On a sunny September afternoon, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s (CSHL’s) annual Raft Race returned to CSHL’s Airslie Beach. Six teams of rowers dropped their makeshift rafts into the harbor. Race commodore, and CSHL COO, John Tuke started the countdown. Oars tensed. Coworkers, friends, and family crowded the sandy shore, eyes glued to the tiny fleet... The post The 10th annual CSHL Raft Race appeared first on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Jeremy Borniger has been selected for the final stages of a Cancer Grand Challenges research initiative as part of team NEUROIMPACT. The team seeks to determine how the nervous system senses and responds to cancers. In identifying the nervous system’s role in tumor growth and cancer metastasis, they... The post Borniger reaches Cancer Grand Challenges finals appeared first on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
What happens inside and around a cancer cell? How does a tumor’s interaction with its surroundings contribute to cancer’s growth and spread? These questions could lead to a new generation of cancer therapies with fewer harmful side effects. Appropriately, they’re being asked and answered by a new generation of scientists at forums like the Cold...| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s (CSHL’s) John Inglis and Richard Sever have earned The Royal Society’s 2025 Research Culture Award. The two were honored for cofounding the preeminent biomedical preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv. Established in 2013 and 2019 respectively, these online repositories empower scientists worldwide to share their research fast, fairly, and free of charge....| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the United States, second only to skin cancer. Thanks to decades of fundamental research, it’s also one of the most curable. However, challenges remain, especially when confronting aggressive varieties like triple-negative breast cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has a rich history of... The post Inspiring breast cancer breakthroughs appeared first on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing revolutionized biological and biomedical research virtually overnight. The versatile tool has been used to improve crop yields and cure previously uncurable conditions like sickle cell anemia. In May 2025, the Nobel Prize-winning technology brought about another major biomedical breakthrough, as Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas introduced the first personalized CRISPR gene editing... The post The CRISPR revolution continues appeared first on Cold Spring Harbo...| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare, finding out your newborn child may never walk or even stand on their own. That used to be the reality for as many as one in 6,000 babies born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder that causes extreme nerve damage, muscle weakness, and sometimes, paralysis. For a long... The post Giving hope to thousands of families appeared first on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) recently welcomed more than 225 high school students to the annual Barcode Long Island (BLI) Student Symposium. The students came from 21 high schools across the Island for the culmination of a program offered through CSHL’s DNA Learning Center (DNALC). Upon their arrival, the students quickly settled into Grace Auditorium,... The post LI high schoolers explore biodiversity at CSHL appeared first on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Brain cancers are some of the hardest to treat. The five-year survival rate for patients with glioblastoma is only about 5% after diagnosis. Tackling this and other deadly brain cancers isn’t a one-person job; collaboration is key. What better place to get those conversations going than Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)? For more than a... The post CSHL launches inaugural brain tumor meeting appeared first on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Adrian Krainer has won the 2025 Heinrich Wieland Prize. Awarded annually by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, the €250,000 prize recognizes exceptional scientists whose pioneering research pushes the boundaries of knowledge in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, and physiology. Krainer received the award for his revolutionary RNA splicing research, which led to the... The post Adrian Krainer wins 2025 Heinrich Wieland Prize appeared first on Cold Spr...| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
