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Life as an early career scientist

Caroline Cosgrove — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:00:10 +0000

Behind every scientific discovery are researchers asking bold questions and navigating the unknown. In this episode, we explore the realities of life as an early career scientist through a conversation with Reese Bammert, a postdoctoral fellow, and Emma Courtney, a graduate student, both at ��ϳԹ��Դ. Together, they discuss what fuels curiosity, how...

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Tech Transfer: Innovation HQ

Phil Renna — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:30:42 +0000

Technology transfer is about building bridges between science and society. It helps ensure that discoveries and innovations don’t stay confined to the lab but become practical solutions. Protecting this intellectual property and forming industry partnerships are vital challenges that guide ideas toward commercialization, according to Andrew Whiteley, Vice President of Business Development and Technology Transfer...

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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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The world’s first personalized gene therapy

Samuel Diamond — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:30:58 +0000

How does science make life better? Here’s one example spanning eons. There’s an adaptive immune system called CRISPR that has existed in bacteria for billions of years. Thanks to fundamental biology research, it is now being used to discover and develop powerful new forms of medicine. Just this year, the first personalized CRISPR gene-editing therapy...

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Is an AI singularity possible?

Nick Fiore — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:30:37 +0000

How close is artificial intelligence to matching biological intelligence? When will computers be able to think and act as humans do? If you ask one of the big tech companies currently developing AI, the answer will likely be “soon.” But for CSHL NeuroAI Scholars Kyle Daruwalla and Christian Pehle, the possibility of a so-called AI...

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Pediatric cancers: Rare, relentless, and real

Phil Renna — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:30:50 +0000

Pediatric cancer—two words that carry immense weight. For many, it’s a distant fear; for some, it’s a daily reality. And for my family, it became a devastating truth. After losing our teenage daughter to a rare form of cancer, we were left with a haunting question: Why are these cancers so difficult to treat? In...

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Special edition: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Communications Department — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:30:49 +0000

Today, the five-year survival rate for early-stage breast cancer is about 99%. Awareness drives detection. But what about those breast cancers that aren’t caught early? What about those that evade common therapies? For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we sat down with CSHL Professor David Spector to discuss some of his lab’s latest research and the...

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At the Lab: An evening out with the brain and body

Communications Department — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:30:28 +0000

Typically, if you hear someone in a bar talking about “conversations” between the brain and the body, you might want to call them a cab. Not this time! Barstool philosophy meets brain-body physiology in our latest At the Lab podcast, featuring audio from CSHL Assistant Professor Jeremy Borniger’s recent Cocktails & Chromosomes talk.

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At the Lab: Catch me if you cancer

Communications Department — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:30:16 +0000

Earlier this year, one ��ϳԹ��Դ discovery ended up on FOX TV and the cover of Newsday. Now, hear more about the knowledge gaps that make this discovery so crucial and the noble goals that fuel this work in the first place.

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At the Lab: The human Microprocessor

Communications Department — Tue, 27 May 2025 11:30:11 +0000

In biology, the phrase “molecular machinery” gets tossed around pretty regularly. But this week At the Lab, we’re talking about a particular molecular machine that truly earns the title. Join CSHL Professor & HHMI Investigator Leemor Joshua-Tor as she breaks down the crucial functions of Microprocessor.

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At the Lab: AI evolves

Communications Department — Tue, 20 May 2025 11:30:14 +0000

Today’s AI can talk the talk, but it literally can’t walk the walk. This week At the Lab, CSHL Professors Anthony Zador and Alexei Koulakov discuss the biological brain’s multibillion-year evolutionary advantage over artificial intelligence—and the new AI they built based on that very concept.

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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: 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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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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At the Lab: Science for lovers

Communications Department — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:30:27 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ Professor Zach Lippman’s research in plant prickles resulted in one of CSHL’s most publicized discoveries of 2024. It also gets at the very heart of what motivates basic bioscience research here At the Lab. You’ve read about it in The New York Times and seen it on CNN. Now, hear all...

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At the Lab: A vitamin for prostate cancer

Communications Department — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:30:45 +0000

What if there were a vitamin that could help treat or prevent prostate cancer? This question has been asked before, with unsettling results. For the Season 2 premiere of our podcast, we sat down At the Lab with CSHL Professor Lloyd Trotman to find out about new preclinical studies that could point to a major...

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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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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Genetics

Communications Department — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:30:28 +0000

Much of what makes humans human is also found across all animal and plant life. In other words, genetics is everywhere you look. That’s especially true here At the Lab. This week’s Research Rewind features scientists from all across CSHL, including Christopher Hammell, Ivan Iossifov, Tobias Janowitz, Zachary Lippman, and Rob Martienssen. We also check...

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At the Lab Season 1 Research Rewind: Neuroscience

Communications Department — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:30:25 +0000

Trying to remember that one thing that one CSHL scientist said about the brain that one time? Jog your memory and catch up on what you might have missed in our latest Research Rewind. This week At the Lab, you’ll hear all about our innovative neuroscience research from CSHL scientists Arkarup Banerjee, Benjamin Cowley, Hiro...

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