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Hannah Meyer selected as Rita Allen Foundation Scholar

Samuel Diamond — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:04:24 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Hannah Meyer has been named a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The scholarship provides her lab with $100,000 annually for five years for cutting-edge research on the immune system. Specifically, the Meyer lab focuses on an often-overlooked organ called the thymus. This small gland is known to play a...

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A fellowship of curiosity

Communications Department — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:00:56 +0000

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How your thymus puts the I in immunity

Communications Department — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:30:26 +0000

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The 2025 CSHL Volleyball Final

Bridget Shanley — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:30:40 +0000

Happy Salmon attempts to block a spike from P.E. Revival." data-description="People play beach volleyball outdoors; one player jumps to spike the ball as others attempt to block." />On September 16, spectators watched the dramatic conclusion of the ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) volleyball league’s 34th season. Year after year, teams dedicate a portion of their summer to competing for the coveted Tiernan Cup. Over the decades it has become a tradition for the winning team to travel with Tiernan Cup around the...

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BATMAN brings TCR therapy out of the shadows

Nick Wurm — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:00:02 +0000

Imagine your immune cells could be modified to attack any kind of cancer. T cell receptor (TCR) therapy has the potential to one day become a universal cancer treatment. But there are risks. Similarities between cancerous and healthy cells can affect the body’s immune response, causing T cells to attack unintended targets. TCR therapy needs...

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The 2024 CSHL Volleyball Final

Communications Department — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:30:38 +0000

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Navlakha named Simons Foundation Pivot fellow

Nick Wurm — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:30:26 +0000

Scientific progress isn’t always a straight line. Discovery demands flexibility—a willingness to go off the beaten path. Oftentimes, that means leaving one’s comfort zone. And that’s exactly what ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Associate Professor Saket Navlakha has in mind. Navlakha has received a 2024 Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship. Launched in 2022, the fellowship supports...

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: AI+

Communications Department — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:30:55 +0000

How do we interpret what AI tells us without knowing the logic of its own interpretations? How do we make artificial intelligence more efficient and reliable without fully understanding biological intelligence’s efficiency and reliability problems? This season’s final Research Rewind brings us from the realm of quantitative biology to neuroscience, genomics, and beyond. You’ll hear...

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The curious immune cells caught between worlds

Luis Sandoval — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:00:58 +0000

Our immune system spans two worlds—innate and adaptive. Innate immune cells are like troops at the gate ready to hold off invaders and raise the body’s alarms. Adaptive immune cells are specialists that take longer to respond but can fight off foes in a more targeted manner. Curiously, there are also immune cells that exist...

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The CSHL School of Biological Sciences’ class of 2024

Communications Department — Sun, 05 May 2024 22:00:34 +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 diverse careers. This year, the SBS awarded 11 Ph.D. degrees. Here, members of the class of 2024 reflect on their time and experiences at CSHL. Salomé Carcy...

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At the Lab Episode 5: A heart of golf

Communications Department — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:30:05 +0000

Leonardo da Vinci was a real heartbreaker. Five hundred years ago, he produced a series of sketches breaking down the human heart’s anatomical structure. One part looks like cobblestone and works like … a golf ball? ��ϳԹ��Դ Assistant Professor Hannah Meyer uses modern data science to pick up where da Vinci left...

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The 2023 CSHL Volleyball League Finals

Communications Department — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:30:45 +0000

With a wide swath of the CSHL community in attendance, we got an up-close view of the action. How close? Think “camera on the ref’s head” close.

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Eight serving one: CSHL volleyball mid-season report

Nick Wurm — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:00:34 +0000

Breast Friends and P.E. Revival square off during the 2022 Volleyball League Championship. The regular season runs from July through August, leading up to a best-of-three final in September." data-description="" />��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) 32nd annual Volleyball League season is in full swing. Eight teams sit at the midway point of a quest to capture the coveted Tiernan Cup and a year’s worth of bragging rights. Only a few short weeks remain before the playoffs. Returning champions Breast Friends, led by Marygrace Trousdell and...

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How popular steroids could mess up some cancer treatments

Margaret Osborne — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:00:50 +0000

Immunotherapy is among the newest and most potent weapons against cancer. It prompts the immune system to recognize tumors as intruders in the body and attack. But not all patients respond well to immunotherapy. Why? Scientists aren’t always sure. Sometimes, immunotherapy patients experience side effects that steroids called glucocorticoids (GCs) can treat. GCs are often...

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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How the thymus trains T cells to fight infections

Jennifer Michalowski — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:30:35 +0000

T cells are a special class of white blood cells that patrol the body and attack infected or foreign tissue. They learn to distinguish friendly proteins from dangerous ones in an organ called the thymus. However, when T cells mistakenly identify healthy proteins as foreign, it can lead to autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis...

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CSHL Fellow Hannah Meyer wins UK Biobank researcher award

Luis Sandoval — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:15:47 +0000

On November 17, 2021, UK Biobank announced that ��ϳԹ��Դ Fellow Hannah Meyer received the Early Career Researcher of the Year Award for 2021. The award honors early-career researchers who have made significant scientific discoveries using UK Biobank’s biomedical database. The award recognizes Meyer’s study that examined the structure of the hearts of...

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Team P.E. Revival wins CSHL volleyball championship

Jasmine Lee — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:00:42 +0000

P.E. Revival, the winners of the 2021 summer volleyball championship league, receive the Tiernan Cup for their victory." data-description="" />The thirtieth ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) beach volleyball season championship game took place on September 20, 2021. Team P.E. Revival, led by CSHL Fellow Hannah Meyer took the championship title by winning a best two out of three series, earning the championship trophy and a year’s worth of bragging rights to go with it....

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Local Regeneron scholars celebrated by Congressman Suozzi

Luis Sandoval — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:30:52 +0000

New York’s 3rd district U.S. Representative Thomas Suozzi and ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) hosted a virtual reception to recognize the 26 local high school students who were named 2021 Regeneron scholars. The Regeneron Science Talent Search, owned and produced by the Society for Science, is one of the nation’s most prestigious science and math...

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How does anyone stay healthy in a world full of germs?

Communications Department — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:30:17 +0000

« Previous Story Next Story » Computational biology is uncovering the immune system’s tricks for identifying foreign invaders. All immune systems are not created equal. The evidence is all-too-familiar: We all know that work colleague who never so much as sniffles, even when everyone else in the office is out sick. These days, immune system...

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