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

A summertime walk down Cold Spring Harbor’s Bungtown Road will always include a few things: the dulcet tones of wildlife, a charming bucolic landscape, the smell of fresh cut grass and flowers, and, of course, the tall steel ridges rising behind the volleyball court like the exposed, fossilized bones of some forgotten prehistoric beast. As...

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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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Waltz of the Polypeptides

Nick Wurm — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:30:15 +0000

Waltz of the Polypeptides is not only one of the most unique sculptures on display at CSHL—it’s also the largest." data-description="" />ou’d need an electron microscope to see the birth of a protein anywhere else. At ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL), it’s a short walk from Grace Auditorium—no microscope required. In 2006, CSHL installed a cast metal sculpture built to celebrate a cornerstone of modern molecular biology. Since it arrived, the piece has become one of...

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The other side of the harbor

Nick Wurm — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:30:56 +0000

n the eastern shore of inner Cold Spring Harbor sit two of the Laboratory’s lesser-known buildings. Unlike other residences, these aren’t even listed on ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) campus maps. And though views of the western shore have become synonymous with CSHL, Knight House and Cutting House, on the other side, are just as...

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‘Nuts & Bolts’ and ‘Midnight Fair’

Nick Wurm — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:30:37 +0000

walk down ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) Bungtown Road will take you past historic buildings, beautiful flowers and trees, a volleyball court, and more. About a quarter of the way down the old whaling road, you’ll encounter two of the more interesting pieces in CSHL’s impressive art collection. Nestled between Hooper House and Jones Laboratory...

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The Firehouse

Nick Wurm — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:30:04 +0000

ou might be wondering what that building is doing on a barge up there. It’s quite the story. In the winter of 1930, when it wasn’t fighting fires, the Cold Spring Harbor Fire Department was raising money for a new fire station. But what to do with the old one? Built in 1906, it was...

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Frog Pond

Nick Wurm — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:30:02 +0000

bout halfway down ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) Bungtown Road, right next to the volleyball court, you’ll find a living snapshot of the area’s diverse ecosystem. It’s called Frog Pond. And while its namesake is often easy to find there, frogs aren’t the pond’s only inhabitants. On any given day, passersby may encounter dragonflies, geese,...

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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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Among the wildflowers

Nick Wurm — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:30:51 +0000

s summer transitions to fall, ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) lower roadway becomes a kaleidoscope of color. Near the Luke and Wawepex buildings, where road meets seawall, flowers of all shapes and sizes bloom. Whether on a walking tour, attending a Meetings and Courses program, or simply taking a break, the area makes for an...

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‘Earth Music III’

Nick Wurm — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:30:49 +0000

ver visit someplace new and see something that immediately makes you stop and think, ‘What’s that?’ The walls of ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) Grace Auditorium often hear this question. Grace is the first stop for most CSHL Meetings & Courses Program participants and public tour takers. Greeting them in the lobby is an abstract...

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Northern Lights shine over CSHL

Nick Wurm — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:30:14 +0000

The night sky above ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) used to be much darker than it is today. But then again, a lot has changed since the Laboratory’s earliest incarnation was founded in 1890. These days, you’re lucky to see anything besides the brightest stars above CSHL without some kind of specialized equipment—usually. However, the...

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Barbara McClintock’s corn

Nick Wurm — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 11:30:14 +0000

ou may have heard the story behind Barbara McClintock’s 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. In case you haven’t, here it is in a corn husk. McClintock earned the prestigious award for her discovery of transposons, or jumping genes. These molecules “jump” around plant and animal genomes, turning genes on and off. They’re part...

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The Louise Lindsay Read paperbark maple

Nick Wurm — Thu, 30 May 2024 16:00:49 +0000

Acer griseum, or the paperbark maple, is a Chinese species known for its papery bark and blood-orange fall colors." data-description="" />tree grows in Cold Spring Harbor. It isn’t native to the area—nor the United States. The soil outside ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) Blackford Hall isn’t even the first place this tree has taken root. But like the thousands of researchers who have walked the grounds of CSHL throughout its 134-year history, the Louise Lindsay...

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Hazen Tower

Nick Wurm — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:00:40 +0000

very hour on the hour, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., a bell tolls at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL). Whether you’re enjoying a walking tour, attending a Symposium, admiring some campus art, or just going about your day at the lab, Hazen Tower is hard to ignore. Orienting visitors and staff in time and...

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Inside Jones Laboratory

Nick Wurm — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:30:08 +0000

old Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is home to one of the country’s oldest science labs—and we can thank the whales for that. Over 130 years ago, John D. Jones donated land formerly occupied by his family’s whaling company to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1890, the Institute founded the Biological Laboratory at...

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‘Twisting Dendrites’

Nick Wurm — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:30:43 +0000

piraling down from a skylit ceiling, “Twisting Dendrites” is the artistic focal point of CSHL’s Marks building. The blown-glass chandelier was crafted by American artist Dale Chihuly. Its name comes from the brain’s dendrites. These tree-like protrusions help pass incoming information to the brain’s neurons. This magnificent work of art hangs at the epicenter of...

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Bald eagles fight in flight

Nick Wurm — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:30:01 +0000

There’s been a surge of bald eagle sightings on campus. CSHL’s Vlad Drozdoff brings us an amazing close-up look at these birds in action.

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The stars above CSHL

Nick Wurm — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 12:30:02 +0000

old Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Jeremy Borniger helped pioneer the field of cancer neuroscience. His research continues today at CSHL. But innovative science takes time. While he works, Borniger plays science videos to keep things fresh. His latest topic of interest? Astronomy and deep space photography. “I like to have science videos on...

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