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The science of storytelling

Communications Department — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:06:43 +0000

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On the trail of a cellular cold case

Nick Wurm — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:43 +0000

If you remember high school biology, you know cells pack a lot inside a tiny package. Inside the nucleus of every one of our cells, you’ll see more than a few things floating around. You may be familiar with RNA and DNA. But that’s not all you’ll find there. Over a century ago, scientists discovered...

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Alexander wins Kidney Cancer Association Trailblazer Award

Nick Wurm — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:10:48 +0000

Over 600,000 people in the United States are living with kidney or renal pelvis cancer. This year, over 80,000 new patients will be diagnosed. Could the speckles inside a tumor cell nucleus one day help clinicians figure out the best course of treatment? ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Katherine Alexander has partnered with...

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Kate Alexander wins NIH Director’s New Innovator award

Nick Wurm — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:30:56 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Katherine Alexander has been awarded a 2025 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. The grant provides Alexander with $475,000 per year for five years. It will support her lab’s investigations into nuclear speckles and their potential role in kidney cancer and neuroblastoma. “We’re at a very exciting time in...

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At the Lab: The nuclear speckle option

Communications Department — Tue, 06 May 2025 11:30:52 +0000

This week At the Lab, we’re joined by CSHL Assistant Professor Katherine Alexander, the newest member of the ��ϳԹ��Դ faculty. We’ll also hear about a Spanish bodybuilder who’s been dead for more than 90 years. How in the world are these individuals connected? Hit play to hear all about it.

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Cocktails & Chromosomes: The hidden world inside our cells

Communications Department — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:30:48 +0000

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A speckle of hope for cancer patients

Luis Sandoval — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 10:00:42 +0000

Nature Cell Biology. " data-description="" />AI generated voice with Kate Alexander’s actual voice Fighting cancer can seem like a deadly game of chance. While some patients may respond well to certain treatments, others might not be as fortunate. Doctors and scientists have long struggled to explain why. Now, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Katherine Alexander and University of...

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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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Katherine Alexander joins CSHL cancer faculty

Luis Sandoval — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:30:35 +0000

The nucleus is a central cellular compartment famous for housing DNA. But it also harbors a collection of lesser-known structures called nuclear speckles. “If the nucleus is a lake filled with DNA, the speckles are 30 to 50 islands intermingled inside that lake of different shapes, sizes, and textures,” says ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s)...

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