000

After six hours of police interrogation and three polygraph tests—all in hopes of helping solve a crime—17-year-old Jeffrey Deskovic confessed to a murder he didn’t commit. He was sentenced to life in prison. “After I falsely confessed,” he recalled, “I didn’t realize I was being arrested. I thought I was going home.” For 16 years,...

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Licensed to live

Jennifer Michalowski — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:30:21 +0000

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must be faithfully copied. This staggering task happens over and over with extraordinary precision. Decades of research have revealed how dozens of proteins work...

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Cocktails & Chromosomes: A place of community and betrayal

Communications Department — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:30:55 +0000

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The Adenovirus Gazebo

Nick Wurm — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:30:03 +0000

When the weather’s right, you can find any number of ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) students, faculty, and staff around the gazebo on Bungtown Road. The spot’s popularity is undoubtedly owed to its excellent view of the harbor. But crowning the gazebo is an homage to something arguably just as important to CSHL as its...

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Cocktails & Chromosomes: Barcoding, bugs, and brews

Communications Department — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:30:41 +0000

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Genetics

Communications Department — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:30:28 +0000

Much of what makes humans human is also found across all animal and plant life. In other words, genetics is everywhere you look. That’s especially true here At the Lab. This week’s Research Rewind features scientists from all across CSHL, including Christopher Hammell, Ivan Iossifov, Tobias Janowitz, Zachary Lippman, and Rob Martienssen. We also check...

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At the Lab Episode 26: The golden grail of genomics

Communications Department — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:30:21 +0000

First, there was the Human Genome Project. Then, there was ENCODE. CSHL Professor Thomas Gingeras recently spoke with Scientific American about the legacy of ENCODE. This week At the Lab, he talks about a new follow-up project called EN-TEx and its promise for the coming era of personalized medicine. Thank you for joining us for...

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Welcome to the summer of sequencing

Communications Department — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:30:32 +0000

What do a shoe and a cotton swab have in common? Aside from the cotton, they are both part of the most exciting summer school you’ve ever heard of. The Summer of Nanopore Sequencing 2024 was a three-day nationwide workshop series held by ��ϳԹ��Դ’s DNA Learning Center (DNALC) in collaboration with Oxford...

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At the Lab Episode 7: Women in STEM

Communications Department — Tue, 14 May 2024 11:30:57 +0000

This week At the Lab, we celebrate the life of Martha Chase, one of many diligent women who have been involved in groundbreaking research at CSHL. Hear about her famous work, the Hershey-Chase experiment, which confirmed a crucial fact about DNA using a common kitchen appliance. Can you guess what it is?

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DNA Day at DNA Learning Center NYC

Samuel Diamond — Mon, 06 May 2024 11:31:59 +0000

DNA is the great uniter. It’s in all of us. Because genetics is so fundamental to our lives, genetics education should be available to everyone. That’s the founding principle of ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) DNA Learning Center. On April 25, DNA Day, community leaders from across New York came together in Brooklyn at DNA...

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Senator Schumer visits DNA Learning Center NYC

Communications Department — Mon, 06 May 2024 11:30:32 +0000

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At the Lab Episode 4: DNA sequencing for all

Communications Department — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:30:17 +0000

You walk into a bar and see a guy sequencing a genome. This is no joke! It’s a recent installment of CSHL’s monthly Cocktails & Chromosomes series at Industry bar in Huntington, NY. Listen in as Jason Williams from CSHL’s DNA Learning Center showcases mobile DNA sequencing for a live audience. And hear what this...

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Cocktails & Chromosomes: Sequencing suds

Communications Department — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:30:57 +0000

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Genome sequencing for kids, one LEGO at a time

Luis Sandoval — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:30:32 +0000

Remember the first time you snapped two LEGO pieces into place? What about finishing your first LEGO set? Remember that feeling of accomplishment, of everything fitting in its right place? What if you could bring that same sense of satisfaction to science lessons? That’s exactly what ��ϳԹ��Դ’s DNA Learning Center (DNALC) is...

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A quiz for the ages

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

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