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In remembrance of Professor Greg Hannon

Communications Department — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:00:42 +0000

It is with deep sadness we share news of the passing of our friend and former colleague Greg Hannon. A renowned molecular cancer biologist, Greg had an impact and influence on the scientific community that cannot be overstated. As his colleagues at Cancer Research UK Cambridge (CRUK) Institute stated, he “was a singular force of...

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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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From trading faxes to changing lives

Jen A. Miller — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:00:40 +0000

Sometimes, scientific breakthroughs happen by accident. Penicillin was discovered when a British scientist left a petri dish uncovered while he was away on vacation. Other times, serendipity plays a role. Case in point: two chance meetings at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) led to the development of a drug that has vastly improved patient outcomes for...

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President’s essay: The continuous cycle of discovery

Communications Department — Thu, 30 May 2024 11:30:43 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) is a vibrant intellectual community that enables groundbreaking discovery. Our idyllic setting and state-of-the-art facilities offer a uniquely supportive environment for bioscience breakthroughs. However, CSHL’s community is not bound by the geography of our campus. Science worldwide has been strengthened by people who spend time on our campus and by...

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Women in science on women’s health

Jennifer Michalowski — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:30:18 +0000

You’ve heard the phrase, “Men are from Mars, women are from Venus.” If only it were so simple. The fact is that all of us are from Earth. Yet, there are clear physical and neurological differences between the sexes. Women comprise half the world’s population. However, when it comes to health conditions that primarily affect...

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Preventing lung cancer’s unwelcome return

Jasmine Lee — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:00:26 +0000

When a doctor gives a patient antibiotics for a bacterial infection, they usually require them to finish the entire treatment, even when symptoms go away. This is to ensure the drugs kill off any remaining bacteria. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Visiting Scientist Raffaella Sordella investigated a similar problem that occurs in some lung cancers....

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Watson School alumni spotlights

Communications Department — Sun, 19 May 2019 21:30:53 +0000

This year, the Watson School of Biological Sciences celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first entering class of six Ph.D. candidates in September 1999. At CSHL, students are introduced to a broad and multi-disciplinary way to study biological sciences, and think critically to solve problems in their research. The school’s mission has remained the same...

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Watson School 2019 Ph.D.s

Communications Department — Sun, 19 May 2019 21:30:47 +0000

The hallmark of the graduate school at ��ϳԹ��Դ is its innovative approach to advanced education in the biological sciences. Students who complete their degrees at the Watson School of Biological Sciences graduate as experimentalists and scholars who can pursue many and diverse careers. This May, seven students were awarded Ph.D. degrees. Here,...

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Hannon named director of Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

Peter Tarr — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 01:00:04 +0000

Dr. Greg Hannon has been named the new director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, effective February 1. Currently, an adjunct professor and HHMI Investigator at ��ϳԹ��Դ, Hannon was a mainstay of the CSHL faculty for over 20 years, and one of several people at the Lab who helped design the...

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Library of CRISPR targeting sequences increases power and accuracy of the gene-editing method

Peter Tarr — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:00:17 +0000

Cold Spring Harbor, NY — CRISPR, the gene-editing technology that has taken biology by storm, is now more powerful than ever. Scientists have assembled a library of RNA sequences that can be used by researchers to direct the CRISPR-cas9 complex to cut DNA with exquisite, unprecedented precision. Among other advantages, the new tool greatly increases...

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One experiment: How the breast “remembers” a first pregnancy

Peter Tarr — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 16:46:54 +0000

Women consistently report that nursing is easier after a first pregnancy. Some remarkable genomic work led by Professor Greg Hannon provides a biological reason for this effect and shows more broadly how bodily experiences can prepare us to respond to future stimuli. The razor-thin slice of breast tissue pictured here is sampled from a mouse...

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U.S. Patent Office denies all 4 petitions filed by Benitec Biopharma against CSHL’s shRNA patents

Communications Department — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:54:34 +0000

Cold Spring Harbor, NY — ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) is pleased to report that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has denied all 4 petitions filed by Benitec Biopharma Ltd seeking to invalidate CSHL’s patents directed to shRNA. “We are happy with the result, but are not surprised.” said Dr. Bruce Stillman, President and...

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Breast cancer survivors show Camila dos Santos what’s important about her research

Andrea Alfano — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:38:43 +0000

iology has always felt personal to Assistant Professor Camila dos Santos. Looking back on high school biology in her native Brazil, she remembers, “it was just so interesting to me that there was a field of research that makes you understand how your body works.” Gaining a deeper understanding of how the body works remains...

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Introducing the mighty Panoramix–defender of genomes!

Jennifer Michalowski — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:00:58 +0000

Protein named for comic book hero is no joke: it guides gene-silencing machinery to sites of havoc-causing transposons Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Organisms from bacteria to humans must defend themselves against parasitic genetic elements called transposons, and the stakes are high. These pieces of DNA, which disrupt genes by jumping around in the genome, can...

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Scientists sequence genome of worm that can regrow body parts, seek stem cell insights

Communications Department — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:00:08 +0000

M. lignano and diagrammatic key. The tiny worm intrigues scientists because it can regenerate almost its whole body following an injury. Hence, their effort to sequence its genome." data-description="" />Worm’s genome could lead to better understanding of its regenerative prowess and advance stem cell biology Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Tourists spending a recuperative holiday on the Italian coast may be envious of the regenerative abilities of locally found flatworm Macrostomum lignano. Named for its discovery near the Italian beach town of Lignano Sabbiadoro,...

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Alumna Elizabeth Murchison follows the evolutionary path of contagious cancer

Communications Department — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:18:37 +0000

When you hear the term “contagious disease,” what tends to come to mind? Perhaps it’s images of red-faced, watery-eyed people coughing, sneezing and rasping around in a public space when they should be home, resting in bed. Or maybe it’s the unpleasant memories of a firsthand experience with a bout of whooping cough, chickenpox or...

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Alumna Monica Dus discovers the cookie-brain connection

Communications Department — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 23:42:26 +0000

The Watson School is proud of all our graduates. They’re successful, happy, and they have adorable dogs (at least some do). About a quarter of our graduates in the past 15 years have chosen careers outside of academic science, but the majority of our students want to be research professors. The most recent Watson School...

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Scientists show the mammary gland ‘remembers’ prior pregnancy, spurring milk production

Peter Tarr — Thu, 07 May 2015 12:00:24 +0000

Camila dos Santos, as a postdoctoral researcher in the Hannon lab, identified the epigenetic changes that occur after pregnancy in the mouse mammary gland. The work offers insight into how pregnancy early in life may protect against breast cancer later.

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Tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer spread to other sites

Communications Department — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:00:01 +0000

The Hannon lab developed a novel mouse model for breast cancer heterogeneity and used it to identify clones that were highly metastatic. The team found that these cells formed tube-like structures that mimic blood vessels, and identified two genes that drive vascular mimicry, which is likely promote growth of the primary tumor as well as metastasis.

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��ϳԹ��Դ engages Hairpin Technologies Inc. to license its short hairpin RNA (shRNA) technology

Communications Department — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:00:08 +0000

Cold Spring Harbor, NY — ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) has engaged Hairpin Technologies Inc. to expand the commercial distribution and research use of short hairpin RNA (shRNA) technology. Hairpin Technologies will serve as CSHL’s exclusive agent for negotiating and executing new license agreements with potential licensees of CSHL’s U.S. and international patents covering the shRNA...

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