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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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Immune response to cancer may cause brain disease

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:01 +0000

Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, many of which are mutated. If cancer arises from cellular mutation, why don’t we all have the disease all the time? Second: Severe autoimmune conditions like lupus and multiple sclerosis often strike without warning. No one knows...

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Researchers find new way to slow memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Gina Dipietro — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:30:28 +0000

Alzheimer’s disease is often measured in statistics: millions affected worldwide, cases rising sharply, costs climbing into the trillions. For families, the disease is experienced far more intimately. “It’s a slow bereavement,” says ��ϳԹ��Դ Professor Nicholas Tonks, whose mother lived with Alzheimer’s. “You lose the person piece by piece.” There’s a lot of...

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Douglas Fearon elected as Fellow of AACR Academy

Samuel Diamond — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:30:54 +0000

Former ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Professor Douglas Fearon has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy. He is recognized for championing research that helped link innate and adaptive immunity. Fundamental biology studies by Fearon and his colleagues significantly enhanced science’s understanding of the human immune system, thereby...

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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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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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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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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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Patient insights inspire discovery

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:00:17 +0000

“My body is all used up, and I have no will left to live.” Those are the first words of a new essay written by ��ϳԹ��Դ Associate Professor Tobias Janowitz. They’re the words of his late mother during the final days of her life. “A perceptive woman who survived a childhood shaped...

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Ever use cortisone? Thank one farmer and two CSHL scientists

Jen A. Miller — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:00:16 +0000

Addison’s disease is no walk in the park. The disorder occurs when a person’s adrenal glands don’t make enough cortisol. This hormone plays a key role in multiple bodily functions, including metabolism and immune response. People with Addison’s disease can feel fatigued or nauseous, suffer from chronic pain, and lose unhealthy amounts of weight. If...

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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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Zombie cells: The intersection of cancer and aging

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

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Lessons learned in time: CSHL’s Symposium on aging

Communications Department — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:30:58 +0000

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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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At the Lab: UTIs in women’s health

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

“It started with an accident observation,” says CSHL Associate Professor Camila dos Santos. That observation? A group of lab mice with urinary tract infections also had breast abnormalities. What might this mean for women’s health? And how does such an accident even happen to begin with? Tune in and find out.

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At the Lab: Dancing with fire

Communications Department — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:30:50 +0000

It can cause blackouts, memory loss, and hallucinations. It’s typically diagnosed in people in their 20s and considered more common among women than men. It’s not schizophrenia, but it can be misdiagnosed as such. This week At the Lab, CSHL Professor Hiro Furukawa returns to speak about anti-NMDAR encephalitis, an autoimmune disease discovered less than...

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At the Lab: Products of an unseen environment

Communications Department — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:30:34 +0000

Where does autism come from when it’s not genetic? One hypothesis suggests maternal viral infection could be a cause. But how does this work? Research from CSHL Associate Professor Lucas Cheadle and postdoc Irene Sanchez Martin offers possible answers. You may have read the story in the New York Post. Now, hear it from the...

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It’s not you—it’s cancer

Jennifer Michalowski — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:00:51 +0000

AI generated voice with Tobias Janowitz’s actual voice Cancer ravages both body and mind. If you’ve ever lost loved ones to the disease, you might recognize the physical and emotional changes cancer patients often endure during their final months. They seem drained of strength and spirit. Even people who’ve maintained a positive outlook throughout their...

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‘Is cancer immunotherapy right for me?’

Communications Department — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:30:40 +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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